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oerce, with respect to the military, tin which he
ee:: about to enter.
Mr. HUNT resumed. —He demanded why the
•;enes, bricks, and bludgeons, which had been brought
to York, had not been produced in Court—where,
eel, were the pikes which had been mentioned, and
other weapons with which the assembly at Man-
e:ester was said to have been armed ? He wished
that they had been produced. He should have liked
to ask Mr. Holton if he could recognize the form of
any of the stones, and the peculiar make of some of
the bricks? Then, as to the Caps of Liberty, which
had been called Republican emblems—that Hall
Was decorated with Roman fasces and the Cap of Li-
berty. Wiry might not these be carried in Lanca-
shire, as well as exhibited at York ? If so, what be-
came of the boasted liberty of Englishmen? He
trusted that the sentiment of the Poct,
" lie who contends for freedom,
Can ne'er be justly deem'd his Scw'reign'a foe,"
e-euld ever be respected in this country ; and he
eeped that moment would be the List of his life,
-..eicn he should he found unwilling to struggle, even
to death, in the sacred cause of freedom. lle thee
ietered on a long vindication of his own political
Teineples, and, with great animation, asserted the
of the People to act as they had acted, before
passing of the late Bills, in calling for a Refoem
e. Parliament. The evil, if it were such, was now
corrected by the measures alluded to ; and it was un-
eecessary for them to give a verdict to prevent the
recurrence of such Meetings, as that was already
done by the law. They had simply to decide on the
peculiar merits of the case. Ile supported his opi-
z,ions by referring to a variety of speeches which had
been made in Parliament; and contended, that his
exposition was not at variance tc ith what had been
advanced by some of the most distinguished charac-
ters in the l'satitirt. He desired to know where the
hloo.iy dagger was? This, and the attempt to con-
nect him (Mr. Hunt) with Mr. Carldc, had a greater
tmlency to prejudice his case with the respectable
Jary who we: eto try it, than anything else. The
.0 day;ger had never exi,ted but is the fevered
l•rains ot. such men :l's Mr. Warren and Mr,Scariett.
Pv the leeetniee used on this subject, it was Clear that
b
it V... 13 I:l!Cadeil to co:mect him with thhse who had
i t,. iy beet ai)prehcn.l.:d in Lendon. It was not enough
te::eeneese him mlustly with blacplieriers, but it was
smoitr. t.t mak::. ham the aceomplice assassins. This
meant to though it was known that
t:.e -..vretches lately di.covc.e,l (but it was net for him
:h e.. 11: of their oxen-.'s :Li they WC:C prz.ent tin-
t whatever aitimate oOject ..:Kilt be,
to make him Ir. I lunt) one c i their victims.
'e i.. blee!: !.1.1_.; I.e evretld 'hew. had be-'n made black,
et its accidental:y diF,covcred that the motto
re•.im;ly panted on white calico would not show
cll. To correct the defect, it was made black. The
i• Representation," did not mean that
l!la !Kaiak tt ritilL! obtain an equal representation or
die in the atter:pt; it did but mean that starvation
was c•ine, and :La;. death must follow if they were
not relic cd from their distressty equal representa-
tion. lie was .confident that if be had omitted to
mention anything of importance in the course of his
address, that the deicie.ncy would be supplied by the
evidence. He conll not for a moment believe that
any Jury of honorrable men would find him guilty.
He rejoiced that the cause had been brought to York
or Dial, instead oT being taken to Lancaster, where
Hutton might have been one of the Jury.—After
one comments on the evidence of that Gentleman,
lie stated, in corroboration of what he had previously
ar.seried, that a public dinner had been ordered, to
Which he and most of those with him wet e to have
IcTaired after the Meeting. This would she.,v what
had been their abject.—After some further observa-
t:,-n.c, he remarked, that the Counsel for the prose-
c would have the ti, ht Of reply. The Learned
Ccatli•man had great weight, but his talms would
not suffice to put down the evidence—let him then
Ire the right of reply—let him use it to explain what
he had said of the dagger—let him reconcile the
e..-idence of Mr. Helton with truth, and let him pro-
ot..ee the bloody dagger !
The defettiant here concluded his speech, which
lasted from tea o'clock in the morning to a quarter
before three in the afternoon. He appeared to be
quite exhausted in body, but at the same time as col-
lected in his mind as at the commencement. As he
sat down, there was great applause among the au-
dience, which indecency the Judge repressed in a
dignified manner. It immediately ceased.
The Jury retired for a little, at the suggestion of
Mr. Justice BAYLEY. On their return, and that of his
Lordship, the evidence for the defence commenced.
FlZmund Grundy examined by Mr. Ilunt.—Has retired from
business; lives at Di:swarth, in Lancashire; was a calico-prin-
ter. Has not made any deposition ; was at Smedley Cottage
en 10th August. On Teesday previous to the Manchester
Meeting saw Mr. Hunt there. Recollects some conversation
relative to the Manchester 'Meeting, and expressed au intention
of returning home immediately. lie (wituess) endeavoured to
prevail upon him to stop till the :NI, Barg. His advice and re-1
quest had no influence at that time; he left him without Mr.
liant's determining anything. Ile Is ,rot on the Wednesday
Ills intentions were altered. Saw him agaiii the 14th of A agast,
the first time at Smedley Cottage. lie communicated to Mr.
Hunt, that he heard there was a warrant againq hits ; Ise saw
hint on the road to Manchester; he 'witness) afterwards waited
el Mr. Norris, the Magistrate, with the derAltlant Johnson.
llta Norris is chief acting Magistrate. 11. told tlr. K,c-ric,
fru if there was any warrant against Mr. Huta he woald pot
in bail; the Magistrate replied, that there was no iM'orinatio.l
Lid, or warrant granted, or any intention of issniog one. lie
Lets about seven miles off; saw numbers Tang ta the Alerting
but oei.e armed with bludgeons. Ile has prop_ny in that
neighbourhood; bad no fears for his property; has friends at
blauch.ster, but nothing he saw gave hint any uneasinesta
Cross-examined by Mr. Scala-m-11e dined in the
sane room with Mr. Ham about twelve months ago; found no
body wish tlr. Hunt ; he went there to ray him a visit ; saw a
letter posted about, signed by him. Ile WAS his bait afterwards.
James Dyson examined by Mr. Brnford.—Lives at Middle-
ten, is a weaves ; was o:1 the Barrow-fields on the 15th of Au-
gust last, at ten o'clock in the mornioa, ; there were sin or seven
Laralred men, wonian, and children tln.n. SIW Bamford there,
walking aboi:t ; be then got a chair, anal addressed the people,
road sated, " Friends and neighbours, theta of you who wish to
join in the prraressioo, will endeavour to conduct yoursedviat or-
sier:. and ;:eaceobly, that you may go as comfortable as possible ;
aay iil.esan Mreits you, or gives you offence, take no notice of
Lm, :or I make to doubt but there will be persons, who will
naaae it their les:aims, to go about, in order ta disturb the Meet-
lag shonll you meat with such, keep them as quiet as passible,
anal if :11...v stint,: ,:ou, don't strike them again ; for it would
tierce a pretext for dispersing the Meeting. If the Peace-
vineers come to arrest me, or any other person, offer no resist-
mice, but sillier them to take them quietly, and when you get
there, endeavour to keep yourselves as select as possible, with
your binia-iis in your centre, so that if any of you should strag-
gle, you will know where to find one another by seeing your
When the Meeting is dissolved, keep close to your
Tanners, and leave the town as 404/11 possible, for if you should
flay drinking, your enemies might take advantage of it, and it

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they could raise a disturharoto, you would he taken to the New'
Bailey." Thinks he de's recollect Bamford saying there would
he no disturbance, or if there was, it would be on their return.
Saw some sticks, but only those usually carried; be Ind thought
of taking one, as he had enperienced fatigue before; he took tire
stick to Barrow-field, where he met a man, to whom he lent
it ; they had not gone above a mile, before he returned it again.
Some persons called out, th.rt no 'ticks should go there, that it
had been agreed that no sticks should go, and so he sent it home
by his father-in-law. lie 'then went on in the. procession;
he saw nothing but peace and good. order. They walked
four abreast. Saw Bamford Iso upon the hustings before Mt.
Hunt's arrival. Saw Bamford, on Mr. Ilunt's arrival, standing
near witness, about 40 yards front the hustings. Did not know
that he (Bamford) got on the husting4 after Mt. Hunt's arrival.
Never saw him on them afterwards. 1)iil not see him any more
that day.
Cross examined by Mr. Seejeant the Middle-
ton people that joined the procession there !allele be a thousand,
of not so many. Some at the further cmd of the procession had
laurels, he did not know whether there were any officers. Wit-
ness was not a serjeanf ; joined in as an individual ; there were
men walked by the side to keep order, and when they missed
the step, to call " right" " left," and so on. The Rochdale and
Middleton parties were nearly equal. The Meeting had ban-
ners ; there were banners inscribed " Parlianiefts Annual" and
" Suffrage Universal;" " Unity and Strength," and " Liberty
and Fraternity." And marclutd with one party before that
marched through the town. This had met he heard) at Tan-
dle-hill after six o'clock. lie went there and stayed about an
hoer. There were some drilling, (as they rifled it), marching
about. tic did not fall in that da7. Ile marched to Marches-
to- without any drilling. Ile could march, so as it did. Ile be-
lieved that the Meeting of which he had spoken might be about
two or three hundred, men, women, and children. Some were
in ranks, others were walking. This he believed was on the
Sunday but one before the Meeting of the 16th of August. The
procession was attended to Manchester by men calling out
&c. It did not go by the nearest stay to Man-
chester
on the 16th. They had music with them. Ile gave
the names of the owners of the different instruments. Sortie of
these hal played on them occasionally at the church. When
the procession, marching four abreast, arrived at Peter's-field,
the banners were taken to the hustings, tat after-eve-cis removed
by- order of Mr. Bamford. He had remembered the speech of
Mr. Bamford ever since last August. He never saw it to writ-
' in;, but when it was taken down at the time of the depositions
bi Mr. Pearson. Ile had seen. his deposition, in the middle of
• tholast week bet one, at Samuel Banif.rd's. It was there reed
. over to Ile began to repeAt tile s.. e:ech, being directed to
ua s,) by the Counsel, but had some clifF.culty in recollec:ing the
' wh,:le. Did not precisely remember what Mr. Bamford had
sal,' about so:ne disturbance taking place when they came bads;
I he remembered something about it. Bamford went on the

hustoeis.
Ile-examined by Mr. Bamford.—Knew Tom Ogden, the
church musician, believed that he and others of the musicians
were in the habit of performing in the chutch at that time.
Ilveeined by the Jenne.—Witness was married. Did not
take his wife to Manchester; some hundreds accompanied the
pi: cession all the way ; saw a number of boys on the way; did
not see any of the Middleton women on Peter's-field; they did
not press so far into the crowd as witness did; the men who
went in the procession allowed in some instances their wives
and daughters to go ; the weltee in Lancashire it was com-
mon to have banners and music ; never marched as they did cm
the 16th of A tguo, having sometimes processions of which carts,
fenciOilly ornamented: form a part ; had seen as many as forty-
five persons wnh one cork; but several carts sometimes moved
in the. course of one day.
John Farland (examined by Bamford). Was a weaver; recol-
lected Eamford's addressing the people at Middleton on the
loth of August ; he described the speech then made by Bam-
ford nearly as it had been described by the last witness; went
to the Manchester Meeting; saw no insi.lt offered on the way,
nor at Sr. Peter's-held ; sew Bamford there, on the ground ;
first saw him on the hustings, for about five nanutes ; saw him
afterwards near warless, opening an avenue among the people;
ditl not see Bamford on the hustings whilst Mr. Hunt was there;
saw Bamford fifty yards, or within sonic few yards of that dis-
tance, from the hustings. The banners stood in the midst of
the people.
Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Caoss.—llad no knowledge
of any Con.mittee. On the 16th of August the Middleton peo-
ple were absernOled for the first time. Wis on Tandle-hili on
the morning of the Sunday before. There might be about eight
hundred men there drilling ; they were then in companies of
about thirty men each. Could not say how many companies.
Perhaps there might be not so many as eighty. Each company
had a co:um-order to give the word, " Right," " Left," and so
on. Stayed till they dismissed. They were at last drawn up
in one line, he believed standing two deep. Did not know who
commanded them. Curiosity led witness there. He had heard
of drilling, and went to see whether it was so or sot. Ilad no
s: inks, nr anything of that sort. Witness had been a Local arid
Illilitie man. The party drilling did their exercise, as tar as
facing right and left went. At Middleton witness fell In with
the party marching to Manchester. Caul,' not say who formed
the hollow square at Middleton. Had never seen the man who
gave the word of command (to know him) since. Saw Barn-
ford distribute the bonnets. He might possibly give them to
the commanders of sections. Nobody bat Bamford spoke from
the chair. Did not take notice where the person went who
had formed the square, nor who it was that formed them into
line again. Understood that they were to meet divisions from
other places at Manchester. Did not hear Bamford say, that
when they got back there would be any-thing to do. •Did not
take his wife with him. He described the advance to Man-
chester; this division remained stationary ou the ground when
they arrived there.
Re-examined by Bamford.—Barrow-field(where the people
met at Middleton) was a public place. At Tandle-hill there
were as many spectators as others. There was no stcresy that
he knew of. They might pass through Middleton at about
eight or nine o'clock on the Sunday morning, through the public
highway. Many women and children accompanied the proces-
sion of the 16th. Some of them he knew to be related to the
parties. Witness never before appeared in a Court of Justice
to gift evidence.
By the Junco—Saw none of the women and children at
Manchester ; saw many on them on the road. had no thought
of taking his wife there; she had something else to do at home.
William Kendal (examined by Bamford).—Before I quitted
my house I left my wife and child there with my son at
home. I saw nothing particular in the movements of the peo-
ple, except their pa-sing to and fm. 1 saw no bludgeons among
them, but a few old persons walking with common walking-
sticks. I saw them from an eminence, from which I could
watch them. They went on with a deal of women and chit-
dree, and seemed s ery ,c iful. I saw no symptoms of alarm on
the road. I an: no Refc..-mer. I don't profess to be one of any
political knowledge, tnoeek I am a member of the. Loyal Orange.
Cross-ex.:mined b f N:r. Lirroroote.—l knew a good many
of them ; they were deing no harm at .Middleton, and marched
off zeeulor. \Vomeo, same by the aide of them and others after
them, joined in: he ptozessiaa.
Janes Fra.;kl..nd examined by S. Bastrosio.—l reside in Mid.
dletsn, ad ...it a chigger and leather-cutter, and farm a little by
keepleg a few cows. I have eight children and a wife. I re-
member the neople assembling in Middleton on the 16th August,
Mid, afterwards going on. I looked after them. They were on
the way to Manchester. I heard the substance of what you
said, which was, that they would be conducted to Manchester
in a boo). es tney were, and when they got to the place where
tire 3leetiog was to be held, they would remain in a company by
themselves, and not intermix with others, and return in a body
also, when this Meeting was ever, without straggling in the mut-
titude. You also recommended them not to mind any insult,
nor be inouced to resent it, if offered. The people were all
quite peaceable. Ido not belong to arty body of Reformers,
nor did 1 go to Manchester witlo.the procession, though I had a
son nearly is years of age who went. I knew of his going, and
gave no orders to prevent him. I believe he marched in the
procession, and did not apprehend any danger or riot, or I should
not have allowed him to go. _
Cross-examined by Mr. ScAZLXTT.—I have known Mr. Bam-
ford for a great many years, but 1 did not know who was to tale
the command of the party. My son did not tell me he was to
go. I saw him in the procession, and it was mentioned in the
family he meant to go. There have been several public Meet-
ings of the Reformers in our neighbourhood, but my son is not
one of them. I know' nothing of private meetings. I don't
know whether my son took either refreshment or money in his
pockets for the march to Manchester.
John Turner, a tailor and draper at Middleton, examined by
ilaniford.—ltecollected the procession there on the morning of
the 16th August, and its music and banners. I saw a num-
ber of women and children among then.. I saw no large sticks,
but a few aid men carded their common walking-sticks. I WES