The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-12 00:00:00

AYLESBURY, JAN. 10.

Mr. Justice PA RIC, in charging the Grand Jury, said
that the issuing of these Commissions was a must useful
measure, no man could doubt. The examinations which
they occasioned were, no doubt, of zipainful nature ; but the
interests of the kingdom imperatively demanded such a
course of proceeding. Nothing had appeared so strongly
to his Learned Brother and himself in Berkshire, as that
personal intimidation, or the yielding to unlawful de-
mands, tended very much to spread awl prolong the
mischief. The Learned Judge then explained, as he
had already done in Berkshire, that a person, when
attacked or threatened by rioters, had no need of a
warrant or of a peace officer, but may seize the offender,
either by himself or another, and bring him before a Jus-
tice of the Peace. He also repeated his denial that the
sufferings of the poor were produced by the oppression of
the rich, who, on the contrary, he said, generally speak-
ing, manifested a most remarkable sympathy for the
wants of their distressed fellow-subjects. The Grand
Jury were then dismissed, but the learned Judge called
them back, in order to inform them of what he considered
an important point—namely, that if any person refused to
he sworn as a special constable when required, according
to law, he was guilty of an indictable offence.
The Grand Jury then withdrew, and in the course of
the afternoon returned some hills into Court.

About half-pa,t five the Court adjourned to the follow-
ing day.

TUESDAY.
Thomas Blizzard, Thomas Bowles, James Hall,
David Lunnon, James Miles, William Smith, Wm.
Shrimpton, Richard Weedon, John Waldeck, and
William Bryant, were indicted for having, on the 29th
of November, at Chipping Wycombe, in this county, de-
molished, pulled down, and destroyed certain machinery
belonging to Messrs. Lane, and employed in the manufac-
ture of paper.
John Lane, examined by Serjeant Sronxs—l am a
paper-manufacturer. I have a paper-mill on a stream
called the Wye, about a quarter of a mile from High
Wycombe. The machinery which I use cost 300/. On
the 29th of November last, which was Monday, about
nine o'clock in the morning, a mob of about h 0 people
came to the mill armed, some with pick-axes, some with
crow-bars, others with sledge-hammers, small stone-ham-
mers, hatchets, and clubs. The prisoner, Thomas Bowles,
came to the window and asked our machine-man to open
the door. Bowles had a hatchet. The machine-man
said he should not open the door, Bowles then said "We
will force it open." I fastened the door to keep them out.
They then began hammering the door with sledge-ham-
mers, and continued for three quarters of an hour. At
length they got in. There were with me my brother and
four other persons, amongst whom was the high constable.
Our party threw vitriol over the mob as they forced their
way in. e also fired with guns from the inside. When
the mob got inside they began to break the machine with
their sledge-hammers, pickaxes, and hatchets. They de-
stroyed it in about 20 minutes. I saw Weedon and
Shrimpton breaking the machine with sledge-hammers. I
saw Hall in the mill, but not doing any thing. I cannot
identify any of the other prisoners. Shrimpton was
marked by the vitriol which had been thrown. This pri-
soner was a grey-beaded man, and although his age was
set down in the calendar as 40 years, he appeared at least
60.) Other evidence was adduced, after which
The Jury found all the prisoners Guilty, with the ex-
ception of Bowles and Bryant.

Thomas Blizzard, Thomas Fisher, Edmund Win-
grove, and John Sarney, were indicted for breaking a
threshin-machine, belonging to a Mr. Langeden, on the
29th of November. Blizzard pleaded guilty, althotigh
warned of the effect of that course. The other prisoners
pleaded not guilty, but they were all proved to have taken
an active part in the destruction of the machine.
The prisoners were found Guilty, but the Jury recom-
mended them to mercy, particularly Sarney, who had
received a good character, and had not been so Active in
the outrage as others.
Joseph Fowler, Cornelius Turner, Stacey Jarvis,
Francis Tack, Elijah Cowell, and William Hi
dlesden,
were placed at the bar, with twelve others, charge with
breaking a threshing-machine.
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own recognizances. The six above-na
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tried were ordered By the advice of their Counsel,
to be imprisoned for two months in the House of Cor-
rection, and then discharged.
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All the prisoners pleaded Guilty, with the exception of
Goodson. With regard to him, Mr. Gwtrrity, for rea-
sons which he said it was not necessary to mention, offered
ne svidence and he was acquitted. The Learned Gentle-
man then said, he would become a bumble suitoi to the