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i 4 Ji » Murt ' l ArihtHc . sMt ^ UF Tnii Ki-V . W . V . JACKSON , GEO . BESRY SMITH . WILLIAM TILLMAN , JOSEPH LINNEY , > JilyD CHRISTOPHER DOYLE . -Oh Saturday last , the Urwn cf Manchester wes throm into cotsderable excitemect by tie appre-^ Mwinn of the aboFe nemed friends ot the people . "We detail below at considtrable length the paracu-3 an of these arrests , and the examination of the -parties . It Trill need no discrimitarion to percfire ihmt tie proce * dings in these-caees , as indeed in all «> tfee » of a similar land , hare been of the most cowjtrdK and nncon ? dtndonal character . Warrantj against these parries harog been placed in the bands of Berwick , the bead constable , he sent MJtk * of tfficew out in -d ffrrent directions to the AilbMurn Ar * -h £ Hr .. NSi ^ u ¥ 1 ' at . Ki . V .
« wenkip" of the icamdiials named in the warrants . These officers left the police effice aboat a quarter past cn 3 o ' clock on Saturday morning ; and thparty ender the direction of a constable naaed Wi ^ MEson proceeded to tkehonsie o ! George Henry Smitk , in ProTideece-plac , Gram ' x ' s Gartens Bahpe . Williamson inockei at the door , and on gainirg admittance , -apprehended Smith in bed . A quantity of papers were found in his pesaession . - which * e : e seized and brought away . Over the dunuaey piece -was a gun , * uh percE * sicn lock ; it was not leaded ; this vras also brosgLt away by the pohoe . Smith is about thirty-five year * of age . Bf states that he i « a boot end shoemaker , and that he wrb born at Brinnington , ( Portwood . ) near Stock port .
Superintendent Alcock , Ic-door Constable , Jd \ Muliin , and three police officer * , proceeded to tbe hoc * e of William Tillman , Secretary to the -Manchester Political Umor , and ¦ who was recently jtrooght Hp a * the Borough Police Court , on a charge of obuiidkg money of stopkefpers and others for Cbarast purposes . The case was reported in onr last number . He lived at No . 15 . Hard man '? Passfege , Hardnan-streer . The ( fiicere harirg inotked at the door , Tillman made his appearance . « ad called to them Speak cot ; we ' re all Charti * r * bare . " They told him th * ir perpes- " , and required lam to open the door . He refused , on vJiicJi they iroir it open , and taok him into cr . su . d y . NoUiiDji of txm&iqpence was feunri in the house . He stated that he was born at Chatham , K ? nt , and i * now "thirty-six years of age . His occupation is a ladv ' s shoemati r .
Whiie these parties were proceeding to ex cnt * Hio -warrant * on the two individuals natce ^ . Berwick . * D « ompanied by In-door Cr-nstable Loma « , Lock-up Keepers Norbury ard Boothby , and cne or two poBeemen . proceeded to the hcu ^« -whero the Rev . William Vickerc Jackson lodged , in John-street . Hshse . Hairing stationed officers both ia front and -at the back , and fctocked r . t tie door , Mr . York , "the tenant of the house , and Mr . Jaciiton ' s landlord ' aas to the window . Beswick told him they had a warrant fer the apprel en » ion of Jackson , his lodger . Mr . York shortly afterwards opened ths dcor ; at ike same time saying , kiwrrtr , that he thought th <* v lad no right to enter hi * hon _* e . They found Mr . ck bed rusi ihe
J «« TD "_ n . in ab ^ ci en fi-.-tdcor-Kid Berwick told him hj had a rnrrnt sg-aiE > ~ hxm . Mr . Jackson de ^ ed Beswick to read it , TrMch wasdoce , and Mr . Jackson thrn said he ¦ wodd go with them . They searched the house , and found a large quantity ot letter * , paper ? , memoranda , Ac- wLick they bronght away . Mr . Jackson , daring this search , told Beswick if he was looking for anything e ^_ , he had ccme too late ; for he had -expected the pclice paying bim a visit lor some time past . He said that his a ^ e was thirty-six ; tha : hp Traabom either at Kersalor at Manchester , he did * ot knew which ; aad that he had be * n brocght up -to the trade of a boot and shoenaker , but that ha "WM row a Methodist preacher .
Tnese thite parties ot police ha vin e conveyed Hair prisoners to tie Borough Police Offic . Kingstreet , and placed them in tte Lock-up , Bewick , with a pany of efficers , went to the houjeof Jcs--ph Xmapy , David-street , Garratt Roa ^ , where they ^ apjae&fended him , in bed . He stated that bi » wai 3 mkq in . Maeclestield . % ud that he was now th m-= * BByeer 8 of age . He said he had been brough : up tto tie silk trace ; but wa * now a bookseller . He " ke-ps a srEsll * hop for th ? gals of Chartist pubK » - jtjBBL , « ad other periodicals .
Ai three o clock , the pnsorers were solacicg r&emielves in the Lock-up , by singine a ver .-don of ** Scot « wha hae tJ Waiiace bled : " which they tsxts with much entkuaasm and patriotic ze 3 l . Al > ont three o ' clock , Bewick , ard a party of -polk « m * -n proceeded Xo No . 3 , Pr ice-.-t .-r-t . Holt ¦ Town , and baring obtained adadt'aace B swick ^ here apprehended Ckristopb-r Doyie i _ i b-d . 0-searching the hou * e , a number cf bock - ' , papr-r ^ . ¦ Ac , were found , * one of them relating to ;\ e cMlecuan of sub ? crip turns for the D < -::: <> Fan <* . &-. KBd « it ^ ezs to tie meetiEgs cf the Cci . v ; nti ^ r . aiid cf ©» mnjitiee- < aztd delegate * . One Of them i < a < ort of jooiiialof Doyle ' s own k-epinf , in which h-- a ^ pt -ars to have registered observations on the Bimr ' Eghair riot * - , and on the various meetings md lfcrure .-wiichbe has attended in tiL * town . He rrp-aw ^ Jy speaks of "Mr . Boyle , " as having maie " an ex " vzeimAj neat speech ; " and in other places Leput »
fiown , apparently : or lurnre use , remarks on the vo&dactoi the Mayor of Birmingh am and other magis"trates . In answer to qse ^ rii n « fr ^ ra Be ^ wickie stated . ^ bat he was born ia Dublin ; is now 2 S years of a ^ e ; and is by trade a power-locm weaver . * Oa the wxy to the po ' lice office , he repeatedly assed Berwick to re 3 d the warrant to him , which Beswick promised to do as sx > n &s he reached the polic -office . This having been done , Djyle said , Very well , " and was abont being taken down into the lock-up , when one of the officers told him that Jacksor , Smiti , acd Linney were already there . Be esr-anned " What I JacksoE and Laatey " ? Puor fello *; - ; they dor . ' t know it a . * I do ; I know wha . tit as ^ 1 i-ave hjid a tasie of it befo re . "' He was then ~ T * Vpn down , and locked vp -with his ccmr&dfs ; and thus , in le =.- t ^ an : hree ho ur-, five of the principal leader * o' tie people in Manchester were ar-¦ restedbv ib- 5 re ?_ "k : Eg tools of tie Whig corpora ~ tjnn in toe middle of t&e nieht . ¦¦
SXASIXATIOX OF THE PRI 5 ONESS AT THB B 0 K 0 UGH COCET . The f . ve priscners were brought up for examina- ; ¦ t km riionly a ;" : er eleven o ' clock , before the follow- j Ing borough magisznttB : — T . Potter , D . Maude , C . J . S . Walker , J . Mac--ricax , D . Price , J . H } de , W . R . Callender , EL-qT . ir .-p . aad some others . Colonel Wemysa was on the iench during the greater part of the examination . Mr . Bbaxdt appeared in support of th * charge . The priscners were ail defended by Mr . ft , B . B .
-EttMETTMr . BRixPT ? aid he appeared to prefer informatkais against several parties ' , whera he requested j ^ M > uld be now called np . There were several j ease * , and it would perhaps be better to take " . hem ! Jat the order of the dat ? . He requested that the ' yriaoBerg Dovle , Smith , and Jackson should be first ! xaUednp . ' | These ID-used men being placed at the bar , | Mr . BBiSDT proceeded : —Hk said the parties j SOW before the Court were ch $ sgei , in the warrant i tmiet which , they were spprehended , with havin g | nnlawmlly , maEciou * ly , ana seditiously conspired , j wim diTtrs other person ? , to resist the laws of the 1 realm , and did , at the n ' m ; and place therein men- : iiaBed-flkgally iacite diTerg liege stbiecis assembled !
? tege : ber , with force of amw to resist the laws of the ! twIbv , and cause a breach of the peace . That w&a j 1 ke general nature of the charge , and he did not ¦ "ynfl to go into it particularly , bot merely to call i ^ e -attention of the Court to the general BarnTe of j the ^ ridence hs had to lay befoTe tb-m ; b : cause it ; wodd appear to be so clear and indispEtable a cast- j f * breach of tive peace , that it was tot necessary j ke should enterintc pardculars . Thev were charged j with ^ ving met together , and having ' u ? ed language i which , there was no doubt , wonld prove was sec \ forth in the warrant , Now , so far ac parties meet- j inf together to diicuss their grievances , and to ob- t tain their rights by every p- aceabie and legal mean * ' "was concerned , hs womd be the last man in the I
wirrld to say that they were not perfectly justified in ' doaiMC flo—nay , he would go further , and say that lree-bam Eagkahmea wtre called on to do ir . But the present charge sent mech b ? yond that ; it would be faaad that , in many case * , a determination wa ^ etroagly implied , and expressed , to carry out their object , good or bad . by mean ? of Tiolence and l ) K ) od ^ ieo , and by being armsd in gnei a manner ! " dial BO legal government could tolerate . Meeting * had . taken place at different periods , from the 23 rd Jaly to the 1 st _ Augu » t , and some of the prisoners j * we implicated in mere of the meetings than on * , hnt it would be better to cotfiae the evidence tti \
* mx& case separately . It would be seen by the ¦ BWdeace , that there was an agreement to meet to- jether , for the purpose of porcg to different churches ! m a : body . Undoubtedly , ha was not oDe who j "Wenld quarrel with pardts for going to church in j whatever numbers , if they went there , either for witaMsng the service in a pf actable manner , or taiiaf a part in it ; they went thpre from a very commemdable spirit ; but if they went there fcr any impose of mtimidadon , to prevent the trna wor-* hippcrs geing there , or to intimidr . te those who w « e there , undoubtedly they were guilty of a mis demeanor , whether they went to a church , cr to a ~ p \* ce « f worship btlongicg to any other body " of -t 2 iri « tiaES .
Mr . Cobbett asked to look at ths warrants , one cf - » tnA was h&&ded to V ™ Mr . Bbaxdt said with these observations h * -4 nraH proceed to the evidence . The first case to Wfeteh . ne would call attention was ameet-ng that « took j ^ ace on the 23 rd of July , in the township of j ^ ImWh * . W «) fcK Smyfho was the first witness examined . . aj » 4 « m * ftd—I attefided a meetirg on the 23 rd o . ' Jrtr ^ m TTin township of Halm * , in the open air . j 4 jU 0 L& g&k o ' ciock . There might be from 3 . 000 to itt « i « igM Aen . 1 don ' t know tbe came of tho
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Y ^ AiiUiioj »^ u appoli--ru . &u . lin , L < uyie , jilu Jpckson were there . Smith first addressed them . H . e held forth against the church , and indeed every party that were not Chartists . He made use of general language . I don ' t remember the particular expressions . He said he wag armed , and advised nil others to be the same . He ? aid that , unless the Charter were granted within a limited time , by fair means , be would tell Mr . Spy that it -would be the meaL-s-of drhtro ^ ing his employment and big employers . These remarks tendfd to excite the people . He -said they were to support their rights against tbe-bloody policemen and soldiers . When he said he was armed several voices cried-out , So are we . " Doy ^ fpoke after Smith ; his speech went against the ^ £ ^ L ^ "WiK ' . l ^^" , !? - ^ \^
Poor Law , and be followed Smith on the necessity of arming , and being prepared . He gaid it was ueeessarj they shcu'd be armed ; I understood it was to carry the Charter . He alluded to u the Sacred Month , " and said many would say * ' How are we to hve without work r" He hoped they would prepare thercs ?\ ves , as he had done , with a well-pcinted argnment . This cacsf d a titter , and a sort of laugh in the crowd . Smith then got np . and said he had another meeting to attend , which was of more con £ equ «> ce than any that the spy could bare access to—where more would be done than' the police spies could prevent . Mr . Jackson Lext addressed the people . I understood he was a clemman ; be was rectived with cheers . He said
he had been informed that it was the intention of the m 8 gi ? irat * s to disperse the meetiDg . bat he was glad to see Lis friends met so numerously , chewing the authorities that they set them and their bloody police at defiance . He also said it was necesKar ^ tor them to be ann-rd , and to be prepared . Two pistols were fired during the evening ; one during the meeting , the other in Clarendon Street , as they were renting . Cross-examined by Mr . Cobbett . —1 was requested by Mr . Beswick to attend that meetirg . I have no occupation . I live upon my means and property . I ain not obliged to mention my friends . James Mecdonald . —1 attended the meeting on tbe 23 rd , and b-- ard Smith speak . He was announced
g a * hormaier . He spoke very violently against be Government . He said it wculd be necessary for very man to be under arms . He said he was rmed , and several voices cried out— We have them Uo . " He speke of another meeting he should trend the same evenirg , to wlich no * pies could lave access , and at which something would trans * ire . &f grra ^ r importance than the present . A aan nau ^ d Butter * orth i- y ^ ke , at lea ^ t 1 have it so a my not s , but 1 male some mistake about him , nd 1 cannot positively s » ear that h ? did speak . 1 leard Dcyle speak . He spoke of the weight of axes on the country , and said the interest of the National Debt amounted to twenty millions . He poke of the inutility of supporting Kings and at such an
^ iif ens enormous expense and said it wocld b .- necessary for every per-on to be armed , to > e prepared fcr the coraicg Sacred Month . He said it woold be necessary to convince the aristocracy by arguments of a pointed and irresistible nature , and that it would be necessary to use p bysicil force , which wrs tie cnlv means of putting a stop to mch abuses . Jacksrn was an-. ounced as th ^ Rev . Mr . J ick * on . He said he had just been attending a : bnrch meeting of hi ? usually held at that hour . He * pcke ve : y violently against the treatment of aovernment . and said it waulrt be necessary to be pn . vidt d with arm * , and , should an outbreak take p i ice , he should be the first to pull a trigger in de' enee of the Charter .
Cross-examined—I am an Irwiaaan . Tke mistake I aVuded to about Butt-rworth was that I had at liwt put frmdownin my report , which was an error . 1 nm a police officer . I have b-en intorp / mted under tbe Manchester Corporation . ( Gn-at laughter . ) I mean 1 have been embodied . Before 1 was a policerriac , I acted as a townman for tha print works of Vi m . Shepherd and Co . I w * nt from their employ into tbe old police . I left Shepherd ' s when they became bankrnr >! a . By . Mr . Maude—I heard pistols fired , one at lhe mee ' tfpg ; it was some distance off , but to my understanding it was one of the party who were attending the meeting . It was as the meeting were breaking up . Mr . Brandt Fair ? thatcrmpleted the first case . Mr . Maude said it wenld perhaps be better to go through the whole of the cases before the Court c&'ir to any determination ; in which Mr . Coebett concurred .
Th > pr i-ojs ; -rs Linney , Jackson , and Tilman , were then ordered to stand up ; and Mr . Branpt taid , the next case he shsald go into was a meeting held on the 26 th July last . Win . RobitscH deposed—1 attend ? - ! a meeting in Htilme , on tbe-2 G'h July last , which war-held in tl . e sapf place a .- the iormer mretirjg , at about half-^ a < t eight in the evening . Don ' t know whs was rh s . irc-an , nor tee speakers p «> enal : v ; nor should 1 know iLem ii 1 were to t ^ ee tt . em . * H w ;> neatly dark , and 1 could not get cear enough to distinguish ? hem . 1 heard the-Barnes of Jackson , Tillman , and Taylor , announced to tho meeting . A delegate was there , but I dil not feear bis name , who informed the & .-s-mbly that the Woburn family were the worst
eeeioies that the poor people had ; ttialonp-half the properly th * y were possessed of belonged to the poor ; and he would advi-e them to go to Woburn ana dtirana what they considt-red belonged to them . He s-ii-i they ought to be prepared with aims to meet the struggle ; for there would be a struggle for the property which they conceived belonged to them . He asked them afterwards if they were prepared with arm * , and the general cry was " yes , yes . " The chairman told them mast insist upon exclusive deal . ng until the people were no more slaves . He tken asked them if they had begun it , the answer was " yes we have ; " inohe told they must continueit . The mas who was announced as Tailor
said -we tiave a ngnt to po ?* ess anus ; and tafce C&T 6 tia" . you have them in constant rtadine ?? , as we do not know how soon we shall hare occasion for them . Vru must each have a firelock or a sword . Would to God we k ^ ew what liberty wa * ; at p : ei- nt we are all slaves . " Two or three gnns or fire-Iccki were fired during the meeting , and one when they dispersed . 1 heard one speaker , 1 think it v- a ^ Jack * on , made use of violent languege , calling Mr . Potter ' a rillanons wicked base wretcb , " The chairman gave cotice of : he next m eticg to beheld in Sallord , oh the next Monday night , and on Tuesday night , on the same piece of ground they were on tfcen . He said he expected they would all come
' ] ! 1 ! ¦ . o a man . Cross-examined—1 did not know aDy of the parties present , ani do not kni / W who it was that used the language with regard to Mr . Potter . I am clerk in the borough police cffice , and before that was a maltster at Uiverstone . Walter Smytfce waa again called , and deposed—I was at the meeting on the 2 Gth of July , and the chair was taken by a person of the name of Linney , whom I believe to be the prisoner , but I will not swear to him . There was a banner with the inscr iption— " Every man has a right to one vote in the choice of a representative , in right of his existence , and his title-dted is his person . " The meeting was addressed by Taylor ; while he wa * I'pesJJ
, \ , , ¦ ing a pistol was fired , and the chairman got dp vwJs said , fce was responsible fcr the peace of thflfcfetirjg , and desirec th a * the person who ha ^ TPed the pistol might be taken into custody ; biH-W wax not . TayloT then said be was not for «* fctbli > , muskets , pikes , or spears , but ths tim « MHi > " come when they mu $ t _ have them ; their gric offices would sot be redres-ed without liiem . Ho said the middle clasges were against them , in consequence of their connexion with the aristocracy . He represented the misery of the working classei ; many of whom never tasted meat , but were obliged to divide a herring -among a family . He said they knew their misery and degradation , and quoted Scripture to prove that it was no harm to destroy their
oppressors . He made some allusion to the Woburn family , and other parts of the country ; and , whilst he was going on , a party from Salford were coming up whh a fife and drum ; they seemed to be a considerable number . Mr . Jackson addressed the meeting ; be said he was happy to be amongst them agaiu ; be should not detain them very long ; but he had come to the determination to do a 1 in his power to work the freedom of the people . He asked them if they were prepared to follow tbe Convention ; to go to any length , no matter how far , at any time or place which they might tell them . He advised them all to bs armed ; there ought not to be a man , woman , or child amongst them who was not so ; it was useless leaving them on their mantel-pieces ; they should bring them with tbr-m , not openly , but
| concealed ; and if they were Peierlooed , England should be in flames from one end of the country to the other , and the soil should teem with blood , i illman was there ; he was introduced by the chairman ; he said he stood tbtre a victim of Whig tyranny ; he had been apprehended ; for what r They knew Jor what . The chairman next said something » bcHt his imprisonment- He said he could tell Mr . potter , the seif constituted authority , that had he beld up his finger , he and bis minions would have been swept away from the face of the earth , and ~ fi 5 ¦ v v / *** wert WcQld * ave ** en levelled with the dust . They announced other two meetings lor the following Monday and Tuesday 1 hey then gave three cheers for the chairman , and the meeting broke up . A pwtol wa « fi- « d darins the meeting , and one aj they were dispersing
Cros * -exemined—I am not a . reporter ; I cannot take notes m shorthand . Mr . B ( usdt i « 5 id he should next proceed to a meeting on tiiei ! l-. t of July , in -which Buxton ana ; Smith « ere cone , rned , but Baxton was not id cus-I tody . Smith was then a-ain placed at the bar . i 1 hemas Taylor deposed— -I attende-i the meeting ; en the 31 * t of July , abo--t eight o ' clock ; it waa a-¦ the same placa as the other meeting , at the end < . i Clarendon Street , Hulme . A person named Kaye vras elected chairman . 1 think he is a shoemaker . I saw Smith in the cart which was used for hustings . jT * ^ ^" 8 hiiuself against some attacks thai nad been made on him in respect of his proceeding > the night before . He said he wished to do the ben
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lor itiem ; but they had been all n-aiugt nuu ; h . wished them to be all prepared , and he did not wish anything to be done in a hurry . He had proposed the postponement of the National Holiday , and , us far a « I could bear , it was not agreeable to the company . A person whose Ham e 1 don ' t know read * omething from The Chartist newspaper . Smith said he had been with Col . Wemyss that d » y , and ttiere was Bomethiug passed a ^ out a Chartist weapon I understood him to say he had told Colonel Wemyss that there was a weapon which could - b « thrown under the horse * feet , which would throw the riderc He asked them if they were prepared for the holiday , acd said he wanted practical measures adopted , without bloodshed , if possible , but , however , with f . " >«*; but they had been all a . aiuat biiu ; tx ,
us little as possible . Smith t ^ en retired , and a man named Buxton , who , I thought , looked like a cobler , addressed the meeting . He commenced a very furious addreF ? , by charging Smith with damping their proceedings ; he said he had done more harm the night before than all the good he had done in his life . He said if a struggle commenced , thej must show a bold front ; and he would say that seven mil . lions were equal to seven hundred thousand . "When the policemen and soldif n are conquered , " he said , " their arms will be yonrs . " The chairman gave notice that the district wculd hold a general meeting the following Saturday eveningin Stephecson Square , and recommended that on Snndey all persons should ? o to the Collegiate Church , clad in such as thev
had . Cross-examined—I am in the borough police ; before that I was an f gricnlturist ; by which I meau that I worked on a farm . Walter Srxythe was again sworn . I attended the meetiDgof the 31 st ; there wan some dispute between Smith end the other members of the meeting . He said— ' I saw Col . Wemys . i this morning , and I told him wp . wert > arming and preparing for the worst ; I a .-ked aim what he would do with his soldiers ; we wf r- > prepared with destructive itgtmments to throw
amongst the soldiery , for the purpose of disabling thrir horspf , and if they fell , they would be at the mercy of the thousands . " He said tkat wonld * h . ) W whether he was a traitor , or whether he was dishonest . He said— " If we are to have the holi-iay cn the 12 th , let us have some plan or eyste . m to go ^ pon ; or what charca shall we stand against the soldiers and against the police ? 1 do not wish you to run yourselves into unnecessary danger . " Mr Brandt said , the next case was against Charles Doyle , who was thereupon placed at the bar .
Richard Perceval Jeff rson deposed . —I am a clerk in : he borough police office . I attended a rnei-nng on the 1 st of this month , be ' uind Mr . Schokfisld ' - ) chapel , in Every Street , Macchrster . A cart wii * placed for Lnstingr . Doy ! e was chosen chairman . He stated tke chjert of the meeting ; said it was t >> obtain Universal Suffiage and the Charter . They wished to do it by peaceable means ; but if they could not thi y vould use force ; and they <* trc tully prepared to do so . Cross-examined—I was clerk to the commissioners of police in Manchester before I became clerk to tile borough police .
The depositions of the several witnesses having been read over and sijrned , Mr . Matde a-ked the pr . se nt : s whut tl .-y we ; e by trade ? J net son sail he was a minister now , but he had been in different situations before ; he had been in the farming department and other department , ( what we could not distinctly hear . ) but for the last few years he had been exclusively a minister . 1 illman ssid he was a lady ' s she maker . Liarey said he wa « , by trade , a pewer-loom weaver . but at present he kept a book shop , and paid eight shillings weekly rent . Tillman said he was n single man and a lodger . Smith said , he was a boot and shoemaker , ani his rent vasos . 6 d . weekly . Doyle » aid be was a powtr-loom weaver ; a single man , and a lodger .
Mr . Maude—Arp you in work ? Doyle—I was yesterday evening . ( Lau ghter and hear , hear . ) Mr . Cobeett had previously stated , in answer to a question from Mr . Maude , that he had k » en applied to by the friends of the prisoners ; but he did not know whether he appeared for all or not . Mr . Maude gave such of them as wished an opportunity of saying anything they choo . < e . Doyle said he should reserve anything he might have to a * y for another occasion . The other prisoners gave similar replies . At half-past one o ' clock , tie following magistrates retired to theirprivate room to concider the cc . se : — Thomas Potter , Esq ., Mayor ; Daniel Maude , E . q . Jiimes Burl , E-q . A . Bannerman , E ^ q ., W . R . Cd . lender , E * q ., John Macvicar , Esq ., J . G . Frost . t > q ., John Hjde . E » q ., D . Pri c ^ , Esq ., J . B . Smith , E-q ., and C . J . S . Walker . E ? q . Alter an absence of eight nrinnte ^ tbr magistrates resumed their i-eats on trie bench : and
Mr . Matpe , addressing t "' .- e prLonerr 1 , saM , —You must be aware that wo have but one duty to perform , that we have no option as to perl" rrning that dury at all . The case has c . me before us here , tnd we h ; . ve heard what has been said against you ; and also what has been taid on your part . It is qui * clear to us , that we hava no op ' ion as to set-ding yon all to take your trials by a jury ol your own countrymen , before another tribunal ; and we th-refore must seed you for trial at the ; next assizrs at Liverpool . At the same time , you will all be entitled to bail , and we are Tery anxious to fix th >< bail at such amount as shall not be unreasonably opprei-sive ; but , at the same time , wo canrot cocceal tram ourselves that the crime with which you are charged is a grievons and enormous nue ; and that it will be for us to fix such bail as will at all events ensure vour
appearance at the assiz s . We have made some difference in the amount of bail , because , the same bail , which wocld be heavy npon several of yon ^ would probably not be su upon Jackson , who is , and - ¦ ho . -e fnendg are , probably in a better ck «* in ljf e , and thtrefore they will be able to become bcund f rhim in a larger sum . The bail for you , Jackson , will bu two sureties in £ 150 , and your own recognizance in £ 300 . —[ Loud cries of '' Shame , shame , " from the gallery ol the court , and much disturbance , which evidently sho ^ k the nerves of nome of the Whig w , rthies on the bench ; on which Mr . Maude directed the officers to take any person into custody tha ; made 8 noise . Ho continued : ]—Pray , bs orderly , be orderly . We are otly ex- cuting thj law ? , and we are bound to do it ; ^ e have no discretion at all , and the parties are * tell aware of it .
Jackson—I think , if you'll allow me , my bail is too much . Consider iiio circumstan : es in which 1 am placed ; they arc- not the same as formerly : neither are my friend * . Mr . Mavpe—What are your friends ? Jackson—1 biyc amother- who is dependant npon her husbandjvvcho is . married again , and he ij dependant Wjjon that lady ; acd I have friends connected wkn the farming department , one of whom is a wjgBw ; and 1 have other relations in a high clas > of life , who will not take any part whatever in in ^ X-t affair . *^ M t . Maude—Bail is for your appearance only . But you must see that your off-nee , and that of the others , is of a far more aggravated description than the ordinary felonies which come here ; and in all
cares of felony the person * charged are not entitled to have bail at all . Even it requiring bail should have the effect of incarcerating you another day , you are not worse off than hundreds of persons wno are committed to take their trial for petty felonies . We cannot shut onr eyes to the enormity of the offence with which you are charged ; whether you are guilty or not , a jury will have to sav another day . Therefore , unless you show good grounds to the contrary , j on must consider cur decision irrevocable . The other four pergons will be at half the amounts—viz . two sureties in £ 75 , and their own recognizances in £ 150 .
Linney apked if they tfquired notice of bail , and what notice ? He shotld think , if their friends brought sufficient bail , they might bs liberated that night . Smith—I fancy I can find very responsible gecuritj , and therefore I hope the time will not be too long . ' Mr . Bkandt— -On behalf of the prosecution , I shall say , that if tbe bail is satisfactory , we will take it at once . Mr . Maude Raid , that notice was necessary , in order to give the prosecution the mean . * of inquiring iato the sufficiency of the bail ; but if the prisoners could satisfy the prosecution beyond reasonable dcubt , that the bail they prodaced was sufficient , it might be taken instantly , witbont placing the prisoners for forty-eight hours in prison . The magistrate ? did not want to do that ; but the notice must stand for forty-eight hours , ii the prosecution were not aatish'ed with the bail .
Linney said , he hoped and trusted tbe prosecution would not let any petty feeli-g prevent them from actiag with discretion " towards them ( the prisoners ; as tradesmen . Mr . Bbaxdt—Can you give the name of any bail ? Linney—No . Mr . Brandt—Tha moment yon hand in tbe names of any bail , they shall be inquired into , and , if fcund sufficient , you will be immediately discharged . _ ...
Mr . Maude—One single wordbefore the business closes here . It does appear to us that this is a rii opportunity for the purpose of saying a few word * to the para * s asrembled here . That there is a great d « al of distress existing , no person can at all doubt . ( Hear . ) 1 beg leave to say lor myself , that just as undoubtedly , and I say it with equal cotfidencd for my brother magistrate !? and the uigher classes , tha ; they greatly sympathise with that distress , and navta very strong feeling towards our poor fellow- townspeople who are in distress . ( Hear . ) But this wmust say , that if you think this is the way 1 o reliev the distress which prevails , temporarily , ] hope , you are very much mkuikenindeed ; End , 1 hope , tha . ffhat has passed here to-day will be a warning to a gr > -&t number of persons who have been incautioash ed into these practices of which we have heard . tl > mach ; and that thgy will , in future , abstain from
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proceedings mat can havt 3 no other etrect man the bringiDg ppOn them of great misery and ruin to those , parties who are determined to go on in ench courses . All I can nay ig , that they wfll find ia the end that their schemes are exceedingly rash and dangerous , and , that the law will prove to be far too strong for them , and the result will be only ruin and misery to themselves and their families . I hope and trust , . ( and we speak to you in a spirit of kindnesn , and as friends interested in your welfare . )—show us any feasible system by which your distress can be alleviated and relieved , Bad yon will find that people will feel fir you , and will do what they can to lighten your burders . Bat it ia not at all within the range of the most remote probability , that all this arming proceeding * mat can b . av-3 no oitor effect man ih «
and meeting by night can be attended with any good i ffect . Struggle on as well as you can ; and let us hope that there will be a good harvest , and that better times are coming , when industrious artisans will get into full work again , and have fair wages and comfortable homes . Taete ie one other subject I will mention . I understand that a practice ha » existed of going round to collect money from tradespeople . Now , unquestionably , you who are m distress have a right to ask for alms and the comp ? ssion of those of your fellow-townspeople who aw better off than yourselves ; and I do hope that there is no indisposition aoiongst us to give , every one of as according to onr means . But to threaten persons , particularly poorer tradespeople , is not only
m ^ gai , out it w a cowardly and uti- English practice ; ana I hope that Englishmen everywhere will resist it , and that no one will resort to so cowardly a practice . To the tradespeople I would most earnestly recommend , that they should resist boldly any demand for relief made upon them accompanied by any threat whatever , and they may be assured that ttie authorities of the town will protect them to the utmost . They n"ed not be alarmed . I am anre you yoawelves would not be actuated by any feelings of compassion toward * any m&u who should enter the house of any one of yon , and insist uaon your giuDg himsometh ' ina , using some ' threat .
i ou would , I am sure , shut your doors upon him , or tnrn him out il you could . You may be able to obtain reliuf from the compassion ot others , but you have no right to demand it with threats ; and 1 hope that tradesmen , one and all , will see , tbat if they mike up their minds to wtand by their rightsas you talk about t / our rights—and protect their property , they will find that the law will assist them 11 protect it , and to punish those who attempt to violate the laws . A man in the gallery said something about his not wishing to act wrong , and he should be much obliged il Ivlr . Maude would tell tkem how they were act right .
Mr . Maude—Can you for one moment suppose that you tire , not acting wrong , when you am collectin / a , mn for the purpose of upsetting the laws of your country ? The man * . ; ud he had nDthing to do with arms ; and ! -e wanted to know which way he must carry on to jiii-rd hi . s condition , for he had not half bread for hi . ¦ uiuily . Mr . Maude—All I can gay is , that I wish our power wm just as groat as our will is to relieve all persons ii i ! i- > tre- ; . s . But do yru think that thicc .-Syj wili havu any t-ndoncy to relisw you ? A greac many of you tire , . spending the money in buyiug arms that had much better go to buy bread .
You must be aware , that in a great commercial country , ai \ d in a great manufacturing town like this , great fluctuations mu . st occasionally take place . ScEcumes uvsxa will b . < g roat prosperity—prosperity beyond what is known in the agricultural parts of the country ; at other times , the diatrega will ba beyond what is known in other parti-. As you g >> r , I was going to nay , almost an unnatural prosperity on the one hnnd , so you will have , at time ; 1 , an unna ^ ura ! , that is , an artificial depression on the other ; it ever will be the condition of mankind to be subject to fluctuations and reverses , but it is our duty to relieve every one we can as far a * our means will allow .
The man again said that he arose at four in the morning , and was at work till niae or ten at night , ami cjuld not get a living . Mr . Maube said he was unable to aivige him what to do , and he was sorry for it ; but it aross from so great a competition in every thing . (» ' True , true . " ) We were vry thick upon the ground iu the old country , and thus it was that so many of us were ever on the struggle , one against another , to get a living . But let no oce run away with the idea . that , while the workmen were suffering the masters were not alco suffering . He believod thera were very many masters at iki . s moment vho , instead ol their employing their capital to profit , were suffering treat lag * every year : and were only prevented shutting up their mills by the fe ^ r of producing additional distress among their work-people . Let no one suppose , therefore , that there was a want of sympathy lor the distress of the working classes .
Tilhnun said , that when they ( the prisoner- ) had retired from tha dock , th' -y woro of opinion that Mr . Maude had acted very impartially , and even kindly ; but when they were Bgnin placed at the bar , and heard such an amount of bail imposed , theyclmngeii their opinion . He must say it they ( the prisoners ) haii acted unwisely , they hid iicted almost from the command , at all evouts from the instruct on , of partiuj now opposed to them in interest , —he m ^ irit those parties who did advise them to procur , » ar m * mid come in c- rtain multitudes to do away with the Wel . ingt ;> n g vvrnment ; and it was no wonder then that unlettered rrn-n like them should follow tbe example set them by thuse who might be supposed to know what wax right . Mr . Maude said he knew nothing of that ; he was sure there was some mistake as to that statement ; but the magistrates could not there enter into that matter .
Smith requested , if they shonl 4 he confined for , fony-eight Hours ( as it was a very hard thing to br ' witacut inMruction ) , to be allowed , for himself and fellow-prisoners , to have some books of an interesting kind—he did not want religious books , but ot' ers ; a ^ d if they might have pens and ink , and their friends be allowed to bring them books . t Mr . Maitie said thev should have whatever indulgence whs consistent with the regnlations . Hn-could not promise them what they asked , for he did not know what the regulations were ; but he would > make inquiries , nnri they should hive whatever was j consistent with the regulations , under which they , j like others , might be placed . The prisoners were j then removed , shortly before two o ' clock , and after the lapse of two or three hours without giving them anything like a fair chance of obtaining bail , they j we : e hurrioii oft" to Kirkdale goal , and ( as we have been informed ) chained to each other like common felcns . Such , fellow-countrymen , are the fender mercies of tke "base , bloody , and brntal Whigs . "
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«» ¦ STOCKPORT . APP 11 EHENSI 0 N OF FOURTEEN CHARTISTS . Thursday , August 1 . In continuance of the annoancement which we last week gave , we give the following : — The examination of tbe prisoners was fixed for twelve o ' clock on Thursday ; but the swearing in of special constables occupied tho Court till past four o ' clock . Great excitement took place ; and loud were the complaints of the populace , who had congregated outside the Court House , at this unusual delay . A spirit of discontent manifested itself in the
course of the afternoon , and the specials were called upon to disperse the crowd ; but several of the people declining to obey the directions of the avthoritiep , a strong effort was made to-remove them , and ultimately a number were lodged in " Sadler ' s Welh . " They were immediately taken before a Magistrate , and liberated on their own bail to keep the peace . A small party of the 20 th Infantry , stationed in the town , occupied some of the anterooms of the Court Houne , others paraded in front ; and sentinels were placed at the door , to prevent auy but special constables from entering the room .
The crowd continuing to hoot the special constables as they entered the street from the court room , another effort was made about noon to clear the passage in front , when Wm . Wareham , an operative , ( brother to one of the prisoners ) doggedly declined , and asserting hia right to be in the street in the day-time , threatened to protect his person from the aggression of any peace officer , at the same time drawing out of his pocket a large knife . This he held before him , and daring the policemen to attack him under the circumstances . He was , however , speedily surrounded , the knife was taken from him by the police , and , after an ineffectual attempt at rescue , he was taken before a magistrate at the moment , and was committed to Knuteford for three msnth 9 , on a charge of threatening to stab a police officer . Near five o ' clock in the afternoon , the Mayor ( Sir . Pendlebury ) followed by Jonathan Thornhill , Esq ., G . E . Marsland , E ' q ., Apelles Howard , Esq ., and Sir Salusbury Davenport , Bart , made their appearance ou the Bench . Mr . Coebett , who was engaged for the accused , asd had been waiting during the whole of the day at the bar , was * ent for , and on his arrival , the pr isoners were placed in tbe dock . Their names are James Mitchell , James Burton , Charles . DavieSf John WrigtU , Isaac Annituge , utii ., Isaac Armitage , the younger , Erasmus Ar-/ ii / tuge , G / iorge Warehaw , David Roberts , Timothy Riss , ius and Jbhn Nichol / s .
1 heir appearance denoted the absence of personal nccommodation ; whilst Wright , who is constitutionally delicate , was evidently suffering from some pulmonary disease , superinduced , or perhaps accelera t ed by tbe olof-e and snflbeating apartments , which he borough . lfldi-ups afforded . '
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The prisoners having been ordered to stand in the above order , Mr . Saddler , the Superintendent of tbe Borough Police was sworn , and Mr . Coppock , the Town Clerk and Clerk to the Magistrates , proceeded to read Saddler ' s examinations which had been reduced to writing in a private room oh the previous day but was interrupted by Mr . Cobbett saying—What is that paper ? Clerk—These are depositions of Mr . Siddler . Mr . Cobbett-Taken before you ? Clerk-Yes . Mr . Cobbett—And not in the presence of the prisoners ? Clerk-No . T Dri 80 ner ( 1 . „ . „ . . . , _ ^ _
Mr . Cobbett—Then before that paper is gone into , I must da what 1 have always felt it to be my duty to do elsewhere under similar circumstances , though not always with success—that of objecting to the taking of evidence in this manner . The paper which y-iur Clerk was about to read over to you , I presume is something drawn out elsewhere , and to the contents of which he is now swearing . Clerk—Just so . Mr . CoBBETT—Well , then , as that evidence has not been taken in the presence of the prisoners , nor in my presence , as the advocate of those prisoners , I must ohject to it altogether . I have always
objected to such proceedings , because it does away with all the rules of evidence . I am here , for one thing , to examine the witnesses ; but how am I to examine them ? It i * true I may hear the depositions read ; but I fhall be deprived of the advantage of hearing the questions put to which they were anowen-. But , furtherthan thia , it is a rule of evidence in examining witne > ses in chief , that the cross-examiner should not put leading questions . Now , how can I know what sort of questions have been put to the witnesses by the Clerk , behind my back . 1 must again object to the way the depositions have been taken .
SirSALUSBURY DaVENPORT—Who are you ? We don ' t know you here . Mr . Copbett—My name is Cobbett . I am here as attorney for the prisoners . Sir Salusbury— But the Court does not know you . It is the eour-e the Magistrates have always taken . We are ; iot t © be dic-tated to here . P . E . M . viisi . A :- ! n , Esq . —It is the usual course of procedure . It is quite a matter of courtesy that Mr . Cobtit-ttishere at all . Mr . Cohbett—But—Sir Salusuuuy : ( to Mr . Marsland ) —Certainly The question before the magistrates is not a matter of trial—this is an inquiry . The Mavob . —Tins is the usual way , Mr . Coppock , I presume ?
Clerk-t ^ uite to . There is no doubt of it being the legal w < iy . Mr . CoiiBETT-But I am here to object to this m'nl" of procvedin : *' . Sir Saj . u- > hur \ -Then we overrule tbe objection . Mr . Coppock pro ¦ < ¦ . ! . Mr . Coiiiit / rr—Well , if you overrule the objection without hearing it , I must bubrait , I suppose . The Clerk then read the deposition ef Joseph Sadler , Superintendent of Police , which stated that ia consequence of some communications that were made to him , he went , on the night of the 31 st ultimo , to the hou ? e of the euier Armitage , about midnight , to search for
arms . He knocked at the door , and the prisoner answered him from the window . Witness told him to let him in , which he did . Witness then a ? ked him if he had ariiw in his possession , to which he replied no . Witness then went up stairs , and tound some tickets in the hat of the younger prisoner Armitajre , which purported to belong to the " Juvenile Chartist Association , " and also a papei headed " Members of the Working Boys' Association . " Tha younger prisoner »¦ aid it was his . It was divided into two parts , and bad columns for the dates of pajm . nt . There appeared to be upwards of thirty hands , amongst which fee found the name of tbe prisontr , Isaac Arraitage . Witness asked the boy what he was doing with them , and he replied
that he hud long taen of thit way of thinking . A loaded pistol was here prodaced , which witness < aid was found in the prisoner Mitchell ' s house a short time afterward * . He aW-i found a number of bullets in Armitige ' s house . H- next went into that prisoner ' s back yard , c :: ; : 'aw . a large water tub , full of water , pfenning uuder the window of the room which he had just searched . He ' elt xomething in the tub hoitvm b y means of a lor . g stick ; In ; let the water run ui . t , and found a large broad tword , newly ground in tha tub , which was very sharp , from its appearance ; witness said it could not have beeu long in tae water . He asked Armitage whose it was , and he denied any knowledge of it , saying it was not theirs . This being the conclusion Mr . Saddler ' s evidence , Mr . Cobbett ruse for the purpose of cross-examining the witness . Mr . Cobbett — Jo > eph Saddler , what are you ? Witness—I am the superintendent of the police , Sir . r Mr . Cobbett—How long have you been so ? Witness—Three or four years . M . Cobbeti— Three or four yeara . Now , Sir , was you ever at sea ? Witness—Y « s . Mr . Cobbrtt—How long ? Witness— 1 can ' t fay exactly . Mr . Cobbptt—You surely can tell how long ? Witness—I can ' t recollect—it is so long ago now . Mr . CuiJliETT—Is it twenty years ? WitiH-N — It was at the latter end of 181 C . Mr . Cobbeit —After that what business did you follow ? 3
Witness—The cotton mill . Mr . Cobbett—A frame spinner ? Witness Yea . Mr . Cobbett Next to that was you—a billv Blubber ? Witness—I was not . Mr . Cobbett—What did you become next then ? The Mayor—Mr . Cobhett , what is your object by thefe questions ? Do you wish to shake Mr . Saddler ' s testimony ? Mr . Cohbett—I do . The Mayor— You will have some difficulty in doing that , I thirk . Sir Salusbury— But we are not try ing Saddler . Mr . Cobbett—I do not know whetker or net I shall be able to affect his testimony ; but I mav perhaps succeed in my object . "
Sir Salusbury— Well , bat we will aot allow him to be tried by you . P . E . Marsland , Esq . —If Mr . Cobbe . t intends to attack Saddler ' s character , we are the best judges of it . ' Mr . Cobbett—Indeed . Well , it would save a great deal of time if you would put an end to the whole case , hy saying that I shall net proceed . Sir Salusbuky— We shall not allow yeu to go on in that way .
The Clerk observed , tbat there was not i jury present to try the prisoners ; and Mr . Saddler was too well known to the Magistrates to allow anything which Mr . Cobbett might say to affect that officer ' s character . Mr . Cobbett ' s questions were then questions for the trial only , if the prisoners were committed ; and therefore the cross-exai&ina .-tion ought now to be confined to the facts in the case . Any other course would only be taking up the unnecessary time of the Court .
Sir Salisbury—Whatever Saddler may lave done in former days haa nothing whatever to do with the case . Mr . Cgbb ' ett—The whole question is—have I a right to examine a witness as to bis credibility ? and if I have a right to be here at all , I have a right to do that . Clerk—Put your question , that the magistrates may judge of its nature . Mr . Cobbett—I do not know what questions I may put before I ait down . That will depend wholly upon the answers given . Am 1 to proceed in my cross-examination P Clerk—The magistrates say you must confme yourself to the facts . Mr . Cobbett—What do they call facts ? My course is material to the case . *
* S ! M ~ ° ° ? 'i ' Cobbett > y ° will not reply to the Magistrates' decision . Mr . Cobbett-Am I allowed to continue my crossexamination P ' Clerk - As to the credibility ? Mr . Cobhett-I cannot tell ; it is to examine of C 0 ur 8 (? # The Clerk said that Mr . Cobbett ' i position was not a correct one in a court of inquiry ; and , theretore , must see the necessity of confining himself to the facts of the case . The MAYOR—Mr . Cobbett , your cross-examinatioy on that point will come more Tcii \ il « ly btfore a jury . _ P . E . Marsland , Esq . —There you have a clear right to do it but not here .
Mr . Cobbett said that the determination of the Magistrates had precluded him from pursuing a course of examination which he felt to the "best of his judgment it was his duty to take for the benefit of the prisoners . Under these circumstances , be could not go on with any cress examination , with any degree of justice to his client . It was giving them the disadvantage of being def-nded , without affording that advocate an opportunity of conduct-
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ing their defence ; because he might afterwards be told that he had appeared . for the deffenee , without doin g them any good . Without be ( Mr . C . ) was allowed to cenduct the case in bis own way , W must leave his clients to their fate . ' Clerk—But whativ the question you were goipz to ask r . _ Mr . Cobbett—I do not knew now—in fact , I bad hardly begun my examination . You know . Clerk- ^ No ; 1 do not know . Mr . Cobbett—But you ought to know by tating it upon yourself to answer ra ? every question I put *? ¦ * £ ? ! - If y ° a wenld leave the matter with the Bench I could dn . ., „_•_„ » _ , _ . _* , .
a iV —Well > but Mr . Cobbett , in order to give the Magistrates some idea of the propriety of the questions you intend to ask , will you let them know what you wUh to put to the witneaa . Mr Cobbett-I tell you again , I do cot know nA mayput ! tkere mR 7 many a hundred , and there may not . P . E . Marsland , Esq .-We decide agaimt that question , then , an a waste of time
Mr . Cobbett-Wb y , we should have got through by ihis time , if I had not been interrupted . " Clerk -Put a question . Mr . Cobbett-Well , new , Joseph Saddler , were you not in 1829 a member of a Trades' Un ou *» Witness—No , I was not . ' ' Mr . Cobbett—Were you a member in any year ? V \ itnees— Never a member of a Trades' Union ' Mr . Cobbett- ^ Of , any Union ? Witness—Not of anv Union .
Mr . Cobbett—Did yon ever go to London as a delegate P Witness-Yes , I did . Mr . Cobbett—What for ? Witness?—On account of the Short Time Bill introduced by the late Mr . Sadler . Mr . Cobbett—Were you seat by the Spinners ' Union ? Witness—No . Mr . Cobbett—Did you go on your owu expenses ?
Witness-No . I was paid in part . Mr . Cobbett—By some union ? Witness—Not by any union . Mr . Cobbett—By any body of men ? Witness—By the working classes . Mr . Cobbett—Did you give evidence ? Witness—I did , Sir . Mr . Cobbett—Before whom ? Witners—Before a Committee of the Hoase of Commnns .
Mr . Cobbett—A-fter gWing ¦ that evidence as a friend to tbe trade ' s , ' - ^ you everg >) to Derby for the parpose of raising money to support the turn-out ? Witness—I did . Mr . Cobbett—You are now alluding to the spinners , and their support ? Witness—Both to spinners and other branches . Mr . Cobbett—Did you raise the money ¦ vou wanted ? Witness—I did . Mr . Cobbett—Did you ever take round a collecting book ? Witness—No , I never did . Mr . Cobbett—Then did you pa without ? Witness—I never went round with collecting bosks ; if you mean that of going from house to houge .
Mr . Cobbett—Did you ever go to Leeds ? Witness—I did . Mr . Cobbett—Let me see , were you ever robbed at Leeds ? Witness—No , I was not . Mr . Cobbett—Wiattims did you go to Mitchell ' s h ) uee . W itness—About eleven o ' clock on Tuesday evenictf . Mr . Cobbett—Had you a search warrant ? Clerk —( to Saddler , the witness)—You need not aniwer that . Witness —( to Mr . Cobbett)—I am not going to ansH-er that . Mr . Cobbett—Must I have an answer , Sir , or not?—either way will do for me , only let me have you ! answer .
Clerk —( to the Bench )—Must Saddler answer tbv . ? Sir Salusbury —( to Saddler)—You are not bound to answer the question . the witness haviDg declined to satisfy the question , j i Mr . Cobbett , said—Did you go of jour owh acford ? Clerk—He is cot bound to answer that either . The Witness declined to answer . Mr . Cobbett—Very well , I'll put another question—Before you . went had you an interview with anr one ? Clerk—A police officer is only answerabJe for his own act and deed ; and is net bound to tell who directed him to perform that act .
Mr . Cobbett was surpri .-ed at these interruptions . Tb witness ought- to give aa answer either one way or the other . He never saw such proceedings in bis life before . lhe Clerk replied , the Bench decided in his favour and Mr . Cobbtttt , seeing the predetermination agatst him , gave up this and other points which be raistd in a continuance of his cross-examination relatiie to the seizure , and Burton ' s , and the Armitage . Nothing materially interesting transpired . Villiam Hough , a constable of police , said he wert on the night in question to the prisoner Davies '
home , in search of arms . He found a pistol of the sarre make and pattern as those in tbe possession of theprisoner Mitchell , and a new bullet-mould . He alsc found a quantity of papers , letter ? , pamphlets &o , belonging to tke Cbartista , which were read , They were inflammatory , seditious documents , some of which will be found ussful in the hands of the poliee . He also found two collecting-books , on which was written " The bearer is authorised te collect for the National Rent . " Witness then took the prisoner Davies into custody .
Another constable , whose name we did not catch ; deposed tkat he , with other constables , west on the night in question , to the prisoner George Wareham ' s house , and informed him that they were come to search for arms . In the house they found & long and very slurp dagger , and also a shorter one . They ,. on further search , found a long file , in course of conversion into another long dagger . The witness knew the priioner to be a Chartist , and in the habit
of attending their meetings . Witness , and tho ? e constables with him , then proceeded to the prisoner Wrigbt'a home , and found him , and his wife , and child , in btd . On searching , they found a quantity of Chartist books , papers , &c , and a collectingbook , on which was written , "Authorised to colleet for the National Rent . " A number of the seditious pamphlets , placard ? , letters , &o . were then read , and were similar to all the others which bad been perused .
It being now pearly eight o ' clock , the Bench , after some short consultation , agreed to adjourn the examination until nine o ' clock on Friday morning . The prisoners complained of want of food and a bad bed . To the former complaint the magistrates requested Mr . Sadler to ' attend , and see that they had plenty to eat and drink ; but a ? to the latter , they could not hear that as a complaint , observing , at tbe same time , that some of the magistrates had notbeen able to get . any bed at all , on account of the state into which ths town had been thrown . The Court then adjourned .
FRIDAY MORNING . CONTINUATION OF THE EXAMINATION . Shortly after nine o ' clock the Mayor entered the court , accompanied by several magistrates , when the examination of the prisoners was resumed . The attendance of persons in ceurt was very thin , for the magistrates had taken especial care to keep all disaffected persons out , and , for thia purpoee , two sentinels were placed at the street-door ; and althoogh a considerable number of persons were congregated in the neighbourhood , there appeared to be no disposition to riot . The first witness called was
Henry Bowers , policeman , who Raid he went with the magistrates to disperse the meeting of Chartists at the Stanley Arms , on th . 6 30 th ult . They found a great number of persons in the large room below stairs . On orders being given to close the deors , acd search the prisoners , I laid h « ld of the prisoner Dakin , and found , in his breeches-pocket , a pistol , the one now produced . On further searching I found letters ( produced ) j be said he had found them , and they were sot his own . I took him into cuit <* r / and be , with' three ! other prisoners , were taken to the lock-up , under an escort ot cavalry .
Abraham Longsoa , another police con-table , bung pworn , said he accompanied his Superintendent to the house t > f Mitchell , where they found * quantity of papers , inflammatory and seditious- letters and psmphlets , which were read in evidence-They were of a similar character with iho ; e above inserted . - William Walker i constable of police , al « o deposed that he went to the house of Mitchejl , « ° there they found two p kes , some seditious book * * pamphlets , &c . Amongst them was found a <* ' 1-etiug book , on which it was stated in writi ^ J **' the prisoner was an authorised collector ofi " National Rent . " j ( Concluded in our seventh page . ) j
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1069/page/6/
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