The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-07-10 00:00:00

WATIRS V. TAILOR.

Mr. Itouert.t. moved, that the party in this case,
who were ascend by the agreement to fosters the
Opers.lfouse, at 210'01., should comply with the
agreement its the proper form, by having it insured
in the names of the eiecut -Is of the original pro.
prieior, ohn mere, Mr. Serj.alt lions and Mr.
Serjostit Marshal. Mr. Hart, who was not then in
Court, bad been iustruried to act by the other
party, and would, he believed, not object to the
motion.

Tim Vics•Citorcrt.cott sgre►d to the motion,
provided Mr. Hart should not express his disient.

COURT OF KING'S BERCI!, Jvcr 9.

JOURNEYMEN COACH- MAKERS' COMBINATION.
TUE RING V. W CONNELL, G. STFTUENSON, WM.
TIIATCUEI, T. WILDET, T. WILDLY Till YOUNGER,
R. PATINE/4 R, WINDOMI, D. VINCE., J. CARWAII.
WINE, A. BRANNAN, R. ALDER, W. rr.crom, .1.
LANDSIIAW, J. STLTENI, T. COE, J. MOODY, I.
711011140 N, J. FIELD, J DR IKE, AND R. CLAIRE.

. . .
This leas an Indictment against all the Defendants
for a Criminal Conspiracy and Combination, to re-
gulate the trade of coach•making, to impose certain
regulations upon the masters and journeymen in the
said trade, and by insisting no certain roles respect.
ing the boors of work, the rote of wages, &c. to
being the master cnach•makers thtoughoot this king-
dom, within the controul and direction of their jour-
neymen, against the %tote, Ice.

T. Willey, the younger, had disappeared, and did
not plead; William Penton had died since the present
bill was found ; and the rest of the Defendants war
now on their iris!.

Mr. GURNEY, With his wonted perspicuity, staled
the case for the prosecu►ion. He stated, that in the
course of the last year the master courhgnakets of
London accidentally discovered that their journey-
men in the various branches of the trade, each as
body-soskers, trireme's, smiths, rpring•mskers,
bad entered into a general combination for whet they
t►rmed the regulation of the trade, that less to say,
to raise their wages, grorlet the hoar. of working,
circumscribe the number of apprentices to be Won
het •ibing the mode of carrying

combinators bad artfully commenced then operations
ander pretence of forming a society upon the prig.
rip', recommended by the Leon Ware, ender the do-
nomination of Friendly Serielie+, and professing the
object of periodical subscription, for aiding each
other in time of sickness, old age, or debility ; and
the better to cover their real designs, they had pub-
lished a book of tegoilatioel, in which they artfully
Inserted a resolution disclaiming all design of combi-
natioo for the reghlation of their trade. lint they
had also published another book of regelations, of a
quite opposite character, which was to be kept a
profouod sorrel from all bat the persons actually en.
gaged le this conspiracy. Those secret iegulations
formed a code, by which all the journeymen employed
iu the different brioches of the roach•making trade
were organized into classes, assuming the deoomios.
Hun of the Revolutionary Committees is France.—
There was the Committee of Poblic Safety, the Com-
mittee of Finance, the Committee of Correspondeoce,
the first, second, and third classes, together with a va-
inly of other diotinctive orders; sod it prescribed a
code of fines and penalties upon ell persons presum-
ing to traogrees the rules prescribed by the leading
Committee of Combination, from five skilliugs up to
twenty guineas, for each Greece, upon persoos of
'the conspiracy, so transgressing any of the rules end
regulations laid down by the leading Committee ; and
denounced perpetual expulsion to any person of the
body who ahosld be found the third time transgressing
such roles; the fine of twenty guineas was to he ie.
posed spun every person who presumed to Gettay
the ',teat of those private articles. Means sera
foetid to promulgate thole laws through all the jour.
liftmen employed in the coach-looking trade, net
only in London, and all England, bat throughout
the British Empire ; all prisons in the trade within
the same, were it's it'd to join the combination, and
declared intitied to its advantages, end liable in its
penalties, teithost any regard to country. It was
also discovered, that this system was not of so recent
en institution as 1818; but had commenced early in
the year 1810, arid had been con docted with such
secrecy as to elude all vigilance and escape dig.
I covery, until the year 1518, when it was acci.
dentally found out from the contents of a parcel di-
rected to a coach-maker, at Hesditi.l, in Berk-
; shire; the conspirators had, during the period of
two years, been collecting fonds to sustain their
system, and had accumulated sufficient to support
Ithose who relinquished, or might be dismissed frog
their employments in support of this system. Their
eircolsr, directed to the coach•snakers of Reeding,
stated, that they had a fend of 20001. to sustain their
object, and to pretest any member who refused to
comply with their claims, frrm having journeymen
to carry on their trade; but the combination was not
to be confined to the coach-making erode, but to en.
tend generally to the journeymen in event other
trades, who, from their foods collected in like into.
our, and for similar purposes, were to advance loans
of money to support the journeymen coach-makers
is their exertions for the common cause ; and a suss
of 8001. was offered by one body, for the monies..
So soon as the object was tried and successful is the
metropolis, it was to be extended to every part of
1 the kingdom. This conspiracy was carried on by as
incalculable aember of persons, from shoe Bus
Defendants, es the most active and formidable, were
selected for prosecution and example; and the
chief ringleader in this bosioest was the Defendant
Connell, a man of shrewd understanding, activity,
and address, and therefore 111010 formidable and den.
germ. They went so far as to send a formal 'mei.
tation to masters to join them in this conspiracy, on
!rendition that no journeymen should work for any
master mot regularly brought op to some branch of
the coacli-mtking trade, or who refused to join this
combination. Bat the masters, with the good sense
and moderation which belonged to them, not only
refused to join a combination that must subject them.
selves to prosecution, for so grins a violation of the
la woshich would amount to a criminal misdemeanour;
bat they resolved to use their best assertions, is a
legal way, to dissolve this dangerous knot, so pregnant
with injury and rain to their trade, and to the in.
dewy and peace of their country, by bringing the
offenders to punishment, according to law; end hs
frosted that the result of this trial would prove to
every desctiption of enenbinators throughout this
citatory, that legal mesas were not wanting to defeat
, their during machinations, and that such rejoins(
conduct must not be carried ell with impiously.
The proceeding, in this cause were confidently es.
towed to occupy the Court till le at night. The De.
fondants ha. separated themselves into Clllllll, each
with its separate Counsel and ground of defence....
Fifty sit witnesses were to be etatained; firs only
of whom were interrogated, namely. Mr. G Brown,
of Reading, Mr John Judge, Mr. Wiliam flopkio.
see, Mr. Lake llopkioson, Mr. William Walter.—
' Mr. Luke Hopkinson underwent a second ezamins.
lion far nearly two hours; and after his etaraination
was concluded, the two books of Regulations, alluded
to hy Mr. Gentry, were proved by Mr.G. Brownsod
rood.

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la this stip of h
dressed the Court
mote, who were his Clieuts. Ile trusted it would be
impossible to imagine Met he would defend or 'Will.
cote a conspitycy of this were. It was merely his
task to witch the evidence and do the best lie coolil
for his Clients is far as the mature of the testimony
would fairly admit. hit he wished as much as de.
pended on him to shorten the trouble of the Court.—
That it was spparent from whet was proved, that Ilia
Clients had been inadvertently led into this *aorta.
nate basis's', without being aware of the criminstity
11 of their conduct. Bat eatremely repealsl for their
misconduct, they were no. disposed to make the best
reperstion in their power, by acknewlerling their
fault, giving every information in their power to their
emplo)ers, abstaining from ell future connesion
with
corubinetioes of this mature, returning to their en.
ploymesste, and promising fur the future peaceable
and orderly conduct, and be hope(' the Court, in its
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