Star.
London, England, 1819-09-06 00:00:00

the crowd. There 11413 be 5® people •
am, time.
one of the Corfoiate./likgfi.
• Could, EA.
"ifacelesield, said, be remembered tbe-on.
.lieeting 3t Mlnchestet, on Nlonday the 16th
lst on the Tuesday event o 8 There were only
'the list Regiment in Macclesfield. They
~..cToned in the Town Hall, to take care of t
He did not know of v, hat the baggegg
i. he did rot see any arms. On Tuesday
about eil,ht o'clock, a great many people
tevther. They did nut then appear dis-
t, riot. He thought they were assembled
to learn news from Nlanchester. They had
„n the Monday evening, and afterwards dis-
t,/ quietly. On the Tuesday evening, the
iinon to riot which he saw was their crying
ittolorr op eposit Mr. Wilson's house. He
fee the defendant among them at all. As
'le beard them call " Cobbler'," he thought,
~,,,,istrate, that it was proper to read the Riot
Dere were about 300 or -100 people opposite
when they called " Cobbler. They had
wed about half an hour before the Itiot
.11 When the Act had been read, the'
deemed it expedient to get as many
is they could ; they got some horses, and
th immediately upon the mob. Tile wit-
got pretty well off. They threw stones
or, at the witness, and at others. In about
a half after they dispersed the mob.
broke the windows of Mr. Grimsditch,
of Mr. Barnet, a special constable ; 'of
of the witness; of the Mayor; of
du, and of a great many others, about
altogether. The peaceable inhabitants were
th alarmed. He did not bear any, words
ept" Cobbler;" but. there were other ex-

11411, a silk-manufacturer at Macclesfield,
?re his assistance on the 17th to the Magis-
iF order of the Mayor. He saw the defendant
era about ten o'clock, and took him into
, Ile ,„was then about 700 or SOO yards from
;,e of Wilson; the mob were then dispersing.
A;dre•called.—The defendant was Brought
as a Magistrate. The defendant said,
r renon had 2ut a cockade in his hat in a
t.oiic. There was written in his hat " Hunt

q: Witness did not see the bat, but said
($41:• that he bad heard of it.
ie-called.—The defendant was shouting,
took him into custody, as he appeared
lag part with the rest. Witness was at the
I with the soldiers. The inhabitants were

wined.—The prisoner was making a
a a ,:runken man. The mob consisted prin-
. manufacturers, but there were some wea-
among them.
,aation of ;he defendant was then put in
Mr. Gould, the Magistrate, said, that no
sad been used to induce the defendant to
It was as follows :—" Samuel Hardens says,
Hunt and Liberty' written on his hat, but
out. May wrote the words on his hat.—
IViUlaw was with him when he went into
Wilshaw is a silk-weaver."—This was the
it.

.recAlled.—There was at that time no
►te between the masters and :nen in Mite-
.ing wages.
'TORNEY-GENERAL said, that this was.the
• prosecution.

then rose and addressed the Jury for

The Learned Counsel said—"
Gen-
the task %% Filch the duties of the profession
on me at this moment is far from being a
or a light one. Insurrection and tumult,
disorder, shall never find an advocate in
at the same time, the individual charged
is entitled to have, and shall have, the
of my exertions in his defence. lam my-
the great danger of all Meetings of this
my Learned Friend, the Attorney Gene-
. go farther than myself in reprobating
bet I will tell you the effect of the impression
in this and similar cases. As 1 have a
ling against Meetings of this sort, from the
rhiela they create, in the same proportion I
nece,sary to put a guard upon myself that
!client may not be misled in the plain question
chid is all we have to try to-day. A de-
comes to have a case of this kind tried by
rejadices which cannot fail to exist. My
nend, in stating his case, thought fit to
rge view of the object of the people in this
trighbouring Counties ; and I do a little.
what he said respecting ;evolution, re-
overthrow of all property on the Fin'
defined in the Spencean System. Ido not
these topics have been legitimately intro-
.
'present occasion. I say, that with the
yol have now to discharge, they have
never to do : but they may inflame your
and so they will mislead your minds : ac-
the constitution of the human mind, that

must be, the effect. If those whO are
:iistoined to the analyzation of the mind, and
fedevotecl their whole time and talents to
-us el tLis abstract description, are unable
ttaselves of the influence of first impres-
a be supposed that you, whose attentions
tessity be tlevoted to other pursuits, will,
to overcome those difficulties by which
minds have been embarrassed ? Having:
ul the clanger iu which you stand, to
1/41"g at this case with that cool and &spas-
4nm* which you on to exercise, I now
I 'lv 14W Of the case. It is the very founiip-'
I"earoment of my Learned friend, that the.
a°d tile intent of the persons why were 40'1114
'1114 occa: ion were the same. In all ea,
vbere a man n. charged with tint or.♦
it is extremely difficult to aseeettin
Ictives ; but they are open to explaaat
that ouch, 17th of August these w:
"toe tov.l, of Maccizsfielti. To eutiee
"Tdiet, it is not enough to pro* to
r'cre, as Le might be there, however it
ridable
t
,r"ea brills curiosity only. 7he intent and the
Again : A man may be
44ble motive . Ar.:l4taylor said he
sP:Pcle atalaing.information, to,irn
At (Oil the place 0.-so that a man ma;
for a venial but a laudable purpose.

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