The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-22 00:00:00

then they demanded 104 t said that I would not give
►t them. Berryman said he would have it. - One of
the mob said " We'll smash the windows of the house
if we don't get 10/." I then went into the house, go►t ten
sovereigns, and put them into Berryman's hands, Ile
cried out " Ten pounds, ten pound.," and then the mob
gave three cheers, and went away to Emit Stratton. I
was at that time afraid that more property would be de-
stroyed. I believed they would go to Sir T. Baring's
mansion, and therefore gave them the 10/. They had
sledge-hammers and pickiasea, and bars of iron end dif-
ferent kinds of tools in their hands at the time. When I
gave them the 101. they promised that they would not go
to Sir T. Baring's. They kept their promise, and did
not go there. I know the prisoner Winkworth. lie is,
a shoemaker, and also a constable, lie came to .Me in
the village, told me that he had been at Sir 'l'. liaring'i,
and said the housekeeper had promised to give them 5/. if
they did not go there.
The Jury found a verdict of
.Guilty against Thomas
Berryman and James Pearce, and acquitted the other pri-
soners na►ned in the indictment. The Foreman in-
formed his Lordship that, in returning a verdict of guilty
against Berryman, they begged to notice one mitigating
circumstance in Ids behalf—namely, that after the money
had been received, Sir Thomas Baring's Item harLbeen
spared by his influence entirely. With respect to Pearce,
the Jury had hid great reluctance in returning a ►erdict
of guilty against him. They strongly recommended, him
to mercy on account of the excellence of his character.

Mr. Justice JAMES PARKA immediately took a memo-
randum of botk these recommendations.

IVilliam lirinhworth, aged 43, Henry Cooke, aged
19, Isaac 11111 the elder, aged 6!, David Champ, aged
21, and John Kcar, aged 29, were indicted for having
on the 19th of November last, at the parish of Alitchtl-
dever, feloniously made an assault on one William Palue,
and put him in bodily fear, and having feloniously stolen
from his person one piece of gold coin, called a sovereign,
the monies of the said William Paine, The prisoners
pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Sedoint *ma concluded the ease for the prose-
cution.

William Paine lived at Boroughfarm, in the' parish of
Mitch°)(lever. He recollected that betuien eight and nine
o'clock,. a mob of about 10Q.pererit".,,cioy4ng.4edge•
hammers, bludgeons, and other offensive,Vre.apou,,caine to
his farm. He went out to them, aid asked them luflat
they wanted. They said that they wanted .an advances of
wages to 2e. a day, and to break hie tnitchiqery. Ife:told
them that with regard to wages he was ready .to de.what
other farmers in the neighbourhood would, but beggeel
them not to break his threshing-machine, .as he had
never used it to the disadvantage of any man's labour.
Under the idea that they would leave his property un-
molested, he gave them some beer, and promised to give
his labourers 21. a-day, which he did not think unreason-
able. When the men who were engaged in, breaking. the
machinery returned and saw their companions drinking
beer, they said they must have grub. He was afraid that
they would have broken into his house. He told thew
that this was a bad beginning of work. One of the mob
said, " The end was not come yet, that would end in
blood." The prisoner Winkworth said yes, it would be
worse yet. The prisoner Isaac Hill then called him aside,
and said, " Master, will you take a fool's advice--give
them some money to get rid of them." He bad known
Hill before, and he thought that Hill spoke to him with a
friendly ceding. He gave Hill ft sovereign to let rid of
them.

The Jury acquitted all the prisoners.
The COURT, which was occupied all day with thews
two trials, rose at seven o'clock, and adjourned to half-
past sight o'clock en Wednesday morning.