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London, England, 1820-07-29 00:00:00

bujilk\i Affii.A.Y.:

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- 'lnLe 27.
4 ANCE-LE-STER SESSIONS=
THE KING V. SAMtlit ‘tIiEETITAM.
This was an indictment for drinking, Seditious
Toastsand nsing other Seditious Language.
to be against
i Mr. LAW stated the indictment
the defendant for saying 4
"'the last clothes you
the 24th of April,
to the soldiers, " Those are
shalt wear. You will
Bever
, proclaim another
King George. D the —n King. May the skins
I,ne torn off the b - - bdtclibrs, to serve for Re-;
icirrnerS to beat to arms."
Mr. COLTMAN stated the case,—
Heintroduced it
3llsb : y a
wa sew previous observations, stating, that
!atii the first of a series of prosecutions re-
ng to certain (.1.
of- April
isturbance.s, which had take!
Place at Oldham, on the Roth and 25th
of the
just. It was well known that this
country had for some time bectelndhianman•agitated
been
had
part _
stat of political feeling ; and Particularly remarkedstate .of
for a
and
The
I law.
Pend to subvert all government conduct
Iv.rds were spoken by the defendant to the sol-
diers at that time. The words were particularly
of
; and it was-the bounden, du‘ tiyotoief. IfGo-
ernment to notice them as they naa a
'. Hy supineness were shewn by Government in
P
rosecuting for such offences as
these, all would
300 n be confusion. The Learned Counsel then
detailed the facts, which appear from
the wit-
nesses' examinations:
Guards. On
.1 J?sepli Lambert, corporal in the 7th Dragoon .'e With April, the day on which the Dragoons t'went to the White
t'lmour of the King's birth day,
.witnesscorporal, and Earecin pris.atet,
ont had firer!,
.in
Irlvreorrse public -house; Moore, a
thesa
OC t V'th "n ; Eaves has since left theregimentseveral people
of
were
t cwt in the house in the first room;
.s,ve :.iti, sixP more
.e
Clthere
vrere there ; Cheetham was there , n
; waness with his companions. sats at one side of .tire
I,,,tiri. neat
said to the soldierer
morettit‘y had got new
ls
like Gettelrrae.
;bah es:4ehrich looked grand, they
yst wcleut clothing they shtohnelind hare,
ii•sh wile of sa.siotlil'ihe7"l4abrgatrheet Harrison, brought
and drank the
I,l,4talttirh;oorporal Moore took DJ,
oft:
Mid' th:Yt.h :dr k.bee the
Fourth.
ngUll l
vhotild be no sc procla :I._ U ' Vitness at
drinkingtuh e
h.O int
r,Nt
_.;_
1,l i e y,it.ilitea
rue,
ti r e the Fourt
..
go
to
.1.,
first a• t Chi `h Per" al go g telling him to . ie
kit nothint, in answer, except heth saw.' 0
soldiers'were.
tempanv. 1)„t '''
enuant had then got up.
but they s.hould itios.g_
without ahout to leave Oldham's.
.n_. Witness ,(1E!
fOrtllightgb'elftoirileg a (1---74. goo;lhetlhire nt g
jp) without tatchli'eal.4 trim
say
the
prisoner
had
p
l"
the h e." she
" tod
cutth.
soldiers 1,/ 9?. it. After,
everel
lan. , , oore said he should be s ,
t filet they had bet-
ter"'tge• Witness desired Moore to )e q
again got tip rind
y punisshoed for his
rlran 1° some other company. Cheetth
haemhacks of the b—t
hototlet:' May the skin he tore from artt, t ' and de into parchment,
went into another
tom ° 'lnn' 1" Then we ruse up and
for Reformers. to bear o
13th lite Prisoner . asked witness some questions,
e---itneY related to the assault which subsequently
-voit 1 , -
corn ace in the other room. _ -
" last witness's state-
lt:l-4lb.ertHraltNtrier,es,o, fan.the 7th Drag
and confii rout the
aiedfi,ur.
Dragoon Guards, was with
between three
111
e stated
the
"we
to
be
denied speaking
arty e Prisoner in his defence,
present
such '
tirpst,2„ . Words,
A dog went from the
(,), '' lo the first room.
and said, the soldiers were not
4t°,l-{iit Wherp prisoner was
the soldiers' room,
Prisoner went after it to.
with his companions,
on the breast.
tut
jd thttt the soldiers struck hti,,n.,,ru
at hatf.i.,„t.fit.o,c,,
and ,')h: Jackson was coining front
vretit fir" with a companion to
drink
went for it ; I
It, had ?I'? thence to the kitchen: prisoner
ar.
a a scuille.•
his
sat the house. Awileer,;
11 '`,,,,'n in ahout a minute, be
this had clothing
to d dc sjuAttmANT here stated ,
~-,° with the case, it related
Z-d`ter as to which. other trials were
the prisoner
to a subs.enqffueontit,
totli suggested it was imprudent for
j arther exarnine him.
Rent in
TY,,c, 1.4,101. wit% at the White Horse; we-Ilembers thre
stloi:rttintiretriainett there till five o'clock ;
frerue
he
left
there-
they
,eargo in %but ah hour or more h the fore-
Ckseethant *flat the front morn; several
otherses party
'tlii nor Mille:
does not recollect
,tterez did nut join witntes.e
Ins havio, . 4other Cheetham drank , °
werei tdirieurthe;
d ing towards Os
"then; ai gilia"' ' 11, getting ugp 4"-tigoothei room; "el
I`ut know when -eet.s the soldiers Ito tuam • Y: did nut hear angyotillintgoa
saidthe' soldiers say any
Ming noglvn h 7 any one ; did not hear
be-
d nothing pass
to them ; hear
tweet, chr anyi thing said to them; bear
cross ee hain and them-
tight or '''l'l'it?ed by Mr. Count/mkt.— sin
Wa
at the time, and
hl5 Itittbe cSd SCreral shots (Scores) to pay for; dld hot
ttrniltitt, beer, till five; was in good company)
did no
s to pay for t
the hotve from
nuti,
whether eer; had several shots (score
in his senses for any
thing Cek ad
drank; was
"'Mile w "'vs; examinant was in the tell how often
Le
we as on ;.did no work that day ; can't_
t d and a shmtk-
i ht ntit of the hl. h s• it was,N.on aYs
kitchen whilst the
(play \ d public-house; ic- ou e, Will- • j •aY* Noa„ n,,',antStopford resides at the puhlic-house
oansi
ta laotdtgieucle
till ni ~. at the house at. fonr • remained there ri h
came ; did
hot 14.‘it ; ani..
y the soldiers'weie there whon
to4°Hltn the room till he heard some disturbancele in another,
rthe. r,
.- `ittAialw.tv stopped this witness, as_spooeamk-
' "a facts, which haeed in the second r
kad ra,
upon'
il -.reby- • • • hen ' ner's defence
mto ~ J injuring prtso
~,_.,.eXt trial.
Terry was at the
s,;laii
three; re-
)l7ltt;tleed there till twelve; returned there about
_ree
tI and four;
public-house; got there at eleven ;
the 4 rs the soldiers coming up between 2 ide . they sat
doieti r)le into the first room o the lt nano s_e
l N'vere with
Ivitue; n.°
ate was at the tablet;
the towns
the
l times; does
Nith
h• In another part • Cheetham came Peopre and drank
tot r"8 t he might have a' glass in his hand several
a few
lintsr.o,liteet going nut: they were
I.'
whilst
they
yar drankheethum
ZPeak tu ;(11 not to the best of his knowledge
did not
Zear 11, :..rn., nor any conversation between them;
drank whilst
~,e ‘,..4 " -iuiers say any thing ; no tamists
atiliii t .14re; dots nut recollect an/ thin't.tv
t: trs clothes.
but
sheetltas``)„n:ex4inine&- h did- drink with witness,, the
erseaid about the
k4cl,-;`)',l`l their cip.anv3;mthe soldiers had
tithe tile‘';';f(re witness le-ft ; witness had gone ou
gone into
the
Arr..rtieft to go into the kitchen.
the Jury,
olase, .'°l•TmaN _made a short
t 'vitig, aiat three out of threedpel
ttnat4sse, by their own admission, were not pre-a.,
yfetnodant's four
an 'ttbc? fourth had been drinking there all d
had 8-ated
he took no notice of any
often to
The g° nut• thing, and
Gio Jury immediately found the defendant
:Y.
. The Pt
'is
•
ISOlter was then put upon
both ~,rig Corporal Lambert. The witnesses on
his trial for
m st,ies were ordered out.
r• Cot.TmAN stated, this was subsequent
Part nr ,
was
cotin, tne same. transaction. The assaulthaws
.I,,,or,i''ci..ed, with the first trial, a
ztatisis nail tended to cause the affray. After
caidig.. til,e facts, the followingwere
as Cheet
(r,. •--...
before
stmtdriorai T
toast,
witnesses-
, t.atnbert again sworn.—After the
into , :ti:i been
a little
drank, witness, and Moore, -and Eas.es
coi;
c';ii.t.- kitchen to avoid discussion ; Eaves left soot.
to it
titte t'''..,( I,n without being called; witness didwent
nothingand took it
ate4y `_ l'(:. that he saw; Cheethatn earns for it,
five or ten
thititli_sa3,lng they wanted, to steal it. In about five u
on his
ztuingysiGu.heetaut came to the door, and
I:".s 'fsotrec e d ' his way
r4t; •vittie;s''tilithinesliciaduestiregdth it
m ht?sg(omaabivacyo;al pat' nY ; Cheetha. in.
twth4nt,and Rot examinant-4°11..1s 'legs and threw him down,
o or",a,"' held him down three br four came,ins in abon. t
.
thty ticker" tuinutes • thc'y came to Cheetham's assistanct,
nti%
...Mted witness itt;on the legs, and loins, and back ; wt-
tivts then on the ground. When the takers came iii,
cafe ti.) Wit bus's cissistanCe. Theft Were sic or seven
''.l,

came in ; they said " Kill Lie haated lutebers."
When'svitness was knocked -down, he had not struck a blow;
was bruised in several places. A soldier's wife who was at,
tending the bar for the landlady was pushed a-top of witness.
Could not see whit Moore was atoutl..tifrard Landers, a
private,' came to assist witness, who was then on the
ground. There *ere .some hundreds got aboUt the win-
dows, shouting, ¶' Kill the b hacked butchers Cher-
tbam took a part- in this the wholetime. 'One of the wit-
nesses who- was in the box a short time since fur the defend-
ant was one of the persons assaulting. 'Before going into
the kitchen, Cheetham threatened they should be .beat be-
fore they left Oldham. He had said-the same 'about a
night before.
Cross-examined by the priSoner.Does not recollect the
dog came in a second time; did not strike Cheetham on the
breast before be ran at witness's legs; -could not see anything
that occurred between Moore and Cheetham, as there were
six or seven people upon him. There was no one in the room
when Cheetham came in but examinant and Moore. There
were many,soldiers afterwards when the guard came, but this
was when it was over.
Corporal Moore went into the kitchen with-Lambert; was
there half an hour before Cheetham came in ; a dog came in;
Cheetham came in and took it out; lie said we wanted to
steal it; he came again to the door, and Lambert pushed
hint back with his hand, and said, -his company was not
wanted there. The landlord had a scuffle in the passage
with Cheetham. Witness was then seated at a tittle with
it-Mr. Jackson, in the room. Eaves then left- the room,
and examinant and Lambert were left drinking together,
Soon afterwards Cheetham was running at Lambert, and
laid hold of his legs and knocked -him down. Lambert
had done nothing before but push filly back as he was
coming into the room. .Four or five-more then came in; they
said, the b- hatcher was down; murder him; saw them
kidking Lambert; saw Cheetham closest to him ; LaMbert
lay-at-full length. Witness was striving to extricate his com-
rade ; got the poker. to help him, they were su. many; did the
best be could with' the weapon. A great many more came
not; could not say the number as .he was busy; they called
kill the h- butchers ; Landers, Wsoldier, came in to as,
sist.; when the matter was over, Lambert was insensible, and
knew nothing from the blows he had got with the dogs
(wooden.shoes); witness. and Landers. cleared the kitdhen.
The corpotal's guard conveyed Lambert and witness home;
it came soon afterwards. : •

Examined by Prisoner—Had not the poker in his hand
until Lambert was knocked down. Mr. Jackson was in the
room when prisoner came, but was• not in the soldier's com-
pany; there were nut six or seven soldiers there. : '
Landers, private of the 7th Dragoon Guards, was going
by the house and heard a person say they were killing the
soldiers ; went in ; Lambert was down ; witness was alone;
only Lambert and Moore *ere there • about six were kicking
and beatinglambert, more Were outside; Mobre, with a. poker,
was assisting to get Lambert up; examinant-assisted Moore
arid gut Lambert up; Moote and examinant at last beat them
all out of the room; there were six 'against them at first, and
others rushed in very quick cannot state what number; beard
them cty outside to kilt the 1) butchers; before the Corpo-
ral's guard came, they had stopped the fighting, but they durst
not go home until the guard came; 'Lambert was much hurt
and bruised.

Examined by Prisoner.—Wai not in the room when prisoner
first- came in ; did riot see prisoner until he was entangled
with Corporal Lambert; looked round for a weapon, and saw
a carting-knife ; took it up, but thought it not a proper
weapon, and laid it down and never used it, and then got the
leg of a stool which he used.
William. Griffin, a private, was one of the corporal's guard:
there were about 200 people colleted; they were about the
door, and threatened to take the carbine from him ; they
wanted to get it, and- attempted to force into the house, but
examinant would notlet them.

The prisoner, in his defence, said, when I
went into the room the second time for the dog,
Lambert struck me, and Landers was then there
with four other privates ; then Lambert and I'
began to fight; Lambert pulled off his coat, and
wanted to box ; I said I did not understand it;
we agreed to fight, each his own country way ;
I legged hini doWn ; my head -was much beat,
and it was afterwards washed. "

William Stopford, witness for the prisoner, saw the latter
part of the transaction ; when be went into the room saw the
prisoner with his head cut ; the fight was then over ; there
was no fighting with the prisoner alter this.

The "CnAinmAN---:This does not apply, as it
was after the transaction.

The prisoner said, he had no other witness, ex-
cept his father, to speak to his general character.
Corporal Moore was re-called by the Bench,
and stated, that Corporal Lambert did not take
off his coat to fight the prisoner:
Mr. COLTMAN observed to the Jury merely,
that no witnesses present at the affray had been
called by the defendant, though sixty or seventy
were present.
The Jury interrupted the Chairman on _sum-
ming up, and said his doing so was Unnecessary.
Guilty.
James Wilde and Jonathan Buckley, who were
in custody for another assault upon the military,
traversed to the next Sessions. The bail required
was 40/. and two sureties of 2,01. each.