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MORE OF THE SPY SYSTEM . Tows Hiix , Funu-r . The Magistrates on the bench to-day were Hugh Parker , Esq ., the Her , William Aldereon , the Rev . G . Chandler , Henry Walker , Esq ., W . J . Ba « - ahawe , Esq ., Thomas Walker , Esq ., and C . BrownelL Baq .
THX CHAETIgT OUTBREAK , John Clayton , aged 50 ; Samuel Bentley , aged M ; John . Marshall , aged 43 ; Thomas Pentboxpe , aged 15 ; Joseph Benni » on , aged 23 ; William Wells , aged IB and William Booker , aged 2 t , ( who had been remanded on Tuesday , oe the charge of high treason , } were placed before we Magistrates , charred with conspiracy and riot . Mr . Palfreyman , and Mr , T . W . Badgers , appeared for the prosecution . None of the prisoners were defended by any professional gentleman . Mr . Palf&etmah said that in this case he appeared before the Bench to support a charge arising oat of the same transactions , and intimate !? cocaectea with those cases of high treasonwhich * were
, brought up on Tuesday ; he expressly stated that with regard to several of the prisoners , the evidence was not bo conclusive , as against the others , but that it would be for the Magistrates to say whether the evidence against them did not go to * make out a . minor offence . Two of those parties were brought ap op a minor offence . The offences with which the parties then at the bar were charged were of a conspiracy , the parties haTing ultimately for their object the gaining by force of what they pleased to term the Charter . This they _ proposed to obtain by the use of arms . Now , if he merely shewed that such "were "their intentions , he should bring the charge home to all the prisoners at the bar ; for if they had
been guilty of any overt acts , the charge against them -would have amounted io high treason . The charge , as he had stated , which it was his duty to bring against the prisoners on that occasion , was that of a conspiracy , and if the instructions which had been put into bis hands as -to the nature of the evidence to he given by the witnesses was eorrect , he had not the slightest doubt as to the charge being fully made out . He believed it was now laid down in the law books , that conspiring to do a legal act was still an offence * 4 . CQmmon law ; but in this case the conspiracy was n *\ ip . do a legal act , but on the contrary , was 4 odo certain dreadful acts which would be best illustrated by the arms . weaponsmissileswhich were produced
, , , the other pay , and which if necessary might be produced again to-day ; those articles were evidence against the prisoners now at tha bar , inasmuch as they proved part and parcel of the same conspiracy ; and the declarations of those who were co-conspirators with the prisoners , would a : so be evidence against them . With reference to several of the prisoners he was sorry to say , that if the evidence were to be gone into its ftillest extent , it would go to make out the graver charge of high treason . He would point out for the information of the Bench , and also tiie prisoners at the bar , what the nature of the evidence against them separately was , that each of the prisoners might know specifically what the
charge brought against them was . The first witness would be Mr . Rayner , who would give an outline of the state of the town , on the Thursday , Friday , and Saturday last , and which led to the belief that some OTartact would take place on the Saturday night , or early on Sunday morning . He would also prove what was found in Holberry ' s house j and it wouid afterwards be shewn that Bolberry was connected wkh the parties at the bar , and ' that they all met together in a room in Fig-tree-lane . It would also be proved , that every one of the prisoners were preaent at some of the meetings held at the close of last week . He should likewise be able to shew that some of them had been present at what were termed seeret
meetings , and at which plans were laid down , and direetons as to what the parties were to do on particular nights . To prove this , he should be under the necessity of calling two parties who were implicated in the transaction . A certain degree of suspicion it was true always rested upon the evidence of such parties , bat in cases of conspiracy it was almost im-; g > esi&le to show the intentions of parties by any other , means . Mr . Palfreyman . then went on to remark upon the nature of tne secret meetings , and to state theoata or promise which every persou was required to . take before admitted , and which , will be found in the subjoined evidence . He also detailed minutely the evidence against each of tne
prisoners-That in addition to being at the meetings , several of them were either class leaders or had classes assembling in their houses , and that is the house of Bennigon , weapons of a dangerous nature had been found . He stated that the evidence against Bentley was exceedingly weak . It would be a quettion , in fact , whether be was guilty of more than a very impjspex act . It would appear , that he " went on Saturday night , to a Chartist assembly , where his mjn was , to fetch his son away , and , seeing the arms sad weapons in the place , he recommended the parties to-wait notil they received farther orders from the Council , There was no doubt he was guilty of aa exceedingly improper act , in not going directly - y * giving information of what he saw to tne proper
authorities ; cut it was extremely doubifai whether / Smtu gmi £ j-o £ site offence laid to the charges of the ofcer prisoners . Mr . Palfreyman then alluded to the manner in which the evidence of the two accomplices would be corroborated , and stated that it was m coBsequene 8 of the information by them , that the houses of Peter Foden and others , had been searched and arms found . In detailing the evidence , he stated that it would be proved , by the accomplices , that on Saturday last , a bill was issued announcing a lecture by a Mr . Lowry , and a sermon by the Rev . Mr . HOL which announcement was intended onl y as a doak to the rise . One of those bills was called by Foden himself at the Town Hall . On the conclusion of Mr . Palfteyman ' s statement , the following evidsnee was gone into : — .... _ .
Mr . Rayner , examined by Mr . Rodgers , then went into a short detail of the transactions of Saturday night and Sunday morning ; describing the nature of the articles found in Holberry ' s aud Booker ' s houses . He also siated that he waa present on Tuesday morning when William Wells was apprehended in his father ' s house . Wells said voluntarily , that he had taken several daggers from his master ' s warehouse ; he also said that he had taken them through fear , threats having been held out Uhim ; that one of them he gave to Holberry , three he took to Thompson ' s class , and three or four others he took to the meeting room . Witness was present when Marshall was apprehended on Wednesday » iht , or Thursday morning . Witness waa also present when Clayton was apprehended oa the same
night . Witness was present when Joseph BenBison was app-ehended , about two o ' clock this morning ; ia searching his house , witness found an entrance apparently into a anop , about three feet square , cut out of the bricks ; M . ason crept through the hole ; the axe now produced was found in the house . Witness received the bill now produced on Saturday ( the bill referred to by Air . Palfreyman . ) Witness received it from a man who had the care of the Anti-Corn Law petition , in the Town Hall ; witaess searched Fodea ' s house on Wednesday ; besides some papers , witness and policemen found the point of a dagger ; in an upper room , the bakehouse , which was nailed up , Astwood found a Bword bow produced ; it had been placed underneath a plank . . Kone of the prisoners put any questions to Mr . Earner .
" On rep ' y to a question put to him by M-. Palfreyman , Mr . ' Ravner stated that he had this morning # * arched underneath a wall near the Botanical Gardens , for inns and ammunition , and he there found tka ; several stones tad bten removed . ' Mr . Palfreyman said he merely asked this qnestion in -order to corroborate the statement which x / oxhall would Trt * y « - , .. . Samuel FexnaU , wh » was remanded on Tuesday , was called by Mr . Paifreyman as a witness , Mr . Parker , before he was sworn , gave hiia the same « aodoii which he gave on Tnesday , * o Thompson and Wells . Foxhallthen dep ^ seS—I am a ., file cutter , and work for Mr . Vickers ; I bve in Button-lane ,
Sheffield M * or ; I am i me » ber of the Chartist-Association , and have been so about six weeks ; 1 have attended the meetings in Fi ^ tree-lane ; I have been at both the public and aecret meetings ; only those who had been made members were allowed to attend the seeret meetings ; when I was made a member , I went through , a ceremony ; I made a promise to assassinate any person who revealed what took place at the Chartist meetings ; J belonged to Daniel Hand ' s class , at John Clayton ' s , in Porter-• fcreet ; Clayton was-a member ss well ; I know Holberry ; he attended my class about a fortnight ago , or rather more ; that was at Clayton ' s house ; Clayton was present ; Bentley ' s son was a memberw
oar class ; I saw him on Saturday night : there were thirty-one or two in our class ; Bo&ker was a member , and also bis father ; at the clasB meetings there were frequent discussions about the best mode of attacking the nflitary ; I hare seen Clayton , joong Booker , and old Booker , at those meetings ; at the time when Holberry was at the class , Clayton was there ; 1 do not kaow whether the Bookers were r not : Holberry said that a time had been fixed for trying to get the Charter ; he told them at our lass , that he had been a delegate to diffezsecl parts ; I think he said that heb * d been both at Mansfield aid DewBbnry , and had a pound gives him for the 4 * ence of Fro * , and that tt was to be spentliasometin ^ g that would defend him ; he said thai there was
*> be a rise for the Charter on the 31 st or iteeemktf ; he said thai Uffee peraons would lead them n ; that one would be » kind of Field Marshal , and two others would be unaer him , bat no person would know who those parties were until the time arrived ; and thai thsj weuM be distinguished for all to know them ; he old they were to put two shirts on each , udsaTeereriliaBbeBBy&ey could to boy asixpeanyT&ii ^ init wooM be very cold ; he said that they wasraUiCfcarfists a * Bewsbnry , and that whea tteyseardjed tor aims ihere before , they had been » D pledged to a Chartist pawnbroker ; we showed oar a ims np mmal Jimes ; I had % gun which . I
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produced at the class meetings twice ; Clayton said he had a pike ; 1 never « aw that pike , bui-I underr tood it tobe similar to those I saw here ; Bookers hare talked about the arms at oweltss ; young Booker said ihey had a gun at their house , which wanted two screwgto the lock . The last time I heard nun mention the gun was last Friday right ; J understood Clayton , his pike wag at his shop ; I have seen young Bent ' ey with a dagger at the class * at Clayton ' s house , at the classTl have seen persona making ammunition , and we paid twopence each a week for the defence of Frost : the moneywaa spent in buying powder and percussion caps , as it was said there would be no hold upon ua then ; at the class meeting , Hauas Baid he had divided the Eft ^ w ^^?! !^ *?*< »; a *] rtorx said
powder , and that there would be two ounces and a half each ; most of the members were then present * Clayton seldom stayed away ; I had some lead , powder , and percussions given to me at the class meeting ; young Booker said he would get his gun done , and most of the members said he must get it done , as the time was short ; 1 was present at the meeting in Figtree-lane , on Thursday night last ; I was there on Wednesday night also ; I staid at the secret meeting on Wednesday ui ght ; I know Marshall , and have seen him at the rooms ; he was a Chartist when I joined ; I have heard apeak of Marshall ' s class ; I do not know whether he has been at the Becret meetings ; I know Penthorpe and also Wells ; I don ' t know Bennison ; I have seen
Wells at several of the meetings ; I have seen him hold the office of doorkeeper ; he was so when I was admitted a member ; it is necessary to know a sign before we can get into the secret meetings ; the word bv which we were admitted on the night when I saw Wells keeping the door was " truth ; " on Friday night , I had been at my class before I went to the meeting in Fig-tree-lane ; at the class meeting Clayton said we knew that he had a pike , and one of the members said he would land him a gun ; we were warned on the Wednesday night , at the secret meeting , that aur classes on Friday night , were to display such Bmall arms as we could carry secretly ; I did not take my gun , there were pistols shown ; Uayton and Booker were present on that night
; Bradwell , at the class room , reckoned up the arms which could be produced ; Clayton said he thought he could produce about a hundred ball cartridges ; Hands said he could produce about the same number ; Bentley had before said he could produce about fifty ; Holberry was not present that night ; it was said that the account of the arms was to be taken in to the secret meeting on Friday night-, it -was said in our class that there would be about four hundred rounds of ball cartridge in our class , six or seven guns , and about six pistols ; before we left our class on that night , it was agreed we Bhould go to the Fig-tree-lane room ; I left before the meeting broke up ; Mr . Duffy was chairman ; whilst Duffy was talking , a person came in and said he believed there
was a policeman under the room ; Duffy then pulled out a pistol , and said if they would lead him to the spy , he would stop him from spying ; Bradwell then got up and made a sort of a speech , and said he would put a cloak on him ; on the Thursday night , Holberry was at the room , and he said that he had a motion to propose , that they should print fifty bills for a lecture on Monday night ; Holberry said they were not to ask him any questions about the bill , time would show ; it was generally understood the biHwas a cloak , and that no one was to lecture ; Peter Foden was in the meeting room last week ; I got to my class on Saturday evening , about ten o clock ; I did not tako my gun , but fetched it after ; I got there again about eleven o ' clock :
Booker came at that time ; Ciayton was there ; Bentley came in when I was there ; there were about twenty of the class in all , they were all armed , one way or another ; our class consisted of about thirty-two ; Bradweil had a dagger ; old Booker had a dagger also ; young Bentley had a gun and a dagger ; we understood we were to wait at the class uotil orders came from the council ; we waited at Clayton ' s till between twelve and one o ' clock ; between eleven and twelve o ' clock , Duffy came in , and said the soldiers were ont ; Duffy then went away , and Bradwell , after sayiDg something to Duffy , said he would go out as a spy ; he went out , and I could hear what ne said when he went out ; I saw Bentley ' s father about twelve o ' clock ; I hid not known
him before ; he came into the room where we were ; the arms and things were spread about , so as he could see them ; old Bentley said he would advise no man to go out until they knew the plans the council had drawn up , as the soldiers were out ; he took his son away with Him ; when Bradwell returned , he said an Irishman had stabbed & policeman , and kicked him on the head ; this was between twelve and one o ' clock ; after that he and Hands went out again , and we went to old Booker ' s ; Clayton was there ; and also old Booker , young Booker , Bradwell , Hands , and a tinker ; in all there were about nineteen ; when we left Clayton ' s , we took about six hand grenades with us , and two large shells ; I saw the shells in the room the other day ; I carried
one of the shells ; we went in small bodies ; we stayed at Booker ' s till between two and three o dock ; the two Bookers were in the room ; when Bradwell came in , he said the orders were to ** Moscow" the town ; before that , he said eacn one was to set fire to his own house , but a dispute arose , and they said they would not ; he said the orders were to stab every watchman they met , and if he pulled out a pistol , then they were to shoot him ; at all ev » nta they were to stab him ; w « were told to go to Watervlane , near Portmahon ; before we went we elected a fresh leader , as Hand * was rather hard of hearing ; a person named Swallow was elected ; we all went to Watery-lane but three ; we left old-Booker in the house ; 1 took a gun , a dagger , and found
forty rounds of ball cartridge ; young Booker had a dagger , two hand granades , and somelucifer matches ; Bradwell a dagger and a pistol ; Clayton a gnn ; we were all armed more or less ; there were some torches , and cats were also taken ; we went do wnby Ne w bould' s and from there across to Watery-lane ; we there saw only one person , who said he belonged to M'Ketterick ' s class ; he said he had been told to stop to see if there were any others ; we went round by the Workhouse , near the dams ; we met some of Mr . Boardman ' s class near the dams ; Peter Foden was with them at the time ; I did not see whether he was armed , but the othera were ; this waa about four o ' clock ; Booker was then wubuB ; he had a dagger ;
an alarm was given that the soldiers were coming , and they all ran off ; Bradwell , young Booker , and me , and two other persons , went together ; we left our arms at the Botanical Gardens ; we hid them under a wail in a fiela ; it was in the road leading down from the Botanical Gardens to Hunter ' s Bar ; I left forty rounds of ball cartridge , And a dagger ; one person left a pike , and young Booker two hand-grenades ; I was apprehended on Sunday morning ; from the conversation in our meetings asd in our classes , we understood the rise was to be to obtain the Charter ; when we met Boardman ' s class there were forty or more of us together .
' By Clayton—I never heard Clayton tak » the oath about the Chartists . By Bentley—When Bentley took his son away , he said be advised him to go out until they knew the plan , but that was nothing he had anything to do with . Bentley said , " I almost desired them on my knees to go home . " Tne witness said he heard Bentley say something about going home , but what , he did not recollect . Wells declined putting any questions . The witness , in re-examination , said Clayton was a member before he entered . Isoiie oi' the other prisoners asked any questions of the witness .
George Mason , watchbouse-keeper , examined by Mr . Rogers , deposed—I was present when Bennison was apprehended this night , at his house in the Park ; on searching the pantry , I observed a hole in the wall , sereened in the inside by eoarse cloth ; I got through the hole ; it •* ent into the shop , the door of which was fastened by a strong wooden bar ; in the shop I found a number of ball cartridges and a metal blow . Samuel Thompson , after receiving a caution from M " . Parker , similar to the oae which he rewired on Tuesday , was again rworn : —He stated that he knew ail the prisoners at the bar , except young Booker ; he had known Clayton two months ; Bentley three months ; Marshall only a short time ;
Penrold since the first Sunday after the disturbance in Wales ; young Bennison about three months ; Wells he had known only for a short time ; he had seen all the parties attending the meetings in the Chartist rooms in Fig-tree-lane ; in order for a party to be able to attend the secret meetings , he has to be made a member ; they are first asked the following questions : —•** Will you do all that lies in your power , even to the loss of your own life , and the shedding the blood of the tyrants , towards the gaining the People s Charter ! " if the person answers yes ? ' he stakes a promise which is repeated to him ; he first begins with his own name , and then goes on to say" 1 do most solemnly and sincerely , in the presence of Almighty God , and the assembly here present , promise that I never will , on any occasion , make known any Baiters that are to be kept secret , and that I will assassinate any one who betrays them , and I Trill bear assassination if I should betray them ;
I took this oath on the first or second Sunday after the disturbance in W . ilea ; Penthorpe was present when I took the promiw ; I have seen Marshall present when the promise has been given to persons ; I have Been allthe prisoners attend the Chartist meetings at different tunes ; I may hare seen Clayton at at the secret meetings aL « at once , not more ; I have seen MamTwyH frequently * . Bentley ' * son haa attended the seeret meet mgs ; I bare seen all the prisoners , except young B- wker and Bentley , at one time or other , at- the seen 4 meetings ; young Bennison and old Bennison wei "e members of my class ; Wells was a member , but was there only once ; I sawtheyoBnger Bemuson a t my class meeting on Friday night , when the list o f arms was given in ; he said he had a pike ; the elder Bennison was there ; I saw Bennison and Marsl tall at the meeting in Figtree-lane , on Friday night . X Holberry was there ana , in the hearing of Bennisoa - and Mai * H *^ i told
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them what was to be done on Saturday night ; Penthorpe lives in Spring-street ; M'Ketterick ' B oSaw is held there ; the witness then went on to say that he saw young Beanison at hiB house on Sunday morning , between one and two o ' clock ; he had a pistol with him ; he also saw Wells at his ( Thompson ' s ) house ; he also brought three dirks , and also the keys of the Figtreelane room ; he asked witness if he had any . and be repled no ; Wells then gave him three to give to people at night who had none ; three dirks now produced were the Bame . Marshall , to the witness—Do you know my name ! Witness—Yon have gone at the class by the name of James Marshall . By Penthorpe—I can ' t say when I last Baw Penthorpe at the meetings . The class still meets at his house . them what was to be done on Saturdav night
None of the other prisoners asked the witness any questions . Bentley here said that when he went to Clayton ' s house he prayed for all the parties to go home , and he took his son away . He did not know where Clayton ' s house was until it was shown him by his wife . Thompson here stated , in reply to a question pnt to him by Penthorpe , that when any new member had been made , living in that neighbourhood , he had been told by lu'Ketterick to go to a class at Penthorpe ' s house . The Magistrates here announced that they should adjourn the further hearing of these cases until Monday . iMr . Palfreyman suggested that Bentley should be
allowed to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of of £ 20 to appear again , if called upon . Mr . Parker said , that , after what had been stated , they would discharge Bentley , on entering into his own recognizances to appear when called upon . It would be premature ( tie went on to say , ) then to make any remarks respecting the cases then under examination . All he could say on that occasion was to express his very great Tegret and concern that any of them bhould have brought themselves to so dreadful a situation as that in which they then were . He was surprised that they should have been brought to such a situation . *
Mr . Bagshawe said he would only just observe , that it Wks not altogether upon his own admission that he was discharged , for it was only justice to say that the witness Foxhall stated that he heard him say something about going home . He was not , therefore , discharged upon hiB own statement , but upon the evidence for the prosecution . Penthorpe said he had had nothing whatever to do with the Chartists since Christmas . Mr . Parker said that had the court been more full , it was intended that himself or some of his brethren should have addressed some observations to the youuger classes of society in this townl But what he wished then to address to them he hoped would be conveyed to them by some means or other ,
and that too at an early period . He wished that what he had to Bay should reach the ears of parents , masters , and heads of families also . It was exceedingly deplorable to see so many young persons concerned in the business into which they were then enquiring , and he thought that heads of families , masters , and parents , who mi ght suspect some of their families of having formed irregular habits , and become concerted in these illegal proceedings , would materially assist in promoting the good order of the town , if they would not only keep their families at home , but also give them good advice . It was impossible the Magistrates could do every thing . A great responsibility rested upon parents and masters . Besides inculcating the moral and religious principles which the Magistrates hoped thev did . it w&a
of great importance that they should look more after the conduct of young persons when they left off work , especially in an evening . He really hoped they would do more in this respect than he feared many of them had done . It had been stated to the magistrates that morning that some masters were afraid of exercising the authority which they ought over their apprentices from a fpar of the consequences . This was exceedingly pusillanimous , and he hoped they would hear no more of such conduct . Mr . Brownell said he would just add , that many of the parties concerned in the disturbances consequent upon the committal of Foden and Fox , were young persons ; He then enforced the necessity of paients and masters keeping such parties at home , but very little notice appeared to have been paid to what he then said .
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EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF SEVEN CHARTISTS , ON A CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY .
Sheffield Town-Hall , Mohday . The examination of the Chartists who were romanded from Friday , was resumed to-day . James Duffy , who was apprehended this morning , at his own house , was also examined on the charge of conspiracy . A person of the name of George Swallow , residing in Attercliffe , was also brought up on the same charge . A bundle of spear heads , found in a passage near Hollis-croft , with a tremendous weapon , consisting of a spear , with a cross-piece , which had been fixed on a strong shaft , but afterwards 6 awn off , were produced . ' t The magistrates present were , Earl Fitzwilliam * , Hugl , Parker , ^ q W . JBagshawe , Esq ., fcev . G . Chandler , aud C . Brownell , Esq . - : ¦ - '*< . After some delay , caused by Earl FitzWilliam ' s goiue below to inspect the bulk of the weapons which had been taken , the magistrates took their seats ; and Mr . Parker desired that the publio should be admitted .
Mr- Palfreyman said it would be necessary before proceeding any luriher with the cases , to refer to the evidence that would be produced against the two prisoners , Duffy and SwaLow . Mr . Palfreyman haviug reverted to the facts mentioned in the evidence , the depositions of Mr . Rayner were read over , and in addition to what was stated on Friday , he said he was present when Mr . Duffy was apprehended ; he sent a policeman to Attercliffe for Swallow . Cross-examined by Mr . Duffy—You did not show any resistance when you waa apprehended ; I was surprised wheo I learned you had connected yourself with the Chartists . Cross-examined by Marshall—When your house was searched , i believe you went to bed again , at least for anything I know ; you were not apprehended until the following morning . The prisoner Swallow having inquired who was his accuser ,
Mr . Palfreyman Paid , in consequence of the very proper question put by Swallow , he should think it necessary that Foxhall ' s evidence should be-read over previous to Thompson ' s , one part of Foxhall ' s evidence only reerring to the prisoner . Foxhall ' s evidence was then read , and on arriving at that part where the name of Swallow was mentioned , Mr . Palfreyman asked the witness if that person was present ! He replied , no , the person elected in the room of Hands , was not so stout as the prisoner . Mr . Parker , addressing Swallow , said , the Court has great pleasure in setting you at liberty ; but they had received some information which showed that ho was not quite clear of thiamattor ; however , he hoped that what he had witnessed this day , would be a warning to him .
After the finish of Foxhall ' s evidence , in answer to a question by Duffy , he said" As near as I can guess you were Chairman about ten o ' clock on Friday night . " Re-examinea by Mr . Palfreyman—At the seeret meeting on Thursday night , Duffy said ho had sixtyfour in his class . By Earl FiuwiUiam—It was about eleven o ' clock when we left ; Duffy was chairman on Friday night . Cross-examined by Duffy—You had been a Chartist only a short time ; when you firBt came into the room you were suspected of being a spy , and a murmur weut through the room , but when you told them how many you had in your class , you was
better liked ; on one occasion you pulled aDout halfa-dozen daggers from under your coat . Re-examined—I attended myown class , and could have no opportunity of seeing Duffy at the meetings except in Figtree-lane . Samuel Thompson ' s evidence was read over , and he waa further examined by Mr . Palfreyman—I have kpown Duffy since the last election ; have seen him in the roomB in Figtree-lane ; the first time I saw him there was at the beginning of last week but one ; I thins it was on Wednesday ; it was at the secret meeting ; never heard him take the oath ; he said the door was not " tiled" to his satisfaction ; he should not open his mind till such time as the door was properly " tiled . " He made along speech about
Daniel O Connell advocating Universal Suffrage ; I saw nim at the meeting on Thursday night ; he stated that his class consisted of sixty-four , all good stout Irishmen ; Duffy was present when Holberry gave it ont about them bringing an account of their arms ; -Duffy said they had a large room to themselves ; he was chairman of the secret meeting on Friday night , and was present at the council . meeting on Saturday afternoon ; there was present at the council , Holberry , Boardman , Birka , myself , Cooper , a man from Rotherham , Duffy , and a few Irish brethren ; it was held at % pubuc-house in Lambert-street : Duffy staid till the last .
Arrangements were made as to what places the different classes were to take ; eight of Mr . Duffy % class were to take the arms from Mr . Ward ' s shop , corner of Church-street ; they were then to join the other classes who . were fixed upon to take the Tontine ; Daffy was not there when the account of the number of anas was taken on Friday night ; I saw him at the council on Saturday night , about eleven o ' clock ; H was talked about the soldiers being out ; persons were to send from their classes to know the orders of the council ; I did not stay above ton minutes at the council that night ; when we were out on Sunday morning , we met about half-a-dozen of the Irish party ; they had all dirkB ; we all went to Duffy ' a house ; we went in at the back-door ;
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S& 213 ^ * Papally Irishmen ; there » WMxteen or perhaps twenty in the room ; Jjr" * t $ 5 J do «« not kno * any of tneir names ; I left his house about four o ' clock ; ^ ? M * !>»* & * : were ™ the house when I jef t , jthey were ridiculing Duffy for not being fe ! i * F 8 l - ^ enat the councU , and pat wbSn ^ iS WM or not ; l Baid * " * there . ^ ssjxammed by Duffy-I have known you eTer lince the election ; never saw you going to the Chorqli with the Chartiste ; you was chairman at the room in ± igtree-lane , on Friday ; you Baid the door waonot properly"tiUd ; " to satisfy you thewwas a new pass-word made ; it was "Union is strength ;" cannot say the name of the person who was-with-me when I was taken on Sunday morninir ; we had their names down in a book ; but I cannot remember njsnarae ; you were at the council ; it waa held name of !^ ^ " * the ilth ^ m - ^ * .,, ^ - -. »_ ,
Mr . Duffy said that the landlord of the publichouse ought to e brought before the Bench and examined , . whether his evidence went to convict or acquit him . For the ends of justice he hoped their worshipa would allow the landlord to be brought forward and examined . Mr . Parker said the landlord had been in custody , but hai been liberated under a heavy bail to appear when called upon ; so that if he was to be brought into court , he could not be examined as a witness , but must take his place amongst the prisoners .
Cross-examination of Thompson continued—When any person was admitted into my class , they were proposed and seconded , aad admitted by vote , their Barnes were then ontered into a book kept for that purpose ; I have not had my book since last Saturday night but one ; cannot tell either the name or residence of the person who was with me whe'i I was taken ; I did not know the names of more than seven or eight of my class ; you agreed to take the arms out of Mr . Ward ' s shop : James Boardman said he could bring a lew Irish members : Mr . Duffv
and aDout half-a-dozen Irishmen came to be made members ; there were also two or three Englishmens I was appointed to make the new members that night ; I did not make Duffy and his party members ; there was a cry in the room that they were all right . Ro-examiued by Mr . Palfreyman—Duffy voted in favour of the taking of the Town Hall and 1 oil tine ; he voted about who was to ta&e the arms from Ward ' s shop ; he Baid they had picked upon that .
Mr . Palfreyman explained to the Bench that the book mentioned by the witnesB Thompson had been found at ! his father ' s house ; but that some of the family , through fear , had toraflome leaves out , whioh were supposed to contain the names of the members of the class . Wm . Wass , penknife cutler , was next sworn . He said , on Saturday last I was going up a passage leading from Wbite-croft into Pea-croft , when I found fifteen spears in a corner leading to a privy ; they were covered with dirt ; the large spear had the appearance of having been newly out off from a longer shaft . I gave them to Mr . Wild , constable ; I found them by accident .
Mr . Wild , constable—I was present when Bennison was apprehended on Thursday night or early on Friday morning ; I found the axe now produced in the house ; he waa in bed ; I . received the speara from William Wass on Saturday , the 18 th instant . Mr . W . Bland , constable—Went to Benuison ' s house ; found a hole in the pantry leading into the shop ; searched the shop , and found in a box a great quantity of ball cartridge and a large iron ball ; have
made search for the elder Bennison , Boardman , Foden , Birks , and others ; was present when Booker ' s house waa searched , fouud a dagger , a gun-stock , a quantity of ball cartridge , and two large shells ; I have seen Wella taking part in the proceedings at the church , when the Chartista were there ; he had a very thick stick with him , perhaps the thickest I saw ; he set it down very heavy on the causeway ; I noticed him particularly ; I saw him in the procession and in the church .
The evidence of George Mason , policeman , waB read over . Mr . Parker then said that all the evidence whick was intended to be produced against the prisoners had been brought forward ; and if any of them wished to say anything in the way of defence , the bench was quite ready to listen to it . John Clayton , the first prisoner , then said , he lived in Porter-street ; he worked for Mr . Wells and had done so for twelve months . The things which were found at Booker ' s were brought to my house on Saturday afternoon when I was out ; when I came m I would not allow them to atop there , and they were taken away ; I did not go to Booker ' s vntil I was fetched .
Mr . Parker here reminded the prisoner that what he was now saying would only tend to crimiuate him still more , and as what he was saying would be taken down , and might be produced against him at a future period , he would advise him to be careful . The prisoner declined saying anything further . In reply to the Bench , William Booker said , he worked attMessrs . Rayners ' , in St . James ' s-street , and waB a table-knife cutler . ' He had nothing to say to the-chasge . , / JohnMarshall . said - hewasa tftb ^ fcbife eutler ^ and worked at Mr . Wella ' s . He declined aavlne anything . Thomas Penthorpe said he was a shoemaker , and worked for Mr . Hinde , agontfo * Messrs . Hallamand Edeu , and Mr . Turton , in West-bar ; he had work , but had not tho means to get materials . The first time he joined the Chartists was at their camp
meet-: ng at Hood-hill . 4 ™ .. - ° » -im » TX 0 U are novr « oing to state things that will be injurious to yourself . The prisoner Peuthorpe eaid he went to see whether what they said was good or bad , and they said they would meet there if they could do bo on good terms ; he went to church and heard the Vicar ' s sermon , which he Kked , and said so next day at the leather-shop ; it was in favour of the poor . They then began with a joint stock ; he thought it would be useful to him , but if he could have got work he would have joined them no longer ; he left thorn about a fortnight before Christmas , because he did not approve of the scheme to assassinate watchmen and soldiers , who were poor men like themselves .
Bounison said he wa ? a table-knife hafter , and works at Marsh ' s and Shepherd ' s . He did not wish to say anything . William Wells said he worked ( or Mr . George Wolstenholme ; he did not like to say anything , but wished to call witnesses to hia character . John Henry said be was a Wesleyan minister ; he had known the prisoner twelve months ; his father was a ohapel-keeper in the Park , where witness resides ; he had occasionally seen the prisoner , and had every reason to believe he deaerred a good character for honesty , sobriety , and iudustry ; he attended the cliapol with great regularity until lately ; from the circumstances of the father he should not think the young man had been at all in want .
Mr . John Kirkby said—We occupy a warehouse on part of Mr . Wolatenholme ' s premises ; I hare trusted the prisoner to take letters to the post which luve been paid , aid they have always reached their destination : some of them were letters of value . I believe he had access to every thing in Mr . Wolstenholme ' s warehouse ; I certainly think this article ( one of the daggers ) has been manufactured by Mr Wolsteuholme . James Duffy said , were it not for his public hoBtiluy to-tue Chartists he woald not have been implicated here ; he never left hia house since the outbreak ; he waited there in the expection of beinu arrested , for he-thought himself safer in the magistrateshandthan in those
' s who would murder their fellow men . He had lived six years in Sheffield * and had laboured honestly for his living ; h « declared before God he was innocent as a child of the charges laid to him ; and nothing but his public hostility to the Chartists had brought hjm to this ( situation . OConuell had declared himself not for Universal but general Suffrage , aud he went to the room on Friday to tell them of this . He was never at any Council meetings ; was not there on Saturday night At that time he was buying hia wife a pair of shoes , which ne was not likely to be doing if he was coinc to be landlord of the Tontine . This proceeding was all trom a wish to bring him and his countrymen into disgrace .
fhe-Magistrates now retired to consult on their decision . In half an hour thoy returned , Vhen Mr . Parker addressed them as tollows : —John Clavton William Bookei , John Marshall , Thomas Penthorpe , Joseph Benniaon , William Wells , and James Dufiy you are charged with conspiracy , together with the intention of arming yourselves to resist the cml authorities , and to obtain an alteration of the existing laws . In what I have to say , I shall confine myself to what ia the determination of the Bench , and leave it to my brother magistrates to make such remarks upon the offenoe as the * m&v
tnmk proper . I hare only to state that coUectiteW and individually , I shall order commitments tobe made out for you to York Castle , where you will remain until the ensuing assizes , and then be tried on those charges . If there ia any one on whom I wonld remark , it u James Duffy ; and I am surprised to fee him in such company ; how he should commit himself with them is astonishing . He has denied haT tteri / * * Part in their proceedings : it willbe for him WTwore that at York . JtoSi-V *! I ba allowed to see my wife and children .
The Benoh—Yea , in prison , in the presence of the goaler . Duffy—That is all I desire , and may God foreiTe my persecutors . , , Wm" ^* " * . ^ ^ ewasive tone , then said—As Mr . Parker , in what he haB stated , has led you to expect Borne observations by some of the other magistrates , I will take it upon myself to comply
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with the sort of reqoMtioa he has made . We quitted the court for the purpose of re-examining the testimony of the diflbreat witnesses , and in order that we might no * by any precipitate mode of dealing , be led to confound together in one mass , the cases of the different prisoners before us . We retired for the purpose of doing what we have done there ; of examining how the testimony affected the separate caaes of each individual amongst you . Upon a careful investigation of th « evidence , we find that although some may be more lightly touched by it than others , yet that there is no one of the seven before us , upon whom that testimony does not bear so strongly , as not only merely to justify , but to call upon us to commit you to trial , because it is a most serious ,.. ' .,. .. - . ' . _
duty we have to perform . When I confess I reflected upon the danger the town was exposed to , together with all iu peaceable inhabitants , I felt it a . duty to com * down to this county , in order to satisfy myself by actual inspection of the truth of what I had read , I found tho horrors the town has escaped , surpass what I had expected . If you think you have grievances to complain of , you may ask for any change that yom think desirable , you may take strong moral means for the purpose of enforcing those measures . Depend upon it if you have grievances to complain of , and can bring them home to the Government , you will enlist under your banners such a moral force aa no country can resist , but it must be by the moral force conviction
on men s minds ; and depend upon it , that conviction can not be . brought home to men ' s minds by the exhibition of such means as these , of which we nave the most incontrovertible evidence from what has passed withia the last ten days . The bavin " recourse to such means ia only calculated to sei each moral , religious , and feeling man against those who endeavour to obtain their ends by such means . It is to put down the rule of morals and to exalt the rule of brute force , and that never can be successful in this country , because , however large the numbers you may have fancied that have joined you , there was sufficient power enlisted against you to crush every such extravagant idea . To the Being who sees to the bottom of men ' s hearts—to Him it
must be known who among you , being persons of enthusiastic and ill-regulated minds , have fancied you had a right to have recourse to these extraordinary means , but you cannot well have reflected on the misery which the use of those means must necessarily have entailed on your fellow-townsmeu . I shall offer no further observation now on what has passed , except to congratulate the town and neighbourhood on the discovery and frustration of such an attempt . W . J . Bag 8 hawe , Eeq . said , after the very impressive and efficieik address of Earl Fitjwilliam , he could only express his sincere adhesion to what he had eaid . They had had no wish but that the prisoners should have full justice done to them . Oae
or two ot thorn might have been standing there on the higher charge of hie ; h treason ; however , they were all committed on the minor charge of conspiracy ; the charges were of a most diabolical character , and it was a happy thing they had been troBtrated by the interposition of a kind Providence , ihey would now be sent to York , where they would have the benefit of the most learned Judges and Counsel in the land , and ho wished them a happy deliverance , as the town had bee » happily delivered of them . The Itev . George Chandler cautioned the masters of young men from allowing them to absent themselves from their houses . He observed that th *» y frequently attended large assemblages of person * m » t for legal purposes , but that th -v gel- ^ om went
away without illegal ones being adopts ] . The yonng m « n at the bar went to the Ohartiat mooting when moral force was advocated , but thin va * p-, < sently broke away from . Th < -y could not but ot » thankful to Piovidence that tueir h » rrid plot « , discovered , aad that thoy had not done the mi * rhi . - -f they intended . He hoped that it wonld be a warning to all master * audpareii's to u \ -e that their youths were in a proper situation at a proper hour ol the night . Henry Walker , Esq ., said—Mr . Chandler had a , idreggsdhimselt to masters and parents . Ni" iv was a very common thin * to say ' wo will kave v to the magistrates . " Now we know quite wellso do you—that we are often blamed lor hav ; ng done too much or too Kttle . In addition t » vhni
Mr . Chandler had observed , he would say—themagistrates had a right to expect othsrd to do their duty . He was truly thanktal thai the noble l ., rn had come down , because garbled statements often got into newspapers . He was sure th « observations he had made ought to impreaa every oae . Tnere was not one prisoner at the b . tr , who , if ha would be sincere , bat what knew that the party he belonged to were bent upon mischief . Tne magistrates denred to do their duty—they ara bound to do s j by thaw oath to their Sovereign—a&d they look for the cordial co-operation of tb . « ir n ^ ghbours . Several of the prisoners aakad permissioa for taeir lnend * to visit them before they were « eat off waich was arantel . They were then removevi , and the Court broke up about four o ' clock . About kaifpaut fonr the prisoners were sent off to York in two poBt-chaisas , eucortod by a military guard .
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, i »»)' ii ^^« w > . i EXAMINATION OP THE BETHNAL-GREEN CHARTISTS . ( From the Morning Herald . ) i Bow-S ^ KEr . -The CharMsta who were arrested in the Trades ' . Hall , Abbey-street , Bethrial-green ; Were on Friday afternoon brought here to be eiamined before Mr . Hall at Bow-stwet police-office . The Reverend Lord Augustus Fitaclareuce came into the Court some time before the prisoners arrived from Lambeth-street , where thoy had been kept all night , and sat on tb « bench the whole of tho time they ware under examination . The prisoners first placed at the bar were Daniel S ^? V ^ ° S" K ke Th « ma 3 R « nardT » oma 6
.. , Hobb , and William Wilking . They wer . ££ with being armed at an illegal meeting in Abbey-Btreot , Bethnal-green . _ Mr . Wooller , the attorney , appeared on behalf of the prisoners . Mr . Pearoe , the superintendent of the H division of police , having been nworn , stated—In consequence of information I received that soveral persons were to attend a meeting in the Traded I fa ! I Abboy-8 tre « t , armed , last night , I went to the Commissioners of Police , aud mentioned what I had heard , and got instructions to arrest thorn . Part of the house is occupied at a beer-shop , and saveral ChartistB meetingB have been held in the hall . When I entered the room , accompanied b y a body of armed constables I found abeut 5 W peraons thereand
, Mr . NeeBom , the chairman , was addressing the meeting . 1 'he chair was on a platform raised at the top of the room . Seeeing several persona wearing great coatB I supposed thoy were armed , and proceeded to search them . The prisoner Byrne was in the body o * the hall , and ou searching him a knife waa found m his possession . It waa a clasp knife and it was shut , but ho had it in his hand , and it was with great difficulty , aud after considerable resistance on his part , that it was got from him . He struggled with the officers , but I did not hear him say anything . I also saw Renard there , and when searched a brace of pistols were found in his bosom under his coat . [ The witneea produced them . ]
Renard—^ These are mine . Witness , in continuation—They are loaded . Renard was also in the hall . Hobb was present likewise , and he had a naked sword concealed under hia coat . He offered resistance when an officer wiBhed to take it from him , and it was with dimcnltT he was disarmed . I found a pike ( produced ) , on the platform concealed behind the wainBcot , and I picked ap several bullets from the floor . Mr . Hall—Did anyone claim the pike ? Witness—No . I also found several ball oartridgee about the room . Mr . Hall—Was there any general resistance made ! Witness—No . Mr . Hall—The struggle was confined to the party searched ! Witness—Yes .
Joseph Lewis , sworn—I am inspector of the H division of police , and went to the Trades * Hall , Abbey-street , last ni ^ ht , about nine o ' clock , with Mr . Pearce . When we enterod there was about £ 00 persons in the room , and one individual watt addressing tho meeting . As soon as they saw as there was a general rash towards the door , and the person speaking then called out , " Stop ! sit down ;" and he afterwards said something about the Queen going that day to inform Parliament that she was about to get married . On searching Hobb I found a naked sword [ produced ] under his coat . He had his baud upon the hilt of it , and waa in the act of drawing it out , when I seized him by the arm . He
said "youb——" when he attempted to draw it but he did not address me , but another constable who stood near him . He resisted ; but we succeeded , after Borne struggling , in taking theBWord from him . I saw a pair of pistols taken from Renard . I have been at the Trades' Hall before , more than once at Chartist meetings . I was there on the evening of Tuesday last , but I cannot say that any of the prisoners were at that meeting . Mr . Hall—Was this meeting last night an adjourned one , or a distinct meeting f—Witaess—An adjourned one . On Tuesday the meeting was adjourned to last night .
jar . nau—was any order given to those who were to attend the meeting!—Witness--Yes , they were to bring as many with them as they could . Mr . V * ooler—Were they desired to come armed 1 Witness—I did not hear any such direction . Henry Harris , an inspector of the Bame division , ewora—I accompanied the superintendent and the laet witness to the Trades'Hall last night . Mr . Pearee and Inspector Lewis began to search stvsral of those present , and I countoa the persons on the platform . A great many made their escape . I saw Wilking there , and he attempted to get out , bat I prevented him . Feeling something in bis pocket , I asked him to unbutton his ooat that I might search him . In his ' pocket I found this pistol [ produced } ,
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I inquired if he had my thtog more aboat him , ^ he said he had not . InTua right-hand trousers StS ' the powder . The pistol % ^•?« While I w as searching him he said « T w&mm ^ p ^ ^ Peawe said he saw le piffiaSn fro m ' ¦
. William Webb , 42 H , stated that he went l « t nignt with , the witnesses already examinJd another constables to the Trades' Hall , ainlhe ^ w i ^ r V ^ T soner Clark in the body of the ' ha ^ JndTe 2 d . 'fife cheenmg * he person who was adtoessiug the meeffi He appeared to take anaetivepart in theprSt ings , and called out to the people , when the poito euteredYnot to leave the room > W to stand to their posts . When he saw several persona taken into custod y he attempted to get out , but was stopped . H » was afterwards searched , but nothing was iound npoa Mr ^ Hall-Aa far as you saw he appeared to be taking an active part in the meeting ] T Witness ¦ X © 3 » By Mr . Wooler—There were others cheering tha speakers also . s a
James Pavison , another police constable , Btated that he took the brace of pistols from Renard . H « stopped when he was asked to do bo , but he seemed disinclined to unbutton hia coat in order that ha attest jar *• •* »™ - i . n , ? r ? . * j . u * ? , ' ) lly > i" . ' " ¦ ¦ latei "" I •» "en * to SKS-aSte ? g 35 * 5 Ms SXSBWtJfe .-Yj- R ^ g sfiWftrAtaisai ^ aiAs coat . Witness and another policeman seized hii Tl « V ? ^ ' " > { dra * it ' Jou'U cut me ? hi ! t ^ pe i * Or * i ew ** ° Pi ? witness ' s presence ^ nd he stroked , to keep H . Witness ako saw RenarS
Joseph Weston , 140 H , confirmed the evidenw of the last witness , and added that when tS sword was taken from Hobb , he said , - ThattI whit K maDy y ° U Want ' " Witne 8 S » w- . ReiiSJ . Mr . Wooiler-When he resisted , didh © use any P eraonSLTlolooce towwd you ! Witne » So ? S Btr »/ gled to prevent us taking the swordT ^ * Mr . Pearce saUt that this was all the evidenca against the prop **; but there were severalSa ! &c ! i ? the 7 oo m d 6 P 08610 flnd& * Pi 8 tolfl ' Cartrid **> him ! ' HaU inquired tf My one en k * ed the hall with Mr . Pearce said that none but the officers wer » allowed to enter , and a body of police were drawa up in front of the house to prevent anyone coin * out or coming in while he was in the room ^ ¦ » - ¦ ¦ ¦ 4
. — m — — — m « A VAV A * , ' * , * r 1 M < James More another constable , stated that he also went to the Trades' Hall last night , and on searching theroom , when the prisoners were taken mto custody * he found the pike produced . It was on the platform ! concealed behind the wainscot . He saw the kni ^ Richard Baker stated that-he searched the hall a , so , and found in the upper part of tho room two kmvcb ( produced . ) The one is sharp pointed like a dagger , and the other is a common table-knife , they were both in scabbards . He heard Byrne , when taken into custody , say to his fellow prisoner * ihey will rue it , " meaning the police . "
Joseph Price , a constable of the same division stated—I searched the hall with the other officers ! and whenitwaanearlyclearedlsawamancominff " trom under the platform . 1 communicated the cir- - cumBtanco to Sergeant Harris , and went for afoot to search the place . where I had seen the San . Having procured a candle I went under the plitformaiid fouud a pistol ( produced ) primed and half cocked lying on the floor . I also found about a dosen ballcartridges in the same place . I afterwards , on proceeding a little further , picked up two other pistol * * one of which I find is not loaded . I also found tha stick produced ( it was a large , heavy walkin « -stick ) . ihere were three partitions under the Hoorjng , and a passage leading out to * yard ; and there was * laad
or placed in the yard , to enable tfiose who left , the room to scale the walL There was a bell in tha third partition . . ^ , Mr ;* Pearce explained to the magistrate thattta hall had been used formerly as a penny theatre ; and tne bell was uBed by the performers , and not by Dec * aons attending the meetings . Witness , in continuation—I also found the knife produced under one of the benches . Mr . Hall—Is it a common clasp knife 1 Witness—No ; it does not shut . The cartridge ! were fouad in a damp place , ba * they w « r « By Mr . Wooler—I do not know that any of tha
prisoners ever had any of the articles I havepw duced in their , pessession . After some further evidence , ; Mr . HaU enquired how many pistols , daggers , pikes , Ac ., there were altogether ! ¦ u mss 7 " ' Mr . Pearce- ^ Twelve pistols , two pikes , one sword , nine daggers , seven knives , twenty-three ball ami £ omo Wank cartrid ge * , and a quantity-ofpowderT 'jlt i Wooler submitted thai there wa » » tmwT that the prisoners helonged to an illegal sxxJiet « and although they attended the meeting they were only responsible for their own actions . One of them , the individual who had the sword , had nsed the expression "Don't draw it , you'U cut me , ' ? when the officer wished to take it from him ; bnt he had attempted no violence against any of them , anditdi 4 not appear that either of the prisoners had had
amrtning to do in calling the meeting . The pistol * found m the room were loaded , but no one had offered to use them against the police . Weapon capable of doing misohief were f » und npon thembut none had shown a desire to use those weapons ? It was an open meeting , and any one had a right f » attend it ; but the prisoners could not be held responsible for the aetions of the parties who had taken the lead iu the proceedings that evening , and it could not be supposed for one instant that either of the men at the bar could have power to disturb the peace ' of the metropolis . Theyhadnoinfluenot over the masses , and if one intemperate expression might be excused , there was nothing else against any of the prisoners . When the police entered n * resistance was made , and there was nothing to fix upon the prisoners a suspicion that they intended ta do any illegal act .
Mr . Hall said that the ease before him presented many seridus features , and all the prisoners , witk the exception of Clark , had been found armed , and he had been taking an active part in the proceeding * calling upon the persons assembled to stand to their poBts when the poliee entered , and cheering tha speaker . Under all the circumstances he felt it his duty to remand the whole of them . ™ The prisoners were then remanded until Tuesday Joseph-Williams , David Williams , Charles HocU pon Neesom . Richard Spurr , John Cherry , Gebrgft Livings , and Thomas Evans , were then placed at Ufo bar , charged with using inciting language at &fc illegal meeting , in Abbey-street , Bethnal-green , Ac Mr . Pearce stated , that on entering the hail he saw Neesom in the chair , and heard him call out when the constables entered , " Stand firm : beduiet '
ke « p your ground . " He also made some remark abcut the police , which witness did not hear . Wifeness began to arrange the prisoners on the platform and on goin « up to Joseph Williams , he ( Williams ) eaid , " If you handle me , 111 knock you down . " and used other threats towards witness . On moving htm aside he saw him have a stick in Mb haad , wit £ which he threatened to strike witness , and beW under the apprehension that he had also a dajwerfi hiB possession , witness said that if be attempted to striko him , he would cut him down , with his sword . He behaved with , great violence * and *« suted m » much that the officers had to handcuff him . Wife . nesa fonnd a small hammer in Cherry ' s pocket . Thoro was nothing fpund upon Mr . Neesos , aadS said he was quite willing to submit Mm pelic Spurr would not give hia address , bnt nothing inm found upon "him . Cherry Btated that he was a glazier , and used the hammer in hia trade . Witnes did not see him on the platform , nor did h « obsern Livings or Evans there , but they were all in i £ a ¦ ¦
room . ¦ -. . Mr . Hall said that this waa a much shorter cafe * than the first , and there did not appear any neeesmtr for going over the same ground again . If thesnpex * mteodant speaks troth there were sufficient grounds for remainding them . They were all foandin t& » room , and as the poliee stated that they expected to procure further evidence against them , he voqM remand them also until Tuesday . / ^ Mr . Wooler inquired if bail would be taktm tn t& « appearance of Mr . Neesom and Sparr-at the &axt examination ! -
Mr . Hall observed thai he oould not neanre t& « extent of bail until he knew what flutter erid « aW was to be adduced against them . : """^ Mr . Wooler said that the priso&em oeuld profit * good sureties for their attendance on a future dav . and he hoped they would be liberated on tad . Mr . Hall said he was only , going to remand th 4 a for a very short period , and at pranat . m Tn atwli not t « U the effect of the tidea ** intended to be ntduwd at the examination , he did aot feel wamaUd m reviving bail , tieltd not know how ftTE additional evidence would go , and it woald ha only wasting time , and no benefit aould be gained by tu prisoners by proceeding farther to-day , therefore , h » would now remand thenj . The evideaat of tba superintendent alone was wffideni to justify a w-The prisoners wen then remanded until Tuesday The « ourt wm a » wded daring the ftnuBititm of th « priKHWM . / . w
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 25, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2668/page/3/
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