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6 4x, et,7 9 , 9 , 14 t tAlionali UF7 • -^k VP ' Z‘C. I . • ,!; 07- 7 0- •.- 2 ' • 4. ritt e ' 4 4 14'Vrt. Our Bing, Conititution ant 1 ai)3. No. 1,5234.—V0L. XIII.] SUNDAY, APRIL 2S, 1890. [PRICE 9V. TIM TRIAL OF ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD FOR HIGH TREASON. finished. It is expected t all persons, thetefote, will attend to thin rulnionition. ' Al r Shelton teen read indictment. Air. liodand, its junior C insul for the Crown, having shortly opened the indictment. the Attorney General, et half past one, prore,xle to addr e ss the Jury. The Learned Gentleman tarnmenced his speech by adverting to the painful. but important, duty which Ow Jury had to per. tuna; ant by c. ihng upon their in the most tedenin matter to discharge trolls their minds any impressions which they had received, front any thingWidcli they had heard, read, sir under stood. before they came nee that Court. Their judgment we to be fotuttled upon the then; which would in adduced in evideme, anti no tied ru doubt it would be eJoliy and diva.sionately formed. [Fine r th:Wis we are at present precluded from giving to our (Cali..: •. cm:sequence of the interdiction of the Court.] The - ~t.ter heating evidence, at half past seven. OLD BAILEY, MowitaY, APRIL 17. The interest excited by the trials of the State i.oners was thie 11101 111 lig st rongly iceirifeeteti by' tltc aseektub!aee Ma crowd in fruit of the tee.ihiOnS . (louse, teerly as seven ine oca. PR:slims to this time a 11111111:1 , 119 bo dy of the civil three had arrived. eita were stationed in such eituations as to controul the multitude.— For the pur p ose of preventing the roterniptiasarising from the passage of carriages and carts through the Old &Oki, rail. were erected at the two ends, next Ludgate Hill end Feat Laos.._ These were only opeaed to admit the carriages of pereolis eilataeo in the busimee, of the Court. At eight o'ele kk the arrival of the Jurymen who had beta shale moved created considerable bustle, and that was greatly Lli 'lanced by the preasurc of tuner pencil , for alines :ion to the coma— Regulations were tempted to prevent the athineeion of these who were not arovided with rickets. This was the wore necessary, as front the limited nature of tart Court but a entail port on of the public could obtain seematirodetion. Tile Jury alone, who stood in the tasty of t tee court. were upwards if et to in number. Certain buses were teed to the reception of ladies ; a greet number tit' w lan ..• eaent. 'fhe witneak.. C, iwn wereedivided into two parties.— Some were p , „nand Jury room, and triflers remain... in a contiguous Monktnent. w o li.s rem:Oa...it a prisoner in tie 'Cower, was brought from theme in i::e care of two warders and Lavender and Bishop. lie aas teat: ki ii mom by himself, as was Adams, who was broaaa :row the house of correction in the custody o. Goccmor Adkins. Tile pikes, ewe 4, guns. deism a grenades. ammunition, and other ankles intended to be intireimal . trial, and waien. the witnesses brought wit. • . ,t. tt a most formidable appearance. At lialto aet eight. Thisdewooki was coaditeted from his cell, in the clic of one of the turnkeys. .;c still re airs greatly dejected. lie was placed in the apartment usztaily devoted to those shoat to be put on their trials. The otter prisoners were not brought down. As an rime appointed for the sitting of the commiesieners ap proached, the body of the court became greatly mailed. The 'flic boxes eseigned to the committee of city lands and tie grand jury were tilled with an overflowing audience. At lone o'clock the commissioners entered the court in the came order as tibserv.s, ern Saturday. The court was then creened in the 11.;11, I font'. Mr. S .enon immediately proceeded to call over the names of ofike Jurymen erinintonal. Its they aoswered, they mete aeeert, whether t e ey nese aweholdiets in the couhty elidtikesex tu the amount cf tee is i in6s a year, of of a freehold and copytio.d together of 4.t1011114 ?in the event of their answering in the negative, they sere passed over. 'rho* who did not answer when called, were called upon their summonses " to come forth and save their lima of a hundred shillings and issue." Several were in this predicament While this form was going through, the prisoner fiiistlewood was put to the bar, and attracted general attention. lie was dressed as on Saturday, and came forward with apparent firmness. lie hod in his hand a pen el and a sheet of paper. lie paid particular attention to the names as they were called over. The Counsel for the Crown in attendance were, the Attorney. General. tile Solicitor General, Mr. Gurney, Mr. s6lland. and Mr. lattleitale. Those for the prisoners, as assigndity the Cow t, were Messrs. Curwood, Adolphus, WaltOrd, and Broderick. Stich was the presume occasioned by the assemblage of the Jury that they were constrained to ask permission to quit the Court as their names were celled over. This request was cumptied with, but they were desired to remain within hearine. As the priumer stood at the nor, and while the Court was oc cupied in attending to the list of the Jury beteg celled over, a matt of shabby appearance contrived to get to the corner of the dock. :Ma to place its hat on the board in front. and then ceding Thistlewooins attention, directed him to take the contents. Thlstlewood immediately took from the hat tire oranges, which he put in his pocket. Mr. Brown, who was in his box, witnessed the interaction, and admonished the ohtruiler. lie afterwards directed one of his turnkeys to take die oranges i n to his possession. Thistlnmayi, un being asked, delivered up the frelt, and they were earned out of court to be examined. There might stein, hi this ceialtiet on the part of Mr. B:own, something of harsh ness, but when it is recollected that an orange might he made thevelticie m'coriseying to the prisoner the means of persenal ae'tructton, or conic oilier thing which the precautions already taken were fill'U)lL (0 present, it will be seen that he did no more than became the vigilant execution of his duty. It was intimated to This:loaned, that he should be provided with any thing in the way of refreshment which he might require. Subsequent to this transaction two letters, which had come by post, were daivered to Mr. Brown. Wt. believe they were addreseetl to the prisoner, and after they had been shewn to him, Mr. Blown Mt it his duty to enclose raid send them to the Solicitor of the Treasury. At twelve o'clock the whole of theattry her' been called over. Thistlesvotat then adtirc:,..cd the Court and said, " Will your 'Lordship tallow me a eintirr The lam' Chief Justice.—" Considering the length of time which your trial is likely to last, the Court will grant yeti this indulgence. A eliair was then placed at the front of the dock, and the pri soner alit down. TRIAL. Mr. tilichon announces' to the prisoner, diet the Jary were about to he called; arid that if he wise (heliostat to challenge any or either of thee, he would do so on their coming to the bow to be sworn, and benne; they were sworn. 'flue list of Juror: v., called over till a euttitneat number of unchallenged met were found. The Crown challenged the prisoner 34 The tol lowing Jurymen were thee iniputetelled and sworn r Alexander Barclay, foremiti I Tillinll4i Willilllll Churchill, James lie bert, shuder, Semite' Granger, Geo. piekitiann John Edward Shepherd. John Fowler, Wni. Globs Roberts, John 1)obeon, and Williatit Cooper. 'f lie Lord ChiefJ uetice thus delivered himself Ns there are several per: one eitargeti with the taienee u I li,!u reason by this indictment, whose trail. arc likyly to be taken one Hiker the other, 1 think it tweeseary, in furthertince of jueticia unruly to prohibit the potato:mien of the proceetiings of this, or eve other day, until the a box it the trials shall be brought too ci whisk" It is highly nece-sary to the purposes of justice that the public mind, or die Jurynou elm are hereafter to serve, should not be influenced by the publication of any of the prociatlinas which Hasty take ilea:, until die whole of those proceeding: , shall be I i i I i r 1 tilcsimv, ArlitL _ ......_._. _ ... _____ .... The(.. . ni. t : :, ..0 too; ,. ,at nine o'clock i and the names of the . . :•..v:„ b.. 1.0 c..lled over. Thistlewood. accompa nied :• .i,.. .•''.er pert maws, ,a. put to Cie bar. Shortly . Nine th• proecs.tiiiig- tominei.eed ' Taint:mood, in 4 very mild tone, ‘,.q.le.ecel th r Coact to indulge loin with a chai,. The Lord :.:II:. I da:mice ~.rdered a iuw chairs to be !nought. that the pri bUnel n .eight it in tu:ll.. a they were tired. The sante cool a d cohected manner w:.ie.. 11141 k, tl 'l' hi .ilewood's conduct yes terday was if so oh.c.i I/ ,rne n-lacy. The other prisonus con. ducted tpeinseleci Will a c.souness Igo:tiering, one would imagine, on as utter unconscemmess o. their awful simation. The min cu a: entiie...ses extent ed LO tiny were—Had. an a,icentice to the i !i.o.a.r Ilium; Haden. who was cornice!, . Will the patty ; the Bail of lia:rowby ; John 7.lununucilt. (me et tile gang seized ii, tato...neer, atimit..ea as K tog's evidence; his - brodiet, 'l' ani/tug ilonument ; Tiltowis Dwyer, who gave information of tile plot to Lout idaioutli, a little after ant o'clock on the day on witted it is alleged that i. was to have been carried into exe cution ; Oxirge Kaviock, Richard Alonday, and Etizatietit West ali—the three last inlatbi ts of Cato Strut ; and Ruthven, the police officer. Mr. Ruth - Am was ceoss lined as to his surtfreilt'arlee of This tlewood since Wittstm's trio . , James Ellis. William Westcott, Hugh Nismn, John Wright, Williain Charles Brooks, Odes May, and Robert Chapman, police officers, as to the wits of the ct.l of February, in Cato Street, Capt. Fitac!cr &' gave evidence of his part of the proceedings. Saninel 'faun stated His th..coveries in the lodgings of Brunt and Todd on t 2-Sth.— Daniel Bishop gave evidence of the apprehension of Thistlewootb Lavender and Bothwell produced all the iir ides taken in Cato street, on the persons of the prisoners, or ia their lodgings.— Sergeant Harrison, of the Royal Art.llery, opened and explained the contents of a grenade. /tad a tiie-Lail. The Attorney(seneral said that was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Curwood then rose. and, in an able speecii advocated the cause or' the prisoner; against whom, he contended, neither the charge of imagining the death of the King, or of conspiring to levy car, or of having actually levied war, had been wooed. The following witnesses were then called on the part of the prisoners : Nlitty Barker. the daughter of the prisoner Thiel , Edward Ilucklestone, an acquaintance of the informer Dwyer, to whose character he spoke ; Jo .eph Doane, the Court reporter; Andrew Chill, printer; and John Whitaker. The case for the phonier being closed Mr. Adolphus said, that, coasolering the solemn duty he had to perform, he tilt it necessary to make a request to the Court, which he was confident would be complied with, if consistently with the convenience of their proceedings it were possible. He requested that their Lordships would now ajount the Court, in order to give him an opportunity of considering the multitarious points connected with this important case. Chief . .. Baron Iliinianls-..-You wish, I suppose, to postpone your addres, to the Jury until to-morrow ? Mr. Adolphus—Yes. my Lo.d. There is almost a total want of preparution on my part, in tanisequaire of the shortness of tune since I was retained. I therefore labour under considerable difficulty. Lord Chief-Justice Abbott...lt most be the anxious wish of the Court that every in ltilsen,..: should be granted to the nrehr mate 111411 it 4111: bar; and, if we even go on now, it is very &Antal whether we can conclude the whole of the business.— My wish, however, isto study the convenience of the gentlemen of the Jury as much as possible. At the laillt, erne. I ttl) not think that we ought to pro td hastily ieith a tIl-0.: which con cerns tote life of an individual. A Juror—My lord, our convenience is not to be considered at all. Lord Chief-Justice Abhott.—That cxprestion is exactly what I expected from you. We are nut, however, conic to that hour when, under other circumstances, we caght to stop. I think, however, that the Aininistrat ion of jusace wilt be better con sulted by allowing Mr. Adolphus time till to morrow. A Juror—My 1.41111, no wane doubt has been thrown 011 tile evidence of the witness Dwyer, I and my brother .lurors would be bs' ter satisfied it' Col. James. or soot person from the Som. tarry of Stiee's Office, were called to corroborate the truth of the statement winch the witness has made, relative to his comniuni. eating the designs of the parties. Lord Chief-Justice .Abhott—lf this trial be adjourned, the At torney-General will have an opportunity of considering that point; but 1 ant not sure whether such a course can be taken. Mr. Guraey....Certainly it cannot. 'flue Cate the the prosecu tion is ciosed. and it remains for the other side to contradict the tostiniony of Dwyer. The .1 tiry wan reiterated his suggestion. laird Chiet.Justice Abhutt.—Perhaps it would lie better for the I present to tin bear saying any thing more on that subject. Ali 1 opportuoity will be shoaled to all the parties, at a future time, 1 1 ti make their 01i:et-yahoos On it. The Court then adjoin ii...d, at a quarter past six o'clock, until ' nine o'clock on Wednesnay morning. WEDXESDAY. The Court opened again this morning at nine o'clock. Sir Walter Stott took ht, scat on the bench a few minutes before the arrival of the Judges, and appeared to attend %%oh intense in • tertst to all that was pa,mg. After the tiallty4 of die Jury had been culled over, Tinstieweod, who looked more pa:o and lii.ggartl torn 011 either of the ',remitting days, tetpiested that Id, Lordship twain allow him the indulgence of a chair, which had I.et.ii granted him on a former day. Their Lordships inailtdiately acceded to his iegitcht. The Attorney-I .tneral then me and said, Via in cotrequenec of a saiggit.uon %Melt Lad fallen last bight fi'olls too 0: the gen. tlsuieu of the July, a person, who had been alluded to, and whose presence had been desired, was now in attendance on the Coati. lle could not himself examine without the leave of the °tiler patty, since he had concluded his ca•.e, and since the name add, 4 0:nth:man was n•,t among the list of witnes.ses on the back the indictment. It was, however, in the option of those oppo,:d hint to examine hint if they Ciougut proper. 311. Adolphe.; said, that the proposition just made by Ii i AtturueyGeneral meant nothing at all. lie did not choose to call Inc tile evidence of the person alluded to, as he had not been examined by his solicitor, and as he (Mr. Adolphus) therefoie coital hire no idea of the Lstitnony which be noig . ot be going give. Neither was lie boonn vo cell on this eel fence; for recollected that Lord Lllenhorough lead once said, on a occasion to the present, that if this aas the way in which buzities. was to be done, it was high time to give it over. The Attorney-General intimated, as far as we could hear him, that his praposal ouAlit nut to have been received in the manner in which Mr. Adolimus had taccived Mr. Aldphos disclaimed all personal incivility; and Loid Chief-Justice Abbott expressed his opinion that n, such thing was meant. _ _ Air. Adolphus then addri.L=.ed the Jury on behalf of the pri soner, and in a speech which occl:pied tour hours in the delivery, comentit,4l that were was not evident* to support the charge of high treat-on. At its conclusion, The Lord Chief -Jaime (Addressing the prisoner) said, " Ar thur Thistlewood, if you wish to otl'er any thing to the Jury, in ailtiition to what has been advanced by your counsel, now is your time. Thistlewood—l wish my Lords, with your Lordships' permis sion, to exanutie two witnesses who ate in Court. He mentioned their names, but we did not hear them. Th e L oa f cm,:r..li k ,;iee— roe time for the examination of witnesses is cloud, and we must not depart from the regular course. You got sufficient time to examine • hut now the evi dence is closed on both sides, and it would be irregular to hear any other wanesses. 'fitistlewood—Nly Lords. I am perfectly satisfied. I have nothing further to offer. lic then resumed his seat with his usual cumpoeure. Tae Solicitor General replied, in a speech which occupied two hours. He contended that the case was fullly substantiated against Thistlewood. Many of the facts sworn to by the acaumplices were. lie observed, cuiruboruted, as far as was possible, by di testimony of tun imwaehed witnesses. Lunt Chief-Justice Abbott then proceeded to charge the Jury, making such observations on the evidence of the different witnesses as appeared to the Learned Judge to be illustrative of the ease. At a quarter before five o'clock the Jury rAired ; but, after= absence vs a few minutes, returned, Mid requested the Learned Judi: to read to them the statute of the Stith of Geo. 111., with which lie immediately complied. The Jury again retired, and, after an absence of about twenty minutes. returned into Court, and delivered a verdict of Guilty on the third and fourth counts of the indictment. fliistlewood, who appeared wholly unaffected by the verdict, was then removed trot. tic bar, surrounded by several officers. The Attorney-General then observed, that as it was very pm-- bable many of those gentlemen who were summonal to act as Jurors on this occasion, not being aware of the termination oldie trial would be in attendance to-morrow it would perhaps bo pro. per that the further proceeding. in the cases for high trea:un should be adjourned until Friday. Lord Chief-Justice Abbott.—lt will, I think, be necessary,— The proper officer chin go round and inform the gentlemen sum. moned on the Jury that they arc to attend again on Friday morning. (Uri-Justice Dallas—On Friday morning these trials will be renewed. To-morrow the orthm,ry busines, ut the Court will be proceeded in before the Common tierjeant. A Juror—Aly Lord, are we nut to be discharged ? Chief-Jtutice Abbott—You will not be wiled on the next trial, hut I alms not prepared to say that you can be wholly A Juror—lt is a great hardship on us•--wc have not been home since Monday. Lord Chia-Justice Abbott—You will not be wanted, at all events, before next Monday. Farther than that lam not able to say now. A Juror—We do not wi- , h to press the indulgence beytral 3londay, any Lurd. The Court then adjourned at half past six. The following is an ab,tract of the counts on which Thistle wood has been lonnd guihy : The 3d count is on the Stith Geo. 111. and charges the prisoner with compassing, imagining. devising. and intending to levy war again.t our I.onl the King. within this realm, in order by force and constraint tocompel hint to change his measures and cot tti•els. 'fife 4th count is also on the statute of the Stith of the We King, tOr levying and making war against our Lord the hiig within this realm, and attempting and endeavouring by form :1:1,1 arms to subvert and detdroy the comtitution and governmen t of this realm us by law established, and to deprive and ilcp.e oat said Lord the King of and from the style. h onour , an d kingly name, of the imperial crown of this rtalm. We understand tint Mr. Brougham and Mr. Deniu.m waited, on Tuesday, on the Lord Chan. cel:or, for the purpose of being sworn in her Majcs ty'sAttorney and Solicitor General. Mr. Hunt was in attendance on Friday morning at the Court of King's Bench, tier the purpose of moving to set aside the verdict obtained against him at fork. He appeared in the court lbr a short time, but nothing has been done in his case. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Denman were in Court, and sat within the bar. Mr. Hamilton, one of his Majesty's Under Secre taries of State tin• the Foreign Department, left town on Saturday last for liuregew, as alleged On ac. count of ill la:Alt h, hut, as surmised, on some mis sion of i:uportao,:c, especially as the place acid' to the froutiLis of Svain.