Star.
London, England, 1817-01-21 00:00:00

• CITAMBER OF DERVIIES.

• cfArl MO OF J tNIIARY 16TH.
The; debate on the Habeas Corpus Suspecting%
Law seas iesunted. •

M. or Sitterrieplied at 1• ngth to various objections
that bad been urged. He particularly adverted to
the conchict of those gentlemen who, in-Isls, saw
the strongest necessity for the law in its utmost ex-
tent, flow affected a security, which was nut autho-
thoriSed by recent eveats.
M. rx Case, Minister of Police, also spoke at con-
siderable length. The police, he said, had been repre.
tented by some gentian...it as useless. He would ern-
(use say, it it wereconiiiteat with his dignity, that
their real objection was to the choice of the Minister.
Kirg, however, was SltivEA with the way in
which his blin;s:er% Lad a rd intrusted to
them by the law of ISIS, and tglat htgle t:htemony
was sufficient for tt;tc. There would not be another
2t/:h isf March ; this wa5r.,....f:,„ nt .only fr. m the
lure• of the peo:,le, but also fru the n: too g, . the
1111:i.?14:11.:CI as ter his ;Luc inteiests. If troubles
brAt our, nut only the Vendeans, but :all the rest ref
trance would Ay to his sappor:. (Crier oftes,irs.)
che Assembly then proceeded to vote un the
articles of t!:e law taken separately ; when the fol-
lowing addi.ion re Art. I. propcutd by the Commit.
tee, was t.tlt mF'cle, viz-10 The °Tier of arrest shall
specify th et it is iisued in viitle of the present hurt."
The following., addition to Art. '1 also prep oscel
by the Commirtee, was likewise set ASUL- The
Ministet of „Insti,:e s't ill in every cage m eke known
to the person chat gej the decision of the Cnui
A vote was then come to on the law. take:, .s a
whole; when. out of 2`lB Niels prewar, there 4::-
pe...seeil fat it,136, against it V!: n, ejomy
'l'c-morrow the Nen of law relative t., the seizure
of writings, will be thscus‘•il,—trienc;i Funds 5v.•
A letter, dated LI etsgoki-, tee.: Bth instant, says 1.....
'the B:*.ste of this cogently is most dtp!ttlabir. Ua
Wednesday night r most bat bat ems murder was corn.
mitt-td at Sonoti,:about nine miles from hence. A
man who 11.4 d-teen a soldier in the army of Napo.
Ic en had bete' thiel.t-..d, and instead of allowieg
halt-pay, in order to
~;et rid of people they cannot de-
prod upon, they give th m • certain sum of motley.
Tais man's share amounted to elf frasscs,
be was known to have received. He and his
went nut, leavit g in the house three children shut in.
Oa their return, they found the eldest hanging in a
coiner of the kitchen, he was about seven years 01
age; the second, abvut tier, with its thtoateut ; mid
the infant, in a cradle, untouched. It was suspected
that the murder was committed by some person who
knew the receipt of the money, and who was known
to the children ; however, I am happy to aid, that
the murderers, for there were two of them, have been
taken up. There are already upwards of sixty pri-
soners is the gaol, who will, it is supposed, be seat
to the galleys."

71t Litertuy Carrels and Journal of the Edla Lofts,
the First Number of whichis announced for the 25th
January, appears to be on the plan of several Conti.
rental ones of great adebrity ; and it is admirably
adapted to the present state of the literature, habits,
and manners of England, and seems to embrace every
possible feature which can recommend it to the pa-
menage of the higher circles. It is to be published
every Saturday on a large sheet, containing sixteen
quarto pages, and to be stamped, for the purpose of
being franked like a newspaper, a mode of publica•
tiae which will tend much to gratify public curiosity,
by insuring an immediate and rapid circulation.
.17,sanc,, ireizks and Moisutet, Education, &c.-Ia
the 17th Number of the BRITISII Rtesaw to be pub-
lished Feb., I, the tusponaut Subjtct of FIMUSCI we:l
be fully discussed, as well as those of Weight: and
Meatures, and the Education' of the Poor, founded on
the Reports laid before the Heus: of Commons in
their last Session. Among the other Articles will be
Lord Byron's New Poem; Owen's lisstitation at
Lanark; Warden's Letters on Bonaparte; Puig-
b asch's, Inquisition Unmasked; Origin and Anti-
'quit,' at the Zodiac; Tales of my Landlord, aec.—
In the 16th Number, published Nov. 1, will-be fatal
a temperate discussion of the Tithe Question.
•

TRIAL OF THE Juo

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, JANUARY ,20.

It being understood that on this day the trial n(
Watson, and of the othei Pirsons in cirdody (or being
concerned in the late riots, would come on, the Court
was crfswded at an eatly hour. The precautions
taken by the Sherits prevented ally inconwitiet.ce
that 'night have been ex;:ecled from the press of the
crowd, At nine o'clock the Recorder entered the
Court, and varietts prisoners, among whom was the
elder Watson, were arraigned, and pleaded not guilty.
The indictment against Watson contained two counts
—in the first he was charged with having, on the 2d
of December last, feloniously, and m ali•
ciotisly, with a sword, struck, cut and stabbed Joseph
Rhodes, with intent to murder him : the second
charged him with Oar same assault, with iitt2iq to
disable the said Joseph Rhodes. The Iris war pledd.
ed not guilty in a firm vole?, and as dli an as tureJ
air ; but at the same time betras.i..! v me syrup:outs .

of confusion, as, instei I of replying 1,, ;he qu„t;;111
" i low will you be trieJ in ihe w.ty, be An-

bw,red, by my I(int and my country.
ilr ten o'clock, Mr. Justice YANK, and Mr. Justice
Bunten nil, accompanied by the LORD MAVOR and
the Common Seljeant, took their seats on the Bench,
when the following prisoners, John Hooter, Richard
Cawlle, John Cashman, Wiliam Gunni, and John Car-
in-n!cr, were put to tlie bar, and arraigned before a
London Jury. They severally pleaded not guilty,
and put themselves ou Goo and their country. The
four last prisoners were then set aside for a little, and
the first, John Hooper, remaining, presented an A..
davit, on which
Mr. ALLEY, his Couniel, moved to postpone his
trial, on the ground of his Want of preparation for
making his delence,owing to the shortness of the time
allowed between his commitment for capital felony
and his trial. He was 'originally committed tor a
muderneanour only, and bailed till the present Ses-
skits, when he intended to appear and traverse till
the next Sessions, sshich he might lawfully .10. It
was, therefore, with the greatest surprise that he
heard that ap indictment was found against him on
Thursday last for a capital felony, and that he was
apprehended on that charge. lie had thus ()illy two
or three days to prepare for his defeuce, to insouct
his Solicitor, and to arrange with his witnesses. He
was thus deprived of the advantages that other pri-
soners enjoyed in a similar situation, when they were
to be tried fur their lives. He had not the depositions
of witnesses to the crime of which he was accused;
he had not the opportunity of Wog confronted with
them before the Magistrate, or of being able to rebut
their evidence by contrary testimony, it he had any
such to produce. The Learned Counsel was sure
•the Court would lean io the side of mercy, and would
never compel any prisoner to enter upon Isis defence
against a charge that affected his life under any dis-
advantages that a little delay could remedy. The
affidavit wits then read by the order of Mr. Justice
Park. It stated in general, that the prisoner was
committed for a misdemeanour, and b.iled out; and
not knowing that a capital charge was to be prefer-
red against hint till Thursday last, he was not pre-
pared for meeting it; as he had not had time to in-
struct his Solicitor.
Mr. GURNKY objected to the application. If he
thought that it would answer any good purpose, or
any other purpose but delay, he would have been so
far from opposing it, that he would have been the
first to second it; fur, next to the importance of ad-
ministering justice impartially, was that of dning it
satisfactorily, and to the conviction of the parties and
the public. The Learned Counsel produced an affi-
davit, swain by Mr. Newman, the gaoler, which
'cacti!, that the prisoner Hooper was brought into
custody on Thursday last, and that he informed him
that he must prepare himself for taking his trial on
Monday (this day), The sole object of this ayplica-
lion, Overtire, mild only he to gain time ; and if it I
was acceded to, nes 'far Application to postpone
the course of justice could river afterwards be resist.
ed. The facts charged against the prisoner were net
new, though the consnuction of them into felony did I
.ay.
tax take place till last mrsi! lic had an op-
portunity of knowing the wi.,;:esses that would appear
against him in the examinations that wilt place be.
fore his commitment for the inisdensoanour ;but even
though'this were not the case, had he not time since
Thursday last to have made all the necessary ar-
rangements, and have given the necessary instruc-
tions ? He was not brought from the country, nor
did he allege that any of his material witnesses were
absent. Never was there a more defective affidavit
produced in support of such an application. The
prisoner did not suggest that he should ever have
any witnesses to produce, still less did hit name any ;
nor did he state that he had consulted any Solicitor
upon the subject. There was not even an allegatioo
that he could not safely proceed to trial without wit-
nesses oho were abieur. In many other rempectsshe
affidavit was totally deficient • in most of those cir-
cumstances 'which usually formed the ground of such
motions.• The prisoner had had quite sufficient time
to prepare his defence since has first commitment ;
aad even during the time which had elapsed from
last Thiirsday, he had every reasonable opportunity
of preparing for' trial ; five days would answer the
purpose as well as two months. The Solicitor, lead
made- no affidavit, nor was 'he even named. The
prisoner did not shew that he had used diligence ;
and that, having used it, his efforts had been un-
asailing to prepare himself for his trial. Under such
circumstances he would resist the application, and
was convinced the Court would refuse it.
Mr. ALLLY replied. The affidavit was certainly
defective in souse points ; but it stated the important
fact of the shortness of time, which he thought was
s Aficient.
Mr. Justice PARK concurred in the observation
made by Mr. Gurney, that justice should not only
he impartially, but satisfactorily administered; that'
the conscience•of the Judge, and.the opinion of the
Public should be satisfied. He 'allowed' Counselici
be beard, though be bad preSiously ascertained the
course—he was bound to pursue, because he' wished to
prevent the statement of nothing. that Might make
for the prisoner. Nothing was "tined, however, that
could • support the application. He only stated in
his affidavit, that knee, not of the charge of felony
agaiiist bias till last Thuriday, nor was it adavaaart
to have a lung Femme kaowledge of it. /* did

net pretend ignorance of the, facts on which the'
charge rested. The subject matter of the present
indictment, and of the Ridemeanour, was the same,
and on the latter examination had been held for seve-
ral weeks. The absence of no material witness was
alleged ; he had not even said that he had employed
a Solicitor, o shewn one advantage which he would
enjoy at a future opportunity of which he was now
depriveJ. He refused the application, and thought
hi; Learned Brother on the Bench would agree
with him.
_ _ _

.......
Mr. Justice I3uonovon and the Reconnea con-
curring in the opinion of Mr. Justice PARK, the ap-
plication was unanimously ref psed. and the trial ot-
, dered to proceed.
The five prisoners, John Hooper, John Cashman,
R. Gamble, William Gunnel, and J.)lin Carpenter,
wet.: then put to the bar, and the Jury charged with
the indictment, which imputed to them capital fe-
lony, in steali;tg on the 2d of December, in the pa-
rish of St. Sepulchre, two blunderbusses, ten pair of
pistols, a great number of muskets, and 20 steel shot
wrath about £250, the property of Andrew
13. ck wien, in his dwelling-house. The indictment
w.nit ou to state:. that at the time of the said robbery,
Charles Griffin, John Roberts, and Henry Beckwith,
being then and there in the said dwelling-house, were
put in great fear and bodily danger.
Mr. Bota.msn opened the indictment.
Mr. GURNEY staled the case. lie began by say-
ing that he attended to assist in the investigation of a
very important case ; but, though it was one of great
public interest, it seemed to be surrounded with no
difficulties, either of law or fact. It differed from
ordinary cases of capital felony by stealing in a dwel•
Hug goods of the value of more than 40s. and put.
ting those in the house in bodily fear only, because
it was committed with more outrageous audacity, in
the face of day, in the presence of numbers, by a
mob, armed, commanded by leaders, and obeying
those leaders, and overpowering all resistance by
their nonmers and their violence. The person whose
dwelling-nouse was invaded, and whose property was
Stolen, was Mr. Beckwith, a gun-maker, in Skinner- i
street, in the neighbourhood of this Court : it took
plaice in the forenoon of the 2d December last, at
which time Mr. Beckwith happened to be from home.
A considerable mob came to the door, preceded, but
for a very short interval of time, by a person, re-
specting whom he would 'say nothing ; the attack
took place, upon which this indictment was founded,
and the robbery of arms, to a considerable amount,
was effected with the greatest violence. A mob
came to the door of Mr. Beckwith's shop, led by
persons whose motions and signals and orders they
obeyed, rallying under a standard, or flag, add pro-
ceeding to acts of violence and outrage. They forced
their way into Mr. Beckwith's shop. demolished the,
shop-window, and plundered the shop of arms of
every description, to the amount of some hundreds
of pounds. The persons who were in the house were
'put to very considerable fear and alarm : of that there
can be very little doubt. when it was told, that some
of the mob, armed with fire-arms,. more than once
attempted to discharge their deadly weapons at the
persons who were in the house: consequently, all the
persons in the house had every thing to fear for their
personal safety, and were, in fact, in imminent ap-
prehension and danger of their lives. After having
effected this plunder, the mob proceeded eastward to
the Royal Exchange, where they were encountered
by the Chief Magistrate, and also by another Magi.
strafe (Sir James Shaw), who, by their spirit and in.
trepidity, which, if it had been properly seconded by
every body, would not only have put down this yin.
fence, but have taken into custody every person who
was guilty of it. Their standard was seized, and
some of the ringleaders were secured, and for that
time and place they were dispersed. He would nut
detail the transactions of the day further in the pre-
sent case. The offence charged in the indictment
was committed by a number of persons, and it was
the duty of the Jury to determine by the evidence that
would be laid before them. whether the prisoners at
the bar, or any, or either of them, were participators
in the crime which was then committed When an
offence is committed by a number of persons, they
cannot all do one and the GAM thing. One does his
part, and another his, and a third his; but no mat.
ter which, they are all equally, guilty, provided they
all manifest the same purpose, and their several and'
respective acts conduce to the same end. The Jory
would find, as respecting the five persons at the bar,
the most unequivocal acts, demonstratiug that they
were all engaged in this guilty puspose, and every
one of them acted in furtherance and execution of that
purpose. With respect to Cashman, it will appear
he was tho.first who entered the house of Mr. Beck-
with, and called his associates to follow him ; that
he made ti,e of violence towards the persons who at-i
tempted to defend the house; that he was amongst
the foremost in carrying out the arms; and that he
was seen 'in three or four instances to take seven,
eight, and ten pieces of fire-arms out into the street
at a Ow, and deliver them to his associates, for the
purpose, and with the intent, that they should co.
operate with him in the work of desolation which was
then going on. With respect to him, therefore, there
is the clearest possible evidence of the most active
• participation in the crime charged.
With respect to the others, although some of them
were not seen to act with the same violence, or to
act the sante conspicuous part, yet they took their
respective parts in such a manner, as clearly included
them in the guilt of this charge. It mould be proved
that Gamble was amongst the mob—mas seen
amongst them, and seen to be possessed of one of'
the guns stolen out of Mr. Beckwith's window. He
accompanied that mob Ate wards to the Royal Ex-
change, where he was flourishing about with the
gun ; .nd the mob having then taken a different di-
rection, he was a short time afterwards apprehended
in the Borough of Southwark, with a gun upon his
shoulder, the property of Mr. Beckwith, which but
an hour before was stolen horn that Gentleman's
window—proved, therefore•, to have been on the
spot, proved also to have been possessed of the stolen
property so recently after the felony bad been com-
mitted, there was abundant reason to believe that
he was a guilty participator in the outrages of that
day. The prisoner (Nandi, who stood behind, was
dressed in the apparel of a brewer's dray man, in
which occupation* ha had istaally been, having for.
merly been in the service of Messrs. Calvert and
Co.; he was somewhat lame, and usually walked
with a broomstick; be was Amon the foremost of

the mob qt Alehouse of Mr. Beckwith; and, with his
Isioomstlektin his hand, be commenced the demoli-
titris of Mr. Beckwith's )I)6p-window, and was one
of the persons principally engaged in stealing the
arms—the gun which was found in Gamble's posses.
sion being one of those which woe taken from the
window which was br ,ken by Gunnel. He also pro-
vided himself with a grin, and as the mob proceeded
along Newpate.street, he was sear) with it op:in
arm ; Ant) that gni: would be proved to have been
one of those stolen from Mr. Beckwith's shop. Whit
respect to the prisoner Carpenter, he would he.pruved
to have been in the mob at Mr. Beckwith's house.—
He was seen, as the mob were dispersing from Mr.
Beckwith's, armed with a pistol in each hand, one
of the pistols being larger than the other. The nest
day he gave the larger one to his mother-in-law, de-
siring her to pledge it at a pawnbroker's. She ac-
cordingly went to a pawnbroker's for that purpose,
but notice having been given to all pawnbr, kers, in
consequence of the numbor of fire-arms stolen, de-
siring them to be cautious how they received such
property, the pawnbroker refused to receive the pis-
tol. A police officer was sent fur, and upon inqoir-
ing how the woman came possessed of the pistol ? it
turned out that sl.e had received it from the prisoner.
The prisoner was at that time absent from London,
but upon his return, in a few days after, he was
questioned upon the subject, and it became quite 11114-
infest that he was concerned in this guilty transac-
tiim. The Learned Counsel said he had now named
lour of the prisoners, who would all he proved to
have been in the mob, and every one of whom had
part of the stolen property; but it was not necessary
to constitute the guilt of a person, that his hand I
should have committed the theft ; possession of stolen
property was undoubtedly the strongest evidence of
the crime of stealing ; but if it were proved, that a
man has been on or near the spot at the time, and
acting in furtherance of a common purpose, the law
would consider him as guilty of the offence, and as
much answerable to the law as the very hand which
committed the felony. A case which was familiar
to all, and which may have occurred to the Jury in
the course of the discharge of their duty in this
place, and which was certainly one that frequently
occurred, would bring this doctrine to thi is under-
standing. In the c ice of three persons -itisircied for
committing a burglar), the evidence frequently was,
that one of the pets's), actually stole the proie:rty,
the second stood at the door to prevent lour rurption,
and the third placed himself at the corner of the
street, to give the alarm upon the al plod:Ai of the
watchman ; and yet the law considered them all as
guilty of burglary : and it would be a monstrous
proposition to say otherwise. There would be an
end of law and justice, it it were to be asserted for
a moment, that thete was any difference in the shade
se/ guilt between the actual taking of the stolen pry-
perry, ar.d the aiding and abetting the robbery. In
reason, in sense, and in justice, there was no diffe-
rence between the case of a person who looks on,
watches the motions, and covers the robbery, and
the person who laid his hand upon the property.—
Therefore, the case of. the prisoner Hooper would
not be less strong when all the facts were laid before
:he Jury, than the cases against the other prisoners.
He would spew distinctly, by several witnesses, that
Hopper was with the mob, armed ; and that lie was
seen encouraging them to the utmost of his power.
He •wels seen encouraging and abetting the rob-
bery; be himself being armed with a brace of pistols,
which were afterwards found upon him, loaded. It
would be proved that he was acting as director or
le .der of the mob; that he was making motions with
his arms and signals with his body to encourage his
partisans in attacking the shop; and that, at the very
moment when one of theist was bringing arms by
wholesale out of Mr. Beckwith's shop, he was a con-
spicuous person, and was seen standing opposite the
house, encouraging and inciting the mob in the per
petration of their outrages. But it might be said,
" Can 'this man be proved guilty, when no one has
seen him take any arms from Mr. Beckwith's shop ;
and when no person has heard distinctly what he said
to the mob ?" Can it be shewn that he was not an
accidental passenger ; and, falling in with the mob,
stopped opposite Mr. Beckwith's house from mere'
motives of curiosity ? No ; that was not the fact. He
was going on with the mob, and acted not merely in
concert with them, but was, in tact, a leader. He
would not only strew that he proceeded to the Royal
Exchange with the mob, where he was taken into
custody, and the pistols found upon him ; but that
he came with that mob— that he assembled with
them at the place where they first assembled—that
he was upon a waggon in Spafields, from whence he
set out with the mob for the purpose of combining
this very crime—that he and Cashman were standing
together on that waggon—that they set out together,,
at the head of tire mob, with that same dag wits&
was the rallying standard, to the shop of Mr. Beck-
with, and which. they afterwards carried to the Royal
Exchange, where it was taken by Sir James Straw;
and no standard, to be. sure, for a mob committing.
plunder, was ever more appropriate; —a, Nature to,
feed the hungry 1"—" Truth to protect the op-
pressed !"—and ‘‘ Justice to punish crime !."
It would be shewn, by the.mest incontestable evi-
dence, that Cashman and Hooper marched with that
banner, and two others that were takerk from them,
from Spafields to Mr. Beckwith's house.; ansi that
which demonstrated a communitreif purpose in these,
persons was, that when Mr.. Stafford, the ptiocipal
clerk of Bow-street Office, attempted to *test front'
them one of these standards, Cislunan anti Hooper
resisted the attempt, and called _upon, the mob to
rescue the person taken into custody;. and one of
them struck the offieer so carrying offahe standard.
—With respect to Hooper, the evidence of. his
guilt could be cirried toll further, by strewing a
' greater degree of deliberation in what he was coo-
-1 cerned. The waggon on which he and Coltman
were standing, and from which they had set-out in
Spafields, bad been hired swue days before by ant:-
cher person, with which other person Hooper had
gone the night before to make an appointment to
meet the nest morning in Chancery-hine.• • On. the
Monday morning he came with mat person, and met
the waggoh. He put into the 'waggon she flags,
which were distributed amongst the mob: but ana-
-1 cher circumstance which went still. more strongly to
shew the intention of 'turning- the arms which wear:
.afterwards stolen' to account, was that he' also put
into the waggon a large quantity of guopowder andl
bullets. it appears, howeVeia, clue slay went linen

'the waggon in such a hurry, that thee left the pw.
powder and bullets b. hind Elem. and very I r u.
irately their intention was not carried into taw.
These were the facts of the case : an! it was a.
telly impossible that there could Le any d'tFcei,y
point of I.tw ; and, if the fires were proved. ti ere
could be as littie w,th respect C.) the guilt ef 1..•,e
several perscin;. hosievei,.Te. isiVigri s ref tee'
case, the proof should tail as to any of them, so its ..t)
letve any re.ocnable &mile in the in nds of the
whether these persons were or were not guilt,,
they should have the benefit of th.it cfruit ;
if the facts stated came out in the e, as !le
believe) they would. the cast against the prtsoetes
would be perfectly unanswerA.le. If the Jury- hti
no doubt ut the truth of the tact., nothing more wielit
remain for them to de than to execute their (I.:te;
and, whatever pins the dischatge of that duty wtlell
give them, they wculd be found, in fun/street:2 za
the justice of rhe country, to pronounce all those ;Xt.
suns guilty or the chime r.ite.l in the indictment.

. •
Mr. BOLLAND proceeded to cal: Aritsiess:s to pn•vt
the cdse.

lifilltan; Andrew Beckwith, examinid by
RkasoLus.—Live; in Skinner-street, and is a gm.
maker. On the 2d rit December last +scot out Aimee
eleven in the morning. Hi; shot: was then open, and
there were a quantity of tire alms there. Whi,ll he
'returned he found it in a demolished state, and nearly
all the tire-arms gone. There were from 130 to `2ou
guns, about 100 brace nt pistols, several charges (4
ammunition, and other articles, valued at least At
£1,114.0 and upwards, stolen from the shop.
John Roberti was apprentice to Mr. Beckwith.
On the 2d of December last a man came into the
shop about 20 minutes past twelve ; in a queue:
of an hour afterwards 4 or S(X) came. They de-
manded the young man who had been taken into cus-
tody for shooting Mr. Platt. The persons broke into
the shop before he was rescued ; they broke the win.
dow on the left hand side; witness did not see hoe
it was broken ; the glass and frames were both de-
molished. They proceeded to take the guns Aral
[ pistols, by putting their hands in hest ; they then
came into the ship, and took-the guns oat. He saw
Cashman theme; he was in the shop; he opeled the
[drawers and todk steel shot. Saw him take about t
[ dozen of guns at one time—he distribmed them ha
the runts at the door. Witness saw hint in the count-
'. ing-house, whence he took some guns. Witness had co
doubt Cashman WAS the man. in the house were
Edward Hone, Cie fareinan, • and Henry Beckwith:
Griffin was I;kt[wise there. A p sty' way area off.
but witness did not know where Cashman WAS at the
[ time. He was certain, however, 'OA Caihman was.
[ present in the house. lidless was alarmed at the
[ mob ; the mob had colours P.ying, bus. use did nut
[ know who c-t-ied Gunnel was the person
who bloke the window to the best of witness's Whet.

Cross-examined by Mr. Attre—Said that he was
examined before tie Lord Mayor several.tiraes ; but
had always depoed he knew Cashman ; lie was
rain of him. He i':raiglit Gunnel broi:e the w:i.ci;v:.
•The person who did so was dressed like a brews s
servant, as the prisoner was now.-I'u a ques!loa
from the Judge, the witness said there were un-:3: er
four persons dressed like brew 4's servaiits, and he
could not say 'which of them broke the window. He
thought the prisoner like the person.who did so.
George Lydiard resides on Snow-hill; is a hair-
dresser s w s alarmed in the for,:cuon (21 the '.!,ict
December, by what happened its the house et Mr-
Beckwith. There were, when he went to it, eight or
ten persons, but there came two bundled in a few
minutes. The mob had a flag with route writing
upon it. The snub seemed to ask for their leader,
and the slcopman said he was gone; though he was
in custody up stairs at the time. Alter that a person
!l in the habit of a drayman broke one window with a
' broomstick, and a man like a sailor biuke anotl.er ;
the pistols and guns were then taken out. Five or
six persons entered, and seized upon. the arnis .11 Cie
glass-cases in the shop. "lne shop was almost cum-
pletely rifled, and every thins carried off. The m, s
was very noisy. The flag was brought into the shop,
but he could not tell by whom. He saw Hooper
give the flag to another man at the dons before ir,ey
entered the shop. The flag disaprarcd from wt-
ness's view los ten minutes atter he first SOY it, his
attention being called off, by the transactions in the
shop ; he, however, saw. it again He saw Cash-
man in the shop—he had hold of Mr. Griffin ci.
side, and another man un the other. Mr. Gi.n.'i
had gone to get handcuffs for the person apurr-
hended, and they seized bibs when he entered nixr i..s
return. He saw Cashman go and take aims
twice from the counting-house behind the shop. hit
carried about two dozen at one time, mid ten "V
another, and gave them to the mob at the dud..
He observed Gamble opposite the shop among ire
mob, when the window was broken ; he was char .0
the window ; he had then no gun, nor any thug
else in his hand. Witness saw him shortly after wits,
a gun, among the mob. This • was when the nab
was departing. He could not speak to the pet soli of
the drayman who broke the window ; the mob I.ro-
, ceesl;d towards kiesegate-street.
Cross-examined by Mr. CunWOOD.—The witne.s
said, he was examined five or 103 C pines at the MAL-
I ston-house, and once at the Secretaty of State'a
office ; he never said any thing but what he
now say; lie never acid Hooper seized Mr. Griti;:..
To a.question from the Judge, witness said hr %%di
not much alarstred at the 'movements of the
except for his family and property.
Charles Griffin deposed, that he lives in Skinner-
street ; ira perfumer; he was in Mr. Beckwith's sa<p
on.the 24:1 of December; the first thing he obsessed
was the officer with a prisoner. Witness went fcr
handcuffs; the slap was safe then. The fist
that happened at terwards was the breaking of the r:,::
duty ; it was broken by a person in the diess'et..i
drayman or-brewer's servant with a brcanstiCk.
indentifivel Gunnel, the prisoner, to be the nun sav
broke the first window. Atter the window wa
broken, Hooper and Cashman entered the shop, leav-
ing a flag irr the street. He saw tile same li it; 1•1
klooper's.liand in the Old Bailey, when he was god);
)tiourttxaandctcluyff:Lioioc.
tibadt.ininscription which wiuusseou,l
Hooper and Coatinan came In
.by thefrunt dont.• • Hooker collared witmss, and
witness laid hold of Inns in his turn. Cashman
up aim! aske4 what-was gle matter ? be. likewise
cnt-
lared witness: He heard 'Hooper hallouing 0114
'Follow Wits, follow. star," betcis he mitered- At
that time the widow redo sot bzokda. Whop they

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witness, witness cried out, le What do you want I
me ? I came to rescue the to m as well as you."
ised those words for his own safety. Witness
aciper, when the latter to.dc out a pistol
iresenteJ it, saying, s I can fire as well as yop."
,ss acct np stairs-.in terror. The mob went
in lo.nit a qu ater of an ho.tr—or .tea .minutes.
iw no more of Cashman or Hooper. -Witness
swear to none of the otter prisoners.
jss.esamined by Mr. ALLEY.-.:.Witness WAS a
inter on Snowhill—had occupation .diout the
w .s not a Sheriff's officer, blit ensployed when
the Court in his own right. He had lived with
furrier called Mtrquis abopt.twelve sears ago,
id not been turned off. He had been mita
iiesl at the Mansisr. House, probably three or
;mei a week. burottly when called upon by the
Nl,yor. Being Asked if he had ever said that
presented a pistol to his breast, at the Man-
louse, as he now stated? he said he did not.
asked when fie first said s.)? he answered, he
•ti it Mr. Newman's Office a month ago.—Was
tat alter all the public examinations were over ?

lie last exaMination WAS not over.
r. Ju.tice rasa here alluded to the publication
iltopo.itions taken before the Magistrates in Pt.-
.pm, ; aad remarkA, that much improper mat-
way into the newspapers; that by this
patties were often prejuiged hi public opinion
ill:fir trial, and the Jury-could scarcely be ex-
cmie to the perform:nice of their duty with
91.1,ds mitcr having read such statements.
is p t:ie Jury, in the present-case, would throw
..r minds every thing they had previouey
c, or at itait allow it no influence On their judg-
Ile himself had seen the rapers filled with

u?..a the subject, but he had avliided reacting it.
I: twugs ought not to be published.
qu:stion from Mr. ALLEY, if ever he said
.itly 1114 Hooper was the person who presented
putul at him witness replied, he never said till
thAt Hooper was the person who presented a
at him. Being asked if he ever said, in the
2 01 Hooper, that be was the person who slid,
1.111.tv mel follow me !" he answered, No. Being
' it there was any reward expected ? he said he
of none—he knciv only of a reward offered for

ipprel.ensinn of the person who shot Ms. Platt.
Jug,ce PANK. -There is no reward what.

; theresure, don't let it be supposed there is."
Joseph Dynan is a boot•m9ker, 5, George-yard,
lie saw a great mob on the 2J of De.
1 at Mr. Beckwith's; they had Hags ; they were
roes. S twr Cashman there, as likesstis.: Carperi-
D.j not see how the windows were broken.
CaJonan enter the shop, and bring out fowling.
to ote number of four.

te came out with them, and gave them to the
•at the door, saying, " here, here I" He then
in, and brought out three more, and kept one
umielf. Witness saw C irpenter when the mob
'lg away, with two pistols, one a large, and
• a small one. The prisoner WAS brandish,
pivots in his hands.
;roes•-examined by Mr. Cuttwooo.—Denied his
ing said to a woman; " Come and see the tun."
never wis!ied the mob success, nor said they were

, cowards not to have gone to.Carlion-house.
never said to the woman that there was a rewind
30 guineas for apprehending any of the mob, and
at he could find two of them.
Ke-es mined by Mr. BOLLAND.—Said, that a wo-
slcai him to look " after ber husband, as, if
was any thing desperate, he would be in it."—
r,•and told her that he did not see her bus.
, but that he knew two of the rioters : there
no rtward offered at that time: the two persons
alluded as being in the mob were not

John Middleton is a wholesale stat7onth residing
,treat. On the ,2d of December he ob-
.: motions of the mob, and SAW them pass to
neckwith)s I witness's house is twelve doors from
heard a report of fire-arms at Mr. linkwith's,
came opposite witness's house he oh-
them, and could depose most certainly to the
I of Hooper. This prisoner was conversing
the man that carried the flag, and witness con-
. he was directing the motions of the mob : saw
two - three minutes in the mob. He wore a
.. cockade ; the Bag was also tri-coloured,
letters. The prisoner had something in his
appeared to be directing the persons about
The mob after that appeared to go towards
City, giving a shout, and carrying the flag.
identified
was near the flag. The flag was produced,
Identified by the witness; it bad en it the in-
so often mentioned—

" Nature to feed the /angry
" Justice to punish crimes •
" Truth to protect them:reseed"'
letters composing these words were gilt. The
14ell was pretiy large, and made of silk of three
-s, of red, white, and green, remarkably taste-
41:d elegant. Witless saw the windows of Mr.
Anti's shop broken, and the muskets taken oat
wn.dows were broken with the muskets which
handed out. He had no doubt that he saw
passing along with the mob.
'ph Page deposed, that,:being a dramas, he
111 Warwick-lane, leading into Newgate-street,
two o'clock on the 2d of December. He knew
I, had known him for six years s saw him in
ite-street on the day of the riots, with a gun in
in the midst of a great number of other
He was going down to Cheapside : tbe meb
flax. Gunnel was a lame man, but ivitness
• know that he used a broomstick as a staff.
hi-examined.—Said, that he never said the per-
the musket was not Gunnel. Had never
d.scharged from his master.
J.tmes Shaw (who, as a Magistrate, was on the
deposed, on the 2d of December be went to
In:ion-House : saw the mob first on the north-
the Royal Exehatie, between that and Thread-
•street : they had a flag with them. Witness
the flag and the bearer with his own bend.—
' Mayor and he dispersed the mobnt that
- El% was attached to a long pole. He
the pole marked.
Levy is a City Constable, and was so on
December last: Witness was on duty 'on
at the Royal Exchange, where be saw Cash-
, the mob, with a gun. He took him, and
the gun to Daniel' CartwAigkC. • It .Wll.

nulled in his presence, and was loaded wilb powder
and shot.

Daniel Cartwright, a Marsh 41 nab, saw Caihmart
arnong.tbe mob at the Royal Exchange, with a gun
(witness then produced the gun to the Cont.) It
WAS InAdA wit!► small shot and primed. Levy took
it from Cashman, and di l►vered it to the witness, who
said to Cashman, " 'nitre is plenty here." Cub-
n►au replied, 1 know 01.4 ; I brought it on purpose
to kill or be killed."

Mr. Beckwith WAS then called; and said, that 'he
believed the guli was in his shop on the 2d of De-
cember, but could not swear to it... He had eight or
of that desetiption, with the name of Twigge on
them, and they were stolen on that day.
Abraham Samuels reclgnizeir the prisoner Gamble
as one of the persons who were am ,ng the mob on
the 2d of December. He saw him near the Royal
Exchange, with a gun across his shoulder, and he ap-
pedred to be very busy among them.

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.1:)!In Gough, an officer hJoliging to the Police
Office in Union-street, apprehended Gamble at two
o'clock on the '2d oranettibt•r, in Queen•street, in
the B.rough : he then had a gun under his arm,
which witness took and gave to John May. Witness
observed that 13amble's lace was black, and asked him
where he gut the gun ? He said he picked it up in
Skinner-street. It was a dirty day, and the but-end
of the gun was dirty, but not the stock.
John May then produced the gun, which was de-
livered to him by the last witness.
Mr. Beckwith said, it stood in the east window or
his shop on the morning of the 2d of December, when
he went out : he had no doubt it was one of his guns.
It was worth 14 guineas.
John Roberts being again called, proved that the
gun produced was in the east window on the day in
question.
Mr. Beckwith said he knew that gun particularly,
from having sold it to a gentleman of the name of
Lee. for whom it was too heavy, and he afterwards
exchanged it.
Thomas Fi lend, an officer, produced a pistol, which
he received on the 6th of December from Mr. Hill, a
pawnbroker's servant in the Borough. He appre-
hended the prisoner Carpenter on that do', and had
had the pistol in his possession ever since.
Matthew William Hill, servarx to Mr. Wiliis,snid,
that the pistol was offered to him for pledge by Eli-
zabeth Owen. He stopped the pistol and toe person,
iml Then sent for Friend.

Elizabeth Owen examined the pistol, and said it
WAS the same which she took to the pawnbroker's.—
She had it from Carpenter, whit told her to pledge it.
Mr. Beckwith believed the pistol produced to be
his property. He bought two pair of pistols at Mr.
Mottimer's sale in Fleet-street. It was called the
common duelling pistol, and he had the fellow to it
at home he had received it from the Lord Mayor.
One of the other pair was also stolen on the 2d of
Deibember.
John Roberts was sent for the fellow pistol to the
one produced, and Mr. Beckwith identified it.
Mr. John Hodgetts. of Paternoster-row, was near
the north door ofahe Eichange on the 2d of Decem-
ber. He saw the flag which had been produced in
Sir J. Shaw's hands. Fitness sprang forward to
seize some one of the mob, and seized Hower. Un-
der his coat he found a brace of pistols. Witness
tried one immediately, and found it was charged :
he drew the wadding, and struck it on the ground,
when the ball fell out. _ _

Mr. GURNEY here rose, and observed, that Hooper
was armed with a brace of pistols, but they were not
Mr. Beckwith's.

Mr. Vincent (Jen. Dowhag stated, that on the
morning of the 2d of December ke was in Spa-fields,
where he saw a mob assembled round a waggon,
The prisoner Hooper was standing the waggon,
from which two tricoloured fl ►gs were displayed :
die one produced *as one of them. He saw the
mob quit that spot and go towards Coppice•row ; the
Hags and a banner were carried with them. When
they quitted the waggon Hooper took the lead, but
witness did not see Hooper cat rying the flag. The
flags were carried by men in sailors' dresses, and
Hooper walked by their side. When they arrived at
Coppice-row, witness saw Mr. Stafford and some of
the Officers, who made a rush to seize the flags. Mr.
Stafford took one of them, and the banner; the other

flag was carried on.
John Limbrick, an officer of the police, in Hatton-
garden, was stationed in Coppice-row on the day in
question. About eleven o'clock he saw several per-
sons in a waggon, and a great number round it.—
Cashman and Hooper were in it ; the former had a
tri-coloured flag, the latter a tri-coloured cockade in
his hat. Another man, not in custody, had a banner,
which was produced, and upon which was written—
" The brave soldiers are our friends, treat them
kindly." Witness returned to his station, and saw
Mr. Stafford engaged with the mob, and crying out
for help: he was trying to pull down a flag. Witness
jumped up and tore down one of the flags. Hooper
was present, and resisted witness, and rescued a man
from him.
Edward Gootsby. a constable of the parish of St.
Andrew, Holborn, was in Spa-fields on the 2d of.
December ; he saw Hooper and Cashman in a wag.
gon. He was afterwards at Coppice.row, and saw
them there again with the mob. Cashman held one
of the colours in his hands. Mr. Stafford called oat
for help, and witness went to assist him. He saw
Hooper with a tri-coloured cockade when the mob
were re: fisting Mr. Stafford.
Frederick Windermure, of the Horse Ferry-road,
Westminster, steed, that on the 27th of November a
person called on him and• hired a waggon. On Sun-
day evening, December Ist, Hooper and the former
prison called on him again, and he received direc-
tions from both where to go on the following morn-
ing. They desired him to be, at half-past nine
o'clock, at the top of Chancery-lane, in Holborn.—
He was there as near to that time as possible, when
Hooper and another person came to him. They put
something into his waggen ; there were two or three
poles wrapped in blankets, which he afterwards found
to be colours. They also put ins small parcel, which
he afterwards discovered to Fontein bullets, .a can of
gunpowder, and bits of lead. He proceeded towards
Spa-fields. and Hooper rode in the waggon. Hooper
was in the waggon while the mob was there, and
held one of the colours in his hand : he then promised
witness more money for the hire: Cashman was in
the front of the waggon with die other , oulourik-r
They went away with the mob, and left witness with

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the waggon. He afterwards. delivered the ballets
and pow9er to a police officer.
• James Collmore, the officer, produced from sixty
to sine hundred bullets, and about a pound of gun-
powder, which he received from tle 1 ist witness.

- Tn. is was the case on the part of the prosecution.
Mr. ALLEY then rose, and submitted to the Court,
that the Learned Counsel for the Crown had mis-
taken the prep:r c.etrse of proceeding on this occa-
sion. It was a rated and se!:led principle 01 ;he com-
mon law, that a man shoull not be tried twice for
the same offence. New, a crime of a given de*rip-
tion might be merged in another of greater m Teo-
tude ; and, therefore, if he pr ived the offence with
which the prisoners were charged was net that which
they had committed, but one of an inferior nature,
he apprehended that the present indictment could not
be sustained.—[Here a great tumult was heard in
the Court-yard. The noise appeared to arise from
several parsons engaged in a contest, and contending
with bludgeons, which were struck against each other.
The pr ,ceediogs of the Court were intmediately sus-
pended, and the greatest uneasinc.s prevailed. The
general opinion was, that sortie pets-its withoat were
attempting to rescue d.c prisoners ; hut, in a short
time, an oriicer informed the Ler d Mayor, that the
d•sturbance was' occasioaed by a hilloce having
entered the yard. His Lordship communicated Ctrs
tact to the Judges, and as soon as the noise had
ceased, Mr. ArLee continued his speech.]---- —lt
had been held in the case of John Swan and
beth Jeffreys, who were indicted for the marder ai
Jeffreys, and against whom, before Co. trial,
another bill was afterwards preferred for the pasts they
respectively took in the same murder, charging Swan
with petty treason, and Jeffreys with murder ; in this
case it was decided, that as entertain arraign was no
plea, the prisoners ought not to be exposed to the in-
convenience of undergoing two trials for one and the
same fact. In that case, therefore, the first indictment
was quashed, and the Conrt proceeded to the trial of
the prisoners on the second indict ment. —( Foster's Re-
post, 101.) In the present case, the Learned Counsel
contended, that the offence was wrongly charted, and
that the prisoners ought to have been indicted for high
treason. The conduct of the prisoners, as it appeared
in evidence, clearly amcunted to an ()act t act of high
treason. The mob had oirginally assembled with en-
signs of sedition : they had concluded their proceed-
ings at Spafields. and then went to Mr. Beckwith's.
It could nut be forgotten, that sty were provided with
ammunition before they reached his !loose; but
when they arrived there, they toult away arms,
and some sorts of ammunition, and with these im-
plements of war they proceeded in a regular body
through the city, as far as the Royal Exchange.—
Now, it was laid down by Mr. Justine Foster, (tall),
that all insurrections are distinct species of high tree-
ison. Insurrections, says he, f.rr redressing national
grievances, or for the reformation of real or imaginary
I evils of a public nature, and in which the insurgents
have no special interest : risings to effect these ends!
by force and numbers, are, by construction of law,
within the clause of levying war, and unquestionably
are high treason. When the Learned Counsel put all
question to a witness as to the object of the mob, one
of their Lordships' (Mr. Justice Park) stopped him;
but he trusted there was still evidence enough to
make it clear that the object was not to commit a
felony, but neither more nor less than high treason.
It, therefore, the prisoners were acquitted upon this
indictment to-day, they might be prosecuted by the
King's Attorney General to-morrow. He did not
mean to say, that if / man took away another man's
•property, it was not felony. The ancient detente
was, however, that the taking away was not lan-ri
recta; but a conviction might take place, although
we could :tot explain the real motive. He submitted,
iron ever, that toe offence of the prisoner s WAS sit a dif-
ferent descripti-in tram that with whist, they were
charged. Mr. Foster, after speaking of the ease of petit
treason and murder in Swan's care, says—,, I think,
it the prosecutor be apprised of the true state of the
case, Ise ought to adapt the indictment to. the truth
of the CASt." The Learned Counsel therefore con-
tended, that, in this case, the Counsel fur the prose-
cution should not have framed All indictment which
might subject the prisoners. if acquitted, to be indic-
ted again. Why were they, he repeated, to be ac-
quitted to-day for felony, and then proceeded against
for treason r The prisoners had not the same
benefit under this indictment as they would have had
on an indictment for high treason. On an indict-
ment for high treason, they would have the right
of peremptorily challenging 35 of the Jury, and of
being assisted by the speeches of Counsel ; whereas
in an indictment for felony they were deprived of
those advantages. There could be no doubt, how.
ever, that they had levied war to redress either real
or imaginary public grievances, and. therefore. should
hare been indicted for high treason, and not for fe-
lony, in breaking open Mr. Beckwith's house, and
taking away his property.
Mr. Cunwooo followed on the'aame side, and sub.
mitted that by the second clause of the 25th of Ed-
ward 111. the.acts which had been proved against the
prisoners were in their nature treasonable, and there-
fore, in his opinion, they ought to have been indicted
for treason upon the grounds stated by his Learned
Friend, Mr. Alley. He took it to be a clear prin-
ciple of the law of England, that no man should be
tried twice for the same offence. If the conduct of
the..prisoners would constitute high treason, -they
ought to have been indicted for that oMnce, and not
for a lesser crime. It they had been indicted for
high treason, they. would have had several advan-
tages, of which • they were now depraved. .Did .the.
facts which had been proved against., them aquwnt
to high treason ? The second c:aipie of the 25th ,of
Edward the Tbird,embraced the case of keying war
against the King's authority, precisely in the-manner
in which the prisoners had acted on• this oecasien.•
The robbing of gun-makers, and the. banners they
carried, was the object of redressing yell or tnocied
grievances. Mr. Justice Foster, in his Ist Discourse;
expressly said, that it
.persons meet together upoli
account of some private quarrel) or to take teverige
on pertitular persons, the statute of treasons hitch
already determined that point in favour of the sub-;
ject. So a rising of weavers to destroy all engine looms,
machines which enabled those Of the trade who made
use et them, to undersell those who had them not,
did not amount to levying war within the statute.—
But every insurrection which in judgment of law was
intended against the person of the King. be it too de-
throne or imprison biro, oroblige him to alter his

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measures cf Government, or to remove evil Counsel_
lees from about him—these risings Al amount to le-
vying war within the statute, whether attended with
the pomp and circumstances of open wir o mt..—
Now, taking the circumstances of this cast into con-
sideration, was it nor r,bviotis that they ainorint-d to
high treason ? There was no doubt th it these men
had levied war to redress public grievances ; and,
theretore, they should have been indicusd for treason,
more especially as they could not, it actr't ed under
the present indictment, plead it in bar to au indict-
, merit for high treason.
Mr. GURNICY was about to reply, when
Mr. JlStiCe PA UK ilbg..rved, that he (\lr. Gitrney)
need last give hon.elt the trouble, as toe Court were
of opinion that there was no foundation for the ohjee.
tion, that the prisoners ought to have b en tried for
.high treason. There was A question why ti had been
fairly broviit for the decision of the Jury—whether
certain acts had been committed by the prisoners
or not ?

The p-;,,nners were then called on separately for
their defence.

Cashman declare %, thlt on the morning of the riot,
he had been to the Lon.lon H ispital to Lee a sick
man, and then went to Rosmnary-:ane to get his
breaklast. He altiltv w..nt with a letter to Ad-
miral Martin's !lonie at tile Aimiralty, and delivered
it to a Gentleman, s. ho looked at it. As he was re-
turning home, he s tsv a mob near St. Paul's ; the
people were running along, but he did not join in any
of the excesses which thi committed. He had no
witnesses to call to confirm this statement ; but Tho-
mas Geary, a sailor, deposed, that he had known him
eight or nine years, and considered him a very honest
man.

Hooper was nert called on for his defence, and
thus addressed the Court :
" My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury—After
having been three weeks in custidy, no evidence of
any serious nature conld be produced against m?,
and I was admitted to hail. I now :Ind ih.it there

is a most frightful evidence brought •gaiiiat me, and
that too for a mist heinous offence. Griffin, Wm has
given hit testimony bete to•d4y, saw me frequently
at the Mans,.n during the fete investigations;
he often looked me lull in the face, and yet he nevi'.
said a word of what he has tl►is day sworn. Lyd)ard
also had opportunities of seeing me. Lie did are me
several times, and yet he did not seem to know any
thing about me. I am, therelte, my Llrds, quite •
unprepared to enter on my &fence on sn Sudden an
accusation, nor have I tliow friends here whose evi.
dence might be useful to me nn the present occasion,
and whom I could leave procured, it a longer time of
preparation 'had been granted to me. As to what
has been sad about c Titus, my Lords, I did nt•t
couch them. f wore, I admit, a cockade in my hat, ati.d
was with some of the cnt►vd, but my elij, c t was r:ot
to commit any outrage. I wished to go into the City
to the Lord Mayor, to request him to keep the pedple
within bounds, for I myself did. all 1 could to pie. •
acne order."

He then produced Alexander Harding, a carver
and gilder in Westntinsttr. This witness knew pri-
soner eight years, but knew nothing of him for the
last two ye.trs. While he was in the habit of seehtg.
him he used to conduct himself as, and had the elm-

racier of an honest man. . .
John Bennett, a shoe-maker in Soho, was next
called. He knew Hoop.fr from five to seven years ;
used to work as a ewe maker with this witness
times; always bore the character of an honest and '
industrious man.
Gamble, who was next called on for his defence,
thus addressed the Cow t :
‘. My Lords—Ott thr 'A of I)ce,ml,-..r I went (pi •
to lo- k for work, but c..01d get nom; on my 'coin(
I heard that there was a meeting at Spaaie4ls, and I
went up to see what was going on, ;1,,t1 to try wile-
titer any thing would b.: propu%:-.1 for the good 4,f
the people. When I got to Sp. lid its Ow v id,
so crowded that I cool I not move, and di.l not heai
a word of what was said. I the 4 returned. And in •
my way pass-d this. igh Skintrer-street, wPete I saw
a great crowd, amid when- I picked tip a gins which
had bcea :brown out of tome pi...soil's hand on the
ground; hut I made no had use whatever of it, and
only wished to keep it tot its value, nut to du any
injury with it."
Several persons were called, who gave the prisoner •
an excellent character, some of them knowing hint
from his infancy.
Carpenter, in his defence, said he had no know-

•

ledge whatever of the transaction, and was at bogie
that day by half•past one.—He called nu witneises tb
his character.
Mr. Justice PARK then addressed the Jury to the

following effect :—Gentlemen of the Jury, the five
prisoners at the bar stand indicted' for feloniously en.
tering in, and carrying away, a vast quantity cif arms
from the shop of Mr. Beckwith, in the parish of Si.
Sepulchre, in this mttrop-lis, and puttieg certain
persons Who were in 14 b.!
ify in bodily fear. Tfiti
indictment, Gentlemen, is 'flooded on a... 2 Act of
Witham 111. by wh•ch it is to lite a captial iitfroce
for any peiton to enter 'n LI taelliogliotise in the daf
time, and eirry off properly, provided the own, r,
the persons present- in that fibula, have beets put in
♦odily to t. At the same time, it is by no means
9119611.41 i that-the owner himself should be Present,
'at if prisent, that he should be put in bodily teat, as
tbp law d.-eMs it sufficient that one individual halt
-beets alarmed, and put in fear. and therefore the
.Charge of a capital natuie is thtee:by made out.—
Yod may; therefore, rattly thsteiss tram your minds
Any aPprefiention on thus head, as this 1-can assure
,va iS the law. A' vast variety of circumstances
.11alie-this day, in this particular case, been brought
kisroft you, with it view to chew that the prisoners at
"it} were all concurring in unlawtel and illegal
, and acting on one general concert. You al-
to constitute the crime for which the
been repeatedly told so, that it
havingicted, that All anti each of them
pri
ser.ainsci.ooyiti
enkrenscciesscstsa,aiirdy iindicted,
should have been within the piecincts of Mr. Beck-
with's skip. The law, Gentlemen, deems it quite
sufficient to constitute a capital charge, that the pri-
' boners should have been present, though not in the
shop, that, I say, they should have been present
tiding, abetting, and conifor.ing ea:h nther, even
ihouxn individually unknown 141 each 011itir.s.
It is not necessary they should a:1 be in the shop; be-
cause ilyoo are satisfied on the eeideace which-haa
*an laid before you, that they who were on tbe. 044.
side acted in concert with those who Were idside, she

:ird witness,'
me ? I car
1, used those
ened
resented it
• :!),;s teat I
,a in :shoot
no ISIOf
smmi tO
Cr,:ss.eseinin
on Sn
• ,s not
•Ut Coati
-riorn..: call
h
T.ilied At ti
r1;01.:1 awe
j ,yor.
present
House, as
1.5- asked wf
>o et Mr. I
twat alter a
.1; the lest Cl
Justice I
the th•pnaish,
. reports;
l'a W
;s parties ‘I
th;:ir tit.
to Cline
91•14 d
CAI:, of of iel
1.1. tic Liu
-o?ai the s
•c::taings ou
TJ a (Fat.
blirly that
Owl at his
that Hao
plat him.
e of fit
Maw me!
d, it there
w of none-
appref ensi.
Mr. Just.ce
er ; thertc!.iii
Joseph llyn
Ho
tuber et Mr.
umerons. S
r. D.d not
aw Ca.hnien
;eces to cute
He came u
tple at the
eat in, and
r himself.
as going aw
other a at
the pistols
UMW-CUM
tying said ti
'e never wis
y cowai
e tiever saic
50 guineas
At he could
Re-es •mine
an d sa•ed h
.ere was any
.e went•and
ad, but tha
s no rcwarc
. whom he a
.prehended.
John Middl
Skinner-str,
red the ma
. Beckwith
: he heard
d the mob I
ed them,
non of HI
ith the man
ered he via
re two or tl
.coloured
lb gilt lette
J, and api
The a
City, Bit
ooper was
Identified
ptioss so al
The letters
itself was
~ars, of to,
ai:d elegy
st
wit,dows
e handed
'Per passi
~vl3ll pal
in Wars
et two Uhl
anel, had
gate-stye
land, in
pie. He
flag.
not know
with the
d.sehasi
'r lanes
c 4,) depo
Nlaissicn-
of the Rt
• It-street
d the fie
Lord M
• The
'fied the
muel L
dot De
day as ti
strong
the gt