Star.
London, England, 1817-07-28 00:00:00

I the pasty who demanded army. Being asked he
had pot the question ? she answered succestiVely
he might have done so—perk ips he did do so
—yes, he dd.*
Samuel Winpenny, eramined by Mr. SCativer,
eleposed that he knew fsaae Johns,,n the prisoner;
that he saw him on Sunday night, the S.h of June;
That prisoner told witness he was going to A meeting
about 10 or 11 o'clock, and that he rintiested witness
Ito prepare himself to accompany him. Two other
persons were then present, Jonathan Fail tf. and
I Joshua Thewlis, one of the prisoner s. Wii ;less went
home with Jonathan Fallas to prepare himself. hart
did not intend to go, and w+s partly undressed to po
Ito bed when the prisoner Johnson came to it:quire it
he was ready. He shewed a desire of remainng at
home, but Johnson told him that their compani, ns
expected him, and said it would be an Allan of life
Or death if he did not keep his aWgnttion. On this
witness acquiesced. train fear, and accompanied them
as a spectator. Witness went nut with Fallas, John-
son, and Thewlis, and accompanied them to a place
called Far.end, %there he !mind a number of persons
assembled, with all of whom he was unacquainted,
except enc. The meeting might cons:-,t of between
SO or 40 persons. There was much cootosi :n ; some
were forgoing nne way, and some another, to Get arm.;
when one of the party stepped forward, and desired
them to fall into ranks, and march to Honley, which
is about a quarter of a mile from Far-end. They all
obeyed the order, and fell into ranks. Only six of
them had arms. and their object was to arm the test.
They went to Dyson's house and demanded arms, bet
witness did not know who made the dernand,or who re-
lieved the gin. They knocked at the d mr, and asit. -4as
not speedily opened Johnson desired to break it open.
The witness heard ()gm of the party say, that they
had got something, either gun or pistol. Witness
after this returned home. He saw Johnson and
Fallas afterwards, who told him the party went to
several other places and demanded arms, but desired
him never to m-ntiois the circumstance, as, it it were
known, they would be hanged. Thewlis gave him
the same charge, under the same penalty, on the
‘Vcdnesday following the Sunday of the outrage.
rallas and Coact, two of the party, had since fled.
This witness was cross-examined by Mr. Wit..
LIAMS, for the purpose of spewing that he had previ-
ously concerted the Meeting ; that he had entered
into the project with the same zeal as his companions;
that there were no threats used of the kind he men-
tioned; and that he was now giving evidence against
his companions to save his own lite, or to promote
his own advantage. It appeared that he had been
taken up as one of the party on the Wednesday night
after the riot, that he had been in custody ever since,
and that he came to York in custody. He, however,
denied that he gave evidence to save himself; that h;
had no hopes of doing so whoa he gave the infotas.-
tion he now stated in his depositions; and that he ex-
pected then he should be put on his trial in the same
manner as the rest of his companions, against whom
he was bearing testimony.
Joshua Kemp deposed, on his examination for the
prosecution, that he was at Honley, and remembered
the circumstances ot the Sib of Jobe. In conse-
quence ot having heard from one Butterworth that
there was to be a meeting, he went to jon. the party,
and saw among them the two Oldhams, prisoners at
the bar. There were about half a score on the bridge
at Honley ; they went afterwards to Far.end, where
they were joined by a number more, making up both
together about 20 or SO persons. Same of the holders
firth said they should march to Huddersfield; but
George Taylor, one of them, proposed they should
first proceed to Henley to procure arms, mentioning
houses in which they might be found. They accord.
ugly went to Dyson's, and witness described the pro.
ceedings there nearly in the terms of the former evi-
dence, meutioning the presence of some of the priso-
ners. Being cross-ermined, he said that he did not
see who received the gun; he knew Johnson before,
and saw him at the house, in the crowd, about ten
yards from the door. He saw Mrs. Dyson hand out
the gun. He himself bore arms, and was active, but
asked for none. He never declared that he took a
pistol, or boasted ot the exploit, though he received
two. He was in the rear rank when the party marched
from Far-end. He was first examined on the 16th
of June, being taken into custody, and had been twice
afterwards examined upon oath as a witness against
his companions. He had come as a prisoner to York,
but, like the formes witness, expected no reward for
his evidence; and was not sure at first that he was
free from prosecution by giving it. He confessed,,
however, that be thought his own neck nearer him
than that of any other man, and would be glad to
save it it he could. Being asked if he was now doing
his best to save it, be answered that he hoped so. He
turned from being a prisoner to be a witness on the
same day.
Susan Hurst was examined for the purpose of iden-
tifying Sykes, the prisoner, by giving evidence to his
wearing on the night of the outrage, a waistcoat
turned inside out, and of priming that Mn. Dyson,
the prosecutrix, had on the following day mentioned
to her that she knew three of the prisoners who com-
mitted the robbery on her house. She lives next door
to Sykes, and heard a rap at his door on Sunday
night about twelve o'clock. She heard him cooping
down, and asked him next day why he did not open
the door to answer the call sootier, when he said that
he was in such a hurry to do so that he put on_ his
waistcoat turned in the manner described.

The evidence for the prosecution here ended. The
prisoners being asked what they had to say in their
defence, two of them gave in a mitten paper; and
the iest left their defence with their Counsel, who
c.illcd sevtral witnesses to contradict the testimony of
the prosecutris in some points,and to speak to their pre-
vious character and conduct. All these witnesses g eve
the prison& an excellent character ; most of them had
known them from their infancy, or for a long term
of years, and had never heard any thing to sully their
reputation for honesty, industry, peaceable. conduct,
and inoffensive dispositions. One of the neighbours
of the Oldham' said, he knew them from their child-
hood, and they were quiet honest men, who disturbed
nobody. The URIC thing was said nearly in the
same terms of the rest.

Mr. Baron WOOD then summed np the evidence.
pointing out its nature, and bow it applied to the dif-
ferent prisoners.
The 4ury, alter consulting for a short time, re-
turned A verdict of Nut Guilty with regard to all.
The two Oldbams wets then put to the bar on