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  1- CROWN COVRTSaiurday , 3 foreft 14 . r ( Before Mr . StarTae , ^ , C . ) ¦ i ,. \ W' ™™* AND HAIMIXG AT NORTHOWRAM . : Thomas Mansfield , 22 , was indicted for having , on . the 25 th December , at NorthoMseam , near Haiifax , ; unlawfully , maliciously , and feloniously " cut , maimed , and wounded Henry Walker , -with intent to do him . some grievous bodily harm . ' . .... v MK-BAiSE SandMRHiLL conductedflieprosecution , - and Mr . Wttkiss and Mr . Pickering were for the ii defence , ; -- ; _ . ~ ¦ .. . -
  
  v , ^ PTJsoner and prosecutor , with a number of their . mends , had joined a party of singers on Christmas ere , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ aid . after being out' during the 'night , drinking and . ; xfoting , about eight o'clock on the next moraing , they j Ket at the Pine Apple public-house , about two miles i . from Northowsun , and there had a considerable quan-•• , j tity of drink . Whilst there , Walter was quarrelsome , jr .. and after several " marlocts" with different persons , , -. fought a man who was in the company , and . while -i , fighting this man , the prisoner attacked him , but they i'i . 'were soon separated , and Mansfield was ' put out at the
  
  . front door of the house , whilst Walker was taken into » the back yard . After being keptinthe yard sometime , ^ . it was thought that Mansfield would be gone , and ¦ - ¦ ' 'Walker was allowed to go into the house . On getting into the passage he was met by Mansfield , who had < been waiting . for him , and a struggle took place , in ' which Mansfield took out a knife , and drew it across . ¦ "the face ' of Walker , cutting his nose in such a manner t that the end of it was nearly severed from his face . The knife bid also cut a frightful gash across the pro-. seeutort cheeka . '
  
  For the prisoner , the landlord of the house and a number of other witnesses were called , to prbve the quiet and orderly demeanour of the prisoner during the day ; the hratal and quarrelsome disposition of the prosecutor , who got up * to fight nearly a dozen persoiis in : the ' couree of the day , attacking them without any provocation ; that the prisoner was never put out of the - house ,, as stated by the prosecutor , but was taking ' some refreshment when Walker , got into the house again , and was standing with the knife in his hand , ' "when Walker ran unexpectedly at him with his head , ' and that the act was altogether the result , of accident
  
  : -. , MONDAY , Minor 16 . . i ' ' ¦ ' "' kM- '" . ' ' ' ¦' ¦ ' ' TBX&L Q * . / ¦ ¦ ¦ ;; TBS | SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS . James Duffy , 45 , Samuel Holbeny , 25 , Thomas - Booker , 55 , William Booker , 20 , and William Wells , — - 28 , were charged with having unlawfizlly , conspired and confederated with other persons , rat Sheffield , on the > 12 th of January last , to create a . breach of the public " peace ; and with obtaining arms and other , instruments for the purpose , more effectually of accomplishing their object - < - - ¦ The Axtoehey-General , Sergeant Atcherlt , and Me . Wightman conducted , the prosecution ; and , for the prisoners , Sir Gregory Lewis defended Duffy ; Mr . Mobpht , the two Bookers ; and Mr . "Watsos , Holberry . Wellshad pleaded Guilty . Mr . WiGHiUANread the indictment : and
  
  The Attorney-General then rose , and addressed . lie Jury as follows : — Gentlemen of the Jury , —You lave heard from the Learned Gentleman , Mr . Wightman , ( hat the defendants stand indicted for having . entered into a conspiracy to violate the law , to create insurrection , and to disturb the public peace . Gentlemen - the tiSfence with which ' they are charged is one of the most grave and serious nature—indeed , Gentlemen , it borders on the highest ofience known to the law of England—I mean the offence of high treason . The charge against them is , that they had entered into a plan which , if they had persevered ' , in , and had been able , by the measures they contemplated , in . any degree , "' to carry into effixt , certainly would have subjected them to a prosecution for high treason . ' Lucidly for them ,
  
  their plans were disconcei ted ; two of . them , -however , . Trere actually committed for the crime of high treason—Holberry andBooker . After most " mature considera tion , and in concurrence with my Learned Friends , I iave thought that the ends of justice did not require that the prosecution should be conducted in that shape . - I hope ray conduct in this respect will not be blamed ly the Government ; I am sure it will not be blamed by the defendants , or those who represent them . Gentlemen , I will shortly state to you the circumstances of the case , which I presume must bring home to the defendants , in the clearest manner , the offence for which they are charged . Gentlemen , the indictment was pre ' ferredagainstfive of the prisoners ; one of the five , however , Wells , has pleadedguilty " ; but of course the other
  
  four are not in the slightest degree prejudiced by that plea . Weare to consider them innocent until your verdict has established their guilt ; but , Gentlemen , of this I think there will not be the slightest doubt left ¦ . upon your minds , if the evidence is such as I am in- . - structed to lay before you . There was established in ¦ - the town of Sheffield societies called Chartists . These societies at first were probably of an innocent nature , ' because at first they merely entertained opinions which they conscientiously thought . should . be carried into : effect ; but , Gentlemen , by and by , being deluded by designing men , they certainly laid a plan of . the most dangerous and mischievous nature . They were resolved , not by constitutional and legitimate means , but by ' ¦ force and violence , to carry that plan into effect . For
  
  ' - this purpose they were divided into classes—each class had a leader—and they met at certain places in Sheffield and the neighbourhood , and orders being commuideated to them by the leaders who conducted those persons who were in those classes . Gentlemen , in the beginning of January of the present year , they formed the plan which is the subject of this prosecution ; - "which was to prepare fire-arms—to assemble at a given i time—to take by force possession of the Town Hall and Tontine Hotel , of Sheffield , and to enter and fortify - those plate 3 against the troops that might be brought against them , and to have a general rising in Sheffield , -which was to be accompanied by a rising ef . a similar description in other parts of the country . The time : fixed for the accomplishment of . thi 3 scheme was the
  
  night between Saturday , the 11 th , and . Sunday , the . 12 th of January . The class leaders were to bring their men to the appinted place j and this . pian of operation - "was to be brought into effect , attended with circumstances of violence , which I have refrained at present if em speaking to you about If they were defeated in " ' ¦ - - ' the attempt to get possession of the Jfawn Hall and : Tontine Hotel , then ^ they were to set fire to the town , luckily , however , the magistrates received information of this plot—not of its details—but they were aware that something of adangerous nature was in agitation . Accordingly measures were taken to prevent it The military and police were called out and . actiYely employed on the night between the Saturday : and Sunday , and lucky for Holberry , he was arrested at '
  
  midnight There were several attempts at riot made , but the rioters did not come out in large numbers—ouly . from , twenty to thirty , and as soon as the alarm was . given they were dispersed , the r ingleaders were apprehended , and the public tranquillity was restored . Now , Gentlemen , if there was such a plot as this in existence , there can be no doubt at all that the cocfas delinquiis fully established , and the only question will be whether these four individuals who have pleaded . not guilty , .. "were implicated in the transaction . Now , Gentlemen , : I think no reasonable doubt can possibly be entertained , if the evidence is established , of the guilt of the parties . la the present action they might have taken a different -. course—they might have suffered judgment to go by default ; although I do not wish for a moment to
  
  contend that they had not an undoubted right to put the prosecution upon proof of their guilt I do not , however , complain of the course they have taken , and they are still to be considered innocent ; and unless I can by clear evidence prove them guilty , it will be your duty to acquit them . Now , with regard to Holberry , it will i te proved that he was the principal leader—he attended . ' the class meetings—he attended at a place called Fig . - ' . Tree Lane , where the delegates used to attend . He ati tended the meeting in Lambert-street , where the details ! of the plan were arranged ; he was ,, in short , I may v 'say , the principal contriver « f . the scheme . He was l arrested between eleven acd twelve o'clock on the Sa--:-. . today night He was found in bed with all his clothes - j on excepting his shoes , and lie then entered into an
  
  ex-£ - r planation , making no secret of his intentions . I know -: krs"U » eloquence and the talent of his counsel , Mr . ,-. ; . Watson ^ but I am at a loss to conceive what topics he : ; . .- has to offer in the prisoner ' s defence . When he was i . arrested , this dagger ( the Learned Gentleman here exit . : > Jiibitedthe dagger which was found upon the prisoner , r , i . andwhichwasa most formidable weapon ) was found nponliiin . I will not detail . the conversationwliich » then took place ; that you will hear from the witnesses ; : Imtl will tell you that there were found in his house - - .-.., » . large horse pistol , twelve band-grenades , two bomb shells . ; half a dozen , fire balls ,. forty ball - " : cartridges , several t in cases for p owder , ttree torches , a quantity of tow used in the manufacture - -- ¦; of those articles , from 100 to 200 iron bullets , and . an
  
  .,- .. Iron pot Gentlemen , I believe this basket contains the articles found in Holberry ' s house . Now for what purpose will Mr . Watson say these were collected—for . . what purpose was the defendant lying in bed at that ^ ' JS |» . of the night with a dagger in his bosom ? With ^; ' wejiect to Booker , it appears that he attended those '* ; meetings , and that he took an actiTe part in them . He "*¦ '' -was ' ant on the night in question , and was arrested abaut four o ' clock in the morning at a placecalled - - OtookiJffoor ; and near whereEewasarrestedwasfonnd a great quantity of arms of a similar description to those fotsd in Holberry ' s housei ! Gentlemen , William Booker , l&at yonng man who is now standing nest to E " i .: Iuin , ishkson ; and I will prove to you fiiat he also
  
  i , ; took a very , active part in concerting and arranging 1 IT pTOC ^ jSnSB- H . ' *** arrested about four o'clock ¦ s . fa * the mora % , in bis father ' s house , and there were ; . fmd this pifce head , upon a stick , and a quantity of cats . Here is a specimen of Una most dangerous wea-W * ? ^ . ckjras . lOT . the purpose of defending them agamsfc the attacks of cavalry ; and they are so ineemously constructea ; ttat throw them which wayyou •^ ^• . Pj ^ a il » sure to turn upwards . On thefol-- - . ^ wy « ay an immense quantity of iron spikes were ' ^?^ J ? oealed * & * ^ ** Tb £ K were also found , wmi the prisoner was apprehended , two wins , a ^ PlBtoj | . 391 bail eartridk twolkJbonSwS aachei in diameter , two hand-grenades , four daggers ,
  
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  and a great quantity of pike shafts , sharpened at one end ready , to receive . the heads .. Now , Gentlemen , these ,, ^ * . * ' . ' ¦*_''__ ' _ ' ¦ * * ' 1 ' - : - ¦ '' .
  
  are a specimen of ; what was found at the houses . of Holberry and the tw ^ feookers . I now come ^ tot iie . case against the defendahtlJuffy , who is to . be defended by Sir Gregory Lewih . . -He was alsoja class leader , and was to have brought his men up that night , but was not sopunctual as was expectedJ He ' took a part in carrying the plan into effect jfHe is an Irishman by . birth , and he wasio bring up his conntrvmen who , were , to'be named his . class . A-quantity of arms were , found deposited in a place where they had been secreted by . him . You ,. Gentlemen , will ; probably ask how all this is to be proved : ? I shall prove it by witnesses whose testimony camiot admit of the slightest doubt I shall
  
  likewise-call witnesses who , were implicated in this case , I have no donbtbut that my Learned Friend will cross-ejeamine these witnesses and call , upon-, you to receive tbeir ¦ evidence . with suspicion , and will very probably wall other witnesses ; to . disprove -. what they may advance ; but independent ^ of- thesei I '" apprehend there is sufficient to establish the , charge against them . But that you and the public may know all the mischief which was contemplated rwi \ i ; present , before you two witnesses of . the names of Thompson and Foshall , who intended toMye joined in this ^ break—^ nay , who did join in it / -G ^ ttemen , in cases of Jthis description , it is impossible r ^ le ^ n anything , of tteVplans and intentions of seo ^ vbodies unless ,-through the'medium of accomplices ; jpr . ripies ; their testiniony , however , . will be cprroborated in the most important particulars by
  
  other , witnesses who are not accomplices , " and then , according to the rule of ; the law , you" will be required to give the Mlest credit . to the- testimony of these two persons . -Gentlemen , under these circumstances , I a ^ ain confess , mj astonishment that the defendants should for a moment questiotf the evidence ; they have , however , an undoubted right , as I before observed , to put us upon proof of the charge , and , I . think there cannot be the smallest difficulty in giving that proof . ' The only defence' which appears to me can be attempted will be that tiiey are not : euilty of a misdemeanor , because they are guilty of high treason . Gentlemen , that is a defence to which I am sure my Learned Friend
  
  will not resort , and if you should be of opinion from the evidence which will be . given , that they are guilty of high treason , it will be your duty to acquit them of the present charge , but" it . will ^ be my . duty , as the public prosecutor , to take carethat they do not escape public justice with impunity .. I present thia case , and it . willbeforyou , when you have heard the evidence , ' to Hiywhethertheyaie ' guilty . or not' This offence is one of the gravest deasri p tibn fink can be committed , and pubh ' c safety requires that they should hot escape ; I have done my duty to the . best . of my ability , aud I am sure you will do yours in a manner perfectly satis- ' factory . / . ' ¦ . - , ; 4 ' ' ¦ ' ¦" ' . ' ¦¦ " < > ¦ '" ' ' :: Sergeant Atcheri , t- then called . '" - '
  
  Thomas Rayner , who stated he was the superintendent of the-Sheffield policeVand ' there was an ; officerin that force of the name of Wild . He heardof certain alarms in Sheffield in the . beginning of January , and made it . his business to inquire about them , and to be on the look out He knew ; . FigtrM-lane ,, whicli was nearly in the centre of the town ,, and about a quarter of a mile ftom the Tontine and ! the Town Hall / " ¦ Sergeant AicHERLY—Di d '' yoii ^ direct your attention to any buildihg in Figtree-lane?—Yes , to ' alarge school-house . . ' ? , : ' . '' , ' . ' : Did you make any" observation on the fl ight of Friday , the lOtii of January , in that room ?—I did , -Did you observe any persons passing on that night ? —I did .. . . ' . . Wellj : tJien , [ I wjjl pass over Saturday to come to Sunday ;' .... " . ' . ' ; . . . " , " '
  
  Did you on the night of . Saturday , or on Sunday morning , go , to search any of the prisoners' houses ?—Yes , on Saturday eveningat twelve o ' clock , I and Wilde and several police officers went . to Holberry ' s house in Ayre-lane , and after gaining ! . admission , by asking for a person named Hartley , ' we went up stairs , and found Holberry mlwdwiutfik " clothes on . „ He got upon one elbow , and then Wiljcle ' caught hold , of a dagger from a side pocket ^ in his j Coat , whichiwas in . ' a' red leather case , and like , tiie . a | e produced . .. Wade then asked hun if he was , one ; bf " the people caiied Chartisia , and he said "Yes . " ' : ; ' .. " i : ; " " . '" v
  
  He then asked him ¦ whether he was a moral-force Chartist or a ph ' ysical-force Chartist ^ He replied " a physical-force Chartist" I said that is a deadly weapon ; pointing to the dagger , —you surely would hot . take life with it ?—He replied " Yes j but I would , in defence of the Charter , and to obtain , liberty !;'' butjhe added , " mind . I am no thief . " We then ^ proceeded to ' search tiie boxes , and he said , " ? 'Tou ; willfiud nojthiiigtlierewhat you want is ' up s ^ iVJ . . ; After jgiyuig ^ him in charge to the men below , we _ went iiito ^ the garret , and , the first thing I ^ a , w ym ' ¦ & pisfiji ^ whicii Wijcle took up , and which - " ^ as . f 6 ujadyto ^ e lo ^^;; Afiter jthat I found the basket oiiMo ' tablef with " twelve hand-grenades , ttie cases for ] " which -were stone bottles stuffed with blasting powder , pebbles , and pitch , with a fuse and , touch paper . I also found a number of fire
  
  balls there , some-tin cases " for handrgrenades ,. tbree torches , about forty ball cartridges , about three dozen iron bullets , and an iron pot . We earned . offtlie prisoner and the articles there . to the oMce . j ^ ien we got there , I had possession of thepiatol , arid I said"Surely , Holberry , you . would ' not have ! shot mo ?" He said , '' Yes , I wpuid . haye shotypu or any one else for tiie Charter . ; ! rfigh ^ fot | he Chatter .. . and liberty . " On the Sunday-1 -examinedi- 'the" grenades , ' , and found them tobe what-I statei : i ' Abouttwo o ' clock on Sunday morning ppUce watchnuu £ , Wadcock was brought in wounded in the . arm v . tte . wound-havmg gone obliquely through the arm . The wound was such a one as might be made with a pike . We had a watchman named Samuel Howe , who I had to send a coach for . Ho was very severely wounded indeed .-He was
  
  wounded in the hands ,- neck , and back . The wounds in the neck were such as might have been made with a pike . The pike is thd . one produced . Anether man I learnt was wounded badly in another part of the town . He turned out to be a . Chartist '; Thomas Booker was brought in about * four of five , o ' clock . He was asked where he lived , and he said No . 2 , in Bencroft-laue We went there with a detachment of infantry . When we got into tlie house , we found over the chimney piece two guns and I saw Mr . Wilde take a loaded pistol from a drawer . Up stairs we found the . two bomb shells produced . . They are made the same way I apprehend , as the hand-grenades . We found also
  
  390 younds of ball cartridge , a long pole pointed as for a pike , and four daggers . There was the younger Booker and Foxhall in the house . We took them up and brought them to the Town Hall . We apprehended Wells on the Tuesday morning , at his father ' s house , iu bed . He said he had taken some daggers from his employers , not for any profit , but because he had been compelled to preduce them for some Chartists . His employers were , the Messrs . Worsner . [ The witness here produced four snort daggers . ] I know the prisoner Duffey . He was apprehended on Sunday the 19 th , at his own house . We went into the room in Fig Tree Lane on the 14 th February , and there I found the paper produced . [ The paper was hot read . 1
  
  By Sir Gregory Lewin—I have known Duffy four er five years . He is a publican . I do know that all the proceedings of the first arrest had appeared in the ' Sheffield papers prior to our going to his house . I am aware that he had had ample opportunity of going away if he had had a mind to have done so . By Mr . Watson—There have been meetings " of Chartists for the last-two years in Sheffield , ' and I remember the meetings in favour of the Reform ' Bill , and of the Municipal Reform Bill . The Chartists have used the room in Fig Tree Lane for six or eight months ; There was no opposition to our going-into Holberry ' a . We asked first for a person named Hartley , who , I believe , was a Frenchman . -I have seen him once or twice , but believe Wilde suggested asking for him merely as a pretence—I do not know . I have seen hun at the room in Fig Tree Lane , but never spoke to him . I do not recollect ever seeing that Frenchman there after the llth January . Holberry did offer to go up into the garret , and show us what arms were there . ¦ : ¦ ' . : .
  
  By Mr . Murphy—Two of the guns found at the elder Booker ' s were over the fire place , and the other was in two pieces , in a . comer . The elder Booker told me where he lived , and 1 found his statement coirect I do not recollect seeing any such daggers as those produced exposed for sale in Sheffield . . ~ . ' - ¦ : ' * : ' ,, ; ' James Wilde called by Mr . Wightman—I am . one of the constables of Sheffield , and went with' Mr . Rayner-to the house of Holberry . I saw a female , and asked if a person named Hartley lived there .. She said not' I jjsked her her name , and . ' she refused to , give it me . She said I know who . you are seeking , it is Ottley . I asked her whether Hartley was there out of pretence . I told her then we were come to search the house for arms and ammunition . . She then went and called to her husband to get up , andine and . Mr . ' Rayrierwent . up
  
  into the bed-room . Holberry was lying in the bed with his clothes on , and I asked him his name . I told him to get up , and as he rose I took from the inside of his coat a dagger . It is the one , produced . I asked ! him if ho was a Chartist , and lie said he was . The . dagger appears to be manufactured by Wolstenhblme . I . asked him if he was a moral-ferce man , or a physical-force man . We searched the room ,: but found nothing . As we were going down stairs I saw another staircase ,: and said "I see you have a garret" . HeeaidI have ;! you wdi find what yduare seekingthere . I would notallow him to go ; bu ^ Jeft him in charge of poUcemen below Rayaer and I went into the garret , and found a number of ttlngs there , among the rest , a pistol within arm's length of tho top . " I brongbj all the things down to Holbeny , and he explained what they were . We then took him and . all the things prpdoced to the police office . I was at'thepoUce office on the following
  
  { Mon day * . morning when Booker ' wim brought fo the office , anifound the daggerproduced sp hisleft sleeve He told ae he Uved in Bennet-lane , and I went there along vnth Joihall and . young Booker . They were dressed and sitting up . We found three guns there below stairs . We found up stairs the two Urge shells produced in conrt . Also a quantity of ball cartridges lying on the floor aad . some hand-grenades . In the room below also we found a pistol which was loaded with powder and ball ; we tookFoxhall and the arables to the Town HalL Duffy we fonnd ' at his ewn house about . 12 o ' clock on -Sunday the 19 th . The people there were quarrelling among themselves . I searched him , but found nothing upon / Mm . I had some aims BoSSer ? " ^^^" J ^ ' ^^ -FS ?! beads . They are more rusty now than they were then .
  
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  . . . :. .-. T ¦ - - . - ¦•> '' ' i ?) f t ' Vi . - ¦ -- ' ¦ ' r , ) - . ' By Sirj GREGORYjLEWiN ^ Dw ^' hiu numberofjiyearsiinthetown . ( ,, „ , ; ,.. . ; ' . "' .. ! ' ByMr . WATSO * N—Iknow nothing about the . nien Hartley . and Ottley . Ionly used his name as a ' pretence when I went ' t ' o H 6 ib * ny ' & ' ' ' 'Hblberry offeredno resist tanceto&ewh ' enl . topk the dagger'ffoin'his sider The garretiaa ' nojfurniturein if . ;; Nothing but the ' articles produc ^ a . '"' I asked him what ; they ' yfe i' 6 ; and he ' ga ' ve them the same namethat . IMye . ^ l'did not ^ utmariy questidns to him . I will ' nojt iindertake-to say what RaynOTdid : " "' y ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ;;'¦ ¦ ¦ '•';¦ - ( ¦ - ' i ¦ .-,, ; ;; : ; 1 ByMriMuRPHY—Booker T . betieye is ' a scissor smith . ' Wiri . 'iBland , ' , constiibie of SheMeW , 'exaniinedbj tiie Atto ' mey-Gerieral- ^ Reb ' ollected ^ ThbmM Booker being bronghtinbetween-fourandfivei o ' cloct on'the'llthl Theie ' was a dagger sucli ^; tiiat ' ; proauced fduhd upbii him ; - it- ' w ^' found ^ up- ' j ^ ieft ' ' sl (» Vft """ I ^ c 6 mpanie ( l Wadistn his'housei ' - " We' went about six " o'clock in tho ^^ ' ~^ ' «• ' * "« "_ 1 — « i / T ^ nrT . X XV—/ rL'l * * . l'l '* "i J » lV -V ' * - * •• :
  
  mmanng . ' There was Wm . Booker and Foxhall there : They ^ ereisittingiby the ' fire . " ; We searched the house for arms ; '' Thefirst thingwe' ; f 6 und wa 8 'ii dalger ^' and ] up fltairs we found - the three , other daggers ' produced ; . Weitlsofonnd ' a gun th ' era ' We took / Boofier a'hd Fpxbiatbihepqiiceoffice . - ' ciiiii '! ¦ ' ¦ '; ' ¦ ¦?¦ -S - * ' - * :. !^] ; " : ' Johii " . Ad 6 bck ' , watchman , ^ sworn . ''^ iiimined | by ' Se ^ aJnt AiKheiiy—In 'tiie- ' monthof' Januat ^ I ' was a police ; 'watcn ' nian in Sheffield ' / find ' onthe' night of- the , lltti of " J January ; I was on duty near the Infirmary . ' About one Vclock on- Suriday morning I- tobsened'a party , df inen ' coming towiards ine' armed Mth pikes . There lapp ' eared ¦ ' ¦ Wi be' twenty-five or 'thirty : I r- » mode way for them to pass . They , then tiirnedupottme -vf ith their pikes , and stabbed'me twice m the ann aid twice in the cheefcr I drew ' my staff to defend Any ^ elfj and seiMone - of : the ' pikes ar ( d < 8 pj « Dg > my , < rattle ; ' ( Al l ' decamped ; The pike produced ' is' the one I- seized ; I had not s £ oken'W ^ costumebla ' watchmaiibn'duty ;' ' v- ' ¦ . > '¦;• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ > ¦ ¦ . :
  
  r Thomas' Hague ' called . byMr . WiGHTirAN ^ -r am one of thepolice watchnienbf Sheffield , " and was -ih Pbrtobello-steeet'on the morning Of Sunday , Januaty l 2 . : 'I heard footstep ' s aipproaching- ' about ten minutes past two , ' and'called time rather louder than usual , immediately after that twenty-five' or thirty' men with pikes came ' out of Rockingham-lane into Trippet-lane . ' - They were marching like soldiers . ' There ' were gas- ' lights > there ;' and I could seethe arms—the handles - bright ¦ and i the blades bright lhada watchman ' s'dress on audlantera , '' - ' They formed line ^ in ^ TrippeWahe , and'rcanie .-'towards me in-what is calleddbubletime . ' I then sprung ' myrattlethree or : fouf > timesi 4 a ^ ^^ them withmy stafl ' mmy ' ' hand . ' " Th 6 flrstman' -i ' came ito I was iu the act of " 'strikingf when a , ; man ' > , irt a white ' Macintosh cloak presented a blunderbuss , iitid ^ fire \ t' , at ' me . The baUwent through my hat . They aUtheii ran down Ro ' ckihgham-street , but the man with the blun-: derbuss ,. and- he raii another way , up Rockingham-¦ street ''¦¦•'• ' ¦'¦¦ ¦' "¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ •¦¦ ' :, ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦; - ,, .:. ;¦ . ¦ ¦; ,
  
  ' Samuel Howe called by the Attorney-General—I . was on duty on this occasion near to ; St . George ' s Church . -About ten minutes past two on'Sunday ' -niorn ^ ing I was going up past Lever ' Green aridmet 'afparty of about forty men a l armed ; lorossed over towards-them and they surrounded me and 'one of'them- said ^ 'Seize him . " - They then took anci ' . ' probed" mo in the breast with blunderbusses and other weapons . ^ One man drew the trigger , but it missed fire . ' 1 then ! ran off'and ; one of the crowd fired at me , but I was not-hit •'¦ ' Another fired at me immediately , and 1 thought' it / Struck me and I fell dbwnV I got up after hearing themisay- ^ He ' s notdeadj" md . they fired again . * Twb ; . oitthem then bvertook ' me withcuflassesandtheystru ' efetaeiibutat lastl turned round and seized-one of them . l -Ttiey ; cut at" meat the backoff the ^ ead several times . and woundedme . " They also wounded myhahd .,:, |; did not take . eithor of them , but ran away ' againanditbbk . shelterinahouse . I wasin the Infirmary ' about Winionth afterwards . ' ' - ' ¦'¦ •'> ' •¦ - ; ' - ; - 'i * . i . u ,. tvcIJL ;' . i
  
  - Gregory Nance ; called—Examined - by . i . JSergeant Atcherlt . —I remember the SaturdayMight ^ v mentioned . T was sent for a party of Dragoons towards Crook ' s Moor . ¦ There "is a place callediJhe :- ^ Daius in ; -that neighbourhoodj and I and 'Hfluseleyato ^^ t ^ ire men ; two of whom gotover a wall ;; The other Tnan ; had Something in his hand ' like a ¦ stick .- "It was the alii er prisoner Booker , and I seized and gave him in charge ! anpthe ' r ' watchmah . 'He ' liad thrown something byer the wall there ,- and I' found a - dagger in a shaft'about ¦ two feet longthera j Ialsofound ^ a ^ bundle'Vpfjiron " cats" there ,- There were about a peek ' mefeureJuU of . them ; [ The cats ' were the instruments described , b ' y the Attorney-Gerieral . ' ] '"' HouseleyfbuhdWBagger there . Igayehim in custody to' Wbbdall'theh& ' aTid * he Iwas brought to the'Tbwn Hall ; ' - We ; Heturh " e'd i&g ^ l 9 > to : Jhe | same spot ; , ' and there I' saw a pistol' fbu 6 cl ; there , and 'another dagger at'thattime within ab ^ tit \ tefiyards ' ofthb place where ! ' ¦ found ' Booker / ' the pisfollwas : loaded . ' : " ¦ : ¦• : ' 1 ^ 'fH . i .-. . ; : ;; ; i : ;« r . ¦ :, ; - « ' a , ;;; ,
  
  .- Cross-examined . by -Mk ' . Mbrphy—It ' was ! about haU-past four o ' clock' in the morning , and Icouldseethe men distinctly . . The other ' men crosse d the wall inear to where ' . Booker '' was . - The ' man " who thre ^ , away -the stick held it in his" ' left-tond . ' ' [ His right h ' and'was on the wail when I caught him , - vl did did not sett . hjm throw anything' from ; 'him . 'but'he had ; sometning id it ; arid when ^ I ' cameup'y htenotniili ^;' :: Joseph WildgobBeJ'examincA ' by'Mr : ' Wightman—Hive at Bennett's-lane ' , iri ; Sheffield ' , 'an ' d . iriiiaritiitTyjlnst , Thomas'Bbbker ' wi ^ . BJy ' next door ntighbbur . " He , had lived thereifive ^ effiHu ^ . He was ' a table-knife ' cutter . He ma de ^ fi | p ^ Mfef- ' i - " ' ; ' ^ ' i r ' : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ,. Samua'PoS ^ PbMpBgn ; - called ^ In the ^ onth of JanuaiyTwi&l ^
  
  nearly three ye ^ rar ^ rfwte ' worMng'WtW ^ . W Parker . ; rbelpngeiitq " a ( M ^ I betame a member on the Sunday ^ in Wales . It was held ' at Valentine ¦ Benison ; s , * in the Park . There was a room in Fig Treejaie , wiiere the . X / hartistsmet . There ' were two sorts of in 6 etiags | one a public meeting , to whom any person ' was ' admitted ; and . aprivate , meeting , which , was a secret meeting , to which none but . members i were , admitted . ; . I was admitted . I knew Samuel Holberry , and have frequently seen him at . these meetings . He lived in Ayre-laneJ and I have been at Ms house . ; I recollect , the Sunday before this disturbance , and I saw HolbBrry therein that ' dayi and two or three men who I liave ' seeii ; - at : the . KChartist meetings there . ' I cannot speak' to seeing ithem at pri
  
  vate meetings . Holberry said he had ' beemtftDewsbury , and he was happy' to say that the day , and tto ; ho \\ r , ' and the moment were near ; when a' unfenimous : ri ? e' should take place . " ' But oily ^ twb peoplei ; in ealch'town were to know jthe time . . He ' saidhe had -pledged his word at that meeting ttiat' no place of worship . 'ichu ' rch , ' of chapel , should be destrbyedj nor ; any provision stores . From there we went to the Chartist '• Toqm ; iri 5 Fig Trdelane . About one hundred ; 'ihenibers vrere there when we arrived . Holberry : atfd ' three' or'four - of the others ' athis house accompanied " me thcrfc "; ' When Holberry was there he " telled" the assembly that hfe was happy , and he told them that the ' flaywas appointed , and alluded to the time being > hort , ' ^ d ' ';' sl ^ tett 1 ^ t ' by the' result of the meeting , of the "ConyeiAlon ' , lie was 1
  
  only allowed . to malte it ' knb ' w . n'to two / in eachtown . '' He saidhe ' had another journeytq ' gb . ahdh ' esiipuid want some money . ' : He . was to ,. go to Nottingham / for one place . He said when he went to ' . Dewsbury . he ' had but 8 s ., and it was not enough , to ke ep hihi . bn , aud , he | wiis very ill . He said he had been to ¦ De ^ sbury . ^ e week ' before . I tnen subscribed sonie . money . to carry HoV berry off on his journey . ' from ' which he W'ia ^ tp | return by Wednesday . or j-Thursday at ' the veryooujtside : 'Tl know James Duffey , , - ' The first tiineiJ sawi . m ^ imong theiChartiste ^^ was at . thati room ^ onthe Friday . ^ efore ' t&s disturbance . ' , I saw ^ him there again . on the next . nighty at a secret meeting . ' He said on that night he had a class of Irishmen ,, but he ' should not state- . the number , or names of them ,, till there was better order Kept at
  
  thedobr . Upon that it was agreed , there Bhould b ' e ; a fresh pass-word made . The pass-word then made was " Onion is strength . ' . ' There were to be two to keep the dd&r ; whom Duffey called " tilers . " One was to ' . b . e outside , and the word' " Union" was to be given ' to . him , and "is strength ' to tho one inside . ' I was there ' at night on Thursday , and Samuel Holberry was ithere , and Duffey , and others . ' The meeting was then . " tiled " in the manner described . Duffoy then sa ' ul-ho had a class of sixty-fourilrishmen . I was-afterwards at a house in Dixon Lane that night , and Samuel Holberry , and Law , from Dewsbury , ahd a stranger . to ' rme were ! there . .. During the time ; we-f wefe j ^ er . e ' , ; they > ta | k ^ tf about arms , and Holberry ; pulled a dagger > out : of ] W&i leather case , : like -the one > produced .-- Tha- person '
  
  named Law asked if I had got the / dagger ready whichj I . promised . for him . . On Friday ^ -the ? day ; after ^ af night , I was in Fig : Tree Lane , and Holberry was there ' ; Duffey . was the chairman ; : It was a secrbtmeeting , aM ^> tilod .: ' . Therewas ia . person ; 'camb in ; aml > said ; theie was ; a . policeman underneath as ai spy . ^ Duffey pulled lout a pistol , and said ,. ' " L ? ad me 'to the spy ; ' , and : I'll ' stop him . from spying . " A person thengot upandniiade a kmd of a moral force speech iwhichhe ea \ d . was to be a cloak upon the meeting . ; Then Holberry . ! got upon' a " form , and . we all got close round him , and he said every . manmu st be punctual at his . cliss at ten o'clock on Saturday-night , as there was to-be an ^ inspection ; . oi . ^ rmsi and if . he met any one > in the street ,. . n " oi ;' a ^ Chartist , he would blow his brains > out t . Theite was . ta foreiKner
  
  at that meeting . I and Holbeury . staia . af teri the-meet- ' ing ,, and ., a man named Marshall ^ fandvBirka , ^ aid Cooper . ;; -, I heard Holberry then ibBgint » taik ! aboutthV quantity of ainis and anunuhition we hiid / i and abeu ' t the ' combustibles ; . Marshall ; 8 tated : th > i ! . ihe hadJabbut 400 rounds of . baU cartridge / and James Boirdmahi said he had about a thousand .. Bbardman : alsd sai ' d . he ha ' d about eight or . ten guns / andMarshaUMd he hM'ihfe ' e or four . . Witness itold ; them . that ! he ^ had ., about 406 ! Boardman and Burke were leaders of classes . 'Itiwas about twelve ^ o ' clock whea ; we went away :. v , On $ ; ffie Saturday , James ' . Boardman ideslred me ' to bat atth ' e room in Fig . Tree Lane ; about ttree o'dock ; iAnaiwenit there . " TherewereEeveralimenthere , . andSa ^ iielHoi- / berry came . Cooperwas there . . ; He is-aBtbutishmanfi d
  
  anwalks rather lame . V Holberry told us ' to follow him , and we followed hhn ; to a publiciouse . in Lam-1 bert-street We got there ; Soon ; , after ; threiB , and . we went into the lodge-room . . i ^ fqund ^ Duffey and James Boardman , and amau wfto was . said " to . ; come from Rotherham , and others ' the& ^ Birks came . there-after Holberry then got up , an ^ said we muat all ' , be at the Town Hall ; and Tontine byitwoo ' clock , as they must be the places , to be first taken . ; ' . " The ; class . es werb to come up to take these places , one manifirat from / every class , andthentwp . and aien ttie whole bpdy ; l . Exactly as the : clock , ; struck ' two they . were ; , | q ^ i XU ^ ' Into ' the ToTO Hall and .-Tpntiner and ^ ti ^ e ^ iqss Msibn of them . Boardman' said he could trrrig ' iiibout " fifty , and I said I could bring about fifty . James M'Ctii&ck said he ' : ' " -.. - ; , "' . x . - "' - . ' X > . / i , r % ¦ :.
  
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  ; ' cottld . bringabeut ' forty ^ audBiris fi ^ he Couid bring ^ biitia few . ' Duffey said he ' coM bnng ' s 1 } xty-fpvir " Soine ' bf ' ^ i ^ fAmfc ; thW ' $%$ ' ¦ & talk ?; about ^ tting " aEms ' foVitn ose ; who ; , hfM ' none , " an'd 'iliey were ' . 'to' get ^ em'ibMrj&aking''bp ' en th , e ' sKpps where ; they y $ ei expq ? ed ' l f 6 r salb . " . If . they goi' % ; toMner they were : to ; shut ; the ^^ gates , " ^ and-barricade them j With ; ' the coaches niside ; When they got into jihe ' ' ^ o ^ -Hall , 'one ; ' partir ' were to ; occupy'tb ! e . fibbr ! and ' . the'other ' - ' were to go / above ' . "' ' Wethen ; began / t % jik ' ' abqiiUije ;\' ciits , ttie ' instrumerits ; to ;' lame ; ^ proposed to throw , ' thbni . in ^ nig / Hill > leadingfrom barracks / ' and ' they were to | e ; thrown'at th ^ corner , of , the Towii Hall ' and . the 'Albion . ¦' ; * Ho . lberrjj ' said ' tha ^ he and eighty-three ' picked men were ' to go after the ; sol-¦ / L _ . » U Kmmm kVik ^ t- ^ n ^ wf ' ' m « , 1 * * n £ &n * nntH' Vtr % AnttlH ' riMtiry
  
  ' diers were cailed outa ' hd . fire'thestraw chamber ., One of th ' e ' m wasto do it by ^ ^ climbing the ' spbut '' and . tiirbwinga fire- ' bairin . ' That ; 4 t wai ' satd j '' would set fire to the'Riding School . ' The bne ^' a'rid'twos ' who came ! up were to assassinate !' aU ; the !' splaieiS ' aM , watehin 6 nthey met ' ' ¦ ! ' ¦ remained , at ; the ! : school-rb ' om ' tiil ^ neifl ^ jsix ' o'clock . ' - ' Hblberry said itf'the e ' vent' ^ of ;" thbir '" 'bQing bafflpdVttey musfH'M ^ scow " tlie' : t 6 wn ^/; Imet'to ^^ fburteen-pr ^ six ' teeh . bf my ¦ men ' that . mght ? , ' and'took ' th e ' m toBirks ' s'blas ^ in ' Mill-lan ^ pally armed .- \ , Weils ; ' came to o \ fr' Muse "before ! wb started with '' these ¦ . daggers ; - ' and-wished - 'thii name oh 'tBem'tobiJfiied ' outv ' ' When tlie ; whole body of dSVent ! was ' about twelve , and ' we ' regained ( at Birk ' s s ! till ¦ two . Duringthat 'time '"; 'Birlt 8- dipped " about a dpzen
  
  torches ^ in ' iufper itineivia ^ thocouncil , who were at ' Lambert-hinB , "Sijd hb'brought word ; thai we ' shbuld ^ meet at the top of WafeManeV We ; went ' there , ttiid then found it was ^ a'mistake ; and that We ought'to have ' gohe'tp Watery-lane . 'Firiding no one there , we return ^ rto'Baccb Bd ^ there Six 'Irishmen' asking- for i > uffy , ; ah'dl- went to' his house ¦ with . them . Duffy was there , and his house was full-of people ; who were riaiculinghimbecauseheidid not cpme ' ont to lead them on as-they expected . Duffy ¦ said ' he had' been'sitting !' at '" the " Council . " * These persons were ' principally armed with dirks ,- but I saw a pistol or two profluceaV' ; Frohi- there I went to ! the house !| bf -Birks , but he was not at'home . As I was returning honto . 'I- ' was ' stopped bya policeman on the bridge , who arrested me ,-and tbok-me to the Town -Hall . 7 ¦ ¦ -r . l ^ -i ' . ill " . .. . •¦ .,.,. ¦ .. vi , ' -. „ : .: - -V : ; . ..
  
  ¦ a ,-By Sir G . Lewin—I have beenTa member ' of the Sefe ' retSocibty i andto ' okthe . oatti'bf BecrScyj The terms of-that oath . were ^ - 'Wiil you do i allthatliosJin your pow er / . even to the loss of-your own life , ' and'the shedding ' of the blood of the ^ ^ tyrants ; " ^ -That is the ^^ first part of ; it ;; andthe person then ' says '• ¦ " Yes " or " No . " . I ' sa ! idfe " : Y ! es . ' It then goes bn ^ " And I' ? do ' most solemnly and in the sight of Almighty God and the assembly preseHt , ' swearthat > l will assassinate any one that will betray the ' secrets of this meeting ,- and bear assassination when I ' shall betray them . " ' And you , ' 'ih ! deflarice of that solemn undertaking ; were the ' first to reveal
  
  thoseisecrets ? - ' -Not till Fwas taken ' prssoner . —Haying then- . violated that solemn oath ; tf'want to kiipw-if you consider the patti you have" taken to-day binding ? - upon your conscience ?^ -Yes , because that was ribt'ahbath ' . I kissed no , book then . —Icame by the iron used in these apeaK j b y ' . taking it where I ! could find it . ; I did steal . it froifimy ' master . ^ Th ' efirst ^ tiniMsaw . Duffy . among tb ] CfiartistB , ! w ^ on iiie r ' Tuesci , ay night . tJefpreih ' e , outfaffl [ There , were about ;; 600 * peop ^ force - ' Chartisl . ' } The , ! ph ) fsical-f' ^ were , held . ' ^ fter ' the ; impral-fqfce , ^ Abbutioo attended them . ¦ DmTy , ya ^ ' at both ; ¦ ¦]• I wasa class loader ! ' ' , '" ¦" ' " ¦'" ' . ' ' . ' . . '' . ' ' - ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ''' . " . ' .., ' . .. ¦ : '
  
  ; By Mr . Watson—I have lcnownHolberryfrbm about the begihnirigof August 'I never stole any steel from ' my master , except once . 1 never . stble any flour from Mr . Lockwood ' smill . I became a class leader just before Christmas . . -utrn- •¦¦ - ¦ t ., n \; .-: ¦ : By Mr . Murphy—How : canve you into the witness box ? ; When T was' taken the magistrates told me-1 could have an aUprney . ' and I bad one . ' jwho told me he , could no'hothing fbr meunless it was to character . It . was . not ^ till then , that , I determined to ,. 'Speach" and turnkUigfre 7 Mnc ^ f | , That ,. wa 8 onSuhdaynight after . i j Waa taken . . Tlie objeots , of . the Charter are— ' Vote by . Ballpi " - ! ' Umversalj Suffrage . 'V ' ^ Annual .. Parliaments , ; ' . " ; •? Paid " / Meraliers , ' ^ ,, >/ No .. . Qu ^ iification , " and , ' , , p < vision . of DistrictSjto ^ efluaUze . Vbting . Vj ; , atcheri
  
  _ y , i 5 Bmuei ; i !; oxnaii caiiea ^ y . sergeant . ey— I joined the ^ Chartiats , six .. weeks ' , ' before -. thq . meeting of the ; 79 tii . January ' .- I . have ..: attended ,-sieetingSiin Fig . Tree . Lane . beth ' public and . private . ¦ , I-. laiow , a iperson jnaju ' edClayton , ^ hOvliyes / inl-Pbrter-street ,.. and , have ^ ttendedjmeetings ; there . ,. The ; Aeeting 8 / : pf , the class Ileaj 4 ers .. w . ere . oniThursday and ( Saturday .. nights ., Did . yqueyerseetSe . old . Booker ; and theypungone there ? JYes , ! . bbth . ;( We : ; had discussions there . on the best , mode ; pf attacking , the military , and ; we have , talked , al ) qut , how . ; . we ^^ wereto . get . our , arms .. iW . e used . totalk abputtlie : shops , where ^ here were-guns , and-. said we must have | Spme .:, ; I ]] bftve , attended the / meetings rejgularlyin ; Fig Tree L ^ n ^ tJfHolberryrUsed ' t to ¦ , como to ourclass meetings at ClajMn ' s j and at one .-I heard him say he hadjbeen a delegate ^ and had ; been to Dewsbury , and . Nottingham , anajMansfield , j ahd-, ; he said . he ' had ' it
  
  sume money ; fpr , the : def ^ bwjfuFrpst , ;< i » ! id i . must' be laid outja ' so njethlhg ' ^^ that woui d ^ defend him ., / HesaiC the time Jivas . . fixed for a , ; general r ising , i arid . weiunderstobd it wasto ; beonthe aist . Decerabef . JHesaid ^ th ' efe was a man who was toleadus oh , who was tobe distiu- ! guished by his dress ,.. and he was ; to'be a . sort of field ' . marshall . ; There , were . to . be two'lowerthan'him ; j He . said every man ^ ras to put ; On two shirts ; andsave sixpence ite | buy . aijdrain ! jwithj ; as ; it wbiil ^ ' be as cold- morning . Iremembertthe ' disturbance . ' <\\> attended meetings . in ; Fjg . Tree Lanaithe . week before ' that I : saw ' ' Duffey ' . at itlie secret meetings ion ; the Wednesday night ' Duffey saidhe had a class of Irishmen ; - and 'they- had better . all be kept ' at the door , as he : di ^ -hot ' -know the " num-, beri iHe . aaidhe had left the Chartists' ¦ : before , ' becau 8 e they mixediupreligion withipolitics . ;' Hisreligioniwas
  
  as dear to hiinas , to ^ any pne . " Duffey exhibited some daggers . and : I ; saw'sorae ; lrishmen' ! wi tH'similar ones afterwards . v : [ iTh ' e : witness ¦ hore f desbribed- 'th ' e ' password being changed as desoribed'by / tlie-last witness . ] Duffey said his class contained ' stety-fpur f men / ' I remember Friday'night . Duffey- 'was ^ ch airniati' at the meeting in Fig Tree Lane that night * ' and * while he was speaking a man came in and ¦ said-he ' was a spy ; 'Diiffey pulled put a pistol ; and saidj , "Lead , ' me to the spy , and I'll stop | him ; from spying . ' ! On the Saturday night , I attendeda chus meetingat Clayton's house , ' and Duffty came there , ^ Bradwell and him exchangecl ' some words , and Duffe > . said the ' soldiers were ; but "Iii' the' course of the evening both \ the Bobkers ' came-there .. ' -We went from -there to 'old Booker ' s . -We had a great many arms at . Claytbn's , and we took ' them with us . We ' Btopped'at " pld'Bboker's , and Bradwell brought an order from" t he ^^ ' Council'that we . ' were to Moscow the ' tbwn . ¦ ' . Each man ' was to set fire to' his 'own house
  
  [ Witness described the arms . ] 'Bradwell-said wo were to stab' any , watchman we' met'bn the way .-We stopped there tUV *! betveen ' "two andHhree ' ¦ . ' o ' clock . " ' Young I 'Bobker ^ -werit-with me taking'two '; harid-grenades and n box of matiisheswith him . '; ' We went ! down ' the ' Btreet ' ! where Booker lived and theu turned 'down' Sheffield Moor . We ' came iip 1 to Old : Booker , ^ at Crook ' s Moor j Dams , ' Hehad a dagger with him , but I did not see Anything upon ; the other ^ onthat can ie up witir Liim . Young Booker stopped with There was ' an alarm of soldiers coming , and'i iindyoung Bppker and Bradwell went away , ' and got ' into the fields / ' r hid forty rounds of ball cartridge'there , and threwa dagger ^ away there . I saw young'Booker'hide two hand-grenades . I-saw ' another man of the party hide a dagger . , From there we went ^ t p the back door of old Booker ' s house , and ' got there" towards" five ; o ' clock . I remauied there till thepolide ' canifeand took me . ' It" was ' twbor thrte / days after before I . ' stole anything . ' I did it because others did , and j thbuyhtiit' wasinir duty / ' ' ' ! ' ; ;
  
  By Sir G . Lewin—The ' sense of duty did not begin till . I ' was taken ' pri 86 ner ; I arcf not ; a ' Socialist . " I have had a ticket of admission to' tiieir dancings ' , arid paid a penny per week , but did not consider myself a member of the society . I do not think the oath of secrecy very binding .. I never said I did not believe in aGod . , ; . ' ' ' .. ' . ' .. ''' ' ¦¦¦'' ' ' ' '¦ ' By Mr . Mubphy— I have never been rebuked at CKartistineetings for blasphemous expression ' s . : ' . ( James ; . Mpllyneux said lie was the ^ watchirian who went tp-the rooW in Fi £ Tree-lane ' on tUe Frulay bsfbre
  
  tn ft- . ? . l ? . wJ ?» n ^ . f ? and ., he saw , Holberry . there ; addressing the company ; He said they knew their dirty to f $ . ^)* h i . attd police , iand'they , were tobe sure to mind their duty andnbVtp be ' daunted . ; ' Witness staid there about . ten- minutes ' , ! arid' ( hiring ; this- time company pas » ed ' up and down . . He tried :, to get in , but aiman toldhiiri ' he , cou ! diiotget Wwithbut ' a . ticlcet . br apass-¦ wbrd ;' fHe . went' again ^^ , p ' n ... Saturday ^ eyehiug , indhe found therf Jtwb ^ lads and ' s ' ome pt the'ken ; aridbneof ! tho into , ! with " a . light coaii' plac e ' d a dagger oh ' a staff at ' the head of . ' the room . ; There were seven pr eight stafla there . . ' ' " ' " ' . " ' '• . ' ' '• - . ¦""¦•• ¦•¦ ¦ •• ¦ ¦ . • ¦¦ - - . . . _
  
  , ; Cross-Examined by Mr . ' MATHEWS--dpuld not say lipw many . ; times he ; weniiintb that ' room . Only knew 'Holberry by . hearing him Wiedby . th ' atnanie . ' . ¦¦ ! William Waas . cailed- ^ I iiveVat" Sheffieid . In the . m . bnth j pf January , between White ' . ' Crprt and Hollis Croft . ; it jffas' 18 th'January I found ' fifteen spear heads : M ^^ i ^ . <> f iu . &try . / The pa&age ' leads from « J | .. P ^)«? f : i theother . Thespear produced ' appeared . ther i "' , to , ^ ye ! been newly cut off . ' , ''' " •' ¦ ¦ , ¦ r % M ^ i $$ W * $ . : I-WiN- ^ I ' do iiotknow the ' spear hea 0 by . ariy . maicK 8 . "'" , """ ' . ' •'¦ U * . ' :: j ' -: r - ' ' ¦ " .. iW ^^^^^^ m ^ ^ MM ^ and . afaajnoraMprce ; Chartist . .: ; Tho ' mpsbit had a class of , 5 ^ & * W ^ : : I ., have ; seen' Holberry aud M ? # Vfc ? l ^ ettW ^ ii Si g Tree r laiie . Duffy was in the chair on .. WfidnfiSfinvSUniif' m ,-A ' r- - -J . vL _ . ¦""¦¦ e ua fin t i i ¦ remember the
  
  "" W r " ; W , WJ , a . ' ana . ^^¦^• # ^^|^" . Vj !» iithV # :. «' Blrenith . » v . By Stf G ; LEWiN ^ Were you never a . ' phyMcal-force Chartist ?—N , o .-Did you everattenda ' sebret meeting ? ^ Yes . ? i Then you ha d ,: taken the oath?—No . How . < £ am they to admit you : ?—Because I had . th ' e . password ' ¦ Jltoa was theipass changed tae night you were there ?¦ -rY-es . j , . Thenyou / . were there under false pretences ?—I waBthore / cutof curiosity . Did . you ever , hear the promise recited er see it?—No . ' Do you meanto say you do nptiknow it ? -No ., Did ypu never see others therewhohadnpttaken theoath?—No . Didyouhear all that Ipassed while you were there ?—No . What ! Did you hear nothing from Duffy , who was in the chair ? —Yes , I hoards him say the door was not properly ^ tiled . " . And 4 owlonghadypubeen there ? -I went directly . But how long had youbeen there ? -I do not mi
  
  know . ' ' <• ¦ ----- —— - - - ., A number of . ^ itn ^ ses , was then called-to ahew that Holberry had been at : pewsbury and Mansfield at the tune sppken of by previous witnesaes . ! .
  
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  '" ; ' , This . WMthb ^ e ' fprth ' e . p ' rosecu t ^ ' ' .- ; ' . ' . '' ' . . Sir'GjtEGpRY L E \ viN " ' ! tlieti" rps 3 ' and , addressed the jury for the defence ' . of thiprisoner" Duffy . ' W ' said that his'Leirned Friends upph ; the other side had ' most elaborately and industriously endeavoured to bring forward . ' everything ' that ' whs calcuiated to affect the case of the' defendant . ' They ' had' hunted up' every perspri ;^ of every desoriptibri ,: whose testimony they . cquld'jpos- ' sibly obtain , who was in any way corroborative of the t ^ o ^ witnesses , Thompson aridFoxhallj who had been a ' ctive cbiriplic ' e ' s iu this" transaction . -His Learned Friends knew the ' value , of those two witnessesjthey well knew , that % ey ' jwere essential to this ' case ; for lot thepi "take away' these " two / witnesses and they'tpok away'the" whole ';; uvidence - upon ' which this' cbarge "¦ TTtio Itrfl ' a 41 « a AniiA'Avii 4-Wa wilAM . n . ' . ' iistn ' ' * ' ' -i
  
  could / be sustained . ¦ It" therefore became a patter of thbgreatest importance'for the ! jury to-inquire 'in what ' they weretbbeerititledtpjeredit . As regarded Duffy , he would iventur ' e to - ' assert ; ' that saving ' the testiiribny ^ of these two witnessAs ' , &erewii 3 rip other circumstaricb ' thatin ' the ^ slight&t' / degree ' affe dowiiarid ' a ' cted ' upbtfjfty . ; highiegftl authprity ; arid they wouldbetoldb ^ his ; jLprdship ; that' a mari'whbcame ¦ int b'jthe . witn ' ess-b ' qxil / arid' confessed , himself " guilty of the pfferie ' e for which'ihe " pjfiSoners ¦ at' the' bar ^ dre accused—whocame tlierS arid ' ^ ld ; them thai h e " a ppBared ' aa '; a ' witrie 33 , | -iri order'tha t '' he / iuight procure ' his ' pwrireleaseTwho'had' an 6 bjfect' t' 6 : gain w . liicli' ^ fis ' of jttie '' 1 ' greatest impprtance 'fb himself ; ° doing th ' lit for his employers which would ' entitle'hirii , ' as a cbnaitibri of ; the
  
  evidence , to' a , iull discharge 'frbm' % ' e'bffence'bf which 'h ' e-hau ' eonftssed 'himself ' guilty / * The witifesk Thompsonia ^' appeareflinth ' e'boxi android theni ; th ' athe was 'il' Hiember of the ^ Secret ' Society—that in't ' hat society he solemnly entered 'into' a vbw /' that- hW % ould jnot divulge the se crets v ; bf ' his cbnfederatesl-arid ' he came tliere'thafr day to tell therii that he aid : npt consider the oath . which'he'hftSt ' aken as binding , ' because he did not put His ' lips "• ' to the book j but- he' did . consider theioath which he had takeh'ibat' day as s ' aered , be ' eause he had complied with the former . Like the American , who said— " I never steal , ' ' I only take an advantage . " Or like the case of : a , man who sticks to his consistency because . it suited tho convenience . And this man could give there no other reason in the world for his conduct .
  
  than that . ' . he . turned ; because he . ¦ found himself to / be in jeopardy , : and being a traitor , he beteayed his confederates . :: This ^ man ; had' the audacity to ask a Jury . to . believe Ms testimony ; but ; the ; vile . circumstances p fj ; he . ! case were such as to render histestiiriony very suspicious . ! sltiwasiarulejofilawin . tlie . ' other court . that if a" man was ever so interested , lie could not be a witness : in a'case-in-which'he ; was interested or expected to reap ariy borieflt without first obtaining the permission of the court ; and this person , being an informer , entitled to very little credit .:-He was doubtless paid for the information which ho had given , no doubt , as in all other . . . cases , according , tp . its , importance . , The learned advocate , then went bn tp " contend that the prisoner Duffey was"rio ' t a physica ' l-force ! ci ) artist , ' but
  
  a , moral-force one ; and jthis . had been described , ata meeting held at' Edinburgh to meari ' " Common sense seeking to ; be deiivercd ' frpm wrong . " Th ^ e '' was not !' ; corite ' ridedra ¦ ' man , iri England : whb . was not fully . 'justified : iri ' doirig this ; ¦ they were / entitled to'dp this ; ' . ' and riot' br ie individual could find ' "fault witt therii Kpr . so doing . They mkhtbe mistakdn , but there iwas " &btVne ' who had " ' any aiithority to question their right . raow . -suppbsingDun ^ y to be ' a member bf briebf those I ' secretb ' odies , was it riot a remarkable fuct ,- ' that during the whole ' of the-proceedmgs not ; a" single Irishman , with'the exception bf ^ hmiselfr . was' apprelleMetl . . He was desirous of drawing their attention-to the '
  
  eircumstance ,, because "Duffey : had been pointed : but as the leader of : the Irish ; but , notwithstanding that ^ hb : was so . representedif they never found'him taking any . active part / . j Sir Gregory Lewin them went onto- cpmraerit upon the evidence of the witness at great length . In speaking of tho testiuipny . of Mplineux , he observed that he was not entitled . to the , least credit j for they must all x'belieye , frbm the nature : of : the evidence , " . . that he was- a , scoundrel and a traitor , and deserved to be kicked ' put pi" ; eyery respectable ' company . . In cpnclusion / h e contended that . tlie " eyidence was not' sufficiently clear ^ to ^ cionyict , Duffeyj '' anja ^ he . therefore teusted the Jury would give the ¦ prisoner the' benefit of any' ; doubt which might exist . "'
  
  Mr . Watson rose and : said ; he appeared as counsel for the - " defendant ; , ; Hblberry ^' : ' He . deplored' that the charge , against him was ^ ona of a ' . very , ' serious-and dangerous nature . . The . Learned , Attorney-Gerieraihad said that ' hewas comriiitted for high " treason , arid : also said that he might fcive been indicted for that ' high crime / But he was pleased to say thiit but of humanity , or fbr ' sbme bther reaapri he did npt knpwy he had not been indicted for that-offence . If Holberry was guilty of any cr ime , he ( Mr . Watson ) thought hewasguilty of . that ; : but his Learned . Friend ; ( the . AttornBy-General ) . knewithatihe could not find a Jury thatwbuld , upon , the evidence' adduced to-day ,: give a verdict against the prisoner on a charge for that offence , and it was thought , that b y . comuigdown toa slight
  
  , , charge , like , this , ouly , th ' ajj some : hopes might be entertairipd of a . conviction ., -v . Theyiiwould find froni thevresult" of . this day ' si cause " , 'Hbat ! the whole would depend : upon , the evidence of Eoxhall and Thompson , They , would ; find , when they came , to analyse tho ievidence , that they . would be unable . to affix guilt upon Holberry > yithputthe .. evidence . of these t \ yo persons . He Bad , to ¦ . complain : of the conduct ;! of , the Attorney-General in haying . maae a state ' mentthat was likely to prejudice their minds against ; the prisoner at the ' , bar . He . alludedtpthe Learned Gentleman ' s cominenls on the evidence . . ; He thought the way in which hehad laidthe case before , the Jury , was ' a most : unfair one , forhe ; . tpld them not what ; h « . -was ., abbut to call ! witneBses . to show , but at . once told ; them that the parties
  
  did so and so , were guilty of the conspiracy charged , and looked tatheJury to . find them s « . Coming as this did , from such a high authority as his Learned Friend , he must . , say . ; that he . was really surprised . There was also another topic to . which he had called attention to . the outbreak at " Dewsbury—ami he was at . ' a loss to cPriceive why : that had been introduced- ,-unless it'Jwas ; tp prejudice the minds' of ' the Jury , with a nbtion that the prisoners were ' cbnnecteil with every conspiracy in the country . He conceived that his Learned Friend ought not to have made this statement withoutatthe . same'time statirigwhat wasthelawbrithe subject ; and , in ; the absence of that course , he ' must here state what the law was . . nhr iseif . in the / presence of tlem
  
  * rrf ^ W' ^^ , ^ '' Th . B , ! aw , was ,, thatany body " i- ^^ v pr other persons ; prbyided they conducted themselyespeaceably , had' a perfectright to meet ; not only fo * 'the adyaricemont pf Chartism , but for obtaining of . preform ,-for the purpose . pf dpntrolling the Houseof Lords , or ^ ^ fpr any ' other , purpose " , either by day or ' night , by small numbers or large , —nay more , tiiey had a nght .. , to , express their opinions' ; buVolitical subjects ; they / had a right not only tp . thiuk , but to speak what i ^ ey think ; . and . it was hot because they expressed their S 3 ntiraoutS in Strong language , that theyVwere to bis charged with the crime of high treason , or . merely because ffiey , ' possessed themselves , of arms . Tho law allowed them . ; to possess themselves , of such weapons as they pleased , or any species ; of . weapon , provided they did
  
  not maKe . use .-of , them for an illegal purpose . Butit was not that they had been collecting together , orthat they had used strong language , or because their sentiments did not coincide with those of hisLoarnod Friend thaUhey were to be adjudged . guilty ' of an illegal oftence .. Holberry , it . was true , belonged to a body of Chartists , and . he was . awiire , that this word Chartist was a sort of bugbear ; bu ) , it . was not because there were a , number . of : bugbearsMed Chartisia ; andjthat certain old ladies , expected . spme Hay to be devoured by them r . that . they . were . tpbe . pre ' suriied guilty of ' ¦ this offence .. Their opinions had been ' oescribed by one of the witnesses ,. and thpse opinions they ' had a right to enforce on . all occasions . What gentlemai had lived in this country and did not know , on the occasion of the
  
  passing of the ; Parluiraentary and Municipal Reform Bills , far larger masses of people had been brought tog ^ her to . expres 3 their opinions , ' and to . carr / those & - t ^ ^ have . ^ Pressed their opinions strongly It would be recollected that ^ not only the P * ^ Persons in high . stations took an actWo ' pS f ^ m ™ - . , ? t > s ^ d that »! She ! l ' coerce . the House pf Lpnls , and that fey " sought for J W'gamc fffe ¦ in . theHouseof ComS * M ppss ^ wmm-m
  
  sspss ^ i fp ii ii i of SSS * ° * J l ¥ <» e they found his cSSg nowl ? + r- ^ t « . he 8 fc 00 d ch ^ A . ' He should now call their attention to the evidence given by the 2 SnW '' ' r ProSe 01 ltion - One of tE , S ? d am ?^^"! ! , 011061 " 1111 ' ' hm be 6 n called-before theni , and hadstated avery important fact to which'he weuld call _ the . r most particular attention . ¦ Hesaidthatori iw ^ l ay ,. ev , ing he went into the schboUrobm' where the Chartists held their meetings ; three tiiiies- ' arid ' thath ^
  
  wasnot nterruptedoritftheslghtfcstmariribrmblestyd . Waathis , he would'ask ,-the'cbiteet ^ f guilty persons ' --prconspirators ? . Was it- not 1 ijither a' -cbrivi ^ mg proof ; of their inripcence ? He ' . passed into hh ' d frbna the . roomrepeatedly , . aridthe-ohly word-he could ! sfoW to the Jury respecting thecharacter of thatmeetlrigiwas that there was not a sufficient watch ¦ stationed ' at the do . or . The ^ Learned Geritleinan ' 'then proceeded-to analyse the evidence given by the various witnesses for theprosecution , and commented in severe terms upon ?^ : . ^ ^ ' , fended . that Were = waa nothing whichcoul
  
  . dbe made . to affect Holberry V fZ asassSI srWiAisa ' aiiSJs S ssaawfi&rS ; ¦
  
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  he wasnot ; put of his ' house that . nigh t ^ wT ^ iH eyidence ' thafhe . wastakeriln ; bed , " attwelv ! r ^' tkHi . iught , ' , and as to ; , the outbreak it ! did riot takA ° ? ^^ Wl ) t < jae two : Hplberry ' s cPridiict , as described by tlw , * tia ^ BW $ would lead pne ' to suppose , ! that he ^ . was tli (» , nc ^^ Hid < Jrni . thbityma ^ thatV ' ever ' . bieathed , because thlv ^ RMfe ti ; believe : . that he , had sworn the nin /^ MWttfe ' w thirsty : " and •; diabolical oaths-oaths ^ ^ HlfBtW-ip think " of , made -one ' s , blppd run cold . Por ' ' i ^ K " ^ was he to setfflre to the to ' wn of ' Sheffield hi" } % |^» irib rn also'prepared to fire his ' jjistol at » "y - ' m . ^ ffl M ariilt ° that brought the police . ; Look at ' tlio prisoit ^^ B ^' ^ bar , and'see whethor he looked like one of -a ] a' t ^ 9 B t 6 oj » y clanger might . be apprehended ? . Mark the en i ar ' ) ifflffi c ' the whole of the parties ,. an ( l from" that thev ! , «^ H '' " " kble . best ' to . 'judge of ; tueir . guilt . pr . innocence I' !' 1 ^ IB } 2 ? he asked , , wm the conduct of '/ his client « HBHt " " * , ' bccalsibri on which ; ' he haib ' eeri ' afjrireimn ^ - ' . i J 1011 tt . ^ H stab ' ¦ eV ^ * i > . ' "nTOo ' liAf . ' Alif ' . At liid 'tiAiirt * A'i . l . _ l . _ • -. * ¦ ¦ . . ^^ ^^ &A ^^^^ H
  
  lie , submitted ' quietly and peaceably to Hi . }\ ^ B 6 ®' . Th ' ere ' wc ' re ; two ; classes ' of " Chartists ^ - ' pne theV ^ HI' ^ - ' force , and ! the p'th er the mbral- 'force Chartistii ? ' ^ ^ Ru 1341 latter . ' of ; ^ hich' ! ji t ; ' appeared ' - 'Hp ^ erry ^ ^ WS ^ iS ¦> yarinly ;' arid , ' ; sincerely .. '' attached : ; " and uim ^ SB pccasion ; , "Avhen speaking pf .. his own sentiment " * ^ B 5 ?*^ l iiiado , use . of ' tiiat ' . ' ekpressibn ; . [ which had bet ^ IB against him , 'bit the present' occasion , naraetv « , " ^ ^ B ^ " - wprild dioin defence . ; bfthe ' pKarter . V WlS ^ R-tJ said : respbcting the' . 3 whicii ' nad be ! en"fomi , ^ \ - S H * " * prisorior spba 3 ejisiprii ,. buthe ( Mr . ' Watson ) would i *^ B Sv ' even . in [ the presehce'of tlie Learned Attorncv ^^ H' w ral , that ' hbwasjustifiedin-haviM , notonlv » , ^^ HI- ?? 6
  
  ger , but a '' whole stond ' of' arms-riay , ' as larcc ^ ^ B * S i tity " : as ^ wore ;; iriVthe /! lower ; of 'London ^^ Rfi the' defence' of his own j person . The u , "HS i ? * Gentlenian directed attention' t ' o , the declaration fl f ! iK Sin " Learned Jud ^ e ( Erskiriej , that h ' len , had a right to ^ lK Sni sess . arms , and concluded by ! , ' calling ' upon the t ,, 3 WB « : ™ u dismiss all prejudice from / their minds , ' and to 2 ^ tMm wi ,, an impartial ' verdict : "' .. ' !; - . ' . ' ;• . . "' > ¦ » ± Z , Mr : WATsp ' ii'then addressed the Jury at considpf , v >^» Ai , v length for , ^ he deferice bf the' two ' Bookers , iu ^ "' ¦ B- ' fig able andargumeritativespeech . "'" :, ' flffi m The ! AttobneytGenebal then . r . ose to reply , j . B § H § mil spoke nearly as follows : —May it please your W ^ H ^ < ship—Gentlemen , ofi . theJ ury--I shall occupy Iii / BEeI the very small pprtion , of . your time . . in replying to tuBS ! a " c
  
  case ; ana mdeed , ; . Ueutlemen , itseems to mo merA ^ KE w a matter ! of ; form / , that / I . sliojild-rise ^ at aft jHf&r address you . . I . cannot : in ; the ¦ slightest degree jJ « i plain ; of the ; linef ofcdefe ^ qBitakeniby ' ^ iLeariSlTOr ?' Friends ; they havedisplayed , the zeal , and- elouaenc IBSt and ability . Which . might / . liaye . b' E . ea expected fr ftffflBP them ; theyihavo done rioj . bing . on this occasion y faHf . 4 : what . theirduty ^ required / ' ;! might complain iiJSJbP haps a littloofimy . tewn . ed Friend ,. Mr . Watson f * JK' ' ** the remark , which , he-made respecting my opeiij ,, aB ^ speech . ; Gentlemeri , 'I .. vriil : appeal to . you whethB IBI / that speech was not very mild , very-temperate aM a ^ E is yery forbearing . - 1 . Ldid , express , 7 nO deubt some . !? BB %
  
  , ripsity to ascertain what the -topics were tp wto I my Learned Friend , ; Mr . ) Yatspn , vrpuld refer inb ? I defence . of ithe prisbner . ¦ ¦ ¦ . 'I was npt then aware MI he , weuld ; lay ); before you " that it was a Frcnclim ? l that ! hadl 4 one iall this •; mischief ; . a Frenchma ! I he \ vas supposed to be -who , had made all these com . ! bustiblesi and deposited themi ; in Ithe . house of Hd 1 berryVa'ri'dithen made his escapoi . But , Gentlemen i I t , old ; whatvl > now vrepeaty that in ithis case , if nil oharge against : each of these defendants is not provrf I toiyour ' satisfaction . -i-that ; they .: are guilty ot ' tk ^ offenceimputedtortherii ,. then they are entiUedlo ^ an acquittal at your ihands . -1 have alread y stai 6 H to you fhat'they wergmot in the slightest deneeh 1
  
  be prejuaiced becauserione ot the defendants plejjj % m 3 & guiltyto : the offence withwhich he is charged . Bni 1 ^^ my friend , ; Mr . Watson , has imputed blame totht ^^' Government for . 'having instituted this prosecution ^^^^~ and said ; we should have left eyerythiug to tK ^^; press . ' . ' . -1 have a sincere respept for the press , forl ^^^~ belieV 6 . it has proved a blessing- to this country jbiIS ^ E to it we ' may ; ascribe the possession of many or [ It ^^ blessings' we ^ now enjoy ; but'when acts have bea H ^ P committed which require correction ; if there has bea IllP a breach of the peace , -and ; of 'that confidence nhid «^ p ' ought to subsist , between all , parties ; if the ttat-M ^ : quiliy , y '; of the -country is eridpgered- by an itist t . ^ K& recti 6 riary " mol ) , ' then ' 'r think it is time that tl »^^^ authorities of the country , interfered . Gentlemen ImSs !! 1 iave tne' mbst Bacred-iegard for free discussion- { j ^^> 3 f
  
  this is not " -the place to > enter uppn the merits of tfeMl'FVaripu 8 points ' to whioNthiBi Chartists consider tbsj . |^ % i selves , entitled .. / But I - will ^ siyi that I should KtB ^ f - cbnsider it a crime in any nianif-jie ; entertained felP ^ doctrines of ; Universal Suffrag ^ vJote b y BalwHP ' ;' - Annual Parliaments * -No Qualification pf iMemba ! Sf > of Parliament ,-and Paid Members of ParliameotKf ' which- - ' are " - ; said to constitute'the Five Points ( BSv . ''' Chartism . . Gentlemeri , 'Ibelieyethey would bemosffij > mischievous ; if put into practice , . but any man nmHf ' fairly entertain these dpiniorisy ' arid if he confing ^ fe : , ; himself to constitutional means in his endeavours toSH S carrying them into effect , the law will protect himlHlr It is right that meetings should / be called to discnsHK : them , and if ' these meetings are properly condiictEifffi >
  
  they-are perfectly-legal . - ' If there are grievantsffll '¦ ¦ '< vyhich . jhey wish to ' . be' ^ f ^ medied'let there be m . ym > . ¦ tibns sent to either Houses 'of 'Parliament :-lii Hi ^ V eyeryttiiiig be done to ehligh ' ten V& 6 public mind , aiil ^ B- \ to . inake'conycr . ts \ tb their opinions ; but , Gentlena ^ K ' r i physical forc 6 must hot bi 9 . ' resorte'd to . If the laws sBD : to be . set ' at defiance , and instead of ; constttutio&i M ^ t& nieangj these Jbodies ' shallrisej ' and seekby the force tt ^ K ^' - ' numbers and physicalfcrce t 6 , overturn the soyereigu , ^ R ; " and intxpduce what , they may ' tfiink is an improTfr ^ ffiT ment or ' a ' . reform , ' I say ' it . is time for the Govern- W § . mehl ^ of tho . country to / interfere ^ 'But , God forbilaft ' tnat : we' should , eveir be s 6 reduced : —nay , Gea-m- tlemen ' the Gbyernment' would not be doiniti «•!;
  
  , g dutyifj ^ did not interfere . . If any oonvulsicn of ti natur ^^ ere to ! take place , ' none , " Gentlemen , belien mp , yp . uld . suffer so severely , " so seriously , as these unhappy-men who engaged in this enterprise . I liave j ( he greatest respect for the wptking classes of this country ; to them wb are indebted for everythini ; we possess ; . they deserve ' airprotection arid all kindnea frdm those who derive beiiefit from their labour ; bi ! they are the class of . all ' ¦ ¦ others whose prosperity ii most promoted by a regard to the law , and by allosing industry tp have , full ! protection and full encoarageriicnt . . , If suclx' / attompfs " as those in Shcffiell were ' t ' o . Jfe encouraged—if thVpeace of the coiuitrj was t 6 : be [ disturbed and reduced to confusion , tta
  
  those . who at present complain of hardship wonldb « -.. reduce ^ to desperation . : And - it is to repxessstih mS attemptsth ^ ^ he ^ law ' haar . said that it is ahijh «? crime , arid ; mUdemeanbr ^ o 'beguilty of a conspiracy , m It . is a crime . ' whicli tlie law ' will ' r esist "witli a hean K punishment ; and unless the laws be carried into clfei H there will be no safety for ' life arid property , or any- m thing else ,: and I . hope . ' that , wh ' ea you consider to 'W respectable magistrates . who / committed the two pri- . ' m soners for : high treason , and . the others for conspi- | f racy and . , ript , that ^ the Gpyernmerit will not t « 'I Warned for bringing this case before a jury of thei ! f countrymen . I believe the ' Government would hiB v '; been guilty pf . _ a derelictibhVdf duty if they had mi ;¦ ' * '
  
  done , so . ,. It . is , however , ' for you to determine upon . the , gmlt ,, or , innocence ; of the defendant , JNpw , Gentlemen ,, let us , inquire , first , whetha there ..... is ,, , any ^ doubt that in Sheffield there was a conspiracy * similar to thai stated intheso W ; indictments , casting at the / time , above aliuded to , ! in , § heffieldl-and ,, next , whether the defenda tte \ were r . eally ; implicated in that conspiracy ? Ko « l beutlemen , as to the first point . Gentlemen , it ha already been shewn thatysu eh , a conspiracy v ® actually attempted to be carried into effect . On fa mght between ; Saturday ^ the IHli , and Sunday , ^ I 4 thot January , thdre . was .-a most dangerous ana alarmipgbreach of theipeace in , the town of Shef"" Mimug uruiuiu . qi me peace in , the town ot sw
  
  ; r ; neld ;; and , Gentlemen , I have only to call yont ra . ' . attention to the evidence of Inspectors Hadcock and r | -. xiaieh .. Now , . these are two police-officers of t » M town . of Shefiield , and they were pu duty on tte M night in questien ., ; They , state that they saw a m m pt ; thirty .: ; or ; for . ty ! armed men and aftcr \ va ta ^ another , . of twenty ; . or . i : thirty , arid that they ^ * attacked . They were ^ BKol &ti and one Mnm ¦»' -. iwas . fired ; at three times . Subsequently , he «* H struck at ,, and received seyeral . wounds , by ivhicli " . K was . above a month ; in . the Infirmary . Gentlemen ., Wtyou hare no doubt-thai ithere was a Hot and f ** WB , , turbance . > on that niehtVJth ' en there must have t * ° Jffi !
  
  i aQjme . contrivance for . the ; purposo of arraigning r « B riot ; and , dis . turbance .. ; , it \ di ^; not originate spo" ? ¦ & i neonslyioWell ^ the next . qu ^ tion which folloff » ^ K were the defendants implicated in that consp iraej- mfc . Gentlemen , at seems : to -me , : , witho . ut resorting to «» mb ; e ^ dence of . Thompsonor Foxhallj thatastrongca ^ Mf made out against : the prisoners . Tho Learned Ge » ' m > tleman went oiv akgreaijlength . to point out sa 11 J ^ j Dart . of . the . evidencela AJPteagainst the prisoners . ! A ^ - ¦ ' Mh Justice EBSTjciN ^ nrnmed and it «* \ m nearly ten o ' clock a ^ nigi ^ before the Jury retired \^ ^ o- ' obnsider their-yerdict ; i : ' -After a short absea « ¦ ' ¦ $$ theyreturned ¦ ¦ ¦ with- a verdict of GUILTY . % W •'• "Sentencedeferred . ¦ ' ¦ :, . .. vim
  
  lii ( -Vi « . THIRD COURT . r ' . ! i i vj VfP ^ M'ti'Wbmigf Esq ., Q . G . ) ' '' ¦ ' ' ^^^ yi ^^ i ' ^^ ktiowles were chatg ^ with haying , on the 2 nd , pf Mar ' ch . ieloniously broke " open . the S hop of Mr . vHenry Hardacre , at Bradfo ^ i , a , nd , stplen . ; therefrom ;; a .. quantity . of . clogs arf ii ^^^^^ r ^ M ^ - Wasney ) ««¦ SPM ^ e proseoutipn ; the prisoner was defended W fc ^ ATKiNs .. .:,,,: ;/ ... . ¦ •; ¦" ; ¦ •; - . i-. Itappeared from the evidence' that the prosecutor ^ Shopkeeper at" Bradford ,, arid on the night of t \ il 2 nd March he locked ^ up his premises . Ou the fol-^ P wfflS mqiwiig the shon ' wafl found 'ia h * broken
  
  . open , and about one hundred pairs of clogs and : P a n ?» some . liBt " shoes , and" working tools were S . ; ¦ , / he evidence against the prisoners was that ; a . P ^ W ''he stolen property was found in their pos-BeBsion ' ,, 8 hortly ' after the robbery , Feur skeleton keys were found on Taylor , one of which was fouid to open the prosecutor ' s shop . " The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty . —Sentenoe deferred . ' ' ^ RicHard Taylor was again charged with having broken open the warehouse of Mr . Charles Tetleij at Bradtord , and stolen thorefrpw thirty \ vor /» stuff pieoes . " The same counsel again condiiijt ^( - \ . ' ¦ ( Continued inow Seventh page . ) H l ' ¦ : ' ' ¦ iL
  
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- Northern Star (1837-1852), March 21, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2676/page/6/

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