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WARWICK ASSIZES . —CROWX COURT . Thursday \ August 1 . Mr . Justice Littleoale entered the CoBrt tai * moning a : a qnarter psist nine . The Court trts crowded at a very early hour by persons who w ^ re attracted to it by the ex ^ ectatisn ' o ; Messrs . Col £ a « , Lovert . and Dr . Tavbr ' s trial * comibi oi .. S-rera ! ^ shlonably d'e « ed ladies w * tj cr ^ iw > Et , Reserved * eats wt rekept forladiesOorwer . Pouiotr . and ether fa . ihionabitSi . Norhin < couid exceed tht > polite attention of : he High Sheriff , Under Sheriff , and Mr . Adkin * to the pre ^ s . Shortly after the rulr of the Court the Attorney General , Mr . Hi'l , and Mr . Wad&ington & * ccmpanied b _ i Mr . Maale . solicitor , to the Treesury , made their ap-pear&cce . ile * sr * . AiiUer , and Dani-l * . with Mr . Wright , solicitor , for ' tttc defence occupied the bench tinderaeath . the bar .
Jeremiih Howeli , 34 ; Frasces Roberts , 26 ; John Jones , 21 ; Teodixs Aston , 15 ; . aod ^ Heiry Wilks . i ! l ; -were irdicted , that with divers oihrr * . onthe 15 ; h di 4 tomuknoasly . kotonsly , and tod ton « ly -assemble in BiriBuighson , demolish and destroy the hooves and premises of Mews . Basnes , in the Ball-rin ^ . Tcere were two other cocafe in the indictrnenu : one stating the premises bsloi ^ ing to Humphrey Ponntney , and tae oth-r cba .-ging them with forrlbly entering and beginning to destroy th * a f oresaid premises . ' ' ¦ Thomas Aston a . t first pleaded Guilty , but at tbe ? B 2 t ' e « r . oii oi the Court withdrew that plea .
Thorax Rird plea 4 > = d Not Gailty to a similar indictment rel&iive to the premise * ot Gecrg « X&den . Tb . 3 ma < Aiion aod John Gaven pleaded Not Guilty to an indictment , chargisg ' them with having en is a 15 th instant . felomon > ly broken and entered the shop of Elizabeth Martin , and if ^ t . ing therein * ix broaches value O 5 > . t * o snaps " ' value 2 ^ .. on ? pair o ~ watch hook . - * value -is ., six crx > s ? rt Jalne P < -. aad other articles the property oj the * aid H : za-Deth Manin . Aston and Gacen had Tery asrerp wounds on their haaCA , and their youthful appearance attr » cte < i the attention and » crp . i *< 3 of the Judge vis ihe Court . Mr . Daniels , -as Counsel for the prisoner Vilfc , applied to the Court eu ' aer to postpone iii « tnjjl , rr to be rurnisned » ith a statement o : " the evKioice to
De brought asjamst him . He was cojumhijd onthe l ^ ra ' ior a misderEeanour on tke loin ., ije wa * now called on to plead to a ciarge of feicfty Jor begirning to demolish a house or premise !; or demolishing them . The prisoner had no kno * -led ^ e of the indictment , nor the depositions on wtich it was Jounced . He had no opportunity of bowing those -witnesses examines , which the mem ^ l provisions of the law in ordinary ca * es granfcd him , and tka » enabled him , if inn&cenr , to n * e « t the charges preferred- Tnat opportunity the prisoner liad not- By an in * p !? ctioii ol ike deposiains , he would ascertain wbetaer he could repel t ^ e daargea . Neither tne prisoner nor the hHmbls- iodriaual ¦ who addresses the Court , have yet the mians of ias-pecring those depositions . To the » riginal eherge of mi * demeanonr there must be mice additions—enlargements must take place , an dag Bra-TaiioDs inserted to make up the essi'nriil&Qf a <* sital chsree . L—I
The ATTORxrT-Giz ^ ER ^ txiderstand ^ ou propose a postponement . Mr . Dasiels— A poitponement is sough :, or it it hoped tha : the Crowa will put in the tanas of tkprisoner a fair and legitimate 2 B . && 5 of defence . If h , § was tried a ; otter rirae-s or if the prosecution ¦ was coiduct .- 'd in the ordinary coot < S 3 ££ taat of irial ^ for riots , he would htve no reaeoi to complain . The charge of raL « deci ? ano ^ r only aS " icted eira-r th . e purae or the hberiy of the accused . The present caarge » flvcts hi * K'e . He was satisfied tfeai the Attorney-General jc-as not ainid of the statemen : laakicg a great impressiua . When a man stands cb-s . rged witii a « rime whica puts his life in jpopaTd-, he ( Mr . Datiels . ) trvsted that it would ad he ¦ w
not be d ^ emt hat was as kis g too mpch h ^ n he reoujred to know what er . dence was agains : Min . " Xfie " th ac ^ sch Gea . 4 , ; . 3 d , section a ' , conuini van . us clai * es a . boiishing _ rlie punkhjaent lor seicial offjoces eTen br that oi ririag bouse--, j » bjle the &-inoii * ti 3 g of hons- * reaaaias a capital crime . His client was nbout taking lis trial 1 ' pr Uiat crime to wiich was affixed the penalty of death , and he hoped that the Attorney-General would not refuse him the means of obtaining a fair trial . It was well known that the Cro-xn hod iti pririleg ^ . * , and was gifted with , an aoundatice of i' -. g * unity in extending iu charge * . Bnt hit Lordship had the right of iaierferiDg , and makkg snch rule * orconditiops as tag Crown could not ojjpo < e . Hu Lordahi ? woald not iefuse or deny that interference , bui wouid crant ss . ch a postponement as enablt-d the the
prisoi ^ r a > take ppinian oi his le ^ al adviser as to the coarse he ihoaid take for the proteedoa of hia life . To that morning he had not tae slightest idra , tha . t any other ci . a . -ge » but that fi » r which he hid been committed was prepared against bin * . Mr . Just . 1-JTTLZDALE—Therr > are to dtposiaons bn t those before me , Voa either ask for aposipDnement or to be fundsbed wilh the evidence . J never heard ¦ before of a similar application when the prisoner was charged with a capital offence . If there was groand for a postponement an arfiiarit to that effect should be made . For the mi « demeanour he ( the prisoner ) ka-i a right to claim to traverse . c j Mr . Dam £ l—As » oon a > an opportunity presents i itself such an affidtvit shall be sabmitted . " j Mr . Miller—I ha ? e to mak « a niniiiar applica- j tion for J- > hn Jjne . » , whose case will , 1 hope , be , alloweil to itand cv-r . i
The ATTOR > £ V'GE-VEHii > -Iiiave not the slight- ; « t desir » to pppoge the application . and _ wiD grant j reivanable timje for making the affidavit . It may j otaud over nual » copj of the incictment is finished . Mr . W big ft , solicitor for the prisoner , after eome comnaunication with Counsel , proceeded to pivp&re the sffiiavit , which he then jead to the pri * onrT ; when the latter swore to u . Mr . Daniels read to the Coert the affidavit , which st&ied that he ( WUke *) had Seen committed on the l £ th instant , on the charge of misdemeanour ^ S . x personi vere exuoinf ^ d on tke part of the Cro'wr , b ? ore the magistrates . Ho wa « now called upon to p ? e _ id to a charge of felony , of the circnmrtancej ! or which he was completelr ignorant . His counsel
had b ? eii advised lo prepare his defence for rhemu--demearo . r , bnt he was utterly enable at present to prepare hi * defence against the charge of felony .- or rebut the endence of seventeen witnesfM ^ rho ? e evi dence or names he did cot know . Of the charge of ' riijcy he knewnotbing . In conclusion , thepri * one . declared his belief that he was not guihyof the ch . i gjs conta ' ned in the indictment for felonj . The ATTOKNEy-GENEajL—1 can have no fee-line or ci < posi ; ion bui that jusiic 3 should bs done te-, t ^ pen the prosrector and the accused . If Iconaiier&i the application « . reasonable oc , 1 shoald not Tesisi it . But I do not < ae that the ca * e * of the priiiners differ from thv * e of ordinary prisorers . 'In high treason the law ha * provided a safeguard , and allows a copy of the eviirnce to be gran ' ed * to th « acctssiL Tha ; dce > po ; &ppl j to fe ] on « . If the
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pnwners had b « m taken np « ice the assntes comm « nced , thej might be indicted and tried . If the amiam staUd the absence of an essential witness , by which he was not prepared to take hie trial , such an application could not be re » s * e 1 . Bat no such special ground * have been all ged . The pixore-* aa committed for » misdemeanoar : « ix witnefses ^ re then UMBmwJ ara-ni « t tim . li it was alleged that a material witnegs for the defence was ah « . nt , there would be good oaus- for the pri * on ? r '» noi b- 'inf tnt-d these « jiji . Bxit no such jtUegat-. oi , appeared . e Dn 4 On # rs \\ kA Kaat « foV ^ «^ ¦ •»»„ * l _ -. _
Mr . pAXirLS—The Attoroey-Gener * l has saggpsted that there was no difference between the ori-nary ca *« and thow of the prisoners . But there wp . s a c-n ? ilerable difference betw en them . He ? aw it in tbe vT&cnz ot h « r Mej . -sty ' s At'orney-General , who did aot come without * 'me reason or object , and which was ominou-, ai , d calculated to inspire the prisoners with fear . Hf ( her MajestVs Attomej-Generalj has sHggfg ttd taat in high treason a * a < egxifcr 4 was thrown around prisoners charged with political offences , but he should also remember that there may be political offences without a * &fe « uard . The Attcrtliat the not
B y" (^ U Rays ^ da ^ t does alleg " the absence of a material witness . He ( the prwmer ) would not be worthy of credence , if he hEd sworn Us the absence of a material witness . How could he « wear to his » bs * nc 9 when he did not scow what vas to be proved against him . He was lirnorant of any other eharge but that of misdHWe&nour : to sap port the iatter there-w « re six witness ?? . He was now arraigned for a capital offence , to support which sixtee * witnesses wer « in attendance . Tne Attorney-General cannet expect that he will swear to that of which he k « ows nothing . He misted th * t his Lordship would tkrow his proteclion aronnd him .
Mr « Justice LiTrt / EDALE . —It appear-i from the v ° t 5 OIls ' ^ nat t ^ er er « « ix wittie ^ ses to support tne cfcarge of misdemtsanour . A new indictmeat fer ietony has been pre ' erred , on the allegations of seventeen witnesses . He ( his Lordship ) did uot see suffinent reatons for adjourc * ag the case to the next AsHzes ; bnt was of opinien that reaaoiable nme should be gwm to enable the pris « ner to skape his defence for ike new chaise of lelony . Ht > wootd , therefore , approve of « postponeaieat till to-morrow . Mr . Daxie ^ s ^ A reasonable time shoxid be avowed for bringicg dowa witntssea from Biriruneham .. Mr . Jusrioe Littledale—There is no reason for Qelaying it befond to-morroTr . The Attorket-Ge . neru—I am glad ts have an opportunity cf postponing this and the otker cases to to-m"rrow morning .
Mr . Dajwcls— I trsst that the order in which those cases will be takeu "will be duly noti-tied . Mr . MiUffiR—I have uvniake an application fora postponement to tho ne * : t Assizes ot Jent-ss case . He was committed for a misdemeanour , on the e-vidence of i single witnp ** . The commitment took place askte hs tbe lSih : be was therefore entitled to traverse . _ Since thet an indictment for u feloi , y . on the testimony of j-e-venteen witnesses , had b « eij preferred . Of this cherge his client oory heard that d * v : HT-ns , thrrerorf , impossible fcr him tot .-. kf his trial . Between tfci . » rime and the next Spring
A » siz ? s- his client -would be enabled to mnke -out those wi ; ne » s » a that will he sen-wabl- to him . It wocld te a mockery of j ^ tice to } -uc him on his trial before that time . H- < f Mr . Miiiar ) nnly . fc . kfd that fer his client * -hich wan never befom asked m vait ; and hoped int his Lordshif wouid esercixe a m » pcirul censideraton towards the prisoner . Such was cever expected in vain at thr hands ot his Lordship . If the prl-oner takes his trial for bw Hie . aud z . conviction under present crcumstances lollow * , hp would nof-ravy tne feeling ol the reprcsentatjre of Government .
The ATTORXEr-GesERAi ^ -With the exception o 1 the r . ght to traverse , the ca » e wan Ciie fam « with the former , and would , he hoped , loJow the same rule . Xr . Miu-kr— It is n- > t the same with rhe last . My-chent having "fceen committecon ihelCth , -was revived to avail himself of his ri f hi to trnvewe , and prepared no defence . The other has ad ? ked kis Cocnsel to make the necrssacr- preparations fo < - a defence . " ftlr . Jn _ * rice LnrrurvALz—Thera vrssonly witness » fsin-t the latter . Tr . ere were -eix witne " « --g who gave evidence against Wi . kes . "Sergeant Goilbckn—1 propo « that tbe oa . «^ ot Collins be taken . I am engaged for Lim , and he is re adv .
Tne Attorxev-Gexeral—I shall connoeritmy o ^ ty to exercise my discretion « n that . proposition . I have resolved that thr ca . ^! - of felony ihaH come on before those for mi . « dempauor . Mr . MrLLtrR—M y client Inter . ded to traverse to the Eext Assize . Mr . Justice Ltttlepale—That -p-aks forits-If . I -rill noi ivqnire an affidavit- bst wiil tonsidpr him m the- situation of a person not prepared . It Kiav be postponed to Saturday . Tae ATTORjw-T-Gr > ERAL—There is no apDlication from the other pri-onera . ' Mr . Justice LrrTLtmLK-lf thjy have no Couu 8 el -i will suggest to them the propriety of a-similar a plicaaon . The ATTOR > CY-GEXEnAL—I rill leave tiem , mv Lord , in your hand * .
Mr . Justice LsTTLrnAi-E—They wer ? all arraigned a' the same time ; but tbe charge * w- t * ot a d : 5 f .-t-n < Dature . Some were chnrged with larceuy ; ethers with the demolition of Houses ; tad John ' Bird was charged with keginmrg to demolish . The Attorney-Ge : veral—1 do not knowBird ' s
case . Mr . Waddinc-ton—I prosecute that case . Bird , the prisoner—1 wish my . ca > e to be deferre 4 to Saturday . The Attor \ ej--Ge . \ eiial—Aston and Gaven have been commuted for larcfiiv . Justice LittiiEoale—Theirs are minor offenct . * . They are also mere b : vs . S .-rgeant Goclblt . \—Oh . y * i . " Partusitnl motifs ridlculiu .-vtus nuscttttr . ' ' Mr . Damels-Ceruicly . "Ec minimus lea curat . ' ' Sergeant Gouuel-rn—I am engaged in a special jury case to-morrow , and therefore expec : ih ; u ev Learned Friend will go on now witii Lovett and Collins ' s cases . Both ' ar-r-aiv far tLeir trials .
The Attorney ^^ enlral—1 amex trem ^ y aL-xions to a : commoiate my mend ; but cacnot proceed ttii _ - day wirh tno ?^ e cve « . Mr . Daniels—Before the Attompy ^ GfneraUeavps the Coon , I beg to inform him that { have 10 attend ihree special jury « ase , s . I am engaged to ce ' end FosieB , who is prepared for his trial . 11 shoalc be called on , unless it could be sh > wn that the « -nds of jtBtice would 'be thereby frustrated . If ihe Attorney-General had no reason for opposing it . unle » s he had some particular purpose to serv ^ , it woukt be expected teat he would B _> t re # k : its beiDB disposed , li" there was no purpjse to « erie , dpceacv reocired that the trials should take place in the oideT in which they wer * fixed .
The Attorsev-Gexefial—1 have a pctlic duly to perform , whick must be discharged wittoui aiy comnderation for my o » n convanience . I am not aware of any trialj haeint ; been fixed for this day , with the exception of Howeli and the other * , which hive been postponed on th'ir own application . Tie usual -course of proceedings was always to try felons int . and then take the other cest-s in succession . There is no harshness in thi < postponement , and the anly person inconvenience ! is myself Bat I tb-Jl Dot talk ofmy own convenience , which I kri ready to sacrifice to the interest of other * , acd the advancement o ( jus _ tice . I would gladly rernaia in Court . as I am sati s fied I would be greatly illumined by the instruction ! of my L ^« . rn ^? d Friends , and delighted with their jests , ill-meant or ill-timed as they might be . In my _ option there ha > been a great waste of time wlile this r . iscus-tion » ii ; goin ^; on , and I trust that 1 may be permitted to-wkhdraw .
It ill ultimately csci&ei that the care * of of Wilks , Jones , Howeil , aud the others thai weT ? arraigned in tha moraitg shoald be postponed to Saturday . Messrs . Lo * ett and Collios will be arraigned tomorrow , when it i * expected that the Court will be crowded to excess . Tha conduct of the Learned Ji&ge this day . and hi « attention U > the prisoners , elicited unmixed approbation . Friday , August 2 . Before Mr . Justice Littledale . The Court opened at nine ; and a great Bumber of respectable people obtained access to the Court . ARRAIGNMENT OF CHAETISTS .
John Xcale , William Shears . James Rhodes . John Slorex , Frederick Mason . fl'Uliam Endes , John Dunkurorth , Thomas Sailer . Eleuzer Hughes . John Smith , ll ' illiani CUft , Thomas King , John 'laytor , ( alias i / r . Taylor , ) James Pomeroy ^ Gtror ^ e BaJcer , John Tallov , IVilliam Jumes , ( ji orge Best . The whole eighteen , on the charg-s against them being read over , pleaded Not Guilty . Fire of them , namely , Neale , Story . Shears , Eades . and Mason , irere th-u put cpon thoir trial , and th ^ others were feat back . They were indicted for having , at Birmingham , on the 4 th of July last , ki riotously aud tumuituousiy assembled , with divers other persons , to the amount of S 3 veral hundreds , to disturb the peace , and did then and there unlawfully , riotously , and routoush ' xnake a great noise and disturbance , to the great terror of the Qieen ' s subjects , and against the
Queen ' s peace . ' ' / he Attorney-General , Mr . Balguy ( Q . C : ) . and j £ r . Waddington conducted the case on the pare of th ? pr - > secntion . I > fn Miller defended Storey , and the other f ^ ur prisoner . * were u ^ defenced . " The A TTOBtfET'GENER . u srsted tbe case lorro proseCTDon . *
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Dr . Booth ( examined by Mr . Baiguy ) on be u * jworn , said he was a Magistrate for tae Borough o BinnjnghatD , as well as for the county of Warwick . 1 he B rough bad been in a state of extreme ex ~ ittment , tenvr , and alarm , [< corse time past , prodncd by the meetings taking place rightly in the BbII Ring , at Birm nghar , which ovn disturbed the peaces o ( the town—an a-s . mbUite of a great cumber of pe soi » . fnm one to iotr or five hurdre ^ , had met several week * before the 4 th ot Jul y . The tradesmen were in such terror that they losed th- ir shops , and bu ^ ire ** was interrupt * A ; wid the tradesmen , as far as they had cnnraife so to r ^ o , con > plain * d to the Mapstrau-g . A Proclnmaticn wwusueiftt an ukrly period , aid the MaiiMirates did everything in their power tn express their repugt a ^ C 6 to \ hose me tinps . Sp rial Constables w . re ** orn in previong to tb ? 4 'h of July . The meeriDif ,. had mcrra * - ^ , and tVat nensare had tt »« p ( T ct n (
increas'ng the alarm ot the people of th- town TV alarm merged » iih the complain ' s ot th * -ru » - ' an < i the - « nt » mad- HT iieponru ^ s . lh « Magistrates found they weiv cbii <« d lo tak *» more vigorous meas-. res than thfv bad hitherto been nbie to do ; and as they had no police cruocstabnlary of tkMr own on which thrj could relv , their own force being enly twentv « three streetkeeoor * , appunted by ih ? Commissioners , and five or six policemen appointed under fee direction of the Magistrals ; that was all the police force they ™ J J ? r P ° P nIatirtn ° the . town was about 200 . 000 . T&ey then n-solved to ttfce rame other steps , a . d pnceedel to tha Home Secretary of state , ior « n able body of police . This was oa the day before they expected a lar * e meeting in thfj Bull Kiog , on the Wt-dnesday night ; and wit ness , tbe Mayor , and Mr . Chancewent to
, London tor the assistance of the police . They left London on the next dav , and brought sixty policemen down to Birmingham , who were sworn in as special constables , by Mr . Chance , in the presence of thr witness . They found the Bull Ring crawled it ttbs about eight o ' clock in tha evening when the ? left riumiDgham to go to town , when they hud the police wiiness rode into the Bull Rine to ascertain th-i stare of the town ; he went on hw howe and rode through the Bull Ring . A man was hwranguiDg against N ^ son ' s Monument ; it was not an easy matter to . get through the crowd . An s » ona « they saw witness they h-oted "Spy , " and threw stones at hiw . He got . through them witU «» roe djfflculty aan nerve . He then went back to the police , and communicated to thew , -end to the Mayor and Mr . Chance , what he hud observed . Tc * y determined to dispene th-croA-dmtm ^ i » t « lv
The shops were p artially ckeed , but sime of them were not . The Alayor and witness proceeded wi-h the police to the f ^ ull Ring ; tne Mayor and witness led the way on their horses . Tbey saw six tlig -s at least , and a man elevated between them waj « peakin « - Witness told thei ^ to di ^ per-e Anxious to tivfec tho speaker iDto -custody , th-y directed the attention of tbe polioo io him . Witness vhoufjht it was not posiMe to take the man , the crowd -were so mingled with each other those who were near witness coeld hear what he said . From that moment groaning hi .-sine . an < i
contusion took > place . The lamp near to wanes *'« head was broke * with stones ; at th * t moment they seemed to -maWe a dec ' . Rratk-n of -war , and rushed on the police . He * aw the police tall while using vheir stave . * , a < they fead nothing else btrt th ^ m ; \ a . tact he saw the . police were beine overpowered ; they were m their London dres . " . Witn » w and the may . ' immediately ? ode to the bT » Tracks lor tbe military . and returned-57 : tli them to the Bid' .-ring , which was still in ; i > tat- of conimion . Oa their return , witnttss rod .-up to ^ eJsot ' s Monument , and by the aid of thn lam ; - ar . d his spectacle-, h » r '> ad the Riot Act . The mob wj * then at bay . groaning and his-nnK . Rud it arfisable to
w *« -, disperse them . In an bour or two after the Riot Act h * d br-emva < 3 . the aveaoes o \ the ISnU-Ting were gn&rded brth « military ; wtrilw the mr ? or < 3 uid witness , wit ' n the main body , dearrd tne-etreets . They were not cleared in that part ot the . town until three or U * ir o ' clock in tbe inorms * . Witness continue- ? -cp all that tim-, and th-n went to the police ctfice , and then hom * . \\ ltn m war- not absent f < rr a moment , only while he wea - for thf military . He hsd the opporttiniiy wf sffic ^ how the polic « conducted themnelve « ; thf « v conducted themcehvs a « other conntablt-s would ic such circt ' . nifttsnceg—with a * mnch forbearanoe > e * their o » rn woul : do , or perhips more .
__ Cro ^ -e . j :- » -iined by . Vr . Mister , for the prisoner storey . I r ^ street ronners conduct d themselves in tee facw way ; there were many bi > ys there and « w portiun ' of the fair st »* ; h ' e rti . j not ^ Hny ot tb- rrotnen knocked down . There were about 400 ^ the p lire , p * nt < ioner . « , and tnetizl c ustables . The pensioners wera derrepid old men . Wnn" * * hvtrd s me men shriek . He had beeu a mfrg'vtrate . st tha borough -Hince . the Corporation ws-j p « tabli < faeT in Binnm ^ haou In tb . e yeM-. M- ?! or l ?» Si , ab « ut th «* tiirn » oi the passing ot the Reform Bill , he had heard that the town was in a state of Hffiration . but he drd not see it . He had ilc * l lhnl a 1 < 4 r S body of p-r « onx had formed a
.. 1 ohneai TJr .-lon . for the- purple of obtHiuing an >« - mnn : bat be did » o : hear tkey were disturbed by th ? Bailee , force or military . He did not kno v th * c hi « brother mu Rist ate ( ScholeSeld ) wa-. a member of tiar . uion . He knew a-soldier was « - < n : udfd while jfomjf to tbe Bull Ring ; it was du-k , aad r . e could not see what tbe -shaker was reading he hetd itiin a compact torra- it appeared like a . pamphlet . When be rod * at the head of the boiice they w
George Martin , ( examined by Mr . WADDrxarocf ) lnspwtor o' the London police force in BiriniDKham . s . iid V- wa ^ « ppointed to command part of th-m that « t-ut down to Binniagham on the i'h ol July last ; th . re wer « GO brides himself . Tfeey arrived by tha railwny about-three o ' clock , accompanied by the Mayor , Dr . Buoth , and Mr . Chance . About lulf m h' ur alter thev arrived they < rev swura iu as special constables . ' ; Mr . Chance admi-! "ir ti tj dj " m the OH : iL ' Dr- Conth w-nr to th ^ Bull Ring , : « 4 came back to the Public-oili .-e Jn a te * mmut-s alter th-y went to the Bull Ri-r Witness was at the- he : « d of the police , near to Dr ' Booth
, and tbe Mayor . When ^ ncy arrived thTH . he caw several hundr-dx of people assembled togeth-c , with banner * . f . xed on pole * , t » o on eaeh side t- « man who wa * eiewted , as the speaker , an a ladder . Dr . J : io-h desired the people to disperse ; they were iuak : ncr , -. E 0 ; s 9 belcre he addressed them . The mob b e ^ n rising , hoorlne . and thro * iCg stenrs . O . e ..: the s : nes strnck Dr . Booth ' s hoV-r on the leg . 1 h ¦ mob rhrn roshed upon the police ¦ and then Dr . Booth directed lhee to apprehend fh ^ man who was elevated , with the paper in hihand . Witne . « s ; . roc » « -d' d . with r . view to take him with t * o others hv his side , toward :. - the Monnm-nr ! » nme of the mob struck th- < witut-f with sticks , and some wit * , their tits . Tbe p .., lic « then us ^ ri their
-laves ; they hid le ! t their other m at thft S ' -xuoB-hoase . When witne ^ K got to tbe Monum-iu tn-iia-s w . Te stiil up . Serjr . Sweew took one of the tlazs . and then th-ra was a general fipht between the poJice and the mob . They were armed with stick-, apparently parts of tho bana >? r . « . He was seventy cut nnder the eye by a mou " . and one ot hi « teeth wa-broken . S : o ; : eswere fijing in all directions ¦ he sa-s some ot the policemen knecked down . In consr ^ aence oi this conilict his a . en began to disperse . There was » space from the Monument , and as they weredisp r * i > , . and the mob following them , witness told Dr . Booth it would be advi > nble to i . 'ad tor the military . The mob had taken their portions in the avenue , and were throwirg . stones witness d his l
nz p . n m ' n . aud also at the magistrates . Witn-ss be ^ an to apprehend he should be overpowered , a * the mob had , atthattirne , . warned a tearfolaspeei . While he wns . standing wher <* Dr . Booth had tk « n , he wns attacked b / seven or ei ^ ht of the m b ; his men came acd i ^ roie ttiem off ; his har was lost , he broke his st ^ ff , and hig arm was bruised , by parrying off tile blows . Witae , s ordered hi * men toiorm t » o deep , to keep them together . Oae of them had his lip cut through by p . stone . W nnew then ordered his men iuto Belistree : ; about five of 1-is men were then-with him . As soon as they got thi-re they were attacked behind asd belore , by tho mob , which came from another .- ! r . et . The police drove those be'ore them , and they ran away ; they th ^ n ivttackt-d the raoti in their rear , arid . saccee- ' eJ in driving them off . The ? then got into the Turk ' s Head , bdrg exhausted bv thf ^ struggliHis
' . men were h ^ ri mpre cr less than himself . Some of tbe roob came' into the . house and _ asked , in an angry tone , if the police were therj .- Some oce said t-ey had come , m the front way and gone ont the back way ; they werthen in the room . Wuen they returned to th-Bull Ricg . it was in pogsesginn of the military . Taere was f-till a crowd , but not much noise . It was kbont ten or eleven o ' clock wfcen they went into the Hull R ; n / , from the Turk ' s Head . They were on duty until about th'es o ' clock in the morning . Wicne ? s received a blow on > . is g ' noulder which cut hia jacket thronga ; it appeared to hav ? been doue by a sf > tfp in » trcmeut , or it might have been dona by a -ticK . Tw- ! v 9 or thirteen of the police-men were injured . Max'tou and Rnyson were stabbed ; the Vo-mer jnst below tbe nnvel . and Rayson io i ^ e tLitth or hip ;• Maxtoa wa < expected to die every ¦
hour . : Cross-eximined by Mr . Millep .. —Witness could not see what the man was reading . There wtre some women amongst the mob who strove to excice them to attack the police . When be found himself attacked , he ussd his staff to defend himself . Tte man on . theladder esxap-d . , Crispin , poUcernnu , examined by the Att 8 rney-GexeRai .. —The witaess was sworn in as » special coJUUb e ont J-4 : tt July la » t . Hewmsiiith lower part of the liull iling ; he saw Neale theiv , who Atrn : i Trim ¦? , , and he «\ i < stuuned by the blow , Had his s : a 9 " wa . * tn . ken from Ilia by some of thp ^ # fe . It vp . s Heith ° r <> f tU prisoufg at the bi r ^ ra : s ? rack hm . Hh ? aT tfee mun wuu struck him
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belore the mag'tttwws » t BiTminKViam ; ' some stones were fouurf on hl « n about the h- > . h of an eg * . Cross- , x-tmi > d by Mr . Miller . —Heordt-ren th ^ people to _ go on , and thos . ^ tn « t wobld not , he ^ koved with )\ u staff . By the Attorney-Generai /—Snne o the police w-ce senously wounded . W'itn ^ asaw Maxtonatu ! Rayson after they b * A been stabbed ; they did n- » u-e th ^ ir Ht-. v ^ B until they had desired the mob to go on nevpral timns . — - M'Thonney , a policeman , was in Mart ' ii ' * company ; h * sa * tlie prisoner Neale there ; ht-Bpprehended him in Nc » Street , near to the Bull Rrnir . about : teu o ' clock ; he found utones in hi * packets ; his auention was callrd to him bv another cdcstitblfl . [ The stones were produced . ] The p-isnner * aid hi * name wa * John Nale . Cross-examined by tha pri-oper—Did von « eeme
in ihe act of throwing tnon < s ? No . Did 1 not bo up to you at trie' bottom of New Street , and ask yc * to lffme p »> sM ? No . . Edward Hammock , policeman , sail he saw Mason an 1 Shear * amongst the mob ; Shears wa < in the act of throwing a rtnne at witness ; he hit the prisoiw on thi > wrist with his « t » ft ; and h « dripped the stone ( ston «» pro ^ nced ) , and he picked it up ; witness took him into custody ; he resisted very murh , and he was obliged to pm him on one Of the soldiers' horses to take him to t \ . e prison . He saw tfce prisoner ( . M »«^ n ) in S ' . Martin ' s Church-yard , concealed behind two tomb-ston-s ; this was about ten minutes p * 8 t tea . Witness went ; into the cburcb-ynrd in consequence of stones coming frof » that direction . Witness tfild t ! . o prisoner to confess , andhedi ; h © cid not speak at first , and witness hit him on th * back .
William H * U , « xiin » ined by Mr . Bai « uy—Witnecs was a p .-lice-officer at Birmingham . ; he was on dnty on * the-4 th ot July Inst ; and he « aw Mason taken into custody by the la » t witness in thu St . Martin ' s Church- } ard , and handed over to Erans , who took him to the police-office . Henry Billing , polic-mao , examined by Mr . WADniNGTON— Witness got over the railings of the Church-y « rd , and apprehended Storey . CroBivexarninrd by Mr . Miller , but nothing of the 1-as t importance molted 1 rom it . Bv ttteArvoiiNEY-G en era it—Witness was trying to diKperiie the nolob , when he vaw the prisoner st » ndiDg with bis face towards biro , and his hands btsbiad him . Witness a * ked him whtt hn had gnt ? H « said nothing . Witnejg turned h ; m round , and he let fall half a bridk ; witness appreheudt-d bhn . il Th « was the case for tl » prosecntion .
witnei » 8 es wt re called to the characters of Nea ' e , Shewn * , < Eades , and Ma «» n . Mr . Miller mad * an eloquent and able address to the-Court and Jnry on behalf of t ' -e prisoner Storey —obs Tvinjjr , it was not the nv'b that caused ttie riot at Birpjingham . b « t th « London police . Some y-are ago , numb-rs «> f persons assembled tojrethfr to discii's politics ; they wero wembers of the PjHrical ^ Jnion . No pol * ce dispersed them . There had b-en meetings of not only hundreds but thousands , ! roimmting to even 286 . 000 in a body , and they hac
not been disturbed , iiut now , when only » few hundreds met to express their sentiments , as upon this occasion , they were attacked by the police , » nd apprehended as rioters . Thn wretcned prison-T ted S -up into the churchyard tolfiy from th- violence «* f the pnlic '' , and concealed himself behind a tombstone—snd on beinx asked what he did there , atrfl not making any aimwer , he was s'ruck on thv biu ^ , ard told to con leas . 'He was then drag ^ nd to prison , nnd . wa * i ) ow brow ^ ht here to be tri * d f . / r the o £ enC' « ot riot . The Learned Couxsel , after makiug tsome c * ther ob «« rvatio > h concluded his address .
The AttorncvjGenehkk , then addrecsed the ijory "for the or secution . His Lonnsner was oeoupied an hour and a-balt < io pawning op the can * . Tre Jury , after some « onsnUatio « , ret « rn « d a ¦ verdict of Gailty ngainst ali the prisoners . Tho trial lasted Tom okie o ' clock in the morcing till iix in the evening .
Saturttyfy August 3 , Jeremiah Hoxeell , 8 ( r « d 34 , Francis Roberts . « £ < -d 26 , Jonn . /(»«*» , aged ^ i ^ S'homas / intoit , aged lc .-und Henry JViUooe * « Ked 21 , < the five youug men whose trial va * po * tpon « d on Thursd . iv last to this 4 ay , ) were pat to the bar at Dine o ' clock tbw imoroiug , on au indictment ( th ? * tme on which th « y were arraign-i ' ofl ! l ' tinrsday ) . c harging th « m with h « . vjng uplawf ^ lly ^ jJHttd . riotooely assembled together , witti ilivew 6 ti * u * r'i « vil-diapo 8 td persons , to the number of 2 . 000 or wore , dt tBe parish ot Birmneharo , in the couuiy oj Warwick , od the 16 h ot July last ..- and being « o assembled , th « t th « y feloniouol-jt , . < fcc ., ' with
•» rce and arm * , demolished , pulled down , and des . troyed th * dwellingTliouse of James and vKeary Bourne , Anothercwunt in the indictment charged the pris » OB * rk 'with , having so onlawtully , &c , assembled w attresivid , and felonioash , , < fec , b'gan to . demolish , d ^ c , the » aid house ot the said . Jani . 8 * n > J-Hcnty IJKiirn * . Other counts charged them » ith dt ^ n ^ j lj / ihing « nd be ^ innir ? to demolish the hob ^ eotjjRJMfcjbfK y i ^ ouutftuey ; aa-1 other couatM ( tttotfr j ^^ re ; % ht -eltogethtr ) vaiicd the form ol iWf-clwSfe ^ ' - ^ -n v The ATOoajiKY-fiFM'ruL , Mr . Bilow , Mr . Hill . » nd Mr . Wjt ^ iMnux , w -rrt coausel lor the prosecution . Mr . iVum . i- ; , ib . » solicitor to the Treasury . 8 U With them , as i , e had don » yesterday .
Mr . Miut . br wa * ci * . ins « l for t'ie prisoner A ^ ton , and Mr . Da . nmels was for Henry Wilke *« . Lists havinjf b . ev . given in on both sides of the j ^ amen of tho ^ e g- n ; l «' m » n on the jory puoel to whom it intended to-object , tbe officer ot the < Coun did not call aiy of these persons , and thereby avoided all occasion for challenging any of thejarora who wrr « called . The jury havirg been sworn , and charged by the officer of the Court , The AT . * oRXBY- ( iDKEiuL , addressing them , « ai < t ^ e prisoners were indicted under the act 7 and 8 Geo IV ., c . JO , one of thos * acts th-tt were introduced by Sir Robert iPeel when he was Secretary oi State for the Horn * . Department . It was always hi * *
own optaion that Sir Robert Peel had putthe ' country under great obligations to him by the improvements which he introduced into the criminal law of England . It was under tbe eighth section of the act to which ke referred that this iudictment agmist the prisoners was framed . By tliat section it is en-•» ct-d , " that if any persons riotously and tuniultuonil y assembled togetbr , to the ditturhaace of the public peace , shall unlawfully nnd with force demolish , pull do « n , or destroy , or begin to demolish , pnli down , or dftstr . vy , » r y church or chwpel , or any chape 1 for the religion of persons di .-seutmg ; rom Oih unit d € huroh of England and Ireland , d ^ ily registered or recorded , or any house . "tables , coach-houe , cut-h » use . ware&ons- ' ,
olicp , shop , mill , 4 . % c , * c . every such often'er > hall be gMilty of Iflory , and , beiDg con dieted tlier . rfore , shnll suffer death as a tVlun . ' The eff nee , therefore , with which the defendants stood ehtrged van capital- It was au ciVence <> f a very * rious nature , snd reguiring to be punished with gre ; it severity . It consisted of persons being riot' ¦> vt < ly and tutnultuouxly assembled , that was thn iixvt part ; then , th *^ off nc-s considered the persons so riotously and tnmultuoutly assembled , palhnu d 'kh and destroying , or intending to pulldown and destroy , any shop , < fcc . This was a proceeding of h m-. ^ t alnnning description ; because when the mob s . i a ^ serBhled begins to dentroy a house , j ) t > tiirg the law at dcfi . ince , it is impos . sibte to say where tb ^ ont rHgt * miy terminate ; and to repress seen an ( ff" nee this law has been passed , and remains unaltered .
Thp criminal code 1 of th . s country has » , happ-ly , been v-ry much modified ; but this is an oifrno * of so < enou *> a nature that it has been thought fi r . to continue it a capital offence , nibject to the merci ul interference of the prerogative of the crown . The uentlenaeu of the jury would have to say whether the prisoners at the . bar , or any of them , are guilty ot t ; ie crime laid to their charge . After giving an outline of the evidence as it afiVcted each prisoner , the Learned Concsel said he hoped he had , in a cilao and temperate tup . e , as became a caurt of justice . particularly in a capital charge , confined hiinselt -imply to itie question for the decision of the jury . The interests of society required that this prosecution should t » ke place , and he was sum the jury would do th » irduty , not only with impartiality , but alt » with fiimnesa .
Henry Bourne , examined by Mr . Baixity , said — I live in High-street , Birmingham , and occupy with my brother a house and warehouse . * . We carry on the businpsa of tea-dealers and grocers . Previous to the loth of July , Birmingham had been for a coasi&erable tin ^ e much excited , particularly in the neighbourhood in which we live . On the 15 th of July , about eight o ' clock in the evening , I observed the people collecting in great numbers in Degb th . Our retail premises are in High-street , and the wholesale premises in Moor-street , which communicates with the Hull-nog . When I observed the p- > op ' e eollecticg btFore eight o ' clock I gave order . * to shut np ( pick . The stop was fastened with bolts afid bars , and , as we snpposed , everything waa secure . We ' th «» n went ap stairs and looked out ol the window ? , when we saw hundreds of p .-rsons walking towardsihe public office , which is about a
hundred yard * " from our pr < -nuses . The fir » i thicg we heard was the breaking of the windows of the pnblia cfiElse . The people then attacked our preariges , and commrncea breaking our shutters . They first broke the windows of the hovse , and next the shutters of the shoo . TKe next thing they did was to breakthe window frames . They then cnteted tho shop and demolished everything ; they ttirned the stock in the shop in the street , and rendered it unfit for use . We found stones flying abont , and thought ocr I . ves were in great danger . Previous ., to this . our own men were in the ahop . Four of them were c ' ose to the shojvdocr four at the private pntranct 1 , and lour at the ware house door , and others in the passages . Two lemale servants and a housekeeper were up stairs . They remained thereuntil about a quarter of an hour before the fi .-e took plac \ when they quuted the premises . We were ail in the houjip at ' the tim *
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tie stones o . me in . Tfvy *«» re of all sorts , and aumb ^ rle-is pfr > ons hid giirimoc e > * hoo and house t »« More l » eut to th « t uhlic . fttc-. The shop was ! ull atone time , anil I i > b « erve > ii a la * e number ol pMrKo ^ s on the nut . « 'de . I did sot ohs' -rv- what th-y u . sed tn break the doors with . Sumes ci-me ini .. v ^ -ry jir .-at numb , r-, and we heard a knocking outside ; but I could not 'oriu sn idea oi ! the weapons that vt-tv used . Th ^ re was great shDU'init aud hurrahing * , and particularly ( hose who got into th- « shup . Mo * f . of the young in b went witd myceli to the public < frne , and the women went ro a mend ' s hou ;« e . We ret \ irnHi in rVk ut half an ho >; r aud the >
• bund our premises on fire . Our shop » eemed to be completely burnt . It was like a fi e in a grMe , n <> pT « on could enter th * n-iop . Th-re . mighi then be boi : t the ha » n * nbout " 200 or 300 p * tsol « . The whole of the shop an . 1 hcus-hold d- 'partm'nt ¦• re cornutuednnd tU « warehouse much injure j . Part of the roof fell in . Efforts were made by thot > e at thn engines to extinguish tbe fire as soon as they got there , aud the fire was afterwards extinguished . I saw Mr . Leggett ' * premises also on firo . CrofB-examuied by Mr . Miller lor the prisoner Jones . —Had you not hrard complaints ; i « aitist tbe magistrates and the police for their conduct on the 4 thJulv ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERALobjected to the question , as irrelevant . Mr . Miller contended that he had a right to the anwwer . Mr . Justice Littcedale said that the evidence was admisitible , tor the purpose of shewing what the nature of the excitement was . Witness then answered—I never heard any cotnplaint * against the magistrates for their conuuet oh the 4 th of July . Cross-examined by Mr . Dahtem for the prisoner Wilkes . —I hsvrt lived in Birmingham about tt-n
years , and have lived eight years on tie same premises . I haw kno we Birmingham to be excited by p ublic meutinjs for yea , but never to prevent business in . th > pubic p « rts of the town . I mean I hvive nrver known meetings in the Boll Ring until lately . The other meetings wrt-e at Newhall Hill . There were no premises there . I never attended meetings of the Political Union . I n ^ ver mind politics . 1 went to" the Public-office for »» si » - umce , »«< i was absent for an hoar ; on nay return my premises were tired . Of nay own knowledge I do cot know whether our premises or L * ggett ' s were on tire first .
Re-examined by the Attorney-Generai ,. —According to the best of my knowledge , tbe meetings commenced in the Ball K ng about twelve months a < o , Ttiere had beea no fires in my remembrance ui Birmingham before the 15 th of July last . fidward Bladen Adams examined by Mr . Hilli am the clerk of St . Paul ' s Ctiapel , Birmingham . i was in the Bull Ring ob the night of the J 5 th of July . A great number of p * opl « were there . i'he people were comiisg k » to the Bull Ring in large number * from Hulloway Head , up Di ^ beth , and irom New-street . I was a-special constable . Stones w * -rh thrown indiscriminafeiy . There wera from 2 , 000 to 3 000 people ia the Bu ' . l Ring , and they went up Moar-gtreet , towards th" public office .
Whea there 1 coald not see them , bat 1 h -ard them . Ia a nhort time chty came back into the Bull King , and I saw them commence delibf rately to destroy Mr . Bourne ' s shutters . Brfore th » t they brake tbe windows of his hou « fl with a show , r of stones . They destroyed his shutters with bludgeons , boughs of trees , rails and pii . c * of iron , which appeared to b- > rails or pHlirt >» de . s . The mob also destroyed other shop front * in the neighbourhood . The mob afterwards brought some tickiDg from Mr . Legifett ' s shop , which w « . « broken iuto a similar -way to Mr . B -urne ' s , which they unrolled , and deposited where ttX '> y pat the other plnnder , and then set the heap on fire . 1 do nft know how they got the fim ; but I saw it blazing up , and led from rime to time
by the shop-shutters . I saw lighted ticking and lighted wood carried from the Bull Rt&g , asd put inside the shopi « f Messrs . Bwurne and Le ^ gett . They made attempts upon ottier shops , aud succeeded at that of A 4 r . Bank , the druggist . I s » w the mob carrying brands , ot fire to the neighbourhood of tht ^ Nolsoa Hjt ' l . They began at Mew * . Boorne's about ne \ en minutes b-fore nine . About ten minut- « to ten I went to the public cilice . I es-aped through the back window of Mr . TuylVs house . I « iaw the dragoon ¦« at the public office , they came . galbping down Moor Street from tbe barracks into tne'Bitll Rintr . They began to disperse the mob , and by two o ' clock all was quiot , as tar as 1 saw .
Similw wi'wac' 5 was given by John Higham . Eaos Edwards and Enos Edwards , tho yomiger , engice ^ -rs , to the ^ Birmingham Fire-office , gave evidence of the inti-rruptiou which had been offered , to the getting forward of the engines , by the mob . Mr * Damiclb objected to this evidence being admitted uatil the prisoners were identified , and after some discussion the Counsel for tho Crown proceeded to call the following witnesses to identify them : — Richard . HarW . Charles WheltonJnmes Jngli . i
, , Charles AtkitiH , : Henry Gibbs , Jamrs . Stephf-ns , and Joseph J ) uem , were tbeD severnlljr fxaraiued , nd gave * evidence of tbe tumults , the . attack , and firing of the premisos or Mo ^^ rs . Bourne and Leggtftt . The wituee ^ es all sworn positively to HoweH , is being an actwe . participator in th « riot—kaowing him by his erutch and his woo . len leg—and eom » , o , t tlie-a swearing also co his features . Wilham Hall , or e of the Birmingham police , deposed to seeiug the prisouer Roberts , very busy throwing brick * or stones .
The prisoner Roberts denied that he was in the Bull Ring on tbe nijjht of the 16 th Jaly . He h * d itnrs ^ es to prove that he was not there ; but that h-. < was too poorto bring them to Warwick . Thomas Rose > examined—I live in Moor Street . I was standing a ; the corner of the street about halfpast eight on tie ev . ning of the 15 th July last . I saw . the prisoner Jones come up Moor S-reet from the Bull Ring . There were about 100 persons with him . Ho had a bane kerchief upon his stick , and w * ved it round , cheating to the mob to come on The mob was then moving towards the Public Office . The mob iretuned to the corner of Moor Strt-et , whern Mn Bourne ' s hpu . se is . Jones Btill continued « ith them , with his handkerchief on his Htick , waving it about . I had known Jones for the last three years . I saw fire thrown into Mr .
Boum «' s shop . The mob put it under the cout ter , * hich is of wood , and the fire blaz d up . 1 did not observe where Jones was at this time . The mob that came d- > wn tho street with Jones was the mob which attacked Mr . Bourne ' s hoase . I know Mrs . Martin ' s shop , and while Mr . Bourne ' s shop was on fire , ] obs-rvi-d a voting man come throngh Mrs . Martin ' s window . Martin ' s shop is next to Bourne ' s . 11 is a jeweller ' s shop . Thomas A . * tf > n is the person who came through the window . As he was making &is escape , 1 followed him , and knocked him down with roy statf . He was searched in my presence , nnd silvr spoons and several articles which came out . of Mrs . Martin ' s ehop were found upon him . Bourne ' s house was then on fire . Mrs . Martin was shown the articles' before the Magistrates , and identified them as her property .
Cross-examined by Mr . Daniels . —I was at a m- etmg held in th- Broad Street . Several gentler . en whom I knew were there . They walked in proc ° Si > i . in . I coul . ) not tell to a hundred ort ^ o how many persons there were . They ^ ame through the public thoroughfares . Scch meetings have been a treat nuisance to m « . There were flags and baune . rst at such meetings . I heard Taylor and Fussell s ^ eak at tbe Ball Ring . I have not heard persons address any other meetings . I know that we used to have meetings two or three years ago . Mr . Ainrood , Mr . Muutz , and other * , used to attend them .
Charles Bache , iron-merchant , examined . —I was acting as sectional leader of special comtables on the evening of the 13 th of July . Batween sev « and eight o ' clock that evening I was at the top of Smallbreok Street , I saw a large crowd of people coming from the direction of Hoilow * y Head ; many had stave * or bludgeons in their hands , and they were goirg towards the Bull Ring ; part of tho crowd turned into Suffolk Street , which points towards the Town Hall . I placed mj self upon some steps , fn-m which I could see all that was passing . I saw Wilks there . I kaaw him by sight . He got on to the sfps , and very near me . The first word he said was ' Halt . "' The crowd repeated the word , and halted I i > eard him tell them to form , and go in a body on che Warwick road . The way there is through the Bull Riog . Cr . ss-examihed by Mr . Miller—I believe Wilks "nid— " Friends , Lovett and Collins are coming hick . " ¦ ¦*
Alfred Webb , stationer , said—I wng at Holloway Head on th « Monday , and saw Wilks there , It was a little after seven o'clock , and 200 or 3 UQ persona were assembled whom he > was addres < inic . I could not hear him speak distinctly . He said ' Too much time had been lost in speakipjr , that the time wa * now come to act , and that they must now act decisively . " He said " He did not wi « h to rus th ^ people into unn-cessary darger but that they must prepare themselves . " He alluded to the riots rn the Thursday wtek , and said "It was well lor the nplicd that they ( the people ) were not then aimed . " Then I'believe he said , ** The people , at present
were not strong enough to me t the noldiers , but that if the streets were barricaded , and the railway destroyed , so that the military could not act . ihey would not have much to fear from them . ' He also said " There were 200 , 000 men . armed , in the North , ready to march to Birmingham at a moment ' s notice . " Th « people said , " We are ready : aad we will go now . " ; Ckarle ^ Moore , street keeper , examined , 8 ftH--l saw a number t > f persons at Diiibeth On the night o ' the rioti , a-. d I saw Wilks in the front of tbe " people . It was before tbe fire took place . Croxfl-oxamined by Mr . Daniels—I r <» collpct thp meetings at Newhall-hill . I cannot say m my of tie respectatde inhabitauts had complained of those meeting * . AH meetings used to be placarded . I
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will not say the bellman did not go reund to « a& tli < t meetings at Newtmll-Hill . Hal ' , ctreet-k > eper , » xarained , said—I saw tr crowdconae It to the Bull Rin ^ . They made- » dreat noise . Part of the crowd went rouad tkw ta" > nufQ nt . I saw Wilks come oat of the crowi . e * r Nel » on . ' s Hotel . 1 was above the monainr'B& _ I saw Wilts mount th « Market Hall steps . Chares Smith , street-k" * -per , examined—I was 9 & dutyn Higli-stre « t on the night of the 5 th Joiy . } s * ¦; \\ iikr * stau > in * »' « ikiDg in the midst ol a greis many persons . L w * s about half-past eitfba oclock . . -.. * -.., Cron . ximin ^ d b / Mr . Damkls—Wilks fceha «< S niicouitDoniy wtii io td « on ; , n occasion when I ttar attHcke ' d in « aki « g h m n jaw custody in tkwBuiSnnir .
C'harlex Kv < ns saiJ—I urn a street-keeper in JEfeinivghaiu , > x . a was on duty in High-street , on tfcreven ^ ng of the 15 th of July . I saw » considerafcfe number of people comiugup Digbeih . 1 saw Utitnf WiUf . amongst them . He had a person on wci . side of him . He was in front , and they were wa «* - -rg three abreast . He pointed towards Mr . Savaged shop . He went a little higher beyond Dakiu ' s shoo He w » at up as far as the end of New-street . Cross-examined by Mr . Baniels—It *» s aboat eight o clock when 1 saw Wilk * W * n I him *
.. . saw he was apparenfly in earnest conversation with Ui * persous with -whom he was walking . He wa * coming from Mr . Beurne ^ a » o he continued 1 » walk in . the same direciioo as l « ug as I saw hinBu He Uyes hi iVf . itehall-gtreot ; That was the dire * - uonm which he was gom * . Aner he walked iu that ^ irecti oa I did not sep him again . It was afiex he hud gone that ttie violence began . It was a tew minutes after J lost tright-of him th&t ithe breakJBp of thK windows and shutters toofcpiace . He poiatel . wjth the left hand .
Tpe case for the prosecution being closed , ' Mr . Miller then addressed the jury en behatf of the prisoner Jones-.. After adverting to the powerful legal talent employed against the prisoners , k * . proceeded to obseiw that as tb » duprbarjees took place at Birmingfeam , erery person apprehtndeS whs simply charged with rioting and disturbing tb * Queen '•< ptsaee ; on tkat charge tfeey wtreexammed , and on that charge thejr w « re eummiutd to t » k « their trial * . By the provisions , of a recent act of jP * riiameot thtj . wereentitled to have a copy of tW depositions with which ' tHiy ^^ ere charged ^ so that they might be folly ¦ awW'of the ^ n » tore of ihe evidence agairst thejU ; and , therefore , be enabled iw p « epare thunelves with witne 88 ^ s to prove theiy
innocence . His client obtained a eopy of the dep >> . mhods . againot him , and it appeared that on tbt ? evidence of one eolitary-witness he wsacjmniitted to tai * trial for misdemeanor , and ior misdemeanor only .. By the Jaw of th « land , a prisoner committed e » k . charge of misdemeanor within twenty days of ti < r Assizes wair entitled , upon pleading a traverse—tba * is , to decline being tried till the following Ascizw , But-what was the surprise of Jones , after beirg j » tact acquitted by tbe magistrates who commktti ! him on the most serious part of the charge , to Snip when arrai gned at the bar the day before je-ier Aof ^ that he was called on to plead , not to an indittoe ** for misdpineapor , but te an indictment for feioaj affecting his life , aod that the namrs of no less than
seventeen witnesses were on the back of the b > SL Under these circumstances he applied tor a postpoa *> - mwit of the trial , and his Lordship did grant it poafc ; postuonwnent tiil to-day ; . but that poatponeraeaS : was of but little use to a man without moDey and ' means , 8 btt » . up in prison , and » kuu . «»* nearly th . inj nnjes from the town in whicfr tht-» l ) ege . d offence was committed . To give the prisoner * two day § only under such circumstances , wa * mere mockery of indulgence . During this internt ^ however , , the solicitor of the travercer had procured seven additional witnesses . He had a rght , therefore , to caution the jury against drawing etmclusjons totlie prejudice of his client , becaose he did not produce evidence , the necessity for which . hsr
did not . know existed before Tuesday last . Mr . Millfr then proceeded at a considerable length 4 * . comment apon the inapplicnbility of the law , as hw £ down by the Attorney-General , to tbe case- of hJa » clkst , apd read * pasgageg from the same books is opposition to those read by the Attorney -Genera ^ and ^ trusted that on a question affecting tbe life otf Jones , the jury would disembarrass their minds eff suih extraneoBs circumstances as weie to the prrjsdice of the prisoner , though they proved notbiDg ; »» £ that they would feel themeelves bound to give tbcfc verdict of acquittal which he looked to with- coniaderiice at their hands . The Lt-amed Gent > ei » 2 a :
and Mr : Daniels also , for the prisoner Wilfc ^ , andressed the jury on behalf of their tespeetr ** clients in very powerful speeches , in which thej < fid not spare the Attorney-General . The prisoner Howeli , on being galled on ' or his it ^ fene < v « iid—P 1 eas , my Lord , lam c wo king man . I work hard tor a hviDg . I am innocent of what as charged against me . Ihate nerer been nigh th * Bull-Ru » g for three month * . I have workedsakBfc * . miogham for 17 jearg , and n « v r been nigit . a » w meeting at all . 1 never saw any of the Birmingham police before I-was taken into custody . 1 am apao" - man , and have no one to defend me
The prisoner Roberts said—I hope , my LordT t « dwill have mercy upon me . I was not in the-Bo 2 Rniff at the time Hail says I was . ; his avtrynarif owe fora mnu to a * ear my life away in a large niun W ot |» eoplr , and at such s lime of night . I haw * tamily my Lord , and a mother , to support : I kxx no time to attend Bull Ring meetings . The prisoner Astxm said—The things J Bad-p took , up irem the 'not path into the shop door . The prisoner Wilka-called a person o the nam * oi fcades , a witness on hie bekalf , but nothing material in his favour was elipit © d . Thn case / or the defence being closed , the Attcshnev-General replied at greae length . At the conclusion of the reply , u being half-pest nme o clock , '
Mr . Justice Littleiule said he thought jnxtiejr to the dase and to tl » e p ritoneTs wouid require « more minute and detailed summing up than ihe )« Sw hourpermitted . He should , thermore , however rsoA n « regretted thn necessity , be compelled to order tfct JHry to "be locied up till Moiw ^ ay . Ttje jury expressed th -ir readiness to acquiesce iia his lordship s views . Officers were then appointed to take charge of them till Monday moriiin ^ at niaa o ' clock .
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THE'SriERIFE OF AVRSHIKE , Mr . B » tL , b » warned the Earl of Egliatouu against holding tfe * . appr « aching tourntment ; remindiog tbe Earl , th » * t if any 1 jody was killed , or hurt 80 as to endanger lif *^ all the parties must be indiced for a capital felosf „ Lord E ^ lintoun , in reply , aaeure * tht Sheriff tiaft his tournament will be a very harmlefs affair , for j * £ the armour is sound , and the ?• Jances are oaijr poles , quite round at the end , and withoutphiM * . ™ We think Mr . Bell may be quite easy on the « o& » - ject .
A nOG BELONOINO . TO A OENTLEMAK w& Oswe 8 tr > wax lo-t at Liverpool some time ago . J » k master offered a reward ior its recovtrj , witikco * success . Some time atitr be received a letter frsap a friend in New York , who knew the dog wtN « , England , that the dog bad arrhed at his house , im . mediat-ly recognized him , and bad became exee » ilugly comfortable in the , -ociuty of his eld mastex" " . * - friend . —Shrt xesbury Chronicle . Shockikg Accident bv Machinery . —R «^
tween mx and seven o ' clock yosteroay mornija , James'Clarke , aged fevKntetn , in ihe empioj t& Messrs . Dunnirg and Birch , of ihe Minorjes , v » W ' and mattrass manufacturer * ,, wa « attending to astea « engine , when hm ngnt hand got drawtt in ' und * r the strap of the orura , and belore the engine fewjj © be stopped , the band was literslly > wrencnwl < ff x& the wrist joint . He was instantly conveyed is at etace of extreae suffering , to the London ' H m »_ pi al .
Fatal Accident . —On Thursday evening b *^ tween . ^ ven and e . « ht o ' clock , a ebiid bclongmc te Mr . Beltoii , of Upper Brjanstone-street , wbar runniDg acro « sGieitCtmb * rland-street , wa » "b uock * J 5 down by a gentleman ' s cab , the wheel of wbi » i > passed over his head , aud crushed'i * ifr «> severe » manner that th « unfortunftte chjld . iiyd &a \ m »„ stantaneouMy . The cab belonged to My . tdbni » m Mount-street , Grosvt-nor-square . " ' Look after youk . Lv'&oa ' oe . —A few da >*
« nce , a gentleman , a commercial traveller ; nearly lost his luggage by an attempted felony . Be . w *» coming from Liverfool k » BirminubsuB , acd ha ^> placed his luggage on thjjjfreper convfyar . ee , hut on ipokinjc afu-r it a fev ^ ioiutes below starting i » found that it had been removed to the LoLdoi ; tranu . Ic was fortunate he made this di ^ ooverv , as oibtr wise he wo ' bld havje lo « t bis property . Ptr- « oc 8 traivtlling by 7 herailroid convey , nce » canaot be too - particular in hoking afer tneir luggage . '
Thb Cyclops Steam Frigats . ——Tb »~ magnificent vks <* 1 , the large » t sieatn ¦ m-a » - of-war in the world , was laucehsd ^ tro «» Pembroke Dock-yard a few day * j » go . -Her i * . weDMons are as folia * :-Lepgil > . 225 W b * aB , between paddle ? 38 feet , depth of boli 21 fee ' - ' ' B * v copuage is about 1 , 300 , Being 206 tons Mver ' tbusthe Gorgon , launched froto t&e skme slip about two months riuce . , H «* eauipment a , 9 a man-of »* r » ija-¦ Ms the rorae in all rfcp'Cti ) M a frigate , havtiBB ;» cimplefe ^ un or mafn-deck , a > * el hi * n d ,. t « w quarter-deck . Oo the main-deck chv will carry 1 « long 36-pounders , and oa the upper-de . k four 48 ~ - ¦¦ poandefs . and two 96 po rdeis on »» iv . Is , earrjbir a ball of 10 i cbes diameter ^ and « r-eping toub&I the hoi i * 9 a 240 degrees .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1069/page/3/
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