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( Continued from our fint papcj ] like all other cases , the solemnity of a court o ! justice must be maintained—there most be some regularity , and , as the advocate on the part of the Crown , he mart object to tke coarse attempted to
be adopted . Chief Justice TSndal—If you wish the witnesses to be removed from the Court , that may be ; hot we know of no other motion . Sir F . Pollock wished to make his ohj ^ ctioi now , to prevent a waste of time by a painful and prejudicial statement which he wonld say never could be proved ; usd if his learned friend was aware that this objection most be nade the moment he had csnduded his statement , be could not desire to make a statement incapable ef being proved , for he again » aid the prisoner had not had & list of witnesses delivered J » Mm pursuant to the statute . Chief Justice Tindal—Bo you agree to that fact , Mr . Attorney ?
The Attornkt-Gbmbral , on the contrary , was prepared to prove that a list of the witnesses had been delivered at the request of the prisoner , and pnrsunt to the utatute . Sir F . Pollock said , the point mart arise sooner or latee n bat he wished to dispose of it before his learned friend made his statement . It was out ofdeferenee and respect to their Lordships that he now urged the objection . There were many persons who were £ esiroe 3 of hearing his learned friend , but he had so w ! sa of obtaining any advantage of the statement he might make . As the point roust be argted ooner or later , it appeared to him the moment the £ rst witness was put in the box this question wonld rise .
XwdjCbief Jastiee Tindal—We can ' t interpose Wifeow Jlw consent of the Attorney- General . -T ^ e ^ ttobney-Gbnesal then proceeded to addrSji ^ i jbe jury . Mar it please your Lordshi p * , Gentfepien « f the Jary—In the-discharge ofmj cfibtaTdaty I have the honour to attend you to codduct &b important prosecution ; -and 1 hope yea will believe that my only object is that the facts of the Case may be fairly laid before yon ; that truth may be fully investigated ; that innocence may be vindicated , if innocence exists ; and that you should « nly pronounce a verdict ofguilly upon clear and convincing evidenw . Gentlemen , it is highly important that parties aocosed should be zeaionsly and ably
defended ; but It also of importance that the law should be vindicated , that the peace of society should be preserved , and that where crimes have been committed the criminals should be' brought to punighmen t . Gentlemen , I think no one will deny the necessity oi the solemn inquiry in which we axe engaged . There has recently been in this county an armed insurrection the law has been set at defiance ,- there has Wa an attempt to take possession of the town of Kewport , there has been a conflict between the insurgents and the Qseen ' s troops , there has been liloodsbed , the loss of many lives . Gentlemen , the intelligence of these outrages has caused alarm and dismay throughout the kingdom . Gentlemen , various persons charged with having been concerned
in tsese outrages were committed on a charge of the highest erime known to our lav , sot only on account of the importance of the occasion , but from the forms of law , made it necessary that , her Majesty ' s Special Commission should issue tn the trial of the persons charged . Gentlemen , a bill of indictment far high treason has been found against znasy persons , and amongst others against the prisoner at the bar , and it i * fit he should be put upon Ms trial ; and , unless there ia stiong , clear , and convioftng evidence to bring home the guilt imputed to him , it will be your duty to say he is not guilty . Gentlemen , I need hardly caution you to -dimi * s from your recollection all you may have read or heard upon this subject . You are to be guided only by the evideaoe , and you will proceed as if you had never heard of the case until the indictment
¦ w as read . Gentlemen , I would further roe the liber ty to gay—you are not to regard my statement either as to the law or the facts ; the law you wiil receive from the venerable judges who preside here ; the facts you will hear frost the witnesses , and yon -will be guided entirely by toe evidence they give , and the credit yoa think their evidence entitled to . Gentlemen , a most impost&nt charge is given to you to conE&er of the guilt or innocence of the prisoner . Ne man can have higher fractions to discharge . The life and . the reputation of the accused axe in your hands ; but I would likewise remind you there are in your hands &e public safety and public justice of the country . Gentlemen , this indictment against
John Frost , consists of four counts . There are two for levying war against her Majesty , in her realm ; the third is for compassing to depose the Queen from her royal throne ; and die fourth is for compassing to levy war against the Queen with intent to compel her to change her nesjnrs . Gentlemen , I believe , according to the instructions I have received , that tbeie will be evidence whioh will bring home the charge against the prisoner at the bar upon eachef these feur counts ; but it is probable that your attention may be . ohiefly directed to the two " fint count * ef the indictment for levying war against the Qaeea in her realm . Gentlemen , where twe count * are framed upon an ancient Act » f Parliament . ye / sei in the 26 th Edward III ., a statute which ass been considered the safeguard of the liberties . oi
Engiisnmen , another Magna Charta— a statute , which if properly enforced , is to be considered a safeguard of the public peace , and of the tranquillity of seciery ; it is a statute neither to be strained or evaded . Gentlemen , there bad bten in the rtign ol Ed ward IIL complaints that the law of freedom was Vague and unknown , and to secure the country from that miserable servitude this statute was passed . It is entitled , "A Declaration which offences shah be adjudged Treason , " and it thus begins— " Itein , whereas dWew opinions have Wen before this time , in what case treason shall be laid , and in what Hot . The King , at the request of the Lords and of the Commons , bath made a declaration in the manner as hereinafter followeth ; that is to say" — no * - these things that fellow are to be declared treason— " "When a man doth
compass or imagine the death of our Lord the King , or if a man do levy war against eur Lord the King in his realm , or be adherent to the King ' s enemies in his realm , giving to then aid and comfort in the realm , and therefore be probably attainted of open detd by tbe people of their condition * " It is therefere hereby declared to i > e substantive treason to levy war against the King in his realm , and that i * to be proved by acts that are done , and it must be proved clearly and satisfactorily . But then , gentlemen , it is not every breach of the public peace , even with an armed force , that makes out the crime of treason ; it most be by Borne public and premeditated plan , and this is guarded by the statute itself ,
fer the statute goes on with an enactment— " And if percale any man of this realm ride armed , covertly or secretly , with men of arms against any other , to slay him , or rob him , or take him , or retain . him , till he hath made him fine or ransom for to have his deliverance , it is not the mind of the King oi his council that in such case it shall be judged treason , but shall be judged felony or trerapass , according to the laws of the land of old time need , and according as the case reooirejh . " Thtrefoie , gentlemen . y » u have the finedrawn by the statate itself , for "His sot to be . held treason to ride armed to slay a person , or to rob him , or lo take him , or retain him till he hath made fine or random to have his deliverance . "
Whenever there is a private wrong « nly to be complained of , a private grievance to be redressad , or a private object to be attained , although force may be used , and although this is an offence against the lawyit does not amount to the crime of treason ; bufcrnere you hare an armed force setting the law atgefianee fora general object , gentlemen , that is an offence comprehended by that act of Parliament . Levying war against the King does not mean merel y heading a force by a pretender to the crown , according to the ancient wan we had in the war * Between the houses af York and Lancaster , or in 17-45 , but it is where there is an armed force seeking to supersede the law and gain seme public object .
Gentlemen , that of course is not to act upon any authority . Gentlemen , I will state to yon upon this subject tbe authority of ne of the most eminent and most constitutional of judges that ever adorned the English beneh—I mean Sir Michael Poster . Gentlemen , he lias defined the offence that this statute compre bends , aad after pointing out that it ia not to apply to private cases , fee goss on thus . I will read tbe whole case of the passage that it may be fairly before you : — " The ease ef the Earls of Gloeetter aad Hereford , and many ether cases cited by Hale , some before the Statute for Treason , and others after it . These assemblies , though attended many
ef them with bloodshed , and with the ordinary apparatus of war were set holdea to be treasonable assemblies , for they were not in construction of law raised against the King or his royal Majesty , but for pmrposes of a private personal nature . Upon the same principle , and within the reason and equity efthe statute , rising * to maintain a private olaim ot right or to destroy particular enclosures , or to re-Bove nuisances which affected , or were bought to afoot , in point of interest , the parties assembled for tnese pnr » eses , or to break prisons in order to release particular persons , without any other acts , have not Men holden to be alevying of war within the statate ; and upon -the same principle , I think it was very rightly held by five of the judges , that the rising of
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the weavers about Lendon did not amount to a levy . ing war , theugh great outrages weie committed on that occasion , not enly in London , but in the adjacent country , for these judges cotrideredtbe whole affair merely as a private quarrel to prevent the use of a particular engine . Five of the judges were of a different opinion , bnt the Attorney * General thought proper to proceed for a riot only . " These are instances in which he says the statute does not apply ; but every insurrection intended against the person ef the King to dethrone JUa , or to compel him to alter his government , these cases amount to levying war within the statute , and every conspiracy to levy war in an overt act for these purposes cannot be effected by numbers without manifest danger . Then follows this passage : — " In order to throw down all institutions to alter the established law or
change the religion of the eonntry , or open all prison * , all risings in order to effect these invasions of the public ana general { concern by any armed force , are high treason- wifhin tbe clause of levying war ; for though they are not levied at the person of the King , they are agairst the royal Majesty , and have a direct tendency to dissolve all the bonds of socie-y , and destroy all property and government by an armed force ; insurrection for redressing national grievances , or of reforming real or imaginary eviln , risings of this kind are , b y construction of law , within the clause of levying war , for they are levelled at the Kings ' s crown and royal dignity . " Gentlemea , it will not be said , I hope , in this case ,
that we are resorting to constructive treason ; we sreek to bring our caxe within the specific offence defined by the act of Parliament , as that law has for ever been enforced . Gentlemen , if these avowed insurrections were not to be considered u treason , and to be punched with great severity , what safety would there be for society P There are many temp * tations uf revtngp , of wrong-headed aeal , which may leaa individuals to attempt to bring about a revolution in . 'be government , ard change tbe existing state of affsiit . Such attempts , if r aade by one , may be na : « by many , and the oonstquence would be— a gen-. ral dissolution of society , confusion , and disorder . Gentlemen , there is another
passage in Foster ' s Law , which fellow * soon after , in section 10 : - " Taking the King ' s forces upon a march in levying war against 1 he King : if upon a sudden quarrel , fr » m some affront given or taken , the neighbourhood should risa and drive the forces out of their quarters , that would be a great misdemeanor , and if death should ensue , it may be felony in the assailant * , but it will not be treason , because there was no iatenrnn against the King ' s person or Government . " You have it here again laid down that attacking tbe King ' s forces in apposition to his authority , is levying war against the King . If it should be upon some sudden provocation or without premeditation , it w « uld not be a levying
of war ; but where it is aa attack upon the King ' * troops by premeditation and design , that is a substantive offence within the act of Parliament . Gentlemen , by the 36 th of George III ., chapter 7 , the law ef treason is clearly defined ; it is enacted " that if any person or persons whatever within the realm , or without compass , imagine , inveat , devise , or intend death , or destruction , or any frodily harm tending to death or destruction , maim or wound ng , imprisonment or restraint of the person of our Sovereign Lord the King , his heir * and successors , or to deprive or depose him , or them , from the style , honour , « r kingly name of the imperial crown of this realm , or of any other part
uf his Majesty ' s dominions or countries , or to levy war against his Majesty , his heirs and successors within this realm , in order by force or constraint to compel him or them to change his or their measures er counsels , or in order to put any force or constraint upon or to intimidate er overawe both houses or either House of Parliament , er to meve or stir any foreigner or stranger with force t « invade this realm or any other his Majesty ' * dominions , or countries under the obeisance of his Majesty , his heirs and successors , and such compassings , imaginations , inventions , devices , or intentions ; or any of them "hall express , utter , or declare , by publishing any printing or writing , or by any overt act or deed
being legally convicted thereof , upon the oaths of two lawful and credib . e witnesses upon trial , or otherwise convicted or attainted by due course of law , thea every suoh person and persons sa as aforesaid offVnring , shall be deemed * , declared , and adjodged to be a traitor or traitors . "—Gentlemen , the third count of this indictment charges the p . 'ii » oi . er at the bar with compassing , or imagining to dethrone our Sovereign Lady the Queen , and to depose her from her royal state and kingly dignity ; and in order to prove thia it will be necessary to show yon that certain overt acts were dome , and it will appear that there was an armed insurrection of a public Dature raised and made within the
realm , wiih the intention of superseding and destroying the authority of the Crown . Thin , then , gentltmen , being proved before you by the oaths of two credible witnesses , as I am instructed they will be , then these overt acts , being so proved , I will say , under the direction ef my Lords whe preside here , amount to the crime of high treason . Gentlemen , the last count of the indictment charges ihe prisoners ,, with others , with endeavouring to compel her Majesty , by forte , to ehange her measures , and this charge also must be proved by overt acts , and if it be so proved , why , then , there is a clear levying of war within the meaning of the statute . Gentlemen , before I ' conclude these few and brief observations upon tbe law of treason , I
will , with all humble submission t © my Lords , beg to refer you to the latest authority upon the law of tre&aoo . The . asthority of my Lord Tenterden , in the trial of Arthur Thisdewood and others , and from which it will be seea , that from the time of Sir Michael Foster down to the present , Sir M . Foster ' s views ol the law of treason had been universally adopted . In the 33 d voloomeof the " State Trials , " page 684 , the Lord Chief Justice Tenterden used these words— " Before the passing of the late statute , it had been settled by several cases actually adjadged , and by the opinions of the text writers upon ihis branch of the law , that all attempts to depose the King from his royal state and title to restrain his person "The Lord Chief Justice— "Who wasitsaid
thig , Mr . Attorney ? The Attorniv .-Genera . l- My Lord Tenterdes , my Lords . The Lord Chief Justice— Then Sir Charles Abbott . The Attorket-Geitzeal—Ye ? , my Lird . He was charging the grand invest , and he says , " Beore the passing of the late statute , it had been settled b y several cases actually adjudged , and by the opinions of the text writers on this branch of the law , that all attempts to depose the King from his royal state and title , to restrain bis person , or to levy war against him , and all conspiracies , consultations , and agreements for the accomplishment of these objects
were overt acts of conapassiEg and imagining the death of the King . By this statute , the compassing or intending to commit these acts—that in , to depose his Majesty , to restrain his person , or to hvy war against him , for such purpose !" , is a substantive treason , and therebv the law is rendered more clear and plain , both to thoi « e who are bound to obey it , and thoBa who are engaged in the administration of it . It may be proper for me te add that it has been established in the like manner that the pomp and circamssan « e »< jt miKtajj array , socfe as nsnaUyattend regular warfare , are by no means xwcewtiy to constitute on actual levying of war within the-true meaning of the ancient statute . " And this ,
gentlemen , you will particularly observe to be the case , for the learned judge whom I have been quoting continues : — Insurrections and risings for the purpose of effecting by force and numbers—however ill-arranged provided or organized—any insurrection of a ptblic nature , for redreas of supposed public grievances in which the parties had no special or particular interest or concern , have been deemedinstancs of the actual levying of war , and consequently to compus or imagine such an insurrection , in order , by force and ntuabers , to compel kit Majesty to alter big measures or counsels , will be to compa ^ o : imagine the levying of war againut bis Majesty for that purpose , within the just meaning ; of the modern
statute . Rebellion at iu first commencement is rarely found in military discipline or array , although a little sneceu may soon enable it * acton to assume thenv . " Thus then , gentlemen , yon find the learned judge who presided upon this not very distant occasion , bearing out fully the same view of the law of treason which had been taken by Sir M . Foster , aad therefore all insurrections of a public nature , in which the parties have even no special or particular interest or tonces , have been deemed treason * , and levying ! of war , within the meaning of the statute But , gentlemen , I need not pursue this branch of the subject farther , as I am not aware that any doubts will arise a * to the nature , state , and meaning of the law . I will , therefore , gentlemen , at once proceed to five too a abort eutune of the facto which
arose from and during this insurrection and thete disturbances of the pubUc peace ; and first , gentlemen , I would b « f t * draw your attention to the geographical character of the country in which this insurrection took place . Gentlemen , I will bee to describe to yoa what is called the Hill district , which may ferhap * be well knewn to many of yom . Thit district , gentlemen , is of a mountainous character , and triangular form , having for iu apex a place called Rises , which is about five miles from Newport , ita base being about fifteen or twenty miles from it . Genuemen , it is bounded on the west by places which are called Beaufort and Nant-y-Glo , and npon the east by Blanadon . This country , gentlemen , is intersected by deep glens , which are watered by the various
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mountain streams , the principal of , which , proceed from RhyxaneyintWwefctlwafnuaSQAowTinth * east , after which camestteBbbw , and £$ pro « ea $ down until theyjoin , and then near Po $ typool tbere is the Avon . Gentlemen , that countrg ^ M yon : ara aware , abounds in every part with mmi ef < doalan 4 of iron , which have been of late yeai f work 4 & fc £ a very considerable extent , so tihatinitQItrictwiieM fifty years since , there were caroagr ^ BT inhaoP tanb > , save the scattered huts pi a few intjuiA'dYaiid mountaineers , there is now a dense % bpnUtioaV amounting , according , I believe , to tb « J& » re * t poi sible computation , to upwards , of 40 , 0 Mralmost aU of whom are engaged in the mining '' t £ g& coal districts . Gentlemen , I am afraid , uat «^ pWpula tion are not of the most peaceable 4 efeption—t am afraid , gentlemen , that thereJ ^ otjOfe . brovalU to a very considerable extent , ajdiwffibeltonle ,
in consequence , are easily suMec « b be niWedmni practised npon by evil and derigaing meo ^ w \* j > , Gentlemen , J am afraid , have , DTineantf « &oWtain societies , organised th » popnlaHoninto a eomdderable degree , and that the rgani * atWha * 1 > een so carried on that a command may b& readily circulated among the population , and as speedily obeyed . This , Gentlemen , I believe , i « an accurate view of the state of this populating and 1 regret to find that it should be so . Gentlemen , it appears that the prisoner , John Frost , has been for many yean a linendraper , and had obtained an influence npon the population , which 1 have been describing , to » very considerable extent . Then , Gentlementhe . town
, of Newport , as you are aware , u the ntportto which the commodities from the nilla , arrive—a town of considerable importance—the . eutport to Bristol , and the various parts of England and abroad—the high road to Birmingham , and the manufactories oi the north . Gentlemeo , upon the weok previous to the rising which took place , it will appear that a general plan of insurrection took place , and that ther > were various consultation * aad \ meetings , at which the plans laid wera di < jco »» edj at whioh meetings _ and discussions Mr . . Frost'Kai'pres&nfc These
meetings were chiefly held , it appears , * & Biwfc wood , at a public-house there , at yfcich th « 4 odgfr w a * ke ! d . Gentlemen , there was orctof these meetings held at Black , wood , a most WMVtaii ^ oiief upon the Friday preceding < he ^ fr ^ u ^ 'ifew * rection ; ntirhinh mnntirn i bt ' iuiii lilpBB ^ PThdW' r and a return of the numfedrt of tS ^ ehofediCSroe which could be mustered was madel and tberV the plan was laid for the scheme which was afterwards to be carried into effect . Gentlemen , what wa * that scheme ? It was arranged that they should all assemble on the night of 9 anday , the 4 tb of November . f
Mr . Sergeant Ludlow—Sunday , tte third of November . F The Attornbt-Geheral—GentlejxBn ; iam very kindly and properl y reminded by my ; learned frieaVd Mr . Sergeant Ludlow , that it wan tie 3 d of November , for Monday , the day of the inrarrection , was the 4 th . Well , gentlemen , it was there arranged that they should assemble « n the night of Sunday , tho 3 rd of November , in three principal divisions . The first diviuion , under the command of the prisoner John Frost himself , was to assemble at Black wood . Another division was to be under the command of a man named Zephaniah . WiUiams , who lived much higher up the country , ; and wb . 6 kept a beer-shop at a place called CoalprookAale , and wfeo was to lead the men from Nanty Glo > neV that
neighbourhood ; while the third division was placed nnder the control of a person who is namM Ijrujiam Jones , and who is . I believe , a watchmaker * residing at Pontypool , and who was to collect all thfc men from the neighbourhood of Pontypeol and frofci the north and the west ; and they Jri ' i fl ' fliftifrf tin uJiKi J i at Risca or the Cefn about midnight 4 j ^ ttn «' Sunou-, and having there all assembled together , they were to march upon the town of Newport , at which time it was intended that they should . arUve , about two o ' clock on the morning of Monday , Ahe > 4 th—at a time when it was supposed that no s ^ pbtpaa would be aroused , no preparations for defen « e * -mi 4 o ; at the dead hour of the night , when the ( peaceful inhabitants , buried in sleep , would be unprepared to eff-r the slightest oppodtiou to their treasonable
designs . Arriving tuere , they were to attack the troops , break down the bridge which * as is'known to you gentlemen , crosses that splendid river , the Udk , and thus stopping her MajestyV mail , signal rockets were to be thrown np upon the hiii * , and the stopping of the mail was to be a signal ( by ita non-arrival lor an hoar-and a hal / afterits usual time at Birmingham ) to those who , H « ki » aid , were there connected with these treasonable designs fora rising at Birmingham , imd a general r ^ suac throughout the north of England , « nd tbe l » Wj « ltne £ harter was to be proclaimed at one * thl $ OfJMja £ titHttadv p j-- —/ " - tii if ' litit ^ nSimm of this scheme being accomplished ^ BttVif ^ pfcfti . dentially , the ni g ht bad not been usttcua % ukx and tempestuous , it m impossible * to cfuovieie the extent to which the mischief might havab ^ en eurleibefore this insurrection could have been qn ^ ttaf and Order restored . Gentlemen , I ha « e «« Bsts 4 * jLtofwi Ike manner in which than * im iiiniilitfltfliifceiaiiMri
and the mode in whica they # •» tfr ^ pHttm and in pursuance of those intentionsy <*« wfll find that the division under the command and eontrol of Mr . Frost did assemble , much earlier than the . other divisions . This division being so assembled , the prisoner gave them the word of command , and he marched with them down by the way of Risca to the Wel sh Oak , where the junction was to take place , but from the difficulties which the weather threw in the way of the march of the men from the upper district ? , they did not arrive for a very long time after the hour at which it was arranged that they should be there . Zephaniah William * did not arrive with his men from Nant y Glo until daylight , and
William Jones , of Pontypool , with his men , did not arrive . A party whica he sent Iprward under the command of a man named Britton , did arrive , it is true , but the main body of the men from the Pontypool district , under Jones , did not arrive . Gentlemen , it appears that the prisoner , John Frost , remained with , the body under his command until daylight , waiting tbe arrival oi the other bodies . As , however , toej ; oad no t then arrived , he thought it necessary to nifBfter the forces which he then had there under his oommand , and inarch on with them upon Newport . There were , then , with him , according to the beet calculations that could be made , at least D , OQQjg | &n , the most oi whom were armed , some with kits * others , with
swords , a large cumber with pikes , jsJuTsom * with mandrils , which is , I believe , a sort of instrument with which they cut coat-a kind-of pick-axe ; and others were armed with scithes fixed on sticks , and those who could not get arms of this kind were armed with sticks and bludgeons of various kinds . The prisoner ( John Frost ) took the command , gave the order to march , and they did so ; tney marched in military array ; I believe five abreast : as I aave said , the word of command was given by the prisoner , and they marched on down througa Tredgarp ark , the seat of Sir Charles Morgan , where th ey halted for a time . They then marched on till they came to Crosshands , about half a mile from Newport . Inquiries were then made by Frost with respect to the state of affairs at Newport . I will now mention to yo « , gentlemen , how things were going on thnt night in Newport . It was on the
Sunday that intelligence was brought to Newport of th'se movements in the hill eonntry . Fortunatel y , Mr . Phillips was then the Mayor of Newport . He behaved i » a constant , firm , end intelligent manner , for which ffe country must ever be . deeply indebted to him . Special constables had been sworn in , and ' were stationed at the most important points . There are three- principal inna at N »« port , tte Westgateino , the King ' B-head , and the Parrot . These were considered the principal stations , and at these the special constables were £ r « t stationed . The Westgate-inn is in the karket . place ; todjwar caisi 4 fired ^ Cw ^^^^^ k& M ^ £ t ^ ing ^ r ^ Som ^ mW ^ m ^ m scoats for informationandmaking the best prepara
, tion th ey could to preserve peace &nd defend the town . When day had dawned , intelligence was brought that the insurgents were advancing , and in the neighbourhood of Newport . They sent out a whom 1 will call before you as a witness , of the name of Walker , to gain information . That person had been shot at , and returned dangerously wounded . The Mayor then sent for military auutance . There were in the neighbourhood only one company of soldiers , under the command of Captain Stack . They were stationed in the workhemse , which had been converted into temporary barracks ia the outskirts of the town . Captain Stack sent -thirty men to the asmtanee of the Mayor , under the command of Lieutenant Gray and two sergeants . I believe the barracks are about half a mile frem the
Westgato-inn . Lieutenant Gray brought his men to the Westgate-inn . and in a little time they were stationed in a r oom in that inn , which it is materiel I should describe te you . That inn is ia the Westgate-street ^ fronting the north . On the east side mere iia room with a bow window , looking towards the street : in that room the military were statieaed . " . There is a corresp onding ^^ fronvon U » weeteM » idj »/ afthe Westgait-inn , where the magistrates s ^ J > ee » Wembled Between these two iQttPM jfl ^ j wai ^^ eswMorTef p >« «* v » hieh T ^ ^ & ^ SmSSm * hed . The special constablesieSaafaed iwibie the doer of the ma where theyltsdiMea slued . The military had not loaded , and titf is a fact most material for your oeiimderatteinaf this ease . They did net load their arms until theT had been Area
npon . This being the itato of things in Hewport as the insurgents were approaching , Trost aijfee head ° » that body , and giving the word of « ywp" » "Mf , they reM ^ foweifmngmacamefttCtart-T . DilU wh * re Frost inquired respecting the ndlitarr . He was tola by two boys , whom be met near tke turnpike , that a number of the military had been sent towards the Westgate-inn . Upon that , gentlemen , the insurgents divided ; part of them turnea to the left , and went up a hill toSt Woollas ' s o&aieh ; par t kept on to the right , aad went down to the town ol Newport , tnrough Commercial-street . This la * t division afterwards came up and joined the others : those who had gone np to St . Wollas ' s church pro-
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^ ceeded down S ( towe-hill , which lead to the West-£ ^ ^ ' * & *» Frost had been told the military * ff » 5 ? : **• , •*»«* walked at their head . He passed tto Cathokc Chapel , as it is called , closely at the tock of the Weatgate Inn . The insurgents then ^ d to gam admission into the Westgate Inn by a fftrfaM entrance which lead * into tbe court-yard behind the premises I have been ^ describing to you . TJlat eotrancrt is from Westgate-stt « eu -- ' Gentlemen , they failed in effecting that entrance . They tten wheeled round in front of the Westgate Inn , Mr . Frost being still with them , as will be distinctly shown , in front of the Westgate-inn , at that time . Gentlemen , the constables 1 told you were before tbe door . The insurgents asked them to surrender ;
nfema one said ,. ¦ ** No ; , never ; " upon which tbe word ofeommand ** Fire ! " was given-rb y whom you will ftpttjram the witnesses . Immediately the firing ; did Kegm upon we bow-window of the room in , jWhica the military were stationed ; and the insur-« enta then attempted to break in at the front door , through the porch into the interior of the house . They made use of their pikes for the purpooe of forcing the door . They succeeded ; they got into the ball , they got into the passage leading frem the magistrates ' room to that where the military were stationed . It was dow , Grntlemen , time for L ' eus . Gray to do what beoame him aa an officer of her Majesty , and as a subject of this country , who wished to preserve the lives of his fellow subjects , and ore *
vent universal confusion from taking place . Orders were given to the military to load . They loaded . I have , mentioned to , you that this room in which they were stationed had a bow-window , i . e ., it had a projecting window , not a circular window , but a window with three sides . The window shutter * were closed . The glass bad bean broken by the shots which had been discharged , but while thr > window shutters were closed , the soldiers could mt make bm of thair guns and i ? re upon the iusurgents . Lieutenant . Gray , who upon this occanion acted certainly in a manner above all praise for the moderation , firmness , energy , and intelligence he displayed —Lieutenant Gray went to open the shutters of one part of the window , the Mayor 6 f another , and
Sergeant Daly of another ; and as the mayor was opening the shutters he received two woands , one ar « r « t ^ shoulder , and another in the hip ; Sergeam >^ ) aly was severely wounded in the bead by slugs , fiiat were poured in , and a gun he held in hut hand bad the lock knocked off by a ball from the inrargents . The soldiers were ordered to h ' re . Gentlemen , at this time the insurgents had gained admission into the house ; they were in the passage leading to the room in which the military were assembled ; and if the order to fire had not then been given , there seems no reason to doubt that the military must all hare been massacred . The order was given ; it was speedily and effectuaUy obeyed . The insurgents in the passage were fired upon , and several fell and
were killed . Thrt shutters being removed , the men directed their pieces from the window , aud thus they had a complete command of the space in which the insurgents had been drawn up . They fired into the street , and several were there wounded , and fell . There was a speedy dispersion ; they all fled in every direction . Mr . Frost was not seen after the time when the firing first began . Zephaniah Williams was about ten minutes too late . He did arrive at last with his Nantiglo band— a band nearly as numerous as that led on by Frost himself . William Jones , from Pontypool , did not get nearer than the neighbourhood of Malpas , when h « heard of the disaster * that had happened . He was proceeding down a lane to meet the other party when he heart of the diuaoter
that had taken place to his associates at Newport , and he likewise fled , and his men dispersed . I should have mentioned to you , that all thesa three parties , 4 they came down * sconr * d , the country , and pressed into their service various persons who were unwilling to attend them , but were compelled by them to march , at the same time seizing all the arm * they could find . Frost himself Was seen retreating in Commercial-street , aad on the road leading towards the park , after the action , as I may caUit , was over . He was seen soon after in Tredegar-park , about two miles from Newport , making hit escape into a wood . He was apprehended in tho town of Newport on the Monday evening , at the house of a person named Partridge , with pistols and powder noon him .
Ufntlemen , peace and tranqoillity was thus restored , and , gentlemen , it will be lor you to nay , if the « e facts are proved , whether there can be any reasonable doubt ia your minds of the guilt of tht prison r . How ar <> thosw facw , gentlemen , to be proved ? With regard to the main circumstance of tho case , no doubt can powibly be entertained . I xhail prove the facts by witnesses above all exception , wholly uqoonaected with these distarbances , who are trying to establish peace and restore tranquillity . With ragarotoparttcitfar declarations made by Mr . Frost , ^ pbrf > Mhe p teseat 1 avoid detailing to you , these niott jpdoubtedly , will roach depend upon the evideneeof perfons who were concerned with him in that intmrreetion . Gentlemen , my Learned Friend
will no doubt , make comments on their te » - tangny , as he will be fully ja « ti « edin doing , and he will cali * hem accomplices . Gentlemen , whether tltey were there volithUrily or by compo 4 « ion r tkere Can be ' no doubt that their evidence is u > be received with suspicion ; it is to be weighed with caution : but if you do sift their evidence , and if yoa do see no reassn to question their veracity , then , gentlemen , you will net he ^ itat * to believe the evidence they give . Such evidence , gentlemen , in such a case , mu » t bd laid before a jury . Gentlemen , it is quite blear that treasonable consultations never wilt be held in public . How , then , are they to be proved ? It must be by tie employment of npies and informer * , whose evidence has always been condemned
, ana very onen disDeueved , or it must be by the evidence of those who were actually in some degree connected with them . Gentlemen , in this « a » e I propose to call before you no spy nor informer ,, for none such were employed ; but I do propose to call before you several who were employed more or less in this insurrection , and who , I submit to you , may be safely trusted if their evidence shall be consistent—if they shall be corroborated in the main facts to which they speak . Upon that evidence , aa it humbl y seems to me , no doubt at all can exist in your minds with regard to the guilt of the prisoner . Gentlemen , it gives me the most sincere satisfaction to find that lie is defended by counsel of the first eminence and the first talents
at the bar of England ; everything that zeal , every-Uung that learning , everything that eloquence can do will be accomplished in his case ; so that the result of this trial must be satisfactory to the public justice of the country . Gentlemen , I own , it seems to me , my learned Mends , upon the proof of these facts , must have a very difficult task to perform . 1 think they will hardly deny the law of high treason as it » laid down by Lord Coke , by Mr . Justice Foster , and Lord Tenterden , and that there was here according to evidence , an armed insurrection , very formidable in numbers , with a public purpose ; ana that there was actuauj a conflict with the Qaeen ' s troops , » not accidental , net any sudden affray , but with premiditation and desini . Will
my learned friend say that there was some private object which the prisoner sought to attain ? Gentlemen , what that was I am wholly at a loss to conjecture . 1 hear nothing of private wrongs—I hear nothing of any private grievance . This was not a meeting for discussion ; it was not a meeting for petitioning the Queen , or either House of Parliament ; it was not a meeting arising out of any dispute between masters and servants in the coal or iron trade it was not , gentlemen , any sadden outbreak from want of employment , er for want of food ; for 1 believe , when the enquiry is made , it will turn out that the coal and iron trade had seldom been more prosperous ; wages were high ; and those who were engaged in this insurrection had no
private grievance which they wished to redress . Then , gentlemen , what is the conclusion to Le drawn ? That , tte witnesses whom I stall call before you peak the froth—that there was this pnblio object—#£ ftg ^*** fft * *• l « f "& WtiUon or the eountry . Gentlemen , unless the offance is dearhr and satisfactorily made out , no question it will be yonr daty to acquit the prisoner , and you will have satisfaction in doing so . But , Gentlemen , if the ease should be clearly and satisfactorily established , you will act the manly part—yoa will not shrink from your duty , whatever may be the consequences . Gentlemen , it imports us all , in whatever situation of life we may be—it imports us all , that the law should be respected and obeyed , whether
landed proprietors or farmers , merchants or tradesmen , whatever our poutioh—be our station in life ever so bumble , i t equally imports us all that such tamults should effectually be suppressed ; it anally Imports us all , for the sake of the innocent , that the punishment of the guilty should take place . Genuemen , I have given you a shore outline of the tacts that are to be laid before you . I have omitted circumstances that you will find come out in evi-*•* .. ! b * * ° ided particular expressions which yoa will hear much better from witnesses whom I will now proceed to call before yoa . Gentlemea , an intimation has been given , on the part of the counsel for the prisoner , that the proper forms of law have not been observed . If , Gentlemen , that should turn out to be the case , by all means let the prisoner have the benefit of the £ rregularitT . Bat 1 believe il will tarn oat that the forms of law have
been most strictly pursued—that there has been every attempt to give the prisoner every advantagethat ia every department by which this proseeutlen has been conducted , a desire has been shewn that those who are accused should have the most ample opportunity for preparation , aad for vindicating themselres , if abey are innocent . Gentlemen , in eases of high treason , which are cases of great importance to the acoosed . the law has sore particalarly guarded those againit whom the charge is brought . It has given ample opportunity to know what the nature of the charge is , who are the witnesses by whom it is to be supported , and the jary by whom the prisoner is to be tried . Gentlemen , it will turn out ia dus ease that Mr . Frost has had the most ample opportunity of knowing the nature of the charge ; the names ot the witnesses to be adduced against him , and of the jury by whom he is to be tried . I believe that no form has been emitted , sxd
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?«„? ° i wU 1 **^ interpose to prevant th ** & ftee of the country from proceeding . GentleSS I ^ pgi joneyjud fatisfaotory to thi ^ eTa ^ of S JS ^ a ? ° l icitor -6 eneral then called Samuel Sim ^ a ^ tia ^ s ^ ar ^ ja appeared , delivered in pursuance to ™ Act of ^ Sfl ^^ w « S
IJ ^ lJ ^^ -General-We wiil ' do that . be mad * , he ( Sir F . Pollock ) Se& Urdsbint hewaBquite coBtenttohearii . . """ rPWMips The Attorney . General was ready to « ive the nronf required without prejudice to his fnsisSg Sat ? he objection coHldnotnow bemade . If hislearnedlfri « n ^ said that no list had been served ia wffiTh / name of Simmonds appeared , it cartainlv becam « l ^ l iiiBiBDcB
Bnaw ajist was served ; but he protested if he showed that a list containing that £ h ^ been served upon the prisoner-her protestedf ^ ainsr the competency of hw learned fri . nd now mffi , JS ^^ ^ ^^^ * « SiH SirF . Poliock had no objection to his learned friend making what protest he p ' easei . It wo ™ however , be lor their Lordahips to dispose of th « point when they had heard the ' evidence . he ^ Ine SoUcitor-General then caUad Mr . Georee M JVr ° . o 8 Worn » examined by " oorge The S »' < "tor-General-y Ou are a * b icitor for the affairs of her Maje » tv ' s Treasnrr . h » nn ,, ri , « . » . r :.
of this prosecution ? -I am . B Did you at any time deliver to the prisoner Frost a copy of the indictment in this cate ? -l did . When did vou deliver that copy . of the indictment ? —1 delivered a copy of the indictment , with a list of the jury , to Frost on the 12 th of . last month , in the afternoon . . »«*»««» Hal any application been made to jou for n copy of the indictment previousl y to that delivery ? ¦—lnerenad . . By whom ?—By Mr . Owen , nlh ^ n Mr Ow ? -Tho bill was found on the 11 th of December . Owen attended the Court , and appeared for some of the prisoner * . I did not collect exactly what number , but I understood heappearedfor several of them , and that Mr . Geach being away , ha was concerned for the whole . *
^ When you delivered a copy of the indictment to the prisoner , what occurred ? o A . ® "" toesa here raade some observation to the Solicitor-General which did not reach us , ? Sir F . PollookJLmmediately started up , and observed that the office of instructor and witness ought not be blended together . B The Solicitor-General . ( with some warmth )—There was no instruction . Mr . Maule merely asked m an under tone whether he should repeat all that 8 irF . Pollock objected to snob a coarse , not for anything that was passing ia his own mind ; but on account of what might be passing in the minds of others . —He was qoite aware that nothing could proceed from Mr . Maule which in point of statement was untrue , or in point of conduct was incorrect .
. The Solicitor General-What passed , Mr . Maule , between the prisoner and vou when yoa delivered the copy of the indictment ? ^ Sir F . Pollock felt bound agnin to object to «« 4 f a Question . He did not mean to detain their Lorl > snips with any lengthened argument on the pointV he must , however , suggest to their Lordshim that a ' per « on commuted upon e ¦ > serious a charge as that of high treason could make no compromise , could ? * , ^ " 8 e ? t or consent , couW direct no coarse of
pro ceedings to deprive himself of the full benefit ffiJSVwf P « nl >? d forhim . A prisoner , it rw « f S , ? could »^ ¥ WJtoetLt to the di « - charge of the jory or ant Other proceeding . The law must take its coarse . A man ^ iTthat state of peril , and under M hesMA ^ oniwaeu conld dn n « act in any degree to ^ oWS % « and tntiw "ft' ^ « " **? lavr « ° nfcnwl »» on him . . Mr . Kell y would only add one word to what had w j * ^ by - h " le f «? ed friend , for the purpose of ** m&m thel r Lordships that Mr . Maule wa « not
» JHP * itnesg for the proli&cution on the trial of the i ^ f ! l ^« a ^ » JJ * d merely for a coUateral and intermediate purpose , to . show that a certain form required by th » statute bad been duly observed . Conversations between him and the prisoner had no beanng whatever on the question , wfcich wairliinited to this—Did the witness , or any other person in hi < ^ S ^ S , f tbotandtott > ra «»' ^ The Lord Chief Justice overruled the objection , ww t n ° i id i " ^ ner ^ ¥$ * wiked tne ^ tness what took place when he deUvered a copy of the indictment to the prisoner ? " *" , Witnesu-l delivered to the prisoner a oopy of the indictment found against him , and a list oithe jury dehveredto me by the sheriff for his trial . I sffl l ^} t ^ l ° L i ?* M soon a . I couldget it
^ ° tk f ' fKr" * ' l th 8 witnessss against him . rhat I baheve is all that passed . Did you afterwards , and when deliver , any list of tbe witnesses . ? -0 a the Tuesday folio wing " tne 17 th of December , having completed the lwt o ^^ witaesJe * , I attended again and delivered a list of the forty-eijiht witnesBe » against him , a copy of which I hold in my hand . That was all that passed than . Was any one present , except yourself , on either of these occasions ?—Yes ; Mr . T . J . Pnillipg , magistrates ' clerk at Newport ; Mr . Ravea , acbrkinmv office ; and Mr . Evans , a solicitor . All three were present with me on both occasions . _ Had any application been made to you for the indictment before you had bo delivered it ? There had .
Were you present in court when an application was made by Mr . Owen ?—I understand aach an application had been made . State what passed in your recollection . Sir F . Pollock objected to this question . The appointment of Mr . Owen as counaal or solicitor for the prisoner must hav « bean made by some act of Court , of which he preammed the proper officer must have a minute . The Chief Justice—Does the act require the attorney to be assigned ? The Attorney-General—Certainl y not . Examination continued by the Solicitor-General . —Wk ? yj * " ?* 1011 ^ b een made by Frost on the subject of Mr . Owen?—I believe an application was IHAu 6 «
Sir F . Pollock—What is the use of belief in such a case r The Solicitor-General—Pray don't interrupt ' every one soeaka only what he bslieves . ' The LordChief Justice—Omit the word believe . " rue question was repeated . —Mr . Owen applied or copies of the depositions . He also applied for leave to act for the prisoner . What fell from' tha Court upon that occasion?—1 ha Court « aid that upon application the proper oi . umr copies of the depositions would be given . 5 * ti any ' i ) li f * ti 011 ¦ •• flwwwto made by the fJ ^ J ^ ^^* « op « tb * lodiotmaJt ?!!
When ?—On the evening of that day . How soon after that did yoa deliver a copy of the indictment and of the jury ? -Nexf day . PJ I will thank you to state as nearl y is you can re . SSVMttrMMff 1 " * 1 "l-3 ; sffiST ^^ Ws ^ iSrs P si £ r \ v } ? ehTe r » d »» to the prisoner . P riMwSL ^ ? ' ^ ? . f your , ' collection what applicarJt t n *** ^ Fl ** co » on tbe edbjeet of Geach or Owen?—I have stated ail 1 can recollect . Cross-examined bv Sir F . Pollnnk—Hav « ron •»«
recollection that Mr . Frost was told the Court could not appoint two attowies , and that if he intended Mr . Geach to be his attorney , he could not have Mr . Owen ?—I think tko Court observed , in the first place , that the act did net reqaire them to assign any attorney . All they coold do would be to make an order te assign any attorney the prisoner wanted . Tbe Court stated the prisoner ooald not bww two attomies except they were in partnership . wiffiftrss i ^* " - Oweo w - »»?* IWdH
and ^ SK ? ~ ° ' ^ *• " " *«*»? Ha any of the ether prisoners beside Frost ukde any applicatum respecting Owea ?—Yes , eweiaJ How iaany ? -2 e 5 bji&h Wffliai ^^ sSafi-i ^ B * &S& 38 & palSdVlonS . « ^ 7011 MB 60 t ^> -Fromw . t ^ u £ Srnor ° % tUm " ^ W ^* 0 wen ?
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i And on the followioe Tutmi * w * v n ^ ' ' ^ deMyer a list ofthe wkaeswte&Jw n *» . ««» : « i wnersJ-Idid , obsarvw SsaSTZ ^!? ' ^ P *" of the same three * ioaSm ? ^^ form » PW »« o » ^^ Mm m ^^ B ^^ m ^ lA . » L' ° J ™ ^ L wl 10 *» ****<**¦** < a » of
^^ StAVSS&Jtiit ^ % ^ &sm ^ SSiXStSSS ^^^ r JS 2 wsarfa r ^" w- «« - * , The Attorney-General—We don't want what U know , from . n agent . We must procSfm l ) £ P ^ ssss MB ^ m ^ mm
^ ssa-sssj&aiaSiS believe he had no other mbtivain mtern «« IK T ^ lk ? ^^ sss ^
Placing the witness in the box for ^ the n unS Jf ten ? " ! 1 ' tbechterge against tn > JKone ? MEmms his duty he should ha ^ occ ' aSn to a * "Ke mdaU gence of the Coort , he hoped he mtent be d «™ IJ £ ^ a novel situation for him-one , he woaM notadiS oferabarra 8 Bment , bujtoneof deep and mtehsaTiS terest . ; . . . facto befpre theirXrdsMps , h ? ft lievedvwereshortlyUese : —The commuVionLC which they now sat was opened on the 10 th of D cember . The bUl was found on the 11 th and ^ a the 12 th of the same month copies of the indictnwtol
and listii of thejury were delivered , not to Mr . FrteV Bat to every one of the prisoners then in custodT among others , however , to Mr . Frost , whow cfje alone was now under consideration . On the fck lowing Tuesday , the 17 th of December , and ^ ottiS then , a list of the witaesses was delivered , by whom the charge in the indictment a copy of which had been delivered on the preceding Thursday , waste ba sustained . He had hoped Mr . Maole wouldhtia bean able to take some ftudker pawicalars witiTrZ spect to the deUwy of tb * listor ^ S . Tt was a matter of importance to show that what had been done never could be taken as an obedience to tte statate . It iteemed to be thoaght suffirisnt if &
list or witnesses were delivered * ton days before tte toial , forgetting , as their Lordships would ftad » ftSfe ! ^ tfXt ^^ for « ¦*¦ $ tbe defireri oT ® S £ } $$ A >^ u T ^ not only )>* . iwi aays 1 > e . ^^ SS ^' . ^* tftenin 8 tone and with lbs ' *• » dictment and list of the jury . He ym fore . loosed forward ,-when he had stated Se w 1 ¦ u P ? nmf ° Practice upon such occasionf h © loosed forward . to . a termination of tnisproceedmt I at if ast , which he trusted no one would havewason | to regret , but , on the centrary , with referencetoiS parues and the ctrewwrtsjy efthe times , mart be thonght favourable-pttBlflWe interpositions not wiobb wouia
oua an nave reason to rejoice in . Tbi question turned chiefly on the 7 th Anne , cap . 2 U iiee 'i ll l ^ He wonld read to their lordships tne words of the act , which , for the first time , gave & » prisoner the right to have ^ list of the witnesses , and a lut of the jnry wftn ( he indictmentTar ^ * tetute of WWnm theprisoner waTentitlel St copy of thelndictment five days before , me WaLa copy of the panel of the Jury two dajHeSe t £ h but be was not enbtiedto a lut ofwitaewe ? mfc The words of the stalute of Anne were tfcese ^ int be it farther enactedi that from and after the timeof the decease of the pretended Prince W WalesTK three years after the sacces « oh M « K . «^ - ^ - * ft
take effect as hmiteeVwhtm any person is indicted for high treason or nusprision of treason , a list of the wunetses Aat shall be produced at the trial for ntomg the swd indictment , and of thejorv , mentionin the names , professions , and places oribooe , ofS said witnewes and jurors , bralso wives ' aTSe ' « anw time that the copy of the indictment is delivered to the party indicted . " This was the first , theSt the most important provision . After establishing that the lutsaie to be given together with them " dictment , and at the same time , be that time what it may , n then proceeded testate when . The worit were— "And the copies ef all indictments for toe offance aforesaid , with such Hate ,, ¦ ball be deUvered t
o cne party indicted ten days before the trial , and in presence ^ of two or more credible witnesses , any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding . ' So that the copy of the indictment being previously rep aired , at the same time to be accompanied by those it goes on to say that copies of aUindictments fer such offisnev with thew lists ^ shoold be delivered S ^ FiiWM ^ i - He mm wmark bertS cidentaUy , Aat he found very early notice taken of this Actof Parliament . Inseveral of the authoritiei ltwas mentioned merely aa an act requiring the lint Tkuffi'S ? - ^^ Mfefed ten days Befo re the trial l nia face might in some degree account for what aad occurred in the present inntune * . n . ltl > nn « h to
would by no means change the plain meanios : of the Act of Parliament , or ttie undenating usageuieTerr « milar proceeding to which he ha ? beTn able to refer since the statute of Anne came into force . He ? % L read Jhe statate from a collection published in 1709 , as stated b y Sir M . Foster , under tne authority ortheHouse ^ of Lords . H « remembered perfectly well on the trial of Brandreth it was statedl y Mri now Baron Garney , that it was published with the swcUoa and authority of the judges . In speakini of this very matter the index gives this acdountof it i- « After the Pretender ' s death , and three year after the succession of the Crown shall take effect as limited , the list of witnesses and iorr . «> ii «» vr « f
indictment , to be delivered to the party iadTctei . omitting , however , to call any one ' s attention to the extremely important clause that they must be delivered at the same tima with the indictment . Mr . Justice olackstone , in the fourth volume of his Comnutntarwt , 10 th editim , p . 361 , after reciting the ?« Anne , and the advantages it gave to the accused of hu treaaon , stated that it was repealed in ¦» far af i it respected inferior indictment * by the 6 ih George III ., cap . 63 ; but in that work , which was intended merely as an outline of the law , ho did not direct attention to the important enactment that the oopy of the indictment was to be delivered with the t *» lists ofjory and witnesses ten dav « before- * nA Ost
them was a distinct substantive maetm ^ lh ; the lift of witnewes thoold be d * KverecT tto ^ iame . tfa » with the lndfi ^ ffiffi ^« work of Mr . Justice Foster also aUuded to mt point . - It was an hutoric-U fact that tine trial of Low Geo . Gordon for high treasoa in 1781 , wea the firstW whioh the act applied . The statute wia bseaii * practically the law of the land . / The Ojbereiioodlf ponded upon two oontingenciesi-tae rUwMUtitniit of the House of Brunswick , aw tbe death oftheeM Pretender . The old Pretender Wai alive is 1719 sM 17 A 5 . tha two nmnoAm to KIkK th * k » t »^ . ^ J rt ^ l
_ ral referred : be died at a » bry adfanced te , and M t' ** " ** ty » **«? or Anne came iu to force we * S if / j : Mn ******/ f ° . iUff » *» the 13 th section 3 his first discourse on -high treason , referri * tothk statate ,. > aid it would oome ^ ^ in ^ oSraSosonS death of the Pretodder . th « otfae ? e ^ ngraey baS some objection , and at all events recommended tad ™ T ? £ . / ° JW of those which merit * liberal out
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