The Sun.
London, England, 1835-07-03 00:00:00

BUCKS SESSIONS.

AYLESBURY, July 2.
TRIAL OF SOME TRADESMEN AND AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS FOR

RESISTING THE OPERATION OF THE NEW POOR LAW BILL.

The trial of the agricultural labourers and other persons
who were charged with having created a riot in this county, in
consequence of the dissatisfaction that was expressed at the
operation of the New Poor Law Bill, having been appointed
to take place this morning, the Court, at a very early hour,
was crowded to excess.
Sir Thomas Fremantle attended as Chairman, and on the
Bench were several other Magistrates.
Goorlman, John Stephens, John Hearne, the
younger, and 'William Wilson, were first placed at the bar,
and charged with having created a riot at Chalfont.
Mr. Sydney Taylor and Mr. Birch attended to conduct the
prosecution ; Mr. Bligh and Mr. Maltby defended the
prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence, that a troop of yeomanry,
consisting of twenty men, had been ordered in consequence of
a disturbance at Chalfont to remove some paupers, and that a
crowd assembled, using threatening expressions, but all the
testimony of the witnesses failed to affect the prisoners.
The Jury retired from the Court at eight o'clock, and at
five minutes past nine returned, pronouncing a verdict finding
all the prisoners Not Guilty.
Loud cheering, clapping of hands, and stampinc, of feet
followed this announcement, which was answered bye a great
number of persons outside, and was repeated several times.
Seven men, named Young (fether and son), C. and J.
Price Cook, Buckingham, and Stonehill, were charged
with creating a riot, and assaulting a person named Grace.
Grace had been employed by the autorities of North Marston
to superintend the surplus labourers of that parish. The
prisoners, with some others not in custody, were proved to
have assembled on the 13th of April and driven Grace from
some land, on which they had been employed, into a pond.
While in the pond they flung stones at him to prevent him
from getting out, and when he did get out they severely beat
him. Three constables went to apprehend the prisoners, when
they were met by a party of about thirty men, armed with
spades and other weapons. Other assistance was obtained,
and the prisoners were secured.
The prisoners when called upon for their defence said that
they were willing to work, if Grace had offered them a fair
price for their labour.
They were found Guilty. Price and Stonehill were sen-
tenced to two months' imprisonment, and the other prisoners
to four months.

SUICIDE.-011 Tuesday night, about half-past ten,
the body of a female was discovered floating in the New River,
near Colebrook-row, Islington. She appeared to have passed
in a respectable station of society, being elegantly dressed in a
black silk gown, gold ear-rings in her ears, and two gold rings
on her fingers. The body was taken to Islington Church,
where it remains to be owned previous to the coroner's inquest.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—An inquest was held yes-
terday at the Middlesex Hospital, before Mr. Stirling, on view
of the body of John Conway, a shoemaker, who was killed in a
pugilistic combat, which took place behind the Eyre Arms Ta-
vern. The investigation, after lasting for some hours, was
postponed to give time for the apprehension of the principal
offender, the three men now ill custody having acted only as
seconds on the occasion.