The National Register.
London, England, 1820-03-26 00:00:00

FOURTH DAY:

The Court was not so mulch crowded this morning as it
was on the preceding days, the attention of the inhabi-
tants of York having been called to the electiou of the
comity member*. The number of ladies who graced the
Court with their presence was, however, much greater
than on any previous qitestion. No less than four ware
on the bench with the Judge.
John Walker, John Willie, and several other witnesses
were examined for the prosecution, and cross-examiuel
by the defendants, hat no new tact of importance W 45 es-
tablished by them.
The ease for the prosecution hnVillr
Alr.B A attow, who is retained fur Moot-house and John-
son, them proceeded to address the Court. He submitted
to his lordship whether the evidence a inch had been ad-
duced, as it Affected his clients, was nnifiCient to implicate
them in such a way as to render it necessary for their case
to be sent before the Jury, or whether his Lou &Mill would
not direct the Jos y to acquit them imineiliotely. Tile
charge in the indictment did nut seem at all sitstonittil by
any part of the evidence. The evidence, as it affected
his two clients, applied to the 4th. and .Stn counts; the
former charging them with 4.1e-optiling maliciously on
the 16th of August, wile 64,008 other persons
for the purpose of moving the sithjects of the King to
hatred and contempt of los person and govet tttttt ; the
latter with maliciously assembling in a formidable mate
Der, with inflammatory tttiers, i7mt.. agai:,st the peace of
the King, his crown and dignity. 'file second count
charged theist with riot, acid wilts inspiring terror and
alarm. It was now the duty of the Jury to apply the
evidence which had been brought forwaid iu support of
those charges to the case of his clients, and to determine
whether upon any of them his clients were implicated.
If the assembly was declared to be what it was stated iu
the indictment, let the leaders bullet what the laws of their
country awai ded; hut n bat was the evdience that implicated
Mr. Nloorhouse as a leader? when was he introduced into
the conspiracy? where was he introduced? and how had
he conducted himself on t•e 16th of August ? The first
coolie% tttt of al •house with the case under trial was by
his taking a ride out to Bullock's Smithy on the nth of
August, to mere Mr. Hunt, who was coming to preside at a
meeting to he lola at Nlaticii.Nter on the 9111. lie did not
there see Mr. Bunt, but he met hint at Stockport, where he
asked htm to his hnmuse. Mr. Hunt ai cepted the invitation.
On the 9th Mr. Hunt proceeded to Manchester, and Moor-
house accompanied him in one of Ills own car, inges. 'I he
meeting had been putt oil; owing to the objectiou which the
the magistrates slated to the objects for winch it was called
it did not consequently take place on that 41.0. But if ilia
object of Mr. 31trothuatie had been to :mead an wild% lid
and riotous assembly, why was it postponed, and wily did
be afterwards proceed to anotber,accompumed by his wile?
fifr. Moorhouse had long been a married man ; he had I
childreo,and his wife wits six-mouths pregnant with another.
Now, could it he b,lieveil Mr a tttttttt ent that lie would m a_
coed to an anticipated Beene of riot and confusion, accom-
panied by his wife in this condition ? Uir er these
circumstances, the Jury would consider it as almost fancifin
to implicate the defendants .vluorhouse mid J ttttt don. He
would read is narrative f • Mr. Illoorleothe linos. if, hick
would show his know ledge eh. 0M and 11. M ems of chinewit hon.
The Learned Comae' bele read a paper of Mouritonse's, in
whiten he denied a knowledge of in ost of the detenamos, and
awed the peaceable commit of the people un time !nth,
giving au account of lute it at. condoci neatly as it apoears
in the learned Counsel's speech. loch being the case with
leis two (hems, lie would leave it with coulident e M tae

Jury.
Ala. Holt sit;•l he had to address (hem on the part of the
deentlaiit Saxton. A case of clia,piracy wilAgeldom proved
in it, origin, and the ants given in aid of proof her .urea be ill
a broad and palpable character, which not only inuved the
criminal lion) 'Would establiSh the fact iiseif.-
11i. iie•ant to say (lad it :IN 1111111 mere ca,ual or incitteolal
act which (snail prove Mow lacy ;.t .stmt be proved
by strong ev wen. c. Ile ( iii. Iluii ) won Id toil say huts many
Might Inver, awl whether all the 'Motile of En-land odd
a tight to meet Altogether w one place., fir eve, y i 14.11 de-
pended on Ilerea,uualdeme,ut it. It should ivory'
levied, that when these pil;sllC meetings began, in 11117,
they were nut C4/11,41161 ed as Illegal. Itiiiiivisse
Were held 111 Spatieltls and Other plates, add couillimeit
Will 1111 l 1 inlet rololool WOO lin 114.11,1,11111, in Its tear Ine
the ineti upon-, passed .111 art..-1111 %trial ? pill .1;8011
*ll such meetings? : bid 10 plevellt the.. 4, Clll'lllll4
Wlllllll one esidtaisiei --dad Jnaing ilie sitting
l'aridainesit and lite Courts Or dleiner, so Mat tile ray lt+ to
nicel Was only lest.lttell to a pat Ile ular spin, the genera.
fight being hell as betine. It was Ilie right of the people
to inert and disenst proper subjeci,, and 111 the cduilly 10
which he belonged ( 111: 114.1 110 dusibt, that if a
question nut ut I epealiiig, but hid% easing, the duly on sit
importation of ecru was padp..aed lily 111ml:11,bl:111, there
Would be ti 1111 l ...1111dg atttunuls at tile incelieig tid such dis-
cussion. 11 was said, that some of thu4.• wets 1101 1111 l ye,
aal sulfragu and 4.11111:11 parli•nienis. He I ,eli col.-
denuu el liinse eioct Ines As touch as Any limn, es Ile 111 pug. it
that if wry were sueeeaatnl they uu.lid prul,e tiled de-
alt-nett% e 111 111 e r'llll,ilrlllloll. 11111 iiiis was 4 p .011 oil
Witten the Oohnutis "I. sonic ;41 ea nien 11.111 net ii didei
It ;night be remembered, Iliat al tar. 11141, W. a. I ) aid
lloruse Tooke, 4 Irl.er lout. die Diilse 111 .t.chwuuU war
redil, in *inch that dial. lite was idiotic, avowed.
as to the evidence against fast 411. witutp,e..l4.lissin
lam could nut potttively bay tinit.tuxtvo woatoa Use usumniis