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London, England, 1817-01-21 00:00:00

proved, therefore, to hare been on the Spot (proved
also to' have been"possesse'd of the stolen propel ty
So recently. after the felony 114(1. been comMitted);
there was abundant reason to' believe that he was
at guilty participator in the ontrages of that day.
The prisoner, Gunnel, who. stood behind, .was
dressed, in apparel draymant in
which occupation he bad actually been, having
'formerly beeti in the service of MeSsrs.. Calvert
and Co.: he was somewhat lame, ,and ,usually
walked with a bromu7stick : he wits among the
foremost of the mob at the house of Mr. Beck 7.
with, and, with his broom-stiek in his hand,. he
commence'd the' demolition of Mr.' Beekwith's
simp-Windaw, and was one of the persons prin-
cipally engaged in stealing . the arms ; the gun
which, was foundin Gitnide'S possession being one,
of those, which were taken from the , wmilOw
which was broken by Gonad. He also•provided.
himself with akin, and as the mob proceeded along
Newgitte•street, he was seen with it upon his
arm ; and that gun would be proved to have
been one (4.1 hose stdlen from Mr: Beckwith's'
shop. With respect to the pt isoiier
pettier, be would be proved to have 'been in
the mob at Mr, Beck with's house. He was
seen, as the mob were dispersing 1:01n Mr.Beck.'•
wit h"s, armed with a pistol in each hand, one of
the pistols lido,' larger' titan the'other. The next
day lie. gave the Jaeger. one to his mother-in-I,lw,
desii ing her to pledge it at ar pawnbroker's. She
accordingly Went to ii pawnbroker's‘ for that pur-
•pose, but notice having been given Jo ell pawn-
brokers, m consequence of the tonnber of fire-
arms stolen, desiring them to he c,lutious 114 v they
received such property, the pawnbroker refused
to receive the pistol. A Police °dicer was sent
for, a, upon innuiring'hoW the woman cane pos-
sessed or the pistol, it turned out that she had re-
ceived it fronttlit prisoner. The prisoner wits at that
time absent froin London, but upon bis return, ilia
few (lays after, he was quitioned uptin the s'ithject,
and it becamequite matillest ;hat he was collecl'itt!ti
in this with), transliction. The learned Cottusel said
he had now namedfour of the prisooerstvli would
all he proved to have .hceo in the mob, and every
one of whom had part of the stolen property; but it
Was not necessary to constitute the guilt of ki per-
son, that his hand should have committed the
e~tllytheft
t'll pusse~sic~tl of lielc"e of Prgitltre cltYllle
ansutf °itli!itiellaT-
:iftg ; but if it were proved, that a man has been
'on or near the spot at the time, and acting in for-
,therance of a common .porpose,:tlie_law would
'consider hint ati guilty of the offence, and as Much
.answei•able "to 'the law, as 'the very hand which
Committed the felony. A case which was familiar
to all,' and which may have occurred to the Jury
in the course of die discharge of their (hit y in
'this place, and wiiich was 'Certainly Olie float tre-
/rattly occurred, would bring tilk doctrine to.t heir
understanding. In he case' of 'three persons
indicted for comniiiting a burglary, the evidence
frequently was, that one. of the persons, equally
stole the ftOperty, the seeond• stood stt the
tloorto prevent interruption,' and the third placed
hlintel f at the corner of the. street, t,e give the
alarm upon the approach of the watchtnan ; and
yet the law considered them all as guilty of bur-
.glary j and lt,would be a monstrous proposition to
say otherwise.* There' would. be invent). of low
'and justice, if it were to he
..asserted fora mo.
rent, that there• was any difference in the Shade
of oili..he.t,yoo the aetual:taking of the stolen
property, mid the aiding andabetting the robbery,
In reason, in sense, ;,lief in, there was no
differencebetWeen'ttie, Coe of 'a Rmon who looks
nu, watches.the motions,,
persorrwho lnriusdhcalivicl.itsiplolin
and ttteTherefore,i'he case of the prisoner 1 looper
would not be less strong whets allTtliefacts are litid:
before the jury, than the casesagaitust the
loisotiOs, Ike traultl showdistinelly by several
witnesses,: that. Monet- was with the mob, armed ;,
And that he was seen eneouraging,them to the ut-
most of his power : part .eif there being within
plundering, ,theilonse, and the others without
receiving the elllls. as they were handed out.
He wits seen enemiraiisitig and 'abetting the
robbery; he himself being erased with a. brace
of pistols, which-were afterwards- found upon
him loaded, It would, be proved' that he •-waa
:feting as director or 'leader of the Raab; Oita
lie was making motions with his arni‘ and
signals with his body, to encourage his partisans,
in attacking the.shop ; and that, at, the very. mo.
merit when. One of them was britigiq arias ty
wholesale out of Mr. Beckwith's shop, he was a
conspietions lteNsoil and.rras seen standing oppo-
site the house, eneOuraiting and inciting the snob
in the perpetration of CoMr outrages.' But ittnight
be said, ",Can this man be proved guilty, when no'
one bits seen him take any arm& from iNalri.viiitecbk: wish's shop; and when no person has' heard tbs.' tinctly what he. said to
,the tnob ?"
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shown that he was not an accidental
,passenger,
and, falling in With the mob, stopped opposite
Mr, Beek with's 'house, trrini• Mere motives of en-
riosityi. No; that was- not•thefttet. Be Was goiLitt ng
,with the mob, and acted. not Merely in con Cert
with thent, but Was.,'in -fact; a lender.' lie would
not only slidw, that he proceeded to the'Royal .
change with the mob, wifere he sills taken into custody',- and the pistoltaoinul tipdn ; hilt that
he came s'eith'.that mob---that he assembled with
them at' the filace where they firs( ISlenibled--,that
he wailipon a waggon in ,Spa-fields, froni-whence
he spt:nnt,Wit h the ttttib, for the:purpose of cotif.
tnittlibg chili very critne-:--41,riit'he and Cashman were
standing togethee on,that wriggon,--that 'they ski
iant t(4geffier,at ti•;4 head of the snob, with that same
flag„ which was. the raliViog,standirrd; to the shop • Beckwith, and which they afterwards citi—
tied tOtheltoyal.Exeli'inge,.where it was taken by '
Sir James .titsawj ~and no standard, to be sure, tor
-a mob committing,plander, was ever more appro
lit•iate t--.--rr'titaitntc to feed the litingrY !"—" Troih
so protect *the oppressed .instiee to pu..
'wish brittle !"

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It would he sholen.'hy the. most in
evidence, that Cashman Kra tipbtier marched with
that' banner, and two Others that sierktidien from
1441, ki,n'Spa-fieldtr twilit.. Beckwith's house;.
and that which deinooitrated. a community
nr
pitrpoie in these persons was, that ;when Mr.'
Stafford, the principal clerk,ol Bow-street .ofiice,'
attempted to wrest from thou one of these stand-
a
arda, Cashman and Hooper tesimed tilt attempt,
and called upon the mob to rescue the person