The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

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NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUESDAY.
(Before Lord ABINGER.)
RIOT AND FELONY. _

James Dolan, 22, Frederick Johnson, 16. Aaron Thorp,
18, William Hughes, 19, James Robinson, 18, John Manley,
22, and George Edge, 41, were indicted for having, on the
10th of August, at Manchester, feloniously stolen ten loaves
of bread, the property of Joseph Howarth.
The Attorney-General and Sir Gregory Lewin conducted
the prosecution. Dolan was defended by Dr. Brown ; and
Mr. Whigham appeared for Thorp and Robinson. The
other prisoners were undefended.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, having briefly stated the na-
ture of the case, proceeded to call witnesses.
Mr. John Scott Green, barrister-at-law, said he was in
Princess-street, at the time of the riot, and he saw the pri-
soners Dolan and Manley there. Close to the prosecutors
shop, he heard a person in the mob call out " here is a shop."
The mob then rushed towards Mr. Howarth's : Dolan was
among the foremost of them ; and three or four loaves were
thrown by men from the shop. The mob were violent and
threatening. The police came and apprehended Dolan and
Manley.
Mr. Joseph Howarth, owner of the shop, said the mob
came up at about half-past twelve o'clock, on the 10th
August, from the number of one to three hundred. They
demanded some bread, and witness gave them five or six
loaves. They seemed satisfied with what he had given them,
and in return they saluted him with cheers. Witness gave
them the bread because he was afraid they would break into
the shop. No damage was done; nor did he see any of the
prisoners there.
The JUDGE asked the Attorney-General whether he could
carry the charge of felony any further ? At present it was
not sufficient.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he could not, and he
would abandon that charge.
The Jury, under the direction of the noble and learned
Judge, then acquitted rill the prisoners on the indictment for
felony. The same prisoners were again placed at the bar,
and indicted for a riot. The evidence was the same as in
the last case, with thetaddition of the testimony of Macelroy,
a police-officer, who apprehended the prisoner Johnson with
a piece of bread in his hand. Superintendent Irwin iden-
tified Robinson, Manley, Thorpe, and Edge, as being there.
Robinson bad a piece of bread in hii hand.
Mr. Wilma/al, in bis address to the jury, on the part of
Thorp and Robinson, contended that they were not part of
the mob who made the demand on Mr. Howarth's, and that
there was no proof that the bread which Robinson was eating
was the bread from Mr. Howarth's shop.
Johnson, in his defence, said he was not engaged in the
mob at all, and that when be was taken he was on his way
home. He called his father, a member of the Society of
Friends, who gave him an excellent character, and stated
that he was, at that time, upon his way to his dinner.
Witnesses were next called, who gave Thorp and Robin-
son a good character.
The JUDGE. in summing up, went over the principal parts
of the case. after which the jury retired to consider their
verdict. On their return they found all the prisoners guilty,
except Frederick Johnson.
The JUDGE, at a subsequent period of the day, sentenced
Dolan, Edge, and Manley, to one year's imprisonment to hard
labour; Thorp and Robinson, to six months' imprisonment
to hard labour ; and Hughes, to three months' imprisonment
to hard labour, all in the House of Correction, at Kirkdale.
After the above case had been disposed of, the following
prisoners were placed at the bar to receive sentence :—Row-
land Davies, William Reed, Jeremiah M'Cormick, John
Platt, and William Cash, convicted of a larceny in the shop
of Mr. Shipman, of Manchester. His lordship, after ad-
dressing the prisoners in similar language to that of Kelly
and another, on the previous day, sentenced them to be
transported for the term of seven years.—The moment the
sentence was uttered, the mothers of the unfortunate young
men uttered the most piercing shrieks, and earnestly im-
plored his lordship for mercy, in which the prisoners joined,
saying they had never been guilty of any offence before.
They were then removed from the dock, but it was some
time before order was restored in the court.
CONSPIRACY AND RIOT.

John M` Cann, Giles Peter Hardman, James Hardman,
and James Gorton, were indicted for a conspiracy and riot,
in order to turn out the workmen who were employed in the
mill of Mr. William Morris, manufacturer, in Salford.
It appeared from the statement of the Attorney-General,
and the evidence of the witnesses, that the transaction in
question occurred on the 27th of August. The turn-out
workmen of Salford had been in the habit of meeting in Gal-
ley's-room, Ordsall-lane, for the purpose of considering the
measures they should adopt. A witness named Perron, who
was acting for the Salford police at different times, saw all
the prisoners in Galley's room, and said that the persons
who addressed the workmen assembled there called them-
selves " delegates from the central committee," and ex-
horted them not to go to work till they had obtained the
prices of 1839. On the day in question the prisoners were
there ; and at the close of the proceedings the workmen left
the place in three parties. Perron followed one of the par-
ties, and he found that, though they each went separately;
they met together at an appointed place, near Mr. Morris's
mill, which is James's-street. On arriving at the mill. the
mob broke the windows, and shouted, "Turn the hands
out ;" but the doors being locked they did not succeed in
their object. Some of the prisoners had previously been in
the employment of Mr. Morris; the gatekeeper of the mill,
and several special constables, identified them as having been
in the mob, and heard them cry out, " Turn the hands out."
The Hardmans were proved to have thrown stones at the win-
dows of the engine-house; in fact they were foremost in the
riot.

For the defence all the prisoners set up an alibi.
The Jury, after retiring to consider their verdict, found all
the prisoners guilty.
The JUDGE sentenced the prisoners to one year's impri-
sonment to hard labour, in the House of Correction, at
Kirkdale.
TRUE BILL AGAINST THE CHARTIST EXECUTIVE.

About half-past three o'clock the grand jury came into
court with a true bill of enormous length, for conspiracy,
against " the chartist executive," consisting of Feargus
O'Connor, the Rev. William Hill, the Rev. J. Scholefield,
Bernard Macartney, Peter M`Douall, and others, amounting
to the number of sixty. The defendants will be arraigned
to-morrow.

MR. FE ARGUE O'CONNOR.
Mr. Wlmoss said he had an application to make to the
court on the part of Mi. Feargus O'Connor, against whom
the grand jury had recently returned a true bill. His lord-
ship was aware that Mr. O'Connor bad been taken by war-
rant before Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate at Bow-street, and
held to bail to appear and answer any indictment which
might be found against him. It the court would allow Mr.
O'Connor to plead to the indictment by proxy all difficulty
in the case would 'be obviated, which was generally done in
misdemeanours. If not, he (Mr. Wilkins) should be pre-
pared with some affidavits, showing that Mr. O'Connor
could not be removed from home without risk to his life.
The JUDGE thought that this was only done in the Queen's
Bench.
Mr. WILKINS said it was very often done at sessions. He
did not mean to quote the practice at sessions as a precedent
for his lordship, but that it wonld be the most convenient.
The JUDGE said the question was whether the Attorney-
General would consent to allow it, and whether Mr. O'Con-
nor would be found by it afterwards.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should be quite satis-
fied with the undertaking of his learned friend Mr. 'Wilkins.
The JUDGE—And you wont repudiate?
Mr. WILKINS—if he be alive. I will undertake that he
shall appear here at the assizes. I have no intention to re-
pudiate, nor has Mr. O'Connor.
The JUDGE—Then it is understood he is present, and
pleads not guilty ?
Mr. WutoNs—Yes, and traverses.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he had seen the affidavits,
and he bad no doubt of the great inconvenience and danger
to Mr. O'Connor if he were called upon to appear ; and as
it was his intention to traverse, and the intention, he be-
lieved, of most of the other defendants, he (the Attorney-
General) had no objection to the application.
The JUDGE—Very well ; if you have no objection, I have
none.

The application was then granted on the understanding
that the affidavits should be filed ; and Mr. Wilkins, on the
part of Mr. O'Connor, pleaded not guilty and traversed till
the next assizes. Mr. O'Connor's bail was also extended till
the same period.

ROBBERY AT THE MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY

RAILWAY.
Edward Knowles was feloniously entering the premises of
the above company, and stealing a quantity of wood, which
was afterwards converted into bludgeons, for the purpose of
arming the turn-outs. The evidence in this case was very
short. The charge was clearly brought home to the pri-
soner; and, the jury having returned a verdict of guilty, his
lordship sentenced him to be transported for seven years.

CONSPIRACY TO TURN-OUT WORKMEN.
William Evans and Robert Burns were indicted for a mis-
demeanour, in conspiring to turn-out the workmen from the
mill of Mr. Speakman, manufacturer, at Salford, on the oc-
casion which was the subject of inquiry in the last case.
Mr. Speakman identified Evans as among the mob which
attacked his mill. He ceased work in it on their demand,
from the fear of personal violence, and to preserve his pro-
perty, which was menaced with destruction. In reply to the
judge, Mr. Speakman stated, that he employed about 130
bands, principally women and children, whose earnings, on
an average, would he 103. a week each. A police superin-
tendent identified Burns as having been with the mob from
eleven o'clock till past twelve, when they went into Man-
chester ; but there was no evidence to show that he was with
Evans at Mr. Speakman's factory. Under these circum-
stances, the case against him was abandoned. Evans, in his
defence, asserted his innocence.
The jury found Evans guilty. He was sentenced to twelve
months' imprisonment to hard labour, in Kirkdale. Burns
was discharged.
The court adjourned a few minutes before six o'clock.

CROWN COURT.—TUESDAY.
Baron Alderson took his seat on the bench this morning at
nine o'clock.

TURNING OUT WORKPEOPLE.

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Richard Stacey and John Tear (Secretary of the Dyers'
and Dressers' Union) were indicted for having formed part
of a riotous and tumultuous assembly, turning out the work-
men employed at Messrs. Segar and Dcwhurst's dyeworks.
Salford, on the 12th of August last.
Mr. Sergeant Atcherley and Mr. Hilliard appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Whigham defended Tear ;
the other prisoper had no advocate.
It appeared from the evidence, that on Friday, the 12th of
August, a mob of about 2,000 persons went to the dyeworks
in question, broke upwards of 200 squares of glass, and com-
mitted other damages, amounting, altogether, to about £BO.
Both the prisoners were fully identified as having been among
the rioters. Stacey was an apprentice employed at the works
when the outrage was committed, and had received, within
the last fourteen or fifteen months, upwards of £4O in wages.
'When arrested, he denied having been among the mob, but
afterwards said he would sooner be transported than continue
any longer to work as a block printer.
Mr. COBBETT called two witnesses for the defence, who
endeavoured to prove an alibi. The prisoners were convicted.
Sentence deferred.
RIOT, &C., AT MANCHESTER.
John Abbot, John Smith, James Thorpe, William Hill,
John Dobson, Patrick Raddican, Joseph Sutcliffe, Joseph
and Nathan Gillibran
Chester. The indictment Crowther', Thomas Firmough, Richard Parker, John
an hjojas Connor, Thomas Jones, William Walker,
on Wednesday, were charged with riot, &c., at Man
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They returned into court
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Abbot, Smith, Thorpe, Hill,
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Parker,
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Fairmough, Crowther, and Jones were acquitted.
The Court adjourned at five minutes past eight o'clock.

MAGISTRATES' ROOM.
(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.)
CONSPIRACY AND RIOT.
Abel Motley, Samuel Sigley, William Hamel:, John
Ingham, John Hague, Thomus Morris, alias Thomas Fitz-
simons, John Leyland, Thomas Ashcroft, Thomas Mar-