Star.
London, England, 1820-04-15 00:00:00

HIGH TREASON.

ARRAIGNMEr OF THE STATE PRISONERS.
OLD BAILEY, THIS XORNING.

Although the intended arraignment of the State
Prisoners, this .morriing, had been announced for
some time past, the Colin was by no means crowded.
Tho,,e, however, who were anxious to see Thistletcood
and his associates, arrived at a very early hour. To
the Gentlemen connected with the Press every faci-
lity was afforded by Mr. Sheriff RoptwEct, who be-
haved to them with a degree of urbanity and polite-
ness, which deserves their warmest thanks.
At ten o'clock, Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT, Lord
Chief Justice DALLAS, Chief Baron RICIIAnDs, and
Mr. Justice RICHARDSON, took their seats on the Bench :
'There were also preent, the COMNION SERJEANT, Sir
NI; m. LEIGHTON, Sir R. C. GLYNN, and Alderman
CHRISTOPHER SMITH. The Counsel for the prosecu-
tion, the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOLGENERAD, and
Mr. LITTLEDALE ; together with Mr. CERWOOD and
Mr. WALFORD, of Counsel for the prisoners, took
their places at the table.
The prisoners were shortly afterwards conducted
to the Bar, and their names were called over by Mr.
Stri:t.rots, the, Clerk of Arraigns, in tile following
-order :—Arthrit Mid/mood, II illiainDavidson,Jan!es
Ings, J. T. Brunt, Rickard Tidd, James Wm. Wilson,
John Harrison, Bradburn, J. Shaw Strange,
J. Gilchrist, and Charles Cooper.
All the prisoners auswerech to their names, except
Wilson, who said his name was James Wilscn, not
James William Wilson.
Chief Justice ABBOTT said, he must state the mis-
nomer after the indictment had been read, and he
was called on to plead.
Mr. SHELTON then proceeded to read the indict-
ment, which charged the prisoners, for that they,
being subjects of our Lord the King, and not having
*the fear of Goo in their hearts, but being moved
and instigated by the devil, as false traifeis against
our said Lord the King, and having v, ill:drawn from
him their allegiance, on the st!l day of February-,
in the first year of the reign of his l',Liesty, King
George the Four th;and at different other tunes, both
before and since, in the. Parish of Mary-la-b: vre,
intending and devi,ing to depose our Sovereign
Lord the King, of the imperial crown, style, and title
of this realm, with force and arms, in said Parish,
maliciously and traitorously did assernl,le, meet,
and conspire, amongst themselves, and with divers
other false traitors, of names unknown, to subvert the
Constitution of the said Realm, as by law established.
The indictment then went on to charge therrk, with
conspiring to kill and murder divers Members of the
Privy Council of our Lord the King—with having
collected large quantitik.! of arms of divers kinds, viz.
guns, pistols, swords, pikes, pike•handles, bullets, sings,
and hand-grenades, for the purpose of murdering
.certain Members of the Privy Council of Sur Lord
the King—with having also collected. the said arms,
in order to levy wnr in this Realm against the King
—with intending to set-fire to, and destroy divers
.buildings in. and about London, meant for the recep-
tion of the soldiers of the King—with hiving, on
the said sth of February, composed and prepared a
certain paper, purporting to be an Address to the
subjects of this Realm, in which it was stated, 4. that
their tyrants were destroyed—that the Provisional
Government were sitting—and calling on the Peo-
ple to levy war against the King—and, finally, with
having, on the said sth of February, made war
against our Sovereign Lord the King.
There were three other counts, setting forth the
• same offences, in a different manner.
The indictment having been gone through,
Mr. SHELTON demanded of Arthur Thistlewood
whether he was guilty, or not guilty ?

:11iistlec000d.— Not Guilty.
Mr. SHELTON.—How will you be tried ?
histkwood.—By GOD and my country.
William Davidson also pleaded in the usual form.

When James lags, having pleaded a Not Guilty,"
WAS asked how he would be tried ? He answered,
a I will be tried by the laws of reason, and then I
cannot be found guilty."
Chief Justice Assort," He must be instructed to
plead in the ordinary mode."
lags being told bow • he was to plead, said—..“

will be tried by GOD and my country—the laws of
reason I consider to be the le►s of-Goo." _ •
I.T.Srutg, Richard l'idd, John Harrison, Richard
Bradburn, Shaw Strange, J. Gilchrist, and C.
Cooper, pleaded Not Gadltg, in the ukual manner.
When James Wm. Wilson was called on to plead,
he said—" That is not my name."