Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.
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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 1 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 1 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
How to read these notices
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Bow Street magistrate hearing; incident after play at Covent Gardenb. by c. 1781 adult estimate
Said he had been an officer on the Staff; brought before the Bow Street magistrate charged with wounding patrolman John Smith after the play at Covent Garden.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role: officer on the Staff in 1799; age unstated; estimate assumes the role holder was at least 18.
Occupation / trade
Published 1799-05-02 · The Times · p. 3
Bounded excerpt checked against the original on 4 October 2026; the issue heading is outside the crop. Source reference: The Times · 1799-05-02 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
John Glasco, Esq., said he was an officer on the Staff and was brought before the Bow Street magistrate charged with wounding patrolman John Smith. The reported incident occurred on Tuesday night after the play in Covent Garden; Glasco was committed.
Evidence and identity limits
Allegation and committal are not conviction. Military status is self-reported and unconfirmed; no Irish origin or kin is stated. No unique profile match; no identity bridge to the 1779 chairman. Listed profiles are compatible or conditional name/chronology leads, not proved assignments. Identity review (6 October 2026): 1799 Bow Street report: John Glasco, Esq., claiming to be an officer on the Staff, was committed for wounding patrolman John Smith after the play at Covent Garden. He cannot be identified; no WikiTree candidate has any London or army-staff record.
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