The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-28 00:00:00

SENTENCE OF DEATH ON THE PRISONERS FOR

HIGH 'fitEA-S-6R.

This Morning, as early as eight o'clock, the
body of the Court was much crowded ; there were
but few persons in the gallery. At 20 minutes
past nine the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of tl►e King's
Bench, the LOUD CHIEF BARON, ond CHIEF
JUSTICE DALLAS, together with Mr. Justice
BesT, and Mr. Justice RICHARDSON, entered the
Court.

Mr. Bttows, the Governor, immediately gave
directions for bringing the prisoners into Court!
After some short time the prisoners made their ap-
pearance in the custody of several officers ; they
were all double•ironed, except lags, who has
been excused on account of illness.
Arthur Thistleautod being put to the bar, was
addressed in the usual manner by Mr. SHELTON,
that he " being convicted of High Treason, what
had he to say why he should not receive judg-
ment to die, according to law r' The prisoner,
who appe,tted perfectly composed, commenced
rending a paper, not couched in the most respect•
lot terms, in which he arraigned the conduct of
the Gentlemen conducting the prosecution, and
also that of the several witnesses; in one part of
it the Chief Justice ABBOTT told him the Court
was sorry to interrupt a person in his situation,
hilt they could not sit there amid hear assassina-
•iw. openly juetifird.

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William Davidson. (11,e man of colour) was
nex, ; he protested al :Hills, the verdict in tut°.
James ings tv s called °pun in the like manner ;
lie dot I,of , however, sad lunch.
On Julan 11/40mas &tint being put to the Bit.,
he commenced x long speech, in which he ad-
"lilted flit, if was his to ossAssjoile his
; be then Floce.ded to argue

upon the illegality of convicting h frO
him of -10
Treason ; he spoke in terms of great bittetoeo
against the witnesses on behalf of the prosecooo
and was proceeding to impute dishonesty to
of them ; the Court told him that could not belp
lowed; if what he stated was true, it ought o
have been brought forward on the trial.
Richard Tidd, John Wilson, John Harrison, B
chard Bradburn, John Shaw ,Strange, and Jaisei
Gilchri-t, were then severally brought to the 136t'
and when the usual question was put to the°
they merely said that the witnesses had mots
falsely against them.
The Lotto Cuter JUSTICE of the King's 12
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having placed the black cap on his head, Pre:
seeded to address the prisoners, and calling 01'
the names of the first five, he said :
" Pri,oners, you have severally been tried and
found Guilty of the crime of High Treason, to
levying war against his Majesty, to compel him to
change his Government ; one of you, Eirthet
Thistlewood, said you proposed to call cerfAie
witnesses to contradict the testimony of oneofthe
persons that were evidence for the Crown. The '
• Learned Counsel that had the conducting of yoo.f,
defence did not think proper to call them, hut u
he bad, it would have been an improper time;
the offence, however, of which you have heel
convicted, has been hilly proved by other wit'
nesses. Some of you have thought fit to say much
of a person • that has not been brought forwards
but this Court could only decide on evidence.
From all that has appeared in the course of these
trials, and the avowal of some of you that it wag
your intention, by the deliberate assassination
of 14 persons, to assume the whole Government of

the Country, the Gentlemen of the Jury by whoa'
you have been tried, must have beet) Stitisfied that
this was your object after having committed
the assassination alluded to. Some of you have
thought fit to acknowledge your offence, and cast
yourselves on the mercy of your Sovereign. Should
your lives be spared, you will show your gra-
titude, by obedience to the Laws, and by.cominct°
ing yourselves as good and faithful Subjects. It
appears, that the present situation in which you
are placed, has been caused by the reading of is...
religious and seditious publications. Men never
forget their duty to their King and their Neigh-
bour until they have forgotten their God and Re-:
ligion ; then the heart of man becomes inflamed.
and he is the Fit instrument for the accomplishment
of the worst of crimes ; such persons ►oust, how•
ever, be brought, by the example made of yost,
to know that they will consult their own safety by
putting a proper restraint on themselves."
The Learned Judge then, in the most solves
manner, exhorted Thistlewood, Brunt, Tidd,
vidson, and logs, to make the best use of the
short time they had to live in this world ; and
proceeded to pass on them the awful Sentence of
the Law as follows, repeating the names of the
prisoners :

" That you be severally taken from hence to
" the place from whence you came, and then be
" carried on a hurdle to a place of execution, and
" theme severally hanged by the neck till you "re
" dead, your heeds to be severed from
" dies; your bodies to be divided into fourquarters:
" triod to be at the disposal of his MAJESTY ; 11110
" the Lord in his infinity nave mercy on your
" souls.'' yolir bo-

The Prisoners were then taken from the Bar,
apparently nor much affected.

MR. CLEMENTS, PROPRIETOR OF THE OBSERVER•
This morning, on the State Prisoners being
taken out of Court, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
stated, that a person was ordered to attend to an-
swer for a disobedience of the order of that Court,
in publishing the proceedings of the late Trials for
High Treason, before their conclusion ; upon
which the name of Mr. CLEMENTS, the Pro-
prietor of The Observer Sunday' Newspaper,
was called three times by the Officer of
the Court ; he did not, however, answer:-
The Learned Judges on the Bench, after some
consultation, adjudged, by Chief Justice ABZOTT,
that Mr. CLEMENTS should pay a Fine of Five
Hundred Pounds to the KING, and that the Ar-
TORNEY.`GENBRAL should issue an attachment for
enforcing the payment thereof immediately.