The National Register.
London, England, 1812-03-22 00:00:00

accountable, in the eye of. the law,. for the misdeeds of his neighbour,
when thus assembled. On the subject of collecting money for lawless
purposes, his Lordship said, that the person obtaining money by means
of intimidation, subjects himself to the punishment which attaches
itself to that crime which is perpetrated through the application ot
such money; and that those who give money freely for the promotion
of a lawless purpose, likewise stand amenable to the law in tire sane
degree as the former. Hit Lokdship concluded by enjoining the
Nobility and Gentry to reinain at their respective seats, while the
troubles., or the probability of their renewal, continued; and likewise
with enjoiehrg the Grand Jury to do their duty, without prejudice er
partiality to one party or the other.
On Tuesday 'morning the Court was crowded to an unusual degree
by persons of all ranks, vho were desirous to hear the trials of these
pers MIS confined on suspicion of freme breaking. But before we pros
teed to detail these highly important trials, it may be proper to state,
that Mr. Bald, of Leicester, as Solicitors for the prisoners, had, as
much as seven weeks ago, retained Mr. Serjeant Vaughan and Mr.
Reader as their Advocates. On Friday last, however, Mr. Bond was
informed by those Loitered Gentlemen, that; when at Lincoln, the pre•
ceding Wednesday, they had received an order from the Treasnry to
act as Counsel against the prisoners. alone with Mr. Clarke and Mr,
Reynolds. John Ingham, charged with writing a threatening letter te
W. Nunn, Esq. lace-manufacturers was exactly in the same predicate( 01;
whn, along with William Parkes and George Shaw, charged with frame-
breaking, had been removed at the suit of the Crown, from the towe
to the county-prison. On this account Sergeant Rough and Mr. Copley
were retained, by Mr. Bond, for the persons charged with frame-
breaking.
Aries the Jury had been sworn in, William. Carpel aged e... 1, and .Tosepi
Maples 41:4 16, both of Basford, were brought to the bar, and pleaded
not guilty to the charge. After which, Mr. CLAR IC lc, as leading Coune
set for the Crown, bezan by observing, that this was no ordinary case;
for here we saw men, under the name of Luddites, disciplined and mar-
shalled under different herders; and armed with various instruments of
death, acting in open vitiation to the laws and constituo d authorises
of the land. An exception was here taken by the Counsel for the ;)!-
soners, to this strain of declamation, as tending to prejudice the Jars
against the 6 • and die Judge alloesred the exception to be a good one ;
arid ordered the witnesses to be 'caned.
Elizabeth Braithwaite wss the first witness called. She stated, that
in January last, she resided at Ole: Basford; that her In-band, Met
:iraithwaite was a stooking-maker, and at the time aboveetated. he
he t seven plain' cotton frames, which were occupied by five apprentice
one journeyman, of the name of Towlson, auel himself. ehe further
stated, that on the !id of Januarye about ten militate: before eight is tie
evening, a persois knocked at the door, acrd .asked fur Toe 'son; ;let
the door was bolted, and before she could open it, it was forced, and a
man entered, whom she saw have hold or the outer hat dat of the
door, he fell over a chair, and believes it was Camel, Inert; iontel in the
indictment; that he walked into the shop with a hammer over his arm,
aid broke the end of a slur-bar ; that eleven more entered after him;
that the first man who entered stood as guard to the rest; and that ore
resan.whom she knew, end whoused a liamitner, is not yet taken. !Iris
the witness was de sired to look round the Court, and point the prison r,
Carmel, out. She turned round very attentively several times, and d.
Oared she could not see him, and that if he was there, he must bold
dwell his head—thought his imprisonment would ttlter his appterates,
but lint se much as ro prevent her from knowing him, except he was die-
guised, j;se 'she hail known him from a child. She was then ordered is
mount the table in the centre of the Court, to try iF s
by that means he
could identify him—she did so, and, after twice pacing it round, slie
pointed out a man who was mixed among the spectators, whose features
she thought was like Carmel. She was then &lifted to look at one of tse
Sheriff's Cineers, who stood near to Carnet, and give her opinionf
that was the man. On fixing her eyes closely upon that quarter,
pointed 'eta the man, and said, '° that is Carmel." She was then ask; d
wile:h ew
et she kn any other person near him when she pointed to
another in the Prisoner's boa, and said, " that is Maples."
On being asked why she knew Carnet to be one of the men who had
violated the premites of her husband ? she said, that when the scuffle
was going on in the shop, she called out for her husband to be breught
out, and that Carnet (after having given her husband a nudge over the
shoulder with a hammer, in consequence of which he had been lame
ever since), complied with her request; and that in the hustle the tea.",
was pulled off his face, which she recognized, though his cheekg
nose were black, and his upper-lip red. She declared sheiwas no w!se
Sh
dismayed; and why should she, for she saw they were bent upon e
kndvi;
stroying their property, and it was of no use to oppose them.
Carnet by his voice, but dared not to call him by his name; but dray,
was him, she bad no doubt. Maples clapt ainetol to her breast,
this exclamation, " damn you for a bitch, I will shoot yon if Y"u
hold your noise ;" she seized the pistol, turned the muzzle towards n I
throat, and drew the trigger, and had it gone off it must have shot big!.'
but believed it was not charged, because it struck fire without goivg(7.
While this Was going on, site heard some one call out, " m ia(l4, w
on !" which order, she thought, was obeyed, as, she said, the trane,l%
went Se those in a smith's shop. When the seven it ernes were bto,ese;
she stated, that seven meseevent through the shop e indoe's,
ate fi
out at the house:Par; amotSg the latter of Whom was N'heeles, sso.-
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