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DOMESTIC . Religious . Extraordinary Proceedings at Liverpool . April \ 4 tk , 181 7-Last week , Mr . John Wright , of Xaverpool , who has of late delivered religious lectures , and held meetings for worship on Unitarian principles , in the Long { loom , Marble-Street ( a place which has been frequently
occupied by different denominations of Christians during the last twenty years ) , was summoned , on three informations , to appear before the magistrates , on the charge of holding meetings for worship in a place not duly registered . Mr . Wright attended
at the Town-Hall on Saturday last , at the appointed time , when the Mayor ( John Wright , Esq . ) and Alderman Nicholson took their places as the sitting magistrates . They were afterwar ds joined by Alderman Sir William Barton . Th « first information was then read ,
relative to a meeting for worship being held in the Long Room , on Tuesday 1 st April . The informer on this charge was j ^ eece Dao ics ' * of the Liverpool Courier 4 j £ ffice ; who being sworn , gave evidence o / the statement in the information . The second information was then
read , which made a similar charge for Sunday the 6 th April . . The informer on this charge also was Reece Davies , of the Liverpool Courier Office ; who being again sworn , ga ^ e ev idence o £ the sta tement in that information . , .
The third information was then read , which / made a similar charge for Tuesday the 8 th April . . ^ ph ^ informer on this charge also was lieecei Jdavivs , of the Liverpool Courier . Office '•; who being again sworn , cave evid . enqe of ihe statement iu that
information . J nanswer to some questions from the beftch , and Mr . Statham , town-43 \ er \ t , as , to the nature of the prayers , Jfcc . ' Reece 0 apies stated that they were SjnijJar to those usually made in other Mt . Wrjght beingthej * called upon for bis defence , stated , thai in a life of
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mofe than fifty years he had tihser knowingly violated any p { the laswoT . his country . JHLe had reason to beHe ^ r > e that the room in which tm meetings were held was duly registered , as rthad been used for worship about twenty years . And indeed , he conceived , that
if the p lace were not registered , yet , as he had always been informed that rt was , he could not be supposed to have offended against the statute , as its penalties were directed against , those who
knouringly hold meetings for worship in places not registered . He then produced some written evidence , from a most respectable quarter , stating at what time , and by whom , and for whom , the place had been certified
to the Bishop ' s Registrar at Chester . There had not 'been sufficient tirrie allowed to procure a certificate from Chester , but he doubted not he could do so in a few days . The bench then , agreed to adjourn the business to that
day week , when the official evidence was to be produced . The penalty incurred in this case would be , not exceeding j £ 20 on each information , nor less than 2 Qs . — -one half to the informer .
During the above examination , Mr * Wright , alluding to some . disorde r ^ conduct in the L . dng Room , during worship on Tuesday the 8 th—stated , that the individual whom he meant to cY ) urge with that disorder , had refused at the time , to give his address- He had since learnt , however . iha& his
name was Scott , and he wo « M now ask Reece Davies rwhetber he 'knew that person . JEfceing . answered tin . dhe affirmative ,, he further demanded his full name and address ; when Scott bikiself , being in the court , was required to
g ive it—which was James Scott , rx £ Liverpool , merchant , No . If , Clayton-Square . Mr . Wrijght then deefcanred his intention immediately ( o prosecute him , under the 12 th claos < r : of ati ^ act 52 GeO , IIIj for disorderly conduct during worship on the-abc ^ fe eMenMgr .
The business on which Mr . Wright was summoned tieiriR . iadw , . fo ^ Uhe present , concluded , Mr . W . was about to Report , when Mr , Stathatn < ros ^< and informed him he had noHT * to— bring forward a chargeVJof a . xnomi seriows nature , , - j < . - \ *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/52/
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