The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-21 00:00:00

Foreman.—lt was all on one side.
CORONER—Why the police did not stab.
Foreman—Mr. Coroner, we are all unanimously of opi-
nion that if they had acted with moderation, the deceased
would not have been stabbed. The woman who swore
otherwise, we do not believe. It is plain she was tutored ;
and the little girl who was brought up to tell us that she
saw the stab given—young and ignorant as she was—was
still artful enough to keep back the important fact that the
man who stabbed the policeman was violently assaulted
first, as she acknowledged when I pressed her in cross•
examination.
The conversation was here suspended for a very long
time, the coroner and jury sitting in silence. Some per-
sons left the room, and some one, in a very loud voice,
explained to the crowd outside the house the nature of the
discussion going on in the inquest-room, together with the
terms of the verdict. A cheeting the most extraordinary
in vehemence and duration of any that we ever heard was
immediately raised. It lasted more than a quarter of an
hour, during which nothing that was attempted to be said
by the coroner and jury was audible in the room. When
it ceased,
The Foreman said, in the name of my brother jurors, I
have to repeat, that we have considered our verdict, and
that it is the only one in which, upon the evidence, we
should feel ourselves justified. Let me refer you, Sir, to
the testimony of Mr. Goore. You will recollect, Sir, the
treatment which he received, and the remarkable expres-
sion he used, that if he had a weapon, he would have felt
himself justified in using it, and when hesaw how the fellows
behaved, he said, if he could, he would have cut their
heads off.
The Coroner was silent ; and there was much mur-
muring among the jury, and cries of "Dismiss us !"
One juror sa;cl, So help me God, lam ready to faint.
I have fasted from ten o'clock this morning. I have had
nothing but a glass of water. It is a shame to treat us in
this way. If you will not have our verdict, dismiss us ;
for if you keep me here for a year, I cannot with respect
to my oath alter that verdict.
The other jurors universally cried out, " Nor I, nor I."
CORONER.—Recon,ider your verdict.
Juror—You have kept us here an hour and a half to no
purpose. If you think we are unfit to give a sound ver-
dict, call a more able jury.
CORONER---Then this is your verdict, Sir?
Jury—Yes, yes ; the verdict of us all.
CORONER—SureIy you could give your justifying ver-
dict, and say that you did so for reasons peculiar to the
case; but it is not right to give this verdict, which is
slandering people whom you have no right to try.
A Juror—Our reasons we have given. They are in
that paper. If we say that it is justifiable homicide,
without that rider, it would appear that we approved of
any brutal fellow's stabbing a policeman in the ordinary
execu ion of his duty, and that we would encourage illegal
meetings. We will not consent to any such verdict.
Jurors—We will not.

CORONER—You throw all the blame on the police;
but what will you say of the people who stabbed them ?
This verdict goes to excite the people against the police.
You call them brutal and ferocious, and every epithet to
make them odious.

Foremin—lt has been proved in evidence that their
conduct wag such.

CORONER—I think the first part goes a great way,
without the rest, when you say that this homicide was
justifiable.

A Juror—l see no use in a jury, if one man can set
aide their verdict.

see great uge in juries.

Another Juror—Nell, Sir, it you talk to this jury for
melve months, I shall not consent to any other verdict.
All the Jury—Nor I—nor I—nor I.

ConoNEKLYour verdict only traduces the police and
the Government ; you are not borne out by the evidence
in justifying the murder of this man. Were the people
innocent who used murderous weapons, stilettos, blud-
geons, and lances, such as you have seen ?
Foreman—We state i❑ our verdict on what grounds
we justify the homicide. We do not traduce the police
❑or the Government. IVe trust that our verdict will pre-
vent the negligence and misconduct which have causal
the arms and heads of his Majesty's peaceable subjects to
be broken.

CORONER—Do you call them peaceable subjects ?
Foreman—lt has been proved that they were peaceable.
We will say no more, Sir; record our verdict, or dismiss
us.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from the jury.) We
have told you, Sir, we will not alter a letter. In regard to
our oaths, and to our duty to our God, our country, and
our King, we can give no other verdict.—( Vehement cries
of " Hear, hear," from the other jurors.) Let us not pass
any more time in this trifling contention, as we have
nesrly passed two hours. We have fasted since ten
o'clock this morning, and we protest against twig treat-
ment. If you will not have our verdict, please yourself, as
you have the power. Dismiss us, and procure an abler
jury; and let God and our country decide between us.—
(Cheers in the room, re-echoed from outside.)
After a consultation of some length, carried on in a low
tone between the Coroner, his clerk, and Mr. ➢l'William,
and the foreman, the Coroner directed the verdict as
originally put in, to be entered on the record. The de-
positions, inquisition, and record were then completed and
signed.

-[The exact words of the verdict thus recorded are stated
above.]
The CORONER said, " Gentlemen, I consider your ver-
dict disgraceful to you : but I thank you for your great
attention to the case."

The Foreman, bowing, said, "We thank you, Sir." s
Hereupon a number of persons in the roam, which wa
crowded to excess, exclaimed " Bravo Jurors; you have
done your duty nobly, the country is indebted to you
which was followed by the most vociferous cheering in the
room, re-echoed with prodigious vehemence by the crowds
outside. As the jury withdrew numbers of persons
pressed forward and shook each of them eagerly by the
hand. In the streets, as they passed, they were cheered
by name, but the police were booted.
It was some time after eleven o'clock when the pro-
ceedings terminated.

The public cannot form any notion of the number cf
persons wounded, or of the extent of injuries received,
from the evidence that has been taken. The termination
of the inquiry, without further examination, is a great dis
appointment to upwards of 30 men and boys, and also
many women, who were i❑ attendance from the com-
mencement, to exhibit to the jury broken heads, arms,
and other injuries. As several applied urgently to he ad-
initted to give evidence in the course cf yesterday morning,
it is presumed they mistook, or did not understand the
meaning of the Coroner's proclamation.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, ALdr 20

On the Earl of SHAFTESBURY taking his seat on the
woolsack at five o'clock,

Mr. CLAY, and others from the Commons, brought up
the York Market Improvement Bill, the West Moor (So-
merset) Improvement Bill, and other private Bills.
Lord SEFTON presented a petition from Manchester.

Lord LYNDIIURST presented a similar petition,
signed by the same number of bankers, merchants, trades-
men, and others, of Norwich.

The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a similar pe-
ition from another place, the name of which was not
leard.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Chichester (we believe) against the General Register Bill.

Earl BROWNLOW presented a petition loom Bolton
against the Local Jurisdiction Bill.
The Earl of HADDINGTON presented a petition from
certain medical practitioners educated at Scotch Univer-
sities against the prohibitory provisions of the Apothe-
caries Act, as applying to them; also a petition from Dr.
Vetch, of the Charter House, praying that the pupils of
physicians may be admitted to examination by the Apothe-
caries' Company, as well as the apprentices of apothecaries.
The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from
certain D6senters, praying to be relieved from the forms
of the church in marriages, registration, and burial.