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should have I i-ei4;;TiVia;i."3

vere tive. His Lordship cons

Tapped up

and expressed his strong hope

t? the jury, Who

'ere sue

Tences of

lordship to io over the evider
quitted.

3oth parties

in in fature from pro,

bearing party

to ex

Francis Mart

,
Ryan of Bs., at Pennington, on the 7th of A
• offence was committed whilst the pris
ISONERS: were together in a barn, where th
and Peter Briers, found the prisoner guilty, but reco
ld tumult, and also
on account of his d -`'`-
7th July.

LECTIO:47 RIC

NGLTSFI

Leadbetter

charge of riot

lo parish of Wigan, on th

nto his
T stood

d Mr. Ovens prosecute

Mr. Monk con-

The pri

the keeper.of a I,u6lic-ho

ted the case to the jury, which was one
!urred at Wigan on the 7th July, arising

f a chi

animosities excite

e recent

proved, the elder pr
the garden and sho

az taken

ate having been given, Mr. Monk, for 1

tided that similar

sturbances occurre,

•isoner stated that she
r brother's wife.

clothes fiorn I

n that the Roman (

holic party had commenced

who gave

good charact

and then trumped up this case

short consultation

ary acquitted t

rdship, in summing 4, observed that a riot 11

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o'clock

been and, if t

believed the

FRID,

hey must

4. SSAI

iong deliberation, several times in the course of William Scott was ch...
wounding jo.. ........ ...- -_ _
Lord Chief-Justice intimated that the evidence inflict grievous bodily harm. at Pan, in tl
^ a juror said they had no doubt about the the 6th March. The fn-'
'ad, but the eifticultv -...--

a riot having been corm

to arose betwei

en John Fis

T and his cc

at time resided with her mother and
h, who is 19 years of TRIAL OF THE IRISH PRISONER
t, Kirkdale, returned home from an Joseph Acton, John Acton, Patrick Megan, James wo—urid'cin"Ww—i7l.ioulintjeld'in;"trin"flicrCO
Kerrygan, Terence Ar Wynn, Simon Dunn, Thomas prosecutor, John Fisher." The
twelve months
3 get a situation. For some time Conway, and Michael Kelly were next indicted for a fenced to
.d expressed much imps- . riot and tumult, at W July. izan, on the Bth They all
. . .

mprisonm

oat of a s

Dwing circums

ones an

oulders mere
lissiles of all II

e Riot Act was

and prosecutor

a born

polimman

is of the case are these

The pri

-, .... IL nau occurred at the time of latter ran away to avo,
n. soner interfered, and
ardship replied that an election made no difference mind his own busines
at all ; it did not give a license to riot. and was followed by Scott, when a struggle ensueu,
The jury ultimately returned a verdict of guilty. with a which Fisher fell. In rising he caught hold of a spade,
recommendation to mercy, especially as regarded Lead- which the prisoner wrested from him, and inflicted a blow
....... deferred until the next trial, arising out on the prosecutor's head, by which several pieces of the
skull entered the brain, causing paralysis of the right arm

prose cu t

lily harm: the

risoner was then
li.rd labour

William Johnstonwa;;lirrieilwith having, assisted by
pleaded not guilty but Kelly, who was discharged on en-
tering into his own recognizance to keep the peace. two other persons, feloniously assaulted John Poole, who
Mr. James prosecuted ; and Mr. Atkinson defended he robbed of a watch, on the 10th instant, in Liverpool.
Joseph Acton, Patrick Hegan, and John Acton ; and Mr. The charge was clearly proved against the prisoner
Blair defended Kerrygan, Glynn, Dunn, and Conway. in the commission of the offence, adopted the
It appeared that the riot of the previous day broke out practice, and used great violence. HP
a • with renewed fury on the Bth. The English rioters Pro- transportation for ten years.
, ceeded in powerful force towards Union-street, breathing OBTAINING MONEY
threats that they would pull the houses down and drive
out the occupants. At the end of Union-street they *I
Tut.
found a strong phalanx of Irish ready to receive them.
-.),
On making their appearance a volley of brick-bats and ,ti-,
thrown at them by the foe in front, and
11.,
..inds were hurled at them from the windows 'ass s
..“se-tops. After a severe fight and much destruc-
-41 of property. the Mayor, &c., endeavoured to stop the
unnatural and disgraceful conflict, but his entreaties and
expostulations were disregarded by the 1-4.1- -'

who,
garotte

LSE PRETENCES FROM

INTENDING EMIGRANTS.
Thomas Jones and William Williams were indicted
under the F"'"

were occupiers of an office in Cable-street, Liverpool
and they advertised hi several provincial papers that they

coma procura passages to _ .hips, at
reasonable terms; that passengers would secure great
advantages by writing to them and sending a deposit prior
to leaving home ; that berths of a superior description

It was proved on the evidence of two parties that, misled
by advertisements in the Derbyshire Courier and the
Sheffield Independent, they had paid money for passages
which the prisoners were unable to provide for them.
Tne jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoners
guilty. They were sentenced to six months' imprison-
, went, and to be kept to hard labour.