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stances of Tery great atrocity , as exhibited in the charges against uie prisoners . Whether the charges ma de against the different prisoners might be established of course would be the result of their ( the Grand Jury ) investigation and the subsequent investigations when the prisoners were put upon their trial . But if all the charges or even any large portion of them are established according to the way in which they were laid before him , he certainly did say that they flowed a degree of violence and a disorderly plate of mind on the part of the persons charged . He had as far as he hid been able since his arrival in this city endeavoured to make himself master of the facts of the worst cases , in order that be might , if any difficnlty should saggest itself to him or should
suggest itself to them when they came to consider the casea , and they should consult him in order that he might be able , as far as possible , to guide them in the discharge of their duties . He regretted , however , to say , that the great length of the depositions —he did not say they were unnecessarily so—had rendered it impossible for him to make himself master of more than a Tery few cases . Under these circumstances what he meant to do was when he left the Court , both that night and next day , to employ his time in making himself master of the facts of the different cases , in order that in case any difficulties should suggest themselves to him , or might suggest themselves to them when the cases came before them , he might have
the honour of addressing them again . And he thought it better to adopt that line of conduct , than in the present Imperfect information of the facts of { many of the cases , to address tae Grand Jury upon those cases , which he thought would be a waste of publio time . There were one or two cases , however , to which he had directed his attention more particularly , and , therefore , upon them he was wishful to make an observation or two . There were no less than six cases in which parties were charged with wilfnl murder , which would come before the consideration of the Grand Jury . One of those cases was one which was very peculiar in the circumstances attending it , inasmuch as it is related to a transaction which is said to have taken place
eleven or twelve years ago , the murder being alleged to have been committed by the party charged , so long ago as the year 1830 . Now , the cireumstaaees of the cases were peculiMaBdwhetherthey weresucb as would satisfy the Grand Jury that the murder was committed by the person charged would naturally depend upon their consideration , —it would be for them to say whether the circumstances of the case were sufficient to bring home the commission of the crime to the party charged . The difficulty , however , which suggested itself to him—he did not consider that difficulty insuperable , but still it was one worthy of consideration , —was the difficulty of proving that any murder had in thi 3 case been committed . Of course the Grand Jury are aware that in this case
there were two inquiries to which they would only have to direct their attention , before finding a bill ; irst , whether a murder was committed , and secondly , supposing a murder had been committed was it committed by the prisoner . Now , most probably they would find that the question which would cause them the greatest difficulty was the first question . ThiB was not generally the case , for it generally happened that the difficult qoestion was this , is the party charged guilty of the murder , there being no doubt about the commission of the offence \ but in this case there happened to be a preliminary dfficulty which would require the bast attention of the jury . The first question for their consideration would be whether the person was murdered at all . The facts
leading to suspicion were very short . Tae alleged deceased is seen on a particular day and Eince then he has not been seen . In the course of the last summer , a skull and some bones of & human body are found . The evidence befere them tends to show that the skull thus found was the skull of the party said to have beeu murdered . Now one important point for their consideration would be whether there was evidence sufficieni to satisfy them that the skull found wns the skull ef the party who wa 3 supposed to have been murdered . Of course unless they were satisfied of that all further inquiry was out of the question . It is cemmonly said , and he ( the Learned Baron ) believed that they would find it so stated in the text-books ,
that they could never convict a person of murder until they saw the body of the person murdered . That , however , was perhaps stretching the thing too far , for if they saw a person throw another overboard into th # water and the body not to be found it would be ridiculous to say thai that party could not be convicted of murder . Or if a man threw another into a furnace , it would be ridiculous to say that he could sot | be convicted of the same offence . Bat the I&cts in this case are not bo clear as that—a man is last seen on a particular day , and he has not bscn seen since . This case would require great attention on the part of the graud jury , for they might conTict a man of murder , and after all the person alleged to have been murdered be still
living . It would be for them to consider frem tne evidence which would be bronght before them ¦ whe ther the skull which had been found was such from its appearaaees as could be proved to have been that of the person alleged to have been murdered . If they be satisfied on that point they irould probably come to the conclusion that deceased had died by murder , and if so , the next kf niry for them to determine would be whether the prisoner was the person who committed that murder . There was another case on which it occurred to Mm that it was fit he should make an observation—a case in which a person was charged ¦ wi th manslaughter from what was called mala praxis . In thi 3 case the person acted as midwife ,
and wa 3 alleged to have acted with such want of still as to have caused the death of the party . There was no doubt that where a person undertook to act as a professional or medical person , and exhibited such gross negligence that there could be no doubt of the impropriety of what he did , and death ensued in consequence of such negligence , that it was manslaughter ; because when any person nndertook a case of this description , knowing that be had no skill whatever to go through with it , or having the skill , did not choose to extrt it , the offence was so palpable , that the law considered it as manslaughter . But he ought to caution tbem thai in these cases , the question being -the qnarUum of negligence , it was very difficult to draw
a line a priori with respect to it ; and it was for them to say whether there was such a degree of evidence as to show that there waa such negligence as to lead to the death of the party . He had looked through two or three other of the greater cases ,-but they did not appeal- to Mm to present any difficulties wiseh i ; would be necessary for him to dwell npon . There was one case in which three persons were eiarged with committing murder , and the difficulty was the apparent absence of motive for cammutiijg the crime , but this was not a great dr&caity . because if the eyidence as to the fact of the murder being committed . by the parties charged was strong , tho apparent absence of motive ¦ w as bos a circumstance which ouehi to influence
theirjadgment . It w& 3 a case depending entirely ¦ npon ihe evidence as to the facts alleged , and there could be no difficnlty in point of law . On a cursory "new of the cases of a lighter character , or of more ordinary occurrence , he had not hitherto met with anything presenting any point of difficulty to his mind , i&& probably they would not present any diffieak y to them , familiar as they must be , and Eiany he knew personally , from seeing them on former occasions on the Grand Jnrv , were familiar with % duties they had to discharge . If , however , any dificohj should arise , he should have pleasure , as it "ffas his dnty , to give them his assistance in any puch uifienlly . A suggestion has been made to him , by __ e of their body ^ daputed for that purposehebelieved bribe others , as to the expediency of having some better arrangement as to-the time for taking those
ca ^ es in which the more expensive sort of witnesses were engaged—he meant medical witnesses . It was dificult to say in what cases such witnesses would oe engaged , bat there were some kind of cases , each * 3 murder and manslaughter—in which it was probable they would be required , and he would give such directions to the offiser with respect to those cases as to promote the object they had in view of detaining those witnesses as short a time as possible . It was Dot always possible to make the objects of justice accordant with the strictest economy , but where they wald be combined-it ought to be done . None of these casfis vrould be brought before them at present—they would have before them case 3 of a more crainary nature , and in the discharge of that part of thtir dnry , they would now have the goodness to aoioarn .
The Gentlemen of the Grand Jury then left the wrarj to proceed with their duties . GROWN COURT , Fbidat , Masch 4 . Before Mr . Basos Rolfe . SEKXE 5 CE . Benjamin RedgM ; e , found guilty yesterday of high-Wa-J robbery , was semsneed to be transported for fiffetn years . corsvsa . Joshua Appleyard , 52 , and Mary Ann Appleyard , « , "Were charged with having , on the 20 th of September last , at Tadcaster , feloniously forged two pieces of false and counterfeit money . The male prisoner pleaded Guilty ; the female iVot Guilty . _ Sir Gregory Ltrxv , who conducted the proseeuuon , _ said he -was doubtful whether he could obtain a conviction against the female , and her husband bavmg pleaded guilty , he should not offer any evidence against her .
His Loudship ordered them to stand down for the present . The female was afterwards discharged , and we inan sentenced to be transported for ten years . JoJm Davidson , 40 , and Hannah Davidson , 40 , were charged with having in their possession , at « eds , on the 13 ih ef November last , a quantity of Mnnierfeit money , consisting of sixty shillings , toi-eea half-crownsfand four sixpences , knowicg it to be counterfeit , with intent to niter the fame . Sir G . Lewis and Mr . Pollock were for the fcosecstion : Mr , Wilkiss defended .
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John Fitzpatrick , police officer , Leeds , deposed that on the 13 th of November he was walking from Wortley to Leeds , when he saw the two prisoners and a boy standing together , in a fi * ld ; his attention was drawn io them by observing the man take out of a canvass bag some small paper parcels which he handed oyer to the woman , who kept them under her shawl . He took them into enstody , and found in her bosom four paper parcels , containing base com ; m the man ' s left hand trousers pocket he found three half crowns , five shillings , and four
sixpences , all counterfeit ; besides good money amounting to eleven shillings and sixpence in anothar poeket . The prisoner said his name was Smerthwaite , and refused to tell his Tesiaenee ; both prisoners denied that they were man and wife . On aseertaining where they lived , which waa in bomerset-street , he went thither , and on searching found some paper and some band which corresponded exactly with that in which the pockets found on the woman were wrapped , and with which they were tied . He also found a piece of sand-paper on which the edges of shillings appeared to have been rubbed .
Cross-examined by Mr . Wilkiks—He said the linen bag found on the prisoners , as well as the papers in which the ^ coin wa 3 wrapped , were quite wet . The field in which the prisoners were was about two miles from Leeds . Mr . Edward Read said he received frem tho last witness the counterfeit coin taken from the prisoners ; he had compared , at the time , the papers in which the coin was wrapped with that found at the honee of the prisoners , and they corresponded . The male prisoner , at the time , stated that he had found the bag and the coin on the road .
Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoners , and the Learned Judge having summed up , the Jury found both tho prisoners guilty , and the Learned Judge sentenced the male prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two years , and the woman io be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six calendar months . Previous to the sentence being passed , the male prisoner declared solemnly that Fitzpatrick had taken a false oath . He denied that any counterfeit coin was found upon him at all .
BCBGLABY , William Brayshaw , 20 , John Chugh , 20 , Joseph Ackroyd , 22 , aud Joseph Ccleman , 22 , were charged with having , on the 7 ih of August last , at Bawtry , burglariously broken into the dwelling house of Mr . Francis R&ynes , solicitor , and feloniously stolen therefrom a pair of silver sugar tongs , some silver spoons , aud other articles . Mr . Pashley conducted the prosecution ; Sib Gregory Lewi ?? and Mr . Wilkiss defended the prisoners .
-, Tne house of the prosecutor was all safely locked and secured , on the night of Saturday , the 7 th of August last ; and on Mr . Raynes going down stairs next morning j he found the aou 3 e had been entered by the drawing-room being forced , and from the drawing-room the burglars had proceeded to other rooms , where the silver tops of some castors , some spoons , two silver snuff boxes , and other property was missing ; in the diningroom was found some lucifer matches , the top of a 'fancy zneij ] batton , and a piece of calico , which mi ^ ht hav e have been used for a garter . These things were produced in evidence , and the prisoners were traced to have been together on the Saturday of the robbery , and were proved to have
been at the Nag s Head , at Bawtry , for an hour on that evening , which place they lert a little after ten o ' clock , without having inquired for lodgings , or said where they were going to . The prisoners were also seen together on Sunday morning , about four o ' clock , near Scroby , about three quarters of a mile from Mr . Raynes s house ; the same witness who deposed to the latter fact swearing also to having seen Brayshaw aad Coleman together on Saturday afternoon . On Sunday afternoon the prisoners were seen at the gate of a field in a laue leading to Beckmgbam , and a police officer . named Casey , having got information , took two other persons with him ia
pursuit , and on seeing them the prisoners ran away , but were captured , and taken back to Bawtry , where Brayshaw was found to have on only one garter , and that corresponded with the piece of calico found in Mr . Raynes ' s house ; he was also found to have on a waistcoat with fancy buttons , the tops of which corresponded with that also found in the house of Mr . Raynes . A chisel , corresponding with that which must have been used in breaking open the window , was also found near one of the places where the prisoners had been seen standing . Evidence at great length was gone into , and after the Learned Judge had summed up , the Jury found all the prisoners Guilty .
They were each sentejzeed to be Transported for Fifteen Years .
SHEEP 5 TEALI 5 G . James Mounsey ( 24 ) was charged with having , on the 26 th of August last , at Marston , stolen a sheep , the property of Mr . Wm . Coates . The prisoner was found guilty , and was sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment .
HIGHWAY BOBBSET . Richard Smith . 50 , was charged with having , on the 9 . ii of August last , at Almondbury , near Huddersfield , stolen from the person of George Smith ( bis brother ) , one sovereign , a half sovereign , and oiher moneys , after assanlting him on the highway Tne prisoner pleaded Not Guilty . The prosecution was conducted by Mr . Pashlay . The prisoner and prosecutor were in company together on the day named in the indictment , at the Mar Inn , at Sl&ithwaite , when they had something to drink , for which the prosecutor paid . They were afterwards at an inn at Lockteood , called " the Widows , " which place they left together about eight o'clock , at which time it was said the prosecutor had his money in his pocket . The prisoner accompanied the prosecutor to Huddersfield , aud on . the road it was alleged the roberry was committed . After a long trial , the prisoner was found Guiky but recommended to mercy .
The Jubgb sentenced him to be imprisoned twelve months . The Court rose at six o ' clock .
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CROWN COURT , Satcrpay , March 5 . Before Mr . Baron Rolfe . BUEGLASY . James Drake , ( 20 ) was charged with iaving on the 26 th of September last , at Norihowram , burglariously stolen a top coat , two alk handkerchiefs , two cotton ditto , two pair 3 of boots , a desk , and Is . 6 d . in copper , the pr-perty of David Parkinson . The prisoner pleaded guilty , but begged the mercy of the court as he had been led into it by two other men who made him drunk and enticed him to go with them . He called the prosecutor , who was bis master , from whose statement it appeared thai this was not the first time ha had been charged with felonv . Sentence deferred .
Charles Rhodes and Thomas Lealham were indicted for a burglary in the house of Thcs . Bramall and cutiing and wounding the said Thon : a 3 Bramall , ah offence which , notwithstanding the relaxation of our penal code , is still capital . Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr . Stanhope conducted the prosecution . The prisoners were defended by Mr . Wilkins . It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor , who is an old man , and keeps a public-house at Monkbretton , in the West Riding , that about three o'clock in the morning of ihe 27 th of Jn ] y last , he vras awakened by some noise about the lower part of his house- The -win d , however , was very boisterous , and he ¦ K 03 for some time in doubt whether this was
not the cause of the n- ise which had alarmed him . The dog . however , began to baTk , and was then heard to yelp as if he had received a blow . The prosecuior roused hi 3 wife , and went down stairs . Ho found the front door ajar and the door of the bar as well as the cellar door open . He closed and locked the front door , and proceeding up stair 3 lit a candle . He went to one of the bed-rooms where his niece and the servant maid slept , aud finding they were both there , he agaia went down stairs . He descended into the cellar , and had very nearly reached the bottom of the steps , when he saw the iwo prisoners , both of whom he bad known before . They had a candle , and immediately on seeing him Rhodes made a blow at him with a poker he bad in
bis hand , which took effect behind the ear on the ri ^ ht side , knocked him down against tbe wall , and caused blood to flow in great profusion from his month aud nose . Leatham then made a stroke at him with a plough coulter which he had in his hand , and struck him a severe blow upon tbe shoulder , narrowly missing his head . Rhodes again struck at him with the poker , but missed his head and struck the wall with Euch violence as to take a chip off the stone . Paring this senfiis both the candles had gone out . The two prisoners then made off up the cellar siairs ; but tbe prosecutor , though enfeebled by the blows he had received , kept hold of them both , and called out for assistance . The prisoners forced their way , dragging him with them up the cellar steps ^ and while so dome , Leatham endeavoured to siine his cries by putting his hand over the prosecutor's month . The latter , however , got the thumb of bis
assailant , in his teeth ; and Leatham , being unable to extricate himself , called out to Rhodes , who finally sacceeded as the prosecutor himself expressed it , in " throttling him off . " Oa being reicased , Leatham drew back a step or two , and gave the prosecutor a two-handed blow with a piece of iron , which cut through his nightcap , severely lacerated his head , and deluged him in blood . He fell , and was unable again to get on his feet . Rhodes then drew the prosecutor ' s-shirt over his head , saying to Leatham , " Hang it , thou hast killed the old man ; I did uoi intend he should come to any harm . " Mrs . Bramail , alarmed by the coi ? e , came down &tair £ , and finding her husband on the floor , screamed out . She heard a voice mimicing her , and , turning towards the door , saw a man , whom tbe believed to be the prisoner Rhodes . Her evidence was corroborated by her servant , who slept cp stairs , and who put her head out of tbe window ,
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to give an alarm . She saw a person come out of the door of the house , whom she believed to be the prisoner Rhodes . He was , when she saw him , stooping down , as if about to p ick up a stone , and , under the impression , he was about to ttxow it at her , she drew her h « ad back into the window . On looking out again , she saw him going round the corner of the house upon his hands and kn * es . On examining the premises , it was found that about 8 lbs . of "butter , a quantity of bread , mutton , and other articles had been taken , and there were also found two halves of a heavy poker and a plough couit « r forming a weapon of the most deadly kind The prisoners were taken into custody the next day
one at his own house , and the other in the magistrate's court , where he was attending the proceedings . Further evidence was given to show that Rhodes , in company with several other men , had been Been lurking about the house of the prosecutor the aight before at a late hour . From the depositions taken before the magistrates , however , it did not appear that either BeamaU , his wife , or the servant had mentioned either Rhodes or Leatham by name to the constable , when the first information of the robbery was given . All , however , now deposed that the name of Rhodes , at least , was mentioned , and in this they were corroborated by the constables .
Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoners , contending that the absence of the name of either prisoner in the depositions showed that tbe proseOUtor's accusation of them was an afterthought , consequent upon their apprehension by tho constable . It was clear that the prosecutor knew th » persons and residences of both the prisoners , and the name of ) at least , one . If , then , he had recognized them as these parties at the time of the attack , was it not clear that he would have pointed them out by the description of their residence at least , to the constable , and
would not such description have appeared in the depositions ? Was not the absence of such description conclusive that the prosecutor had not pointed them out , except as stated in the constable ' s deposition , by a general description of the persons of his assailants , and was not that , in its turn , conclusive that he had not at the time of the attack reoognised them as the parties now accused ; but , with his imagination , biassed by prejudice and passion , had mingled up his recollection of the parties before the attack with that which he had acquired since their apprehension ?
His Lordship having summed up , the Jury retired for some time , and returned iuto court with a verdiol of guilty against both the prisoners . His Lordship expressed his intention of looking carefully into the depositions before passing sentence , to see if any facts in the case would justify a mitigation of the punishment which the law imposed for such offences .
IXCENDIAItfSM . Andrew Maclean was indicted for setting fire to the parish church of Think , on the 20 th of July last . The prosecution was conducted by Mr . Blanshakd , the prisoner was defended by Sir Gbegoby Lewin . It appeared from the statement of the witnesses for the prosecution , that on the 20 th of July the Parish Church ol Thirsk was undergoing some repairs , and several workmen were engagea in the clock tower . About mid-day the prisoner was seen in the church , and after looking round the monuments for a short time went away . About eight o ' clock , after the workmen had gone , tbe sexton
came to ring the curfew bell . He left the church by the south door , locking it after him . The north door was bolted in the inside . When he came to the church on the following morning , he found the south door , by which he had left , bolted in the inside , and , going round to the north door , found that open . His first impression was , that a robbery had been committed , but on further search this proved not to have been the case . In the course of the day , however , he found that an iron pan had been brought from the belfry , that a fire had been made in it , and that this fire had been placed under some stairs leading to a pew , which communicated with the roof . Tho materials used in making the fire had , apparently , been the sexton ' s wand , and some loose
pieces of wood which were lying in the church . One of the steps was nearly burnt through , but the fire had fortunately gone out without doing any further damage . A reward wa 3 offered for the discovery of the incendiary , but no information which could lead to hi 3 detection was obtained until August . 27 th , when the prisoner called on the Incumbent , aild in the presence of the churchwardens stated that he was the person who had set fire to the church . He said that he had gone in to see it about mid-day on the 20 th of July , and that the idea sttddealy seized him to set it on fire ; that he went away , and returned about five o ' clock , at which time the workmen were still employed in the belfrey . That he took the opportunity of their absence from the body of the church to conceal
himself in a particular pew , drawing the curtain to prevent his being Been . He heard the sexton , accompanied by another person , come into ring the ourfewbeil ; and he then went on to detail aoonversation which took place between them . He said that when they were gone he brought thepanfrom the belfry , lit the fire with some lucifer matches , and placed it where it was found . He then got out at the North door , which he had previously opened to facilitate his escape , and went home to his lodgings . On getting up the next morning he was surprised to find that the church was not consumed . If it had been it was his intention to have given himself up . Hearing , however , no alarm , he left the town , but on seeing the advertisement of the reward , he came forward to surrender himself , lest any person should be induced to make a false claim to it .
It appeared in the course of the trial , though not by strictly legal evidence , that the prisoner had originally been a shoemaker , had then been in the army , and finally had become a teacher of modern languages . He had been resident in Berwick-upon-Tweed , but had been very unfortunate , and his disappointments in his endeavours to support his wife and family were supposed to have affected his mind . The Jury , after some deliberation , brought in a verdict of guilty . Sentence was deferred .
BOBBERY . Robert Crow , 25 , and James Bales , 21 , were charged with having , on the 3 rd ef September last , in the township of £ mley , robbed William Dyson of 1 * 5 ., a pair oi' spectacles , and two memorandum books . Mr . Was , ney and Mr . Pickering conducted the case for the prosacution ; Mr . Wilkixs defended the prisoners . - - The prosecutor is a carpenter , residing at Clayton West , and on the day in question he was at Horbury , near Wakefield . He left that place on horseback , between six and seven o ' clock in-the eveniug , and when he had got near a branch road leading to
High Hoyland , he saw two men on the left hand side . He was shortly afterwards 9 truck on the head , in a most violent manner , with a piece of wood by a third person on the right side , aud on turning round he saw it was the prisoner Crow , who again struck him on the head which caused tbe blood t ? flow . Crow then took tho prosecutor ' s foot off the stirrup ana threw him on the ground , and by the assistance of the two other men , one of whom was the prisoner Bates , his pockets were rifled , and the money mentioned in the iudictmeut was stolen . Two or three witnesses deposed to seeing the prisoaers rnth another man in the neighbourhood Ot the pla ^ e where the robbery was committed , and a short lime previous to iis taking place .
Alter Mr . Wjlkins had addressed the Jury , and the Judge had snmmed up , the Jury found the prisoners Guilty . The Judge said , in passing sentence , that he entirely concurred in the propriety of that verdict . He had no doubt at all that the two , together with some other £ uiliy man not yet taken , were the parties who perpetrated this outrage , and being so satisfied , he would not be doing his duty to the public if he allowed them to remain in this country . The sentence of the Court therefore was , that they be transported for the term of fifteen years . The Court rose at half-past five o'clock .
Monday , March 7 . SHEEP STEALING . Samuri Wrayg , 28 , was charged with having , on the lSih of Oct . last , at Himsheif , stolen a sheep , the property of Joseph Parkin Ha ^ u-. The prisoner pleaded Guilty , but said he had been led to commit the crime bv another person .
BUiiGLABY . Thomas Thornhill , 21 , Jos . Ward , 22 , and Andrew Ward , 26 , were charged with having , on the 21 st of August last , at Sheffield , burglariously entered the dwelling-house of George Hiller , and stole therefrom t sn hams , two sides of bacon , a crop of pork , a quantity of Boulogne sausages , and other articles . Mr . Warren and Mr . Overend were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoners . The Jury found the prisoners Guilty . To be transported for fifteen years . Wiien the prisoners retired from the dock they very vehemently reproached Thornhill for having committed the robbery , and being in James Ward ' s house they affirmed bad caused them to be transported .
SHEEP STEALING . . . . . i The Grand Jury ignored the bill against Thomas Rawdon , 35 , charged with having on the Sth ot Jan . last , at Emley , stolen a sheep , the property of Jos . Appleyard . The Learned Judge in addressing the Grand : Jury wished to mention a circumstance relative to j the murder alleged to have been committed by a man named Golds-. brough , about eleven years ago . One j of the principal witnesses appeared to have died since the prisoner was sent to prison , ho believed by ; his own hand , and he had made a deposition , which , j if properly taken , might be received in evidence . ; Such evidence , however , was not so satisfactory as j tnoagh the parfcj making the deposition had been ;
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present . _ They might yet reoeiye it , and that - -deposition- might perhaps supply the defect which existed about tho identity of the party supposed to be murdered .
: aOBSE STEALING . , James Greensmith , 37 , who had been out on Buj j was charged with haying on the 5 th of April , 1 ° 37 , atDoncaster , stolen a grey mare , the property of John Blacker . ' Sir G . Lewin was for the prosecution and Mr Wilkins for the defence . On . the 4 th of April , 1837 , tbe proseoutor , who resides at Rawclifife , near Leeds , sent hia eon to I > onea 8 ter fair to sell a good grey inare . He went there and put up at aainn , aud next morning he ftent w *? - ! * - u fair ^ the mare at an early hour . Whilst he was there a man came up to him and said he thought it was a nice man what did ho ask / 'for it . The SOuns man said . £ 20- but tho man hid him £ 16
They parted , and when he had taken the mare a little further a person of gentlemanly appearance came np to him aud asked him to get off the horse and trot it on . He did so , and as he was going past another horse it kicked him , broke two of his ribs , and rendered him insensible . When he came to himself he found a many—not the man he had before seen— standing beside him with an old brown mare , scarcely worth anything , but having npon its back the prosecutor ' s' saddle and bridle . The other man said—** here ' s your mare , I've been standing along time , and I thought you were dead . " The young man replied that the inare . he thea saw was not his mare ; his was a grey one .
Ihe other man said this is the only mare I ever saw , " arid asked if the young man had any friends there . The young man said he thought he had , and shortly afterwards went up to a person whom he knew , on seeing which , the other man abscondeid . When the prosecutor ' s son searched his pockets he found that 14 s . had been taken out of them , which he had on going into the fair . Nothing was heard of prosecutor ' s mare till about a month afterwards . Information had been given to the police in the meantime , and the prosecutor seeing an advertisement in the newspaper , induced him togo to the house of a man named Barstow , who resides near Bradford , and who is a carter and deals in horses .
The prosecutor found the mare upon his premises , and Barstow said he had bought it of the prisoner the day after the robbery at the Bed House . Search was made for the prisoner , but nothing was , heard of him until February , 1838 , when Mr . Brigg , the constable of Bradford , discovered him in the Penitentiary , London , and in September last , he was apprehended . Mr . Wilkins addressed the Jury for the prisoner , and called William Sm'th , butcher , of Bradford , who deposed that he saw the prisoner buy the mare at the . Red House , at Doncaster , the day after the robbery , of a man called Burtohell , for £ 14 . The Jury acquitted the prisoner .
BOBBERY . George Parsoris , 18 , and Charles Alexander Hooley 18 , very respectable looking young men , were charged with having , on the 1 st of September last , ' at Sheffield , stolen from the warehouse of John Harrison , a German silver bread basket , kalf a dozen German silver grafe scissors , two dozen of German silver snuffer trays , and other articles : The prisoners pleaded guilty , and two letters expressive of penitence , written b y the prisoners whilst in the Castle , were handed to his Lordship . The proseoutor recommended the prisoners to mercy . . ¦''¦" : . . - .. ¦• . ' : V ' . „ ¦ . - . - . . ' . - . "¦• '' . . ¦/ . ' . : The Judge said he should take the recommendation and the letters into consideration .
KOBBEBY . Wm . Haley , 24 , Joseph Hardy ^ 25 , and Joins Ackroyd i 33 , were charged witii having , on thei 7 th or 8 th of October last , at Horton , broken into the dwelling house of Wm . Wilson ^ and stolen therefrom a silk dress ,: a geld locket , a copper kettle , a pair of men ' s boots , a pair of women ' s boots , and other articles . Hardy pleaded guilty . Mr . Wasney and Mr . Warren appeared for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a Wosleyan minister , residing at Hortoa , near Bradford , and on the night of the 7 th of October , he retired to rest , being tbe last person up , and leaving tae premises secure . About three o ' clock on the following m » rning , the servant was awoke , and , on looking up , saw the prisoner Hardy wiih a light ; she gave » u alarm , and the
prisoner ran away . Mr . Wilson , hearing the alarm , got up , and found that the house was in great confusion , and that an entrance had been effected through the cellar window . Information was given to the police , and the house of Haley was subsequently searched , when a kettle was found , which was identified as the property of prosecutor , and also two pieces of silk , which corresponded with some that belonged to the proseoutor . Haley and Hardy were seen together near the prosecutor ' s house , about an hour before the robbery . The evidence against Ackroyd was that he called at the house of a person of the name of Ackroyd , a relation , and left a pair of boots , saying he would call for them again ; these boots belonged to the prosecutor ' s wife , and they and the locket in question were found on the premises of the prisoner's relation .
, Mr . Wilkins addressed the . Jury , who found Haleyguilty , and Ackroyd Not Guilty . The prisoners were further charged with having , on the 5 th of October , broken into the dwellinghouse of Harriet Jagger , and stolen therefrom articles of wearing apparel , &o . ' Mr . Wasney and Mr . Hardy were for the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins for the prisoner Ackroyd . The proseontrix lives at Shelf , near Halifax , and on the night of the 5 th of October , about eleven o ' clock , she retired to rest , leaving all safe . About three o'olook on the following morning she was
disturbed by a noise in her house , and she saw a light opposite her bed-room door . She got up , and found that the house had been entered by the cellar window , and she missed a quantity of linen that had been washed the day before , besides some other wearing apparel , and some knives and forks . Within five or six days after some of the property missing was found at H aley 's house . On the morning oi the robbery Mrs . Jaeger ' s poker was missed , and in its stead another * poker was found , which proved to belong to Ackroyd . Mrs . Jagger ' s poker was also found in Aekroyd ' a house .
The latter prisoner was allowed to give his own statement in defence , and he said that Hardy lodged with him previous to the robbery , and had brought the poker to his house . The Jury found both tho prisoners Guilty . Ackreyd was further charged with having , on the 29 th of September last , at Thorntoni burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Jeremiah Briggs , and stolen a tin kit , two tin piggins , and other articles . Mr . Wasney was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefeuded .
The prosecutor lives at Green Head , Thornton , near Bradford , and when he retired to rest on the mghV of the 29 th of September , all his doors and windows were fastened . On the following morning , between five and six o ' clock , when tho prosecutor got up , he found his'doors were open , and that the cellar window had been taken out . He also discovered that the property mentioned in . the indictment had been taken away . On the 8 th ( of October , the prisoner left a kit and a piggin at the house of Mary Ackroyd , saying ho should leave them for a few minutes , aud would call for them again , biit he did not do so . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty . The three prisoners were then sentenced to bo transported for fifteen years .
KOBBERY . John Athlon , 24 , was charged with having , on tho 19 vh of October last , at Sheffield , robbed James Paramoreof five £ 5 cotes , two other promissory notes ^ fifteen sovereiiins , and about £ 4 in silver , and used great personal violence towards him . . : Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Overend conducted the case for the prosecution . Mr . Heaton defended the prisoner . : : ; The prosecutor is a grinder , residing at Owlerton , about two miles from Sheffield , as which latter place he had a number of houses , and on certain days he went there to receive the rents . On the 19 vh October , after he had collected his rents , in
the evening he called , at the Grown Inn , whiob , was kept by Mr . John Lee , his son-in-law , in Grin ^ le Gate . When there the prosecutor had in his inside waistcoat pocket i five £ 5 . -notes ,, fifteen BorereignSj a promissory note for , £ 80 , and another promissory note for £ 3 11 s . He had in his right , Hand trousers pocket about £ 4 in silver . The prisoner was in the Crown Inn whilst the prosecutor was there , and he left the house about the same time . When Mr . Paramore had proceeded some distance , and had got to a lonely place called Groves Row , where there was no gas light , he heard some footsteps behind him , and turning round saw two men . This excited his alarm , and seeing a person before him , he hastened towards him , thinking to avail himself of his assistance if it was required ; He | however , turned out to be one of the parties , as the instant the prosecutor got up to him , he knocked him down . The two
other men then came up , and one of them said "d—nhim , murder him . " Thoy then used great violence towards him , sqaeezsd his mouth , and made the blood to flow , and robbed him of all his money . After they had done bo , one of them said " d— -n him , murder him out , " and they' " punched" him on the side and injured him severely . The prisoner was like the man who knocked the prosecutor dows , the latter lost his hat , and took one from the ground , which afterwards proved to belong to the prisomer . The prosecutor went back to the Crown Inn , immediately after the robbery , and when the hat was produced , it was identified by Mr ; Lee the moment he saw it , there being a hole at the top of it . ; The servant to Mr . Lee alsoknew it { she had noticedId particularly in the summer , and saw there was no lining in it . The prisoner told her that he had got into a row at the fair , had lost his own hat , and had got another , and had torn the lining out of it lest it should be owned .
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The prisoner was apprehended between two and three o ' clock on the following morning , at Sling ' s house , in Holy Cross ; Slheffield—Guilty / To be transported fifteen years . ; The Court rose at six o ' clock . uasiJAY , March 8 . : HORSK STEALING . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -William Harrisohi 27 , was charged with having on the 4 th or 5 th instant , aA Hatfield Parva , in the East Hiding , stolen a bay horse , the property of Thomaai Taunton . The prisoner pleaded guilty .
SACWLEGB AT BOTHWELL . JosephLdycoek % 21 % JohnBurdettt . 22 , andRsbert Hughes , 19 , were charged with having 6 a the 6 th October last ; at Rothwell , burglariously entered ; the pariah church , and stolen therefrom two : keys , two books ; six wine glasses , and twenty bottles of wine , the property of the parishioners . Mr . Hall and Mr . Hill appeared for the prosecution . Sir Gregory Lewin defended the prisoners . Thefaots of the case are as follows : —On the evening of Wednesday , the 6 th of October , the church was locked up safe , and about half-past five o ' clock on the following morning , it was discovered , by Luke Barrett , gardener ^ of Rothwell , as tie was going to hia work , to have been broken open . In the church
were found a crow bar and a hammer , which had apparently been used for breaking the ohureh open , and which had been stolen the same night at Lofthouse , a short distance from Rothwell church . The persons who had broken into the ohuroh had taken some wine glasses , bottles , &o . y and some of the articles were found in the possession of two of . the prisoners on the following day . Footmarks were discovered in a garden adjoining the church , and leading to and from the vestry door , with which the shoes ef two of the prisoners were afterwards compared and found to correspond . The prisoners , and two persons named Crew and Wriggiesworth , and a number of others , were in company together at the Queen's Arms Tap , Kirkgate , Leeds ,
from about , six to ten o ' clock on the night of the Cth of October . They were talking about housebreaking , highway robberies , and church robberies , and Crew asked Edward Itayner , the waiter , what there was to rob at ohurohes , when he replied there was ihe communion plate , wine , and different things . All the company left the tap-room together about ten o ' clock . About eleven o'clock the same night a person having the appearance of Hughes , and five other men , were seen together proceeding in a direction from Hunslet towards Lofthouse . They were Seen at the bottom of Bell Hill , and near a house occupied by Mary Brooke . On that night the shop connected with the Robin Hood ; Quarry , which is between Bell Hill and Lofthouse , and about a mile
and a half from Kothwell Church , and which was occupied by Mr . Armytage , was broken into , and the hammer and crow-bar , which were afterwards found in Rothwell Church , were stolen . On that night also , the shop of Messrs . Chariesworth , of Lofthouse , was brokenopen , / and an account-book and some paint-brushes were stolen . These a * ticlos were afterwards found in the possession of Burdett . About » quarter-past two o ' clock on the morning of the 7 th of October , as Thomas Thompson , one of the night police of Leeds , was on his duty at Woodhouse Hill , he met Hughes and Burdett going towards Leeds . Hughes asked Thompson what time it was , and he told him it was a quarter-past two . The prisoners were about six or eitht yards from
each other , Hughes being first , and Burton told Hughes he was going the wrong road , and pointed to a bye-road leading to Hunslet . They then went in that direction . About a quarter to seven o ' clock on the same morning John Cowburn , one of the Leeds police , was on duty in North-street , when he observed Hughes and Burdett in Harrison-street . They were going towards him , and seeing him they made a halt . He passed the street bottom as though he bad not noticed them , and waited a second or two till they came up to him . They went down the street to where he was , and Hughes appeared to have something in his pocket , and Burdett had something wrapped up in a pocket-handkerchief under his arm , and appeared to have something in his jacket pocket . The policeman seized Burdett , and Hughes went away . He asked Burdett what he had got , and he said nothing but a sup of ale . Cowburn examined a bottle he had under his arm ,
which appeared Co contain winej and was full . He told the prisoner there was wine in it , and that he had been breaking into some gentleman ' s house , and he should take him iuto custody . Cowburn found another bottle in Burdett ' s pocket , and he took it out when he got to the police-office , and found it to be full . When , the prisoner was searched , a wine glass , which was accidentally broken , but which was identified by the churchwardens and sexton , was found upon him , as also five paint brushes and an account book . About twenty minutes to six o ' olook on the evening of the 6 th of October , John Hudson , policeman , was on duty in Call-lane , Leeds , when he saw the three prisoners in company with two men u * raed Crewe and Wriggiesworth . On the following day , about four o'clock in the forenoon , Hudson went with Serjeant Hepworth to take Hughes into custody . They found him at his mother ' s house , and Hudson asked him if he had been , with
Burdett that morning , and he said he had . Serjeant Hepworth also asked him what time he went to ; bed on the previous night , and ho replied that it wouH happen be about ten o ' clock . Laycook was apprehended by Serjeant Epworth the same day , between twelve and one o ' clock , at hia grandmother ' s house in Hunslet . He was in bed and partly undressed , and Epworth made him get up and dress himself . He told him he should take him to gaol , and the prisoner said what for % he rt plied for robbing Rothwell church , The prisoner then went down stairs , and Epworth asked him if that was his coat that was hanging over the chair back 1 and he said it was . Epworth found two keys in tbe pockets , aud the prisoner said there was none without
Epworth had put them in . Epworth said did he know anything about the keys ? npon which the prisoner said " Oh , yes , I had forgot I had them . " Ho then went to a drawer and tried to fit the small key to a loose look which laid inside the drawer ; he said he had got it of a man to fit the lock . Epworth afterwards tried it but it did not fit , but it fit the lock of a cupboard in Rothwell churoh . These keys were ident , ifi < jd , and they had bfjen taken from the vestry table on the night of tho robbery . Epworth asked Laycock if he would account where he had spent the evening beforehand he said no . Sir Gregory ; Lewin in defence merely submitted that there was no evidence against Hughes , but did not offer any observations in defence of the other
priHoners . The Jury found Laycock and Burdett Guilty , and Hughes Not Guilty . The two prisoners were sentenced to be transported for ten years . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against A braham MitcJiell , 33 , charged with having on the 24 th Dec . last , at Qsicfc , stabbed Benjamin Stead , with iutent to , do him some griivous bodily harm , and against Ely Crapper , 22 , charged / with kaving on the 19 th of August last , at Halifax , committed a rape on Ellen Pickles , a girl under ten years of age . Thomas Hartley , 40 , was charged with having on the 1 st of November last , at Dewsbiiry , stolen a mare , the property , of Thomas Wormald . Mr . Pick kring and Mr . Hardy were for the prosecution : Sir Gregory Lewin defended the
prisoner . The prosecutor ia this case is the landlord of the Sciirbro' Hotel at Dawebury , and on the 1 st of Nov ., the prisoner went to his house about one o ' clock , and said he wanted a mare to go to Mirfield . Theproeecutor let him have a grey mare , and he said he would be back again about four o'clock in the afternoon . He then went away , leaving a horse and gitf . Instead , however , oi' going to Mirfield , he Went to Leeds , and stopped at the Gviffiu Inn . He told the landlord that his name Was Simpson , that he had got the mare from Ripon , and had had it a month , and that he had come from Knaresbro ' that day . On the afternoon of the following day , the prisoner was see'x in the Black Dog Inn , by a carter named Pratt . He showed i ' ratt the mare ,
and asked the several sums of £ 50 , £ 40 , £ 30 , and eventually £ 12 for the horse , and £ 1 for the saddle and bridle , but they were not sold . Firth , a policeman , apprehended the prisoner , and charged him with another transaction ; he then said it was his brother ' s horse . On his way to York , he stated that he beljeved he had goiie too far by attempting to sell the horse ; he had done it in : a drunken spree , but he hoped he would get over it . Mr . Wilks , solicitor , of Dewsbury , accompaiiiedI Firth and the prisoner to York , arid prisoner said to him it was a bad job , aud asked him if he would defend him , as money should be no object ? Mr . Wilks told him he was the attorney for the prosecution . Is had been ascertained that the prisoner came from Knaresborough .
Sir Gregory Lewin addressed the jury for the prisoner , contending that . 'he had not taken the horse with a felonious intention at the time he hired it . He then called Mr . Manby , of Harragate , Mr . John Foxton , of Harrogate , and Mrs . Cropper , widow , Leeds , to give the prisoner a good character , from whoso evidence it appeared that he travelled for his mother , who waa a shopkeeper at Kuaresborough . > . ' ; The Jury retired , and , after they had been absent nearly four hours , the Judge sent for them , and said he did not think that the offering the mare lor sale was sufficient to convict the prisoner ; he must haye appropiated it to his use in some way before they , could findi him guilty . The Jury consulted together for a minute or two , and then found him Not Guilty .
BURGLARY AT SHEFFIELD . William Ludlum , 32 , was charged with having on the 15 th November last , at Sheffield , broken into the dwelling hausewf Nathaniel Phillip 3 . Sir G . Lewin and Mr . Phillips were for the prcsecntion . Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoner . The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty .
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GRAND DEMONSTRATipN IN SUNDERLAND FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . ( From our own Garresjporideni . ) On no former occasion have I had to report proceedmgs of a more important character , than those conneoted with the splendid meeting held in Sunderland this evening ( Tuesday ) . Whether we estimate ita importance by the numbers who attended , the interest it excited , or the manner in which it
originated , it must be admitted to be an extraordinary and cheering sign of the times . In the first place , the meeting was called by a requisition signed by 150 electors . The objects , as set forth in the requisition , were " to consider the relation between the existing distress of the people , and the present state of their representation in Parliament ; and to consider and determine whether the principles embodied in the document called ih& People ' s Charter would be an adequate remedy for the same . " x . •¦ - .-- > ' .- . '¦ ' '¦; .: ¦ ¦
This requisition waa presented to the Mayor , who , howeTer , refused to comply with its request , ia consequence , as he alleged , of many of the signatures ** having beeu obtained under a misappreheusioa of the objects of the meeting . " To this a spirited reply was issued by the parties who had canvassed tor signatures to the requisition . They proved that it was scarcely probable that any , and that it was morally impossible that many , could havo signed the requisition ia ignorance of its objects—moat of the parties who signed having carefully read the requisition , and deliberately approved of it . The Mayor , in imitation of Peel on the Tamworth Anii-Corn Law Petition , had the insolence to send parties
to wait upon several requisitiohists , to ascertain whether it was really possible that they had attached their names to . such a requisition . Such an . act appeared to have unhinged all the Mayor ' s notions of liberality : He could not believe the evidence of his senses . However , his Worship found that it really was bo , although some , under the influence of Intunidatiou , might pretend iguofance of its objects . His refusal to convene the meeting was , perhaps , a happy circumstance ; for the raason assigned was so paltry , and his conduct was so unbecoming as to oxcite contempt in the minds of many who probablycared little about the principles of the Charter . But no matter ; wanting the great authority and sanction of the Mayor , the meeting has been held , and such a
one as Suoderland hae probably never yet / witnessed . Long before the time of commencement , the large room of the Arcade , capable of containing upwards of ljOOO , was crowded to suffocation , while the stairs and passages leading to the room were also blocked up , and in the front street immediately adjoining many hundreds were standing . Mr . John Bruce was called to the ohair , after which he opened the meeting in a brief and excellent address . Mr . Bing was then called upon to move the firBt resolution , which he did in a long , able , and eloquent speech ; . ¦? - , > . - .. ¦' ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ - ¦ ; :- ' - ¦ .: ¦ ¦ --, " : ¦ .-, ; It would be impossible to give a full report of the speeches delivered ; the limits of the Star , preclude that , and therefore I shall merely enumerate the speakers , and the resolutions they respectively moved or seconded .
Mr . Taylor ably followed Mr . Bing * in support of the . first resolutiohj , which was as follows : — •;' ¦ " That ihe deep and general distress which now unhappily prevails has been too long continued , and is too deeply rooted to be attributed to any temporary cause , but is the result of a selfish , unjust , andT partial system of government ; a system by which the resources of the country have been moxidpolised , and its revenues recklessly squandered by , and amongst a privileged class or classes , thus producing conkntions and jealousies amongst all classes , and poverty , crime , ignorance , and wretchedness amongst the maes of the people , '' On being put from the chair , every hand seemed to be held up in its favour , and none against it . The second resolution was brought forward by Mr . Wm . Chapple , and seconded by Mr . James Taylob , in an excellent address , it was as follows : —
" That this meeting considering that the aforesaid evils proceed from and are sanctioned by law , and that the ignorant , selfish , and unjust character of the laws is the necessary result of having the right of election and the power of law-making based on property merely , and not on mind , virtue , or natural fitness ; belieyes that tke present system of representation must be abolished , and substituted ^ by one founded o » the principle or equal rights . " Carried by a forest of hands . The third resolution , moved by Mr . Williams , and seconded by Mr . Kirke ,
That this meeting approves of the principles of the People ' s Charter , for the following reasons : — Fitst , beciuse by extending the right of voting to all male adults , except those who have no fixed residence and those who are under conviction for crime , it would secure a full representation of the people ; second , because it would make the exercise of the suffrage free , by the Ballot ; third , because it would give the eleotori&l body an uaJimited right of choice , by abolishing all property . qualification fcr members ; fourth , because it would make the proportion of representatives , equal , by equal " 'electoral- districts ; fifth , because it would be a security against the abuse of the legislative authority , by annual parhaments ; sixth , it would provide a just remuinsration from the nation for services rendered to the nation , by paymeut of members , thus removing the temptauon to commit frauds to compensate for sacrifices made in the public service . "
This resolution was explained and supported at great length by Mr . Williams , after which it was put to the meeting , and carried unanimously amidst great chewing . '¦ ' • ' . . ' .- . -. '' : " . •'¦ ¦ " . " ¦" " -- ¦ ; " - ¦¦'¦ -: - ¦ ' . ¦' . ,
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KLNGDOftT . .- '" . ' Friends akd Brother ChartistS ;—I erabrace the first opportuaity oflferedof returning , thants for the many acts of kindness that I have inuividually received from you , and to assure you that ray long enfineraent has not in any . measure altered niy former principles , or niade me less anxious for ^ or willing to assist in des stroying the accursed syateni uoder ; which we Jive in wretcbedness and degradation . But I must take thia opportunity of observirig in reply to the kind iaVitations of several kind friends , Hist I have not the means of attendinjg to them , This , I think they will readily admit , when I inform them that I have spent ten out of the last twelve years of my Itfe : in prison and banishment , besides haying had my home twice broken up , and am now entirely dependent upon tbe assistance o £ my friends , who are suffeiing / much in consequence of the unparaUeled ; distiess that exists in Barnsley .
I feel extiemeiy desiroos of assisting all in iny power towards obtaining a better state of things , and would willingly sacrifice either life or liberty to obtain such ; but situated as I am I must rest satisfied -with hopiii * for better daya ' ' : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :: . ' : ¦ . , ;;/; ' . , /¦ ¦ . .. ;¦ . :. ¦''• . ¦ - ; - .-TWs inforination / 1 trust ,-will be a sufficient apology to those kind friends who have written to me . Hoping that the days . of tyranny and iujustice are dravsring to a close , ; , . ' . . v ; ¦¦; ' : .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ , f remain , my dear frlectls , Your obliged fne >!( 1 , _ - : " , "' ¦ ¦ ¦" - ¦'• ¦ .- : " . '¦ : k W ? I ; ' AS . HTOS . ¦ ¦ BarnaW , 18 : h March , 1842 .
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BRIGHTON— GoNCERT .-r-On Monday last we spent a most pleasant evening at the Chartist Concert , at the Artichoke Inn , though owing to the badness o _ f trade , so many of the working classes bbinfc out of work , the : attendauce was : not so great as we would wish , yet , there was sufiioieut to inform us , that the cause is taking deep root in the aristocratic town of Brighton j many faces seen that evening , were strange to us , and , though we saw not the faces of old friends , it . pleased us to see that others began to take an interest in the glorious conteBt going on for the emancipation of the toil-worn sens of iudustry . The singing was of the most pleasant and patriotic ; the glees wer « of the most enlivening , and the toasts all were most democratic .
HFJCHAOT . —Ai a public meeting , convened by the High " Bailiff , and held in the Moot Hall , the following resolutions were unanimously : adopted ' ¦;—^ "That all the civil abuses , political grievances , and partial and oppressive laws , that produce poverty , wretchedness , and degradation among the people of this country , have their origin in class legislation , whichmust , in the nature ' . ofthings , be subverted , c-ro permanent pfOEperityi which : is the inseparable concomitaiit' or just and wise laws , can be realised by all classes of her Majesty ' s subjects . " "That the Suffrage ought to be extended to every msin of mature age , of sound Smind , and unebnvicted of
crime ; for without Such political power he has no protection against the effects of unjust laws , and none against the encroachments of tyranny . " / 'That , as the foregoing resolutions arei embodied and fully explained iu the National Petition , this meeting reaolvea that this document now read bo adopted by this meeting , and transmitted t . o Mr . Ogle , one of tho Members for this coaaty , for presentation to the House of Commons . " A vote of thanks was then passed to the Bailiff , for the use of the Hall , aud liaowiie to iir . Joseph Ridley , for presiding , and the meeting separated . .
MIDDLESWICH . —Mr . Doyle lectured here on Thursday . PADDIHAM , —Mr . Jaekeon lectured here on Monday evening . Gl > ASGOW . —BRiDGETON .--At i public meeting held in the Chartist Hall , Dale-street , to consider the proposals of , the middle classes to join the people aft 3 r full , free , and fair discussion , and after a mauy excellent speeohes for and agaiust the " Complete Suffrage' move , it was resolved , by a majority of at least three to one— "That - this meeting pledges itself to hold by the Charter in atl its points , 6 ix in number ; and that we agree to press the" same at all meetings called to consider : Sturge ' s declaration , or any other crotchet for the extension of the &uffrage . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct881/page/5/
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