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

IRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

:4e inquest Robert72'—uy is at
ro
the length terminate, y a
,Justifiable Homicidell. Fm the feeling dispdlabyed
• nrst, in he
i'esses,
utquestions put by the jurors to
verdict.'th
e
red in some manner prepared for the ''jarY tack
'Peosted. ed to their verdict a string of reasons utterly
s;cl, Ru„belit naYc.uthneyeevaimdeence. The evidence of the manner in
dui by his deat that of a female,
milton, who stated thatwhile the policeman was to her
71the ria„,,, advising her to go home, she saw a man proceed
hand and rush towards him, with an instrument in
tsr' "clainen „
„ said g, I shall do for the ," The
cliorp,n,"‘'9 did not believe the evidence of this woman,
never
other
Police with having tutored her. There was,
itonlan Mer evidence bearing on the death of Cully. If
Ltotee 40,
was not deemed a credible witness, the jurors were
7e conjecture. However, they chose to leave the
Laobest elleoUsiness of inquiring into the cause of the death
GovernmeuY, and to consider themselves justified in trying
ect44eted t, the magistracy, the police, and all who were
IL_ of t,,'„ the meeting. "We find," they say, " a ver-
act,"‘nable Homicide on these grounds—that no
deper was rea
tkit, d, nor any Proclamation advising the people
le„,,otet, at the Government did not take the proper pre-
th7lieteißrevent the meeting from assembling, and that the
tilrtrieople.'ne Police was ferocious, brutal, and unprovoked by
I is, Govele)," t
will we moreover express our anxious hope that
the -'en
ketr e recu in future take better precautions to pre-
eepolite rrenee Of such disgraceftil transactions in the
llthetlie Jur This verdict, the Coroner, after a long contest
ee,.,.tstede,Y, Was, however, reluctantly obliged to receive.
litee p:_e_r of Cully should be discovered, of which there
tiVtookr.‘usPect at present, the verdict of the Coroner's
io the not Prevent his being tried; and we have that
good sense of Englishmen, that if the evidence
4:ct
thveerdi,,,
guilty would be obtained. But still the
teeli.tillateds",°roner's Jury will, we fear, work mischief, as
,rely a L° encourage a delusion which prevails but too
e, 5 Riot 42ong the people, especially the populace, that
a4er ',et be read no meeting, however illegal, and
saZJbe.etionable the purpose for which it has been
Elt 0,4 dispersed. No sane person can doubt that the
rp bette_
•Indeed the Foreman, in the alterca-
! otieeT, the Jury and Coroner, said, We all of us
'W:5d we °Pinion about the impropriety of that me,et-
b slleat are far from liking mob meetings."
tOlice,b,etd, also, that " they blamed the Government and
°he hti cause they made no attempt to prevent the meet.
men upon the ground in the morning, or
,'selPtl'::etta4la''tidereesd
of a Magistrate, would, in our opinion,
h.ptakttlre.; any meeting." We are not now criticising
,
tZsli ei"ii (4 the Government with respect to this meeting.
act with snore coolness and tact than another. It
ineigh, at by occupying the ground in the morning, a
'6;144 have been prevented. It is always prudent,
\vitt, :len,. the people do assmble illegally, to disperse
tjr,Cyto'ps little violence as possible, because violence has a
%,hatt a dr(kl, Uce violence, and it is not desirable that the
~aont,„t,"e idle, drawn to such places without any mis-
'nee. should be unnecessarily involved in scenes of
a„"t upon the supposition most hostile to the Go-
thei "1' the Police, with respect to their mode of exc.
I•4l:llll,4lle'idd_UtY., we say confidently that the verdict of Justifi_
tqi sel re,' would be utterly indefensible, even if Robert
Ntitat the
his death'wound from a man whom he was
'h tseet• e time. It is new to us, that men attending an
ing
tiej,,ataytt after having been warned of the illegality, in
tiCtilli,°° stating the grounds of the illegality, are just if_
14,144, the authorities of the country, employed in dispers-
-0,te44.1ns sort of doctrine would throw us all into anarchy
t„,lother,'°°' The law exacts implicit obedience to every
th' With its authority. Were a man to be at liberty
fit la: execution of the law, because it was not to his
kitttl out would soon be at an end. The Constitution has
recall means by which those who abuse their authority
le,;')ge,;"`e to account ; but this is very different from con-
t,lte the irY Mail a judge between himself and those who
Vletiyaw, and justifying him in resisting them. The
,islothetierto has been in England, that the lowest constable
ofiii With the King's authority, while acting in the exe-
c te that' nth
and that, however improperly he may
W„ "Uty, parties are not to take redress into their own
VNist; tl°St,the good sense of the people will lead them
;al,'aY, ,the monstrous doctrine involved in the verdict of
Nl' ishat is enough to demoralize a whole kingdom. Good
'4lltlead, a state are we in, if any set of fellows should per-
\ hithTg illegal meetings, in defiance of the prohibitions
to st authorities of the country, prepared with
4' the rsist to the death the men employed to
'aw into execution against them ? During the
4 kbeit re Presentation was virtual, and not real, the
erlbut even then such a demoralizing doctrine would
liiett:7 countenanced in private by the warmest friend
would have been felt that it is better to put up
.4i,litir,-`4lses,than to destroy that without which men can-
tha- society. We protest we never heard it maintained
fa, men could be justified in resisting the meanest con-
ettt4Prpeaterixiatmofeant
Izt es, in resisting him with lethal weapons. But now
want'tt of responsibility is at an end. This
e , may be a good or a bad Parliament, but
!element chosen,
~Toa 11e, A nby men identified
th great majority of the present Parliament fairly
Ste e People. If abuses take place by men clothed with
411!‘i if the conduct of the police be brutal and savage, the
&taw are open ; Parliament is open to keep these courts
.tl3. But if, instead of having recourse for injuries, real or
'l,ll4tii the courts of law and the legislature, we justify men
St4l‘teto. Men who execute the laws for their mode of execut-
!k,, thtt",e thereby pronounce civil war justifiable. We
chief We look on this verdict as fraught with all manner
N,iett'y It behoves men of property and influence in
,1\ Serer) look about—to make head against this evil in
N.l tioctr.Y they will not look tamely on whilst such pest'.
Vgsi, Mes are afloat. It is always advisable to make
et any evil in time. We say, then, that men of
tine ",q, influence should at once pass resolutions ex-
ett thmeir sense of the pernicious tendency of this ver_
eY hesitate, they will assuredly repent it. We are
k'ipb.teelo°l the liberties of the people—we wish to see
ltijtet„,_-ved•—we wish to see, what we trust we shall see,
'a4sto Cm, in Church and State; but we do not wish to
&''',l,i'',,t'r,,e)(ereising dominion over us ; we do not wish to see
,11,Nt:,,"Pled on, and Juries openly promulgating to the
-'‘e4 may resist the authorities of the country—that
:11141 ',114 themselves against the authorities and wage
N1:-ethenl. We are'lovers of liberty, and therefore we
:kt,4 to tt' of anarchy. if these demoralising doctrines be
take root, there will soon be neither liberty nor law
11411't This verdict, trifling as it may seem to some, will
tobernue-spot to us, if not instantly reprobated as it
Aforning Chronicle.
'4,tinti,t` of the Coroner's inquest in the case of the mule
:tO4, it:lan will excite little surprise, and will generally,we
RG ke e deemed of little importance. The jurors in this
4114' t hey
41 to have fallen into two capital errors. In the
eNt
it
igave such a scope to their inquiry as of neces-
,'l•Lese „ •ong, difficult, and complicated ; anda, in the
``PPear to have indulged and cultivated temper
0141,'ea,i,,, of mind which, had the inquiry been the
Iqk'4Ve ieh 2at, and simplest ever confided to human intellect,
,ade it impossible for them to arrive at any conclu-
;7etlioe'°tild have satisfied the calm, temperate, and impar-
,Ntlie lr Mankind. The attempt to investigate by evi
pe general conduct of a confused mob of several
hpOAle on the one hand, and of a body of
\,111)0.4,71__ Policemen on the
.other, was about as ra.
0-mertartul an enterprise as if these sagacious jurymen
Nlik).`ell to dive into every tap.house cabal which had
eng l°e,e Within the limits of this vast metropolis for the
~4'S‘ 4'4, and to collect accurate information of the
I,4tllLklieeersation which had been most prevalent at the
,tttt ipt. station-houses within the boundaries assigned to
al°ll of force, during the same period. Then as to
re it-,`!0i.,,.°d faculties which these men brought to the in_
, "e think we do not go too far when we say that,
isf,„ their
settled purpose to bring the ancient institu_
t pu,„2 Inquest into contempt, nothing better adapted
t211:4 11ti'dse can be imagined. The verdict of such a
t
canna from an inquiry so irregular, desultory, and
tlhec °t of course go for any thing. In this respect
jteoe,t,t,°,ltt. ered rather fc4 tunate than othconserwi
se that the
te f ng this inquest have made so incuous a
to, tieit'„ and intemperance. If they have done nothing
ok.llo of",er can they have done anything to obstruct
tpLl ttioh3nstice. It is certain that a peace-officer, in
Yit °f his duty, has been deprived of life by the
distiee. The chief actor in this scene of blood
eib,"°vered if it be possible. He must answer
lifhtid4 to :11,11 somewhat different in its character and con-
or any other Coroner's inquest for the deed
• • • the public
sham
Public justice erne
thi it fist dt
be important to thends safety This of the metro-
' rik% anal 4Cotild not be left without any efficient police.
hptil the4t, Of the most active efforts to discover the homi.
kale, mst searching inquiry into the circumstances
aish -rid> we will add, the most rigorous application of
Cte t inquiry,may appear to
'her, what, after such
'Veq",atlew-tter of his offence, will be equivalent to a sen-
,i'ell;','on 4'l' against tbe whole body of the police, and
'ethp Ith 4,1"' authority, that they may be slaughtered, not
lesi,
of deatrPunity, but with honour and applause, to the ruf.
ti reps
ache}, them. The police must be protected by the
the hot be expected to act with zeal, vigour, or
F,:l,e,tteli,,a-e,Protectors of the community. It cannot have
tat oe'catshat of late years Coroners' Inquests have
, are I°ns arrogated to themselves functions for
;10 ; from their constitution, signally unfit. In-
' the parish temporary office to the discriminating' selection
'eking
an Constable, and required by law to render
5
ledividaccount simply of the manner in which
tll4 iotons de,thal,
elate one of his Majesty's subjects,
fashiebt the inquests have, since Sunday schools
ttia,tY taken' , and their members can generally read
ktoes,,,-ll be C it into their heads to imagine that no
tgio. ahe • °° large, or delicate, or complex for their
q at tIY '4 Casesof
, elunte riot attended with bloodshed have
et se, ot`rits sherd their services to determine upon the
,41;id a .thQ 1(445 kibltihcefasserablage, and the general conduct, not
ove,_ orce employed to disperse or control it,
"ment by which that force has been employed.
asatimPtion
tve -s; - When, ~ may gratify the shallow vanity of
iii y we _ parish constable has dignified by a
_et co._ venture to say that in no single instance has
..tribut,,, to
,the Pea:' the wholesome ends of public
0 • one 2, welfare, and security of the commu.
'5l 4'914 °st.
ye., st .
°Ltrua," the bod„ of
after.. Cully, the policeman, termi-
"°on, land a verdict was brought in of