The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-10 00:00:00

SPECIAL COMMISSION.

WINCHESTER, FRIDAY 11(3'1.N:sc.
A respite has been received at the gaol for
lda way till the sth of February ; but no respite
has been received for the other five criminals. It
is therefore feared that the dreadful sentence of the
law will be carried into execution on Saturday, the
15th instant.

ABINGDON, JA N. 7.
James Bennett, John White, Thomas Barr, Ro-
bert Keate, John Collin, and James Ilazeley, were
placed at the bar, being indicted with having unlaw-
fully assembled, with 100 persons and more, at
Aston-Tirrold, on the 23d of November, and created
riots, Sze. Other counts charged them with assaults.
Thomas Fuller, the younger, examined by Mr.
CAMPBELL—I live at Aston-Tirrold, a village in this
county. lam a farmer. I recollect seeing the mob
in our village at about eight o'clock in the morning.
They conducted themselves very well in the morn-
ing. In the afternoon they were very disorde:ly
and clamorous about their wages. Some of them
had sticks in their hands. I saw .John White among
them. He had a stick about as thick as my thumb.
I saw all the other prisoners going about with the
mob, but I did not see them do any thing.
William Pope, examined by Mr. 131ActilluRs—I
am a labourer at Aston-Tirrold. Oo the• 23d of
November I was with Thomas Herbert, chief-con-
stable at Aston-Tirrold. As I was walking along
the village, two of these men, Kea'e and Hszeley,
with about half a dozen more, catch'd hold of me.
Hazeley said to me, " your eyes, you mast
join us." They were all very quiet, and used me
very well. I got away from them at about dinner-
time. Then I went home.

The Rev. John Campbell, examined by Mr.
GURNEY—I am curate of Aston-Tirrold. There
was a mob is our village on the 23d. The cry in
the mob was, " We want more wages; we want
12s. a week, and we will have them." James Ben-
nett seemed to be leader. I remonstrated with him.
Then I addressed myself to others whom I knew to
be quiet men, and succeeded in getting five or six
out of the mob. Bennett, seeing this, came back,
and I said, " Bennett, you are doing wrong." He
said, " I know I am, but we'll begin here, and work
our way up to the Magistrates ;" then, turning to the
mob, he said, " Why do you stay talking to that
fellow," meaning me. Then he seized Thomas
Jarvis, and dragged him away with the mob. I saw
the mob afterwards at several places and tried to
persuade some to go home.
Witnesses were called who gave all the prisoners
very good characters.—The Jury found the prisoners
Guilty, but recommended them to mercy.
Mr. GURNEY said, that if the Court would con-
sent, he should be satisfied that all the prisoners,
with the exception of Bennet, should be discharged
upon their own recognizances to keep the peace
and to appear when called upon to receive judgment.
They would never, of course, be called upon if they
conducted themselves peaceably.
Mr. Justice PARK said, that the Court were about
to suggest this very course.
The prisoner Bennett was then sentenced to im-
prisonment and hard labour for two calendar months,
and the rest of the prisoners were discharged upon
entering into their own recognizances in the amount
of 201. each for the purpose above-mentioned.
James Carter, Tomas Billings, and Bejamin
Blagrove, were put to the bar, being indicted for
having, on the 26th of November, in the town of
Abingdon, assaulted a constable, named James Jones,
and rescuing prisoners lawfully in the custody of the
said James Jones. Other counts charged them with
riot and with a common assault upon the said James
Jones.—The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty,
but recommended them to mercy.
Mr. Justice PARK said, Billings and Blagrove,
who had both received good characters, were sen-
tenced to two months' imprisonment ; and Carter,
not having received any character, and haring used
some expressions denoting a malignant and wicked
mind, would be imprisoned for three months.
Thomas 21faekrell, JVm. Wiggins (the younger)
James Chandler, Wm. Afabberly, Stephen Jones,
James Withers, Joseph Ayres, Wm. Wiggins (the
elder) Henry Wooldridge, Henry Cannon, and Chas.
Poffiey, were placed at the bar, indicted for having
riotously and tumultuously assembled at Eastbury,
and assaulted three persons of the names of Shear-
man, Tarrant, and Spanswick, on the 23d of Nov.
Charles Shearman, a labourer, living at Eastbury,
stated that there was a mob of upwards of 100 per-
sons at Eastbury, between seven and eight o'clock
of the evening of the 23d of November. They had
bludgeons in their hands, huzzaed, and blew a horn.
Markrell, Mabberly, and W. Wiggins the younger,
were there. Mabberly pressed Henry Spanswick to
go with the mob, and on Spanswick refusing, he
caught him by the collar, in order to compel him to
go. Spanswick called witness to his assistance, and
thus got away. Wiggins afterwards met witness,
in company with Mackrell and Mabberly, and saying
" him, this is he that took their part ; let us
kill him ;" struck witness with a bludgeon. Mack-
rell and Mabberly also struck him, and the marks of
the blows are still upon his head.
Mr. Justice PATTESON charged the Jury, who im-
mediately found all the prisoners Guilty.
Mackrell was removed from the bar, and
Mr. Justice PARK proceeded to pass sentence
upon the remaining nine prisoners. They had all
been convicted on- clear and satisfactory evidence.
As for Mackrell, against whom there had been a
capital conviction, he was put aside for severer pu-
nishment. The younger Wiggins was to be impri-
soned for twelve months, Chandler for nine, Mab-
berly for twelve, Jones for three, Withers for nine,
and the four remaining prisoners (namely, Ayres,
Wiggins, sen.,Wooldridge, and Cannon), would each
receive three months' imprisonment under this in-
dictment. Unfortunately, this was not the only pu-
nishment to which Wooldridge would be subjected,
for there were other convictions against him.
Twenty-two prisoners were then called up to re-
ceive their