The Sun.
London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

LANCASTER, Auoust RI.

TRIAL OF ANDREW RIDING, FOR 'TILE AT-
TEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SAMUEL HORROCKS,
ESQ. M.P.
Andrew Riding was indicted on the charge of having at-
tempted to assatoimate Samuel Ilorrocks, Esq. M.P. 'at Pres-
ton, in this county.
The prisoner was respectably dressed, about 23 years of age.
He is of an active and rather intelligent appearance. When
placed in the Dock he surveyed _the whole Court with a smile
Lon his countenance. Ms deportment never shewed any consi-
derable alteration during the whole of the long trial, which
!began at nine o'clock. - -•••-•
Mr. SCAULETT stated the case and detailed the whole of the
proceedings as expressed in the evidence.
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Samuel ilorrocks, Esq. M.P. examined by Mr. STARKIE :-
1 ;r was at the Preston parish church on the 27th of July last, it
being Sunday, and subsequently went to cell, upon Mr. Mi
my partner; it. was near one o'clock r. st. The road 4 went
was the coach road; there is a aide gate for persons on foot to.
pais to the house ; I was in the act of opening the gate when I
received a blow it the top of my head.- Having DO -$1114) Wass
I thought something had fallen down upon me. The first
' stroke was quickly followed by a tremendous blow at the baCk
of my head. Finding myself assaulted I.turned round on my
left'andsew the prisoner prepareirto strike again ; he exclaim-
ed, " you!"
The I'risoner..--31y Lord, may I be permitted to ask him one
question ?
air. Justice BArykr..--Not yet..
.Exatnimation resumed.--Thu prisoner struck again with all
his force, and [had just time to lift up my left arm ; he atrock
three if not four times after that r I think six or seven bloWs in
all ; the concluding blows struck me on diffineut partied' my
arm, and one within my left hand ; I believe I. had knOtked
the cleaver out of his hand, as It tiew about two yards front
him ; he made an effort to take it up again, but I rushed for.
ward and got, possession of it ; he then looked round almtit, as
if for another weapon as I thou ht, but perceiving none lie
made oft'; I cried out to the people to stop him, and be was ar-
rested before he had got out of Any sight; he was then taken
aomewhere ; 1. went into Mi.' Miller's house, bleeding profuse..
ly; I had possession cut'. the cleaver when the „prisoner was
taken; but I subseqtiently gave it 'away to whom I do not
know 4 owing to the contusion
m in which was thrOwn by ,the
attack. •

The following letter was then handed to Mr. Ilorivcks,
stated thathe t'eceived'h on the 4th of April last. It. continued
in his ixissession ever since. It was anonyulous
" Sir—lf you do not advance the Wages of cotton-spinners
at least 20 per cent., you may expect your life to be taken
away by a cotton-spinner from Manchester. You was the
cause of the falling of *ages of Preston. Preston spinners
are working wore that 20 per cent. under Manchester, and I
understand that the spinners at llolwn and their masters 41r&
at difference about dropping the wages there; the masters offer
thew wore than you give, but I hope thee will be obliged to
give thew the same as thee had before. Thereare many cotton-
wasters who deserve to lose their lives, but you are, it is said,
and I helieve it is true, the worst of them all, . therefore your
life must go first, andllie next in rotation."

The letter hadthe Mtuieliester post-mark, "April 3, 1ik13,"
and was addressed, " Sainuel Ilorrocks, Esq. M.P., Lark-hall,
Preston, Loncashire."
Cross-examination of Mr. Ilorrocks, by Mr. JON Its—l never
saw the prisoner before in my life to my recollection ; there
existed no personal quarrel of any kind between us; the hour
of people returning from church on Sunday Is necessarily a
very public time of the day, but I wish to observe, that Just
at that moment there were not many in the street; ,it was not-
withstanding a public time enough ; I did not observe the pri-
goner following me, indeed -I did not think any one was near at
the moment; I was walking very glow; the attack upon me
took place within of all the Windows in front of the'house;
it might be seen by any person who was at a window, for it hap-
pened as I entered the front gate ; I never heard, however, that
any person observed it in Mr. Miller's house, but I understand
it was seen from a window in another house; it must have been
within the view of the windows of=several houses, and of some
Cottages ; after I got possession 131 the cleaver, tNie prisoner
seemed to me as if looking about for another weapcin ; he was
arrested within my sight ; I did not hear him say, " take me,
take Me," after he got some yards ; I thought he endeavoured
to run on, and.not atop, when he, was stopped ; I was nntloubt-
. edly astonished at the attack ; I can't say that the 'Prisoner look-
ed wild at the moment, but he was certainly very Curious. At
the instant I could not suggest to my own mind any motive for
such an attack ; there occurred, two years last spring, what is
called a tern-out of the spinners, but that had been settled, and
I am not aware of any recent disagreement between the mas-
ters and the men. 'When that disagreement took place, it was
not limited to any class of operatives, but was general against
all masters; I cannot say how many masters were affected 1
by that quarrel, perhaps fifteen or sixteen difierent houses.—
The letter alluded to in my direct examination I received in
April last. I did not know it was written by the prisoner until
he acknowledged it, and until I coMptired it with the letters
the prisoner has written inc since the assault. The moment
that letter was put into the hands of the prisoner in my bed-
room, on the day after the assault, he acknowledged it to be his
hand-writing.
The Prisoner.—hid you sea the letter,put into my hands
Mr. JosrEs—Prisoner, I -beg of you nut to interrupt my
examination.'
Examination resumed—The prisoner had certainly the letter
long enough in his hands to see what the Chericter of it was.
'lle admitted' it to be his in these Words t—S, It is coy hall&
and I put it,into the poet-efilee'at ,Manchester.' The
Kite where I was,Sl4ttilked is ‘11)0 yards from the Ghttreh*,antl
along the public street. I stepped a little in the street,' • ex-
Jiecting tc meet' Mr: Miller. "The IttOppage alipwetilhe crowd
ito disperse, 'so that'l cannot sky that maay persons were near
at the time of the attack. The cleaver could be concealed in a •

moo's Coat pocket. When the prisoner was taken, I bean! that
he admitted gala Jo-lint-II the act, but 1 do not knowdrat of
my own knowleke, .as he was instantly taken out of my sight.
I cannot state nor conjecture any rea,son for the. attack, I be.
hove the pf.t.letter to he a Preston man, but I have no recollec-
tion of ever seeing him before. On the day after the assault,
the-prisoner was brought.to my bedside; I was then in d very
distressing situation from my wounds, but I don't know that
the prisoner exultA' at say situation. My *hitt and clothes,
'covered as thevVere with blood, were not exhibited to the pri-
soner in royliid-roont,, The prisoner watt asked there if he was
sorry for the act, his answer was, " No, I ant relieved." He
retrained in my bed-rodmiiininutes ; but I do not recollect
"that he said any thing-More. lie did not refer to passages in
Scripture in jnstification of his assault ; his: appearance mani-
fested no wildness of manner lie Seemed as fully Sensible of
what he was saying as any other man in the room. I did not
see him slime until Saturday in the prison. The cleaver was
blunt, but still it cute Ido not believe it received any, prepa-
ratory sharpening for use at the time.
Mr. Horrocks cross-examined by the prisoner—You have
told the Jury, Mr. ilorroeks, that after I struck you I said " I
would kill you ?"—I tutveanswered that already.
Prisoner,-,Aftet I struck you, did I not first look at your
head, and theii thrOw my-eyes upon the ground ?—[The pri-
soner gave here a motion of his headt to convey to the witness
.:and the Court the exact manner that lie assumed alter the
attack.] -
Mr. Horrocks—When the prisoner rose, after attempting to
regain the cleaver, lie then looked at me, as well as I can new
,recolleet, and turned round, as I thought, looking for another
weapon; not finding it, he ran away.
Prisoner—After I struck you, and that the weapon fell from.
me, you saw me close, doubtless ?—Yes, I did.
Prisoner—Did I not:then look first at yeti'. 'head, sad after-
wards look at the ground ?—I do nor recollect.
Prisoner—How long did the cleaver lay on the ground, think
you, before you took it up ?--A very few seeonds.
Prigoner— Was it not ao seconds ?—No, nothing near it, front
'first to last.
Prisoner—You did not see me endeavour to recover the clea-
ver before you grasped it ?—Yes, I did indeed.
Prisoner—lle so good, Mr. Horrocks, as to describe to my
Fiord and the Jury the manner in which you say I endeavoured
to regain the cleaver—pray do, Mr. Horrocks P—l can only de-
scribe it by stating that you went to the spot where it lay, about
two yards from where I stood, and that you stooped, as if to
take it up.

can you positiyely state that the cleaver lay more than one
yard of'?—l think, as near as possible, it was two yards.
Now, Mr. liorrocks, that is not an answer to my question.
Can you safely say it was more than one yard ?—Yes, certainty
it was more than one yard.
Did you attempt to catch the cleaver in your hands as it fell
front mine ?—! do not think it fell.; I think I was more iu
the act of warding off the blow which you were making at me.
You say you think it was so—then you only think you did
so ?.--That is all.

Do you think so now ?—Yes, I am inclined to think so now.
Prisoner—Hat ! then you are only inclined to think so ?
I, .11r. Harrods, think the cleaver remained there 30'seconds
and why do I think so; because I saw it lying therefor what I
suppose to be that space of time. I looked at it on the ground
several times, and did you not stand at the time with your legs
open?—
.I really cannot say how I stood at that moment.
Did you stand with one leg before and one behind ; surely
"On can answer that question P-1 really cannot answer who
such particularity,
Why you were in your sensed, vete yott not, Slr.. Ilorrocks?
I think I was.
flow many seconds elapsed' before you took itp the cleaver:-;
can't you say that ?—Six., perhaps.
Did you hurry to take it up P-1 made all the haste I could.
Did you mn, or walk, or fly? Mr. nor:kicks did not fly, I
suppose, to it is easy for you to say whether you ran Or Walked ?
`—l went as quick as I could.
Did not your hand tremble ?—Yes, it might. . .
Could I not have rescued it from god if 1 willed ?-4 think
you would have had great difficulty irtgetting it from me after
I got it in my hands.
flow did you then hold it 1-Ir:tally can't any ; but I held it.
Then you were perliapa oth °lvor mind?--I think not.
And yet you are describing what you .say I did. Did I, in
fact, make any etthrt to rescue that cleaver from you ?---/ think
you did.
Did I not ra
some time stand before you before you took up.
the cleaver ?—I don't think you did.
Npeak positively, Mr. liorrocks, end do not tell me what you
think ?—I don't believe you did stand still.
its you state' you Were in possession of your senses, can't
you, Mr. IJorruele, give a direct answer—yes, or no ?;.--f can
only ga,y, I think you did not.
Did T. not stay smite time before yeti, when you got the
cleaver, without attacking you ?--VeF.K
Did I remain so tWelVe seconds 'o:
Six seconds, Mr. Itorrocks ?.—I can't sa
Four seconds, good sir saycannot ; do not think it was
more thin four secontht.few seconds.
Was not four seconds a very short time to look about, as you
'say, for another weapon I,—lt was certain!y a, very little apace
df time.
Volt say I shifted my posture to regain the cleaver when it
fell; pray state how did. I move ; was it this way or that way ?
(the prisoner moving alternately to the right and the left.)—
Ytiur body stooped as I thought. • ' •
Did my feet shift? I have told you your.'s did,—l don't.
knoW.
Then you mean to say you saw all'my body move, but not
my feet ?—.l have spoken of what I saw.
Ily,virtne. of your oath, did walk or rue off when I struck
you—say -What I did--did I run ?-1 think you ran.
How far was I from you when you say I ran ?--Five yards,
perhaps,
• Perhaps less, Mr. tforrocks ?,.perhaps so; I cannot speak
to a yard.
I walked first, and then I rah ?.__l think you walked about
three yards before you ran.
Wes my object to commit wilful murder, mild I not have
get off much sootier P—l don't think you could.
Thetnisoner examined Mr. normal; very minutely as to the
manner in Which he, the priioner, opened Mr. Miller's gate.
—The object was to chew that if he were in , harry he could
have forced the door open by his. velocity ; whereo he had
opened it inwards.
The prisoner then adverted to a paragraph hi The Preston
Clironie.ie of the of Angust, which had represented, or in.
deed misrepresented, his conduct when brow slit into, the heti.
room of Mr. Ihiiiiscks. 'That paragraph alleged that the pri.
soncr had manifested no syniptom of feeling at 111 r. Ilorrocka's
condition;
„that, ,on the contrary, he repeated his determine.
tion to destoy him, When that Gentleman declared lie felt no'
ill.will to him, and added,, that he (the psis-ober,' Wortid have
rather seen him* a corpse. ,Nsitv, said the prisoner, did Iva' r.
Ilorrock4,. e'sprmt any such sentiments towards you in your
bed-room, dr yoti expreil'any such feeling towards me ?
Mr. Iforrocks—You did not, nor did I say any thing of the i
kind. ,

Anne hilbstcitie examined by Mr. ST kastr.--,s'a4. the wt..
M
saner,' whom she knew for Some years, fellow F. liorrocks in
the street of l'rettoo, on Sunday, the 27th of Ju he was
moving about tWci yards behind 31r. Iformeitti, with lac hands
fplaced his coat behind hint; she lot sight of theirs both
or about a minute; she raw rir. liorrucks go up tO Mr., hid-
ler's gate, and the prisoner after him ; she then pmeeeded to-
wards her own house, which" was nearer to 11`r.:11111er's gate
when sheanewttensattivtebfionthtosafwthethmemaga; .isoh. The prisoner was then run.alital got ten yards onward,,
tuns, very hard front the, gate t 'Mr. Ilorrocks was ti few yards
within the 'gate, .calling out, " stop that Man, mil, .iluo,,t, you
stop him, that is the man that has done it ?" ,The priumer
stopped, and said, "-take nte, take ine." ilc was tak-en by two
pers“ns who came up ( Mr. liorrucks held a cleaver m one
hand, and with the. other he supported his head ; he seemed
very much hurt, very much fatigued, all am4t wile in 4 flutter.
was'rh e
The ttnneeri.yaliscoad.loo ked very much agitated ; his appearance
..doss-examined by Mr. JONES..-The prisoner stopped of
his Own accord and said, " take
me, take me." Mr. ljontik,
14as-within a few yards behind him. If the prisoner had eon
any notice he must have see,n the witness; when he was gainft
towtinis Mr. Miller's house. After his apprehension, she dm
not' ear what paised. She was examined before the Justice ;
Miller.was present ;
she did nothear the prisoner threaten
Mr, Miller, or offer to take up any thing.

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Crimn.examined by the nrisoper.--Whe prixontr cotthi have
gone 4 m farther than w'herelte stopped; it he plensed, ne jig
his bark against_ the corner of the wall, lacing the opettiori ,
,(Church.titreet), and in sight or eveTY 14111 Y. Ile nutlfber,
vi
'ntirely by uktiee, and with no view of hiding hhnieht Alii
sow two men apprehend the prisoner, and he ma& no resist.

since or. atom to Bealet the men held hint by the arms, in
what Manner she could not say.
• Irt'answer to a question from Mr. Justice Bants.-, she
stated the prisoner might !cave escaped if he continued to run.
Thomas Heald *as at the window of his own house, which
overlooked Alr. gate, at the time of the attack ; he
saw the prisoner follow Air. Hort-ticks, who pushed in the iron gate (it opens both ways);' the.prisoner then ran at him with
his right hand under the aide of his coat, front which he then
drew a cleaver, anti struck Mr. Ilorrocka a blow on the top of
his head ; he repeated the stroke tin the back of the head ; Mr.
HeirroCks endeavoured to ward off the blows from his head
With his hand ; after repeating the blows, witness thought that
.the prisoner threw the cleaver at. Mr. Harrods; and that the
latter took it up from the ground ; the prisoner then attemptedto run away ; witness run cloven stairs, and by that time the psi.
soner had escaped thrpugh the gates, and seemed to stagger
against the wall in the earner, about 15 yards from the gates ;
witness with another person ran up to hint Mt. llnroicis,was
following, and cried out to seize the prisoner; ; witness ant In
and took him to Mr. Miller's. t
Cream-examined by Mr. JONES—The prisoner said, " Tolle
me, take me!" He was not inclosed within the corner, but was outside of it. 'prisoner seemed rather faintish, and
looked very pale ; he did not deny the act. Ile asked wit.
ness dire thought Mr. Iforrocks would die ? to which, when
'witness answered he thought not, the prisoner seemed' so say
'that he Would be sorry if he did not die. Witness did not hear
hint sat, that he had prayed to God to guide hint, or words to
that effect. He heard the prisoner say, when be was brougbt
into Mr. Milked house, that he had bid fur a ease of pistols,
but that he Could not make up sufficient su to puchase
them, es he meant to have shot boa th .Zr. Millerm anti Mr.r Ilot.
rocks. He said that he etpected Alr. Miller would hive been
at Church along with the Corporation, and then he would have
killed him. He had not expected to 'have met Mr. Thwack,'
that day, and witness heard him stibsequently, at the House of
Correction, repeat the same.
Cross.examined by the Prisonet—lllr. florrOcka had just
opened the gate and, entered when the prisoner attacked htm
the prisoner held the cleaver With one hand, and not with
both ; he might have struck a heavier
,blow with both hands it'
he pleased, and that Would doubtless be a more certain way of
killing ; the prisoner might certainly have struck Mr. Horrocks
while he was bleeding, across the legs, and then hit him where
he liked rif he had been a bold or a learned assassin, he might
have run round and struck Mr. Horrocks where the arm was
down, as he parried the blows with one Arm only ; it was while
the prisoner was behind Mr. Ilorrocks that he struck him on
the top of the hat, and on the hack of the head ; the blow 3
afterwards fell on his ants ; the cleaver fell cm the ground by
your throwing it in the way of aim at Mr. Horrocks ; witness
did not see the prisoner attempt to escape; he did not see lain
as if in rettrch of another weapon to do Mr. llorideks further
injury. .
In answer td a ittestion ktini 31r. intact BAYLEY, the, Wit,
nest stated, that if the prisoner had not stopped, but continued
to rtin he bed the chance of escape. It would, however, haVe.
been difficult for hit» to have evaded all pursuit. The prisoner
had been working with the Witimits she weeks heroic. He then
mentioned that he hart been working at Manclieater.
Edw. Leyland witnessed the running of the prisoner' out of
Mr. Miller's gate, and heard Mr. llorrocks cry " stop that
man." ''he prilo7ner *ls running at decent Speed, but he
rather failed when he came tip nearer to witness ; witness laid
haul of hint hilted before; when hilout a yard of witness, said,
" take me—take. me." He might have escaped witness by
passing him. The witness held him till .3.6. Horrock3 camel
down with the cleaver iri his hand. I
Crtisit:otarnined by Mr. JoNll4—'rlie prisoner- might have
escaped through a lobby if he pleased, instead of running
through the public road. In point of fact, he stepped up to
witness anti said " take The."' Witness then went home to
Mr. Miller's house, and to a number of people assembled there
the prisoner, avowed his determination, could he have pur.
chased piatole; to kill Mr, Miller and Mr. llorrocke. He said
nothing about having prayed to god to guide him. When the
prison et was taken to the lock.up.houae, he complained of the
irons which were put on his legs as being very cold. Witness
sew him on the Tuesday following in the !louse of etirre..
tiOn: Mr. Miller was there. A weight stood near him on his
lett hand. The prisoner said, " had I known that weight was
loose, .1 would have struck you (Sir. Miller) with it." It was
Sir. Miller Who ordered the weight to be taltrn Away, having;
observed the prisoner took significantlY at it for Wale minutcs.•
Cross-examined by the prisoner.—The prisoner might have
escaped by the lobby. lied he got to the cottages where so
many spinners were, he might Itave been concealed; 101 he Watt
he was soconneeted at the " turn out" with the Preston (info!)
Association. Witness was a little frightened himself at the
time, and did not know what the matter Was until be saw Air.
florrocks. Witness heard the prisoner observe, that he had
done good to the town by what he .attemptett. The prisoner
said his reason for wishing to kill Mr. Miller .and Al.r.
rocks Was, that they had dropped the wager. The words were,
that the, prisoner would have done so, not that he might have
done so had he been able to get the pistols. Witness, heard
Mr. Miller say, take the poker, and take care of hitn—When
the prisoner added, " aye, bring fire.thcivel and all." The
lady also said, when the prisoner asked for Watvr, that he
should have none, as lie did not deserve it ; but Mr. Millet,
her husband, ordered some for you.
Thomas Walton, the constable for Preston, produced the
cleaver. It was an ordinary butcher's clearer. ,The clothes
and - hat wore by Mr. Hotrods at the tints lie was' attacked
were also exhibited. l'he constable stated, that he received
the cleaver on the day of the assault, at Mr. Miller's lime, in
the presence of the prisoner. The clothes he got the day after;
Air. Horrocke identified the hat and clothes ; they were blood
all over. The prisoner mid to the constable, in answer to a
'question, whether lie was sorry or not for hie conduct ? that lie
was not sorry, at all.
In his cross-examination by Mr. 'loam, he repeated the
statement of the prisoner, as to hie deternonatitm to kill Mr.
.Miller and Air. Iforrocks, if he could have procured the pis.
tols, on the ground of their having dropped the wages of the
spinners. It the prisoner had pletteed, he might have selected
It more appropriate spot for the cotnmission of murder, thateat
Air. Milfer'e gate, in an open street, At a public hour when the
people were paesing from clinrch.
The Cleaver and clothes Were here aliewn to the prisoner but he looked at them without evincing any symptom either of
Alarm for the future, or of horror at the retrospect.
Hr. St. Clare, the medical attendant upon Mr. Harrods,
stated the nature of the wottoda ; there was a severe wound tut
the back of the head, it measured an inch and a. half in length,
and cut throUgh the scalp, and an arteryluttl been divided;
time outer plate of the bone of the tiftull had been penetrated by
the instrument whichhad inflicted the wound, and there was a
greAt OW of loral•intianatnstion ; term 11w left arm there were
four wounds---two cute anti two bruised.wounds, and there WAS
another within the left hand. The witness having looked at
the imminent, pronounced it to be one likely to inflict the
wounds disci-11)a, and also to inflict a mortal wound.
CMss.examitred by Mr. Jost le,—lle meant a mortal wound,
if applied betivilY to a mortal part. The instrument was not
particularly sharp, When lie last raw Mr. Ilorrocks, he felt.
that all the wounds Wert trifling, exempting the ono at the back
Of the ao ad. and even that he believed would not prove danger-
bus when lw first saw it; they were, now mairly healed, and he
entertained no apprehension es to the result ; he had not die.
tinetly applied Inmsellto the study of the diseases of the mind;
that branch of the science Was studied in many plates separately
from the general parts trf the profestion.
In answer to Mr. Justice Ilava.KY, the Witness said, that
such a blow as Alr. Home s received at the back of the head
Might have been dangerotie. The skull was not at all frac-
tured; it was the outer plate of the hone that was alone pene-
trated. Tim bone et the back part of the head was very strong,
Had the' inuet plate of the hone. been injured, the brain might
have been ietiously affected. et blow from a cleaver with the
one hand might have proved daogerous to the head, particularly
On the upper part. The hataird would be increased more in
that part, of the head than on the lower part.
Telmer, solicitor, deposed, that when the prisoner
was .shewn the litter already read, in Mr. orrecks's bed.room,
Ice was asked by one of the gentlemen present when he sant
it ? Ilia .arnewer was, " look at the potieenark." On the Tom.
day folloWing, when asked at the House of Correction why he
had not sharpened the cleaver ? be replieelohat his remelts wet,
that he feared that the people might have suspected soutethiog
Vile had done So, and his apprehenelon on that point WAS un-
derstood to apply to hie faille; and mother, with whom be re-
sided. 'When one of the witnesses concluded his examination
Were the Alagistratis, the prisoner was asked if whet wartstatetV
was correct ? " Yee," 4414 tie,, IA it is trite, 1 tried to *edit Ida
tdroll."
1 ' Claim-a
-examined by Mr. Jos/ea.—There was no' evidenceas
io the letter until the *timer volitritiered the aciinowkdsowent
and was allowed (very correctly to, *to what were its watentS.

Pritci Btvtxr cts

At the interview he did unt'd eof the iit;olo)titraiii be jeetiei
it; Ile said he was at that moment More. nestin.hts mind tlied
for the last few yelirs. The prlS6po 'did hot appear tohf jtt
liquor at all. (14 Tuesday, the It or duiy,lie hrolte out All
at once against Mr. Miller; lie atiehtledpartleularly ftc •
eicaminatiOn die Witnegatit, end in that partVeeStland'i de-
posit* in which lie Adverted Inthe-ptirchese, he Th.
quired whether Leyland said st butte, d cast, or pelt
tols ? 31r. ,Miller Was at the time seated helot to the Magistetele,„
al j the opPosite side of the Morn fretri the prietmei.. Ile etellitil
ed'On auddeii that'd' he hat, 'it Vino/ then he world shoot .
Miller, and that if ever ha was at liberty he '
lle ititi)eared tianquil while he nqeil-theee.Wortl;;; 'tata did
'exhibit the least alarm. 31r. Miller, whet smut otti-eSodons, -
lout a weight removed that was contigthatts to the prisoner. On
its removal, the prisoner said that he had been looking at
for smite time, and that if it had been oh his right instead
his left hand, lie wouldhave flung it at Mr: 311Ilat„ 'witch de:'
served it fer his reduction of tbo wages of the spiimete. Thee
stns sane incidental allosion to the turnout two .'iett,ts
whereupon the prisoner gave the whole history of the'carthitial.
tion. 11r. Iforrock's hat. was shewn to the prig Oner on,rto
31anday, and he examined it with the great6ht cookie '
There was no doubt that it Was within the power of the
soner to have selected roan/ more favourable oppertimitlei f‘ir
attacking Mr. ilorrocks than he adopted. Wttuess has not
seeo the father of the prisoner for 'tome time ; believes be is
DeWitt an horrible ,situation of life; he formerly had ea (Attie:
within the township: •
etoes-eitiniined by the Prisoner-7 The Prisoote at• Mine of
the examinations betrayed any syinntorns of Wiikittot con=
*Ocoee. At one of the exanimations he lt,toire.4 after Alr. Horroeks's
The
_prisoner here observed, that after the 41.1, Arai when et
Mr. Miller's house, the wire of that gentleman denied hint
glass of water. The husband said—Let him le tee it, poor man,
lie has only a short time to live. Ile wee then shoat to enter
on a review of the whole proeeedings connected with.libt treat-
tnent in the loek-u)s lnititse; when,his Counich Jones,
treated him to desist from general' observations.
The Prisoner—l beg that Online? tIT alltni the to annals' for myself. lie then proceeded to inveigh In Very strong lats.:.
page againat the treatment he ttfreted in the led". tip-licht•te
as to hie intrOduceon into the betlzchamber of Mr. httrock.s, 1 •
he declared he did not know whether Mr. Horroeks was lifing.
or dead, as he saw on the tied a White,Oullt and a white sheet,
similarly pladea,'loi if a Corpse watt laid not. A :11r. firenaliate -
asked him to look at :11r.Ilorrocks lying on his heti; aturdee'
elate whether lie wee not grieVed thr what he bad done ?
(the prisoner)' in answer to the question, said, " not much ei:-
that, Sir:" on which somebody, he believed Mr. Ilorrocki,
said, villain, yoti'll soon be made soy , you shall ano•
for whet you have "(lobe." These observatirrons irritated MMfr.
It appeared, from the further crosseexaminatiou of the Seii:
citor by the prisoncrethat he had never exulted in what he fish
done, and that the statements of The l'resiorl Chronicle were
false. The depOsition of Mr. Ilorrocks was read to the
soner. lie adulated its correctness, and that net in a careless
manner, but after hfiVing given it the.greatest attention.
I'lie Prisoner in en elevated-tone-4thr f not
,cettiplain of not
having been stritett with justice, that my beekcloth and !hates'
were taken trorn the?'
Yea you did, mid the 3tagiatrate told you, you should MINI kistice done you. A chair was then provided for you, and you.
appeared cornflitfaile.
l'he case was here closed for the prosecutioft, and Mr. Jut,-
dee BAT LE v• hiving intimated to the priettet that the 'tittle
tied arrived for hint to trot any thing he heti wished to ceitn;!:
municate, his Counsel being only alloWeil to examine wite•
messes.
The prisoner.replied, with a flan tone, that ho had MUChisi
oiler, much to dwell upon _.but the only difficulty, and he,
trusted hitt Lordship would' remove it, was where he was hi
begin. Am I,' said he, at liberty to begin When I fitit
celved the subject, when the thought entered; oy mind ; or
am I to begin at that time when the thought was put into
execution ? •
- Mr: Justice BAY Lria—You must not advise the ; it is not
yOur province. You have your own Counsel, anti consult with
him ; by so doing you wilt be better prepared to enter on your
defence. • ,
Prisoner—All I demand, or rather wish to" be informed of ix,
ant I at liberty to begin wher•e„ I like In the course of this
transaction ? '
Mr. Justice Iticel.xir-31'ost certainly where you like; tater
the advice of your Counsel, and take your own time.
Prisoner—Then, Gentlemen, t shall describe the Whole thing
from the beginning.
The prisoner resumed These are the facts. '!'ate tint arts
the thought occurred to Me of attacking Mr. Hotrocks,• wars.
the turn-out two years past, and nom Pattinw: iotte'er*,it;
continued to gain a tooting in my mina. raoth liorrovei.
and Mr. Miller were unknown to me personalty, lave r
every exertion sabiequentlY, both to know and see who NY
were; and die result of lily hiformatroii was, that they rivd
were the sole cause of the failing oil' in the wages* of the ittitie'
ners. Every thing I heard or .learnt added to that .renvitqlob.
I was then spinning for Mr. Kay. We were iii the habit or
wiking his manager, who redueed the triages IQ per cent. The'
unequivoial answer was, that itproceeded from ';11r, lberrOck ,11
at a meeting of the roasters. e were told that Mi. Nat. and Mr. Paley both objected to the NI, but stilt the fall took piner
—The manager told US what occurred at that tneetine cif Oki `
masters ; we foutathai many of the master, detlated (heft
would have been better for the Men to be thopt [reduced in
wages), for they were receiving nip Oni unittnon oats.'
non was, whe is the cause? The in:outgo, answered; ittsaid
times with a laugh', that Mr. Horreeks• was, and that it Witte:
agreedthat all the masters should lower as he did.' The letter,.
we all knew, there was little chance of. It was agketi by tete
whether. the nuutters allowed MH r. orrocks to be their head and
act as leatlerover them ? The manager laughed, but said no.
thing. After turning the subject over in our minds, we all
agreed to turn out, and to • resist it aecisitar which tore so
heavily upon us. The factory of Air. Itorreielts, as 'Welt
those of the other Masters, stopped, that, is, not that his work.
men deserted him, but because they would •Inet work in our-
room at Mr. Kart factory when we went away. We had -
two meetings at the Bream 31an, in Preston, where we agreed
to strike for the ten per cent. reduced'. There are resole'
latione in all factories, by which a workman is bour.d
to give the Mager a month's notice before he Anita. trip,
wheel, and nevertheless Ittr...Horrocks'e people were tarniag
off the 'Men without any notice at all, because- the mete
refused to. go to 'work aoother rectory, ma for .ow*,
refusing, there are at this moment some of dire., ~'tact, auditing
imprisonment fur two months in the lionise of Coireetion, ac
Preston. The men were determined, and stuck by their,reeo-
lution, and would not work for mime time. W. remsdned out
three weeks, and finding on she third week that Men.***
cured Promo come factory to work in another, some of tot,Went haeic
to our wheels at Mr. Kay's. It was mulct such
Stance's that we Judged it_preper to return. (ii 'emir return,
we understood that 'Mr. K.ay wished to tratuniue ua Apart,
and that he would take nu advantage of what any Man
• said. • But he estamined us in a body, as One might say,
He first questioned n man called Natior, anti said, "..Now do,
you deserve any thing, Naylor ? 11%u ought you to get fa?
your voyage ? You are a drunkard and au idle fellow, sod
shall have no loom here." Naylor cried, but Jir. Key added'
re So you went delegating amid borrowing money rot times,
people, and abusing Inc every where; for that you al ii toi
work here." Stxch was the treatment of Naylor. Thad castle
Wilson's case. Ile WaS ;that shoed and, denied work.- The
third man uStsti so was !lodges, and' he whir alto Milled
idle and drunken, although I solemnly believe (whatever -witf
the fact as to the other two) that Hodges had net drank • liquor for five months. It it not my, intention to say that
' he was never addicted, but I know that the MethodistS'(l
not belong* to them) got liehl of him, and he thence thtopt
liquor; for he himself told me that he would try how his isktY'
Would fare by giving it up fora year, and he was in thesiee
that tryingwhen Charge of drunkenness was emoireagainat
him. I know that he never, for some months, tasted'
pint of beer and, a* to epirit4e I well knew lie took tertti!..7t:
When I knew that, I wertrfetward .hlr. Key wits samgd
was true of thetnan at that present time., 'FOY Ato t 101011.1: ".
taunted by Mr. Nay, who stud, Oh soppeicitodgeol,,asty
more than, your shore of the subscription uttttw.r=t4....l.,f-,
teft-
ings, of additional gtass sly Or $7051... t4',7 efrlt 72/1.
I'Ve," 10 re gap ;do 1 deserve it hs,Prn reyouvar
it,thuitewitOort.
beta,.. '11'414 bribe roar 4111:An. tit be bribed gogi.4e;
pante, wny to you auppeake h;,
ca. won .by such mellow *am *0 rm.", nata
often told me I was the only honest and mitt Clke44l4E, sios4.!emi
in the factory. . was cllW ahy him ** hon'e'st man.,
•nnwwetwtli-Call roe .not a Math- for .1 tall riot uticta.
tweaw4oo- years of ege, war thus Air, &ay so mss,r uts", out g titimiriull, and ow a rogue; and acting thus at
the very time when all the masters had bound rat melees by,