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MANCIIES7'ER. SEPTEMBER 9.

CONTINUATION OF THE CORONER'S INQUEST
'l.ll F. I:04Y OF-JOHN I.EFS, AT OLDHAM.
Siam after the ee o clock yesterday Mr. HA-revs, the Coro-
ner's Clerk, returned to Oldham according to appaintinent,
and stated to the July cmparinellcd for the Inquest upon
John Lees, that he had been to this town to look fur a Co-
roner ; that he (wind Mr. Milne, who said that be could
not attend yesterday or to-day, in consequence of other en-
gagements; but that he would come to preside at the Inquest
on Friday morning, if Mr. Fareen should nut return before
then. tinder these circumstances he, Mr. B. proposed to
adjourn the Inquest until Friday morning,
Mr. Hamer pressed the propriety of taking the deposi-
tions of the several witnesses who were present, and who
had come several miles loattend the Inquest, and that after
those depositions were recorded, the ',squeal might be ad-
journed until a Couture should attend. This he submit-
ted would he the more convenient mode of proceeding for
the accommodation of the Jury, as well as fur the purposes
of justice.
Baitye—l cannot submit to the fatigue of going into the
case tualay; I have had no dinner, and I mu engaged to
dine at sever' o'closk ibis eventing with s friend at Rochdale.
Besides, we don't want your evidence; you might bring half
Manchester here; the Crown has plenty uf evidence without
yours.
Harmer—What do you mean, Sir, by the Crown having
plenty of evidence?
Battyk—l won't answer any questions. I think I have
said euutegh. I will not hear your evidence.
Harmer—lt is the province of the Jury, Sir, to 4echle,
and not that of the Coroner; and it is fur the Jury theu to
determine with, what evidence they will be satisfied.
Baltye—When Mr. Farms' comes here, he will do what he
phrases; but I Pll4lll take any evidence.
Harmer—Have you nut before attelided here for the Co.
roller and taken depositimis?
Hatlye—l have taken depositions, but I have always ad-
journed the Inquest till Mr. Farm* was present.
Hartnee—Wsll, th. is, all I require of you in ibis Cass is,
j hi take the depositions of the wiliness" who come from a
distance, whom it may be difficult to bring Isere again, and
the Jury thus lose the benefit of their testimony.
Hattye—l will adjourn the Court.
Harmer-1 again request you not to adjourn without pet-
ting the Jury iu possession of evldeuce which they may hot
agetn b,.1 able to obtain, and which may be truss material to
enable them to form a-eorreet judgment of the cause of the
death of a fellow creature, which bas evidently btee

liarmer—The evidence which I have now to adduce inankl
not occupy much time. Bat Hu time would 1w mispent in
foot tiring into and ascertainiug the real cause of such a me-
laucholy event.
Bettye-0 yes I know we are not to look to time. °dee
Mr. Ferrets, I remember, hail AN 114.1110111 for five weeks. But
1.1111 nut know of your attend:nice, or I would not come at
all. II was wheu I came here this morning, a woman came
and told me that three or four coaches had come with a
number of persons from Manchester, and some people from
London. tVe soppoatil that they wen• witnesses. and then
1 determined nut to go into the ease; and now I tell you I
am resolved Mai no one shall entrap me lobe the Inquest.
Juryman—Why not pruered with the Inquest ? Has ■ny
thing wiscommon happened since morning, that prevents
you from as you int. udvd ?
Y,a, something has bappeucd which I Jo not here think
prom r to explain.
Harmer—lt appears to me, that if you came hire pre-
pared to take the evidence, and the Jury now desire to bear
it, ii is your ditty to comply with their desire.
Rattye—lt was nay totridatin, wh. et I kit home, to hear the
evidence; but when I came here I thought differently. I
dicard lwre soma Mug shout a sabre wound; but I heard at
Rochdale that the men died of a ersisli. which was neither
murder nor manslaughter, hut accidental death.
Ilarmer—Although the death might he occasioned by a
crush, eircurostauccs might still make it weirder.
Another Juryman expressed a desire to go tutu the aci-
del/Ce al 011(V.

Harmer milked this expression, and 'Weil that he had the
evidence at Laud ready to adduce if the Jury desired to hear

Battye—The Jury all agree with me that the Inquest
Ill11)11ill be adjourned.
Some Jurymen dissented.
A Juryman expressed a wish to know whether, sceortling
to law, it was in the power of the Coroner to adjure the
Court against the wkh of the Jury.
B dryc—l know you 'Auld ; I remember you ; you have
all comity to nar, and I won't :1114 wer any of your queoliuur.
I those to adjourn the Costa (Klause I don't feel myself
competent.
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Tort e or font. Jurymen erpr.•sru.l a wi•h shit the evidence
should be gone into, and the Formuun declared himself of the
some ',pit i i . _ _

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livaog from his Chair, criclaimcd "I adjourn the
Court '.-

A Juryman asked Mr. Rattye, if he felt himself compe-
teut 10 condoct the inquest when he understood that the de-
ceased came by his death through a crush, why should he
feel himself incompetent because he braid that death was the
consequence of a ssibre wound!
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Mr. Etatlye made no answer to this question ; but observed,
addressing hinsaslf to Mr. Harmer, " I drip:. I have had
trouble euotigh upon this business. I have rode fourteen
miles and guile to Manchester, so oblige you—and you are
not satis6c4. Yet you have all behaved very ill to me—l
don't know what you would have."
Harmer —I appeal to thelnry. whether I have said or done
any thing offensive or exceptionable. If I have, I should he
ready to make any apology. But I am sorry to be compelled
to ulsscrve, that I have witnessed a levity of condoct ins this
occasion, very unsuited to the rofrmnii) of sorts ass investi-
gation, and extremely unbecoming Inv consideration that is
due from common humauity to the death of a fellow bring.
Battye—Things, I have no doubt, will be conducted dif-
fereutly on Friday.
Harmer—l Mope so. But wlii:e I disclaim any intention
to offend you, Sir, I must call so your recollection the 1..11.
guage you used this moronic—that if Mr. Earren were licre,
he would nut allow us to be in the room.

Batlye—Ob! I now know that you hive a right, by law,
to be in the room; but you are nut entitled to meddle with
the Inquest.
Mr. Denison expressed a wish to know the names of the
Jury; not from any diffidence .list.ver is their integrity,
but from a desire to be assured that the same persons should
attend un Friday.
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Baitye—l will not give their names.
Deuison—The Jury will, I doubt uut, have themselves no
hesitation to give their names.

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13011 yr—I or 1)- id them to do no.
Rh. Foreman stated that his iiitme was Jackson.]
Hattye asked. " What keeps yam all here now, the Court
in adjourned, do you want to fish tint any thing inure?"
llarmer—We have addressed you as a Gentleman, am,
hope you will treat as in the same manner, knowing that we
are here in the performance of our prufessional duty, as you
are yourself.
Hatlye—Oh! them that can't :urn, can't spin.
Harmer—That is a very classical capes-maim.
Batlye—lts very well undersi..oil in Lancashire.
Juryman—Are the gentlemen of the J no y satisfied that an
adjournment shall take place?
Another Juryman—Thin is a Cormier's Inquest, and I
think the Coroner competent to adjourn it.
Hattye-1 do adjourn it.
Denison reqiiested him to record the adjournment.
&stye—Will you keep questioning me here all night? 1
shall do as I like.
Hat iner—lt is necessary, Sir, that the adjournment should
be recorded, in order that we may know when to attend, and
that no investigation may take place in our absence.
Haitye—What! du you think us so mean here? TIM'S •
very ungentlemanlike übseivatimi.
Harmer-1 will not say what I think, butt I have said no.
thing ungentleinatilike.
A Juryman, addressing himself to Mr. Battye,olpserved„ I
must take leave to say, Sir, that you have 'hewn yourself
very irritable upon this occasion, and that you have made
offensive observations to these Gentlemen, which I have
heard with pain.
Hattye—What's that to you? if you thought me what you
i say, you should wait, and say no to me iu private.
The Court then broke up.

I have been thus minute in detailing the particulars of
this preliminary to ate Inquest, its order that you should un-
derstand the character of the systo m which prevails here,
and the description of persons selected in administer that
system. It was quite evident to sue, even before his con.
cession, that this Coroner's Clerk was sent to hold the In.
quest, and actually intended to do so, until he saw the wit.
messes brought so the Court by the professional Gentlemen,
who attended with a view to probe this extraordinary affair
to the bottom. It was calculated that this, like the other
Inwiests which have taken place mem the victims at Petri's-
field, might be managed slyly and snugly, without the in-
tervention of any persons determined to awes lain the whole
truth, and that a verdict of " accidental death," or 'r sheath
(roan the pressure of a crowd," would be aloe result ; bust the
calculation was found is er 00000 coma. Us the apneas.
once of those who disappointed this calculat WU, Mr. !hotly.)
was quite comfouuded, sod that confusion was manifest its
every step of his progress.
After the Court broke op at Oldham yesterday, milieu
lion was made to Mr. hattye for gloom 00000 sea to compel the
attendance of witnesses un the atijoureril looiest, whirls
sum sea Mr. B. promised to send by thus morning's puss ;
but mom urriviiiir, Mr. Denison applied for them this day to
Mr. Milne, the Coroner here, who is to attend to morrow at
Oldham, its the place of ,Nle. Farreal, the wort' Coroner for
that district, should lb. las ter nut lulliVt boon Lancaster, hat
was told by Mr. Millie that there *35 no 111.11111111t1 In take
over any wiitteases, as be should merely remwear also Jury,
Tall.theitti sea:lokusairinu
ethuenielmurrianist, probably
inn to postposse this Inquest
fur • fortnight.
I until Mr. Harmeesholl have proceeded so London, and Mr.
Denison to Liverpool; and it is sistyused that no resident

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