Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-19

Inc air OF the Jail.
MIR. hlocrhouse. AS the law presumes
persons innocent until convicted, I beg
10 say we ought 10 be used as well as
possible. While we are kept in prison.
Mr.. Norris. You may all of YOU have
bail
Mr.. Mo0rhouse. When ltouyb, n,
here before, was warm, and conducted
myself in a way for which am rather
sorry.
SAXON briefly addressed the court,
stating that reporter from The I.oudon
Times Office had been apprehended aud
liberated, whereas he, attending in the
quality oil Reporter Tor the Manchester
Observer, the most Independent paper i'm
the country, had Mr.. Norris iuter-
posed, and mildly told him in tina, strain
he could not proceed.
The Magistrates then withdrew. Mr..
boucher was shortly afterwards gong
towards the magistrates room. Hunt
said TO him" hope YOU are no, going
10 HE magistrates unless my solicitor
goes"
On The return Of The magistrates. Mr..
Norris SAID Henry Hunt, and you All
we sent for MIR. Boucher I'm order ib.t
we might again carefully peruse lie dc.
positions. Ii Is a most painful dutS 10
me 10 commit YOU for CONS piracy. We
can, however, lay our hands on our heails
and say, "we have done OR duly rs
10 the charge Of conspiracy, though Won
might not have been altogether pfevIous-
y 10 tGe meeting, yet in the eye of The
law, all those who commit separate actg.
tending TO one illegal object, are gully
OF thai crime. Coupling The iva meetings.
together, taking into consideration the
manner IN which the last was assembled. o
With such Insignia, and under such do
monsirallons, with the 6tack flag, the
0fo0dy dagger, The words, eguai ,epresen-
tdtion or deafh-the coming IN threaten
iug manner under these banne:s-,hese
were direct sLeaing that the overthrow
oil Tue government WAS unavoidable cor
templated. No discussion could be lad
where tho flag was naturalization Xas lis
direct object. The charge nov is, "iliat
OF having conspired to alter the law bv
lorce and Threats" Ii is an illegal p,o-
cedure sufficiently made out, and calls
upon us imperatively 10 commit YOU tor
'tial before proper tribunal. II is uCw
my painful duty 10 commit yon 10 Lam
caster castle. On account of he srii
business OF the charge, we shall require
you Hunt, and Johnson, 10 give ball.
yourselves in f 1000, and two sure lies m
500 each aud all The others, them
selves In + 500, and two sureties in J. $50
each.
Hunt expressed some sympathy in be-
hall ei The young man Wild who was
poor, and would have extreme difficulty
In flndIng bail TO the amount required.
Mr.. Norris, IN the name of the rnasis-
iraies AT large, replied, that they woula
reconsider HER determination as il res
pected him, IN consequence CT such in.
formation.
The magistrates, before They finally
retired from the public court, iniimaicd
TO The prisoners that they should remain
IN the place reasonable time, 10 receive
Their offers of bail which was success.
fully produced on the parts of JOHNSON
and MoOrheuse, who were forthwith
liberated, To tie eXtravagant enthusiasm
OF vast collection of the populace, who
bore Johnson away from The New Bailey.
upon lher shoulders, In tumultuo us t:i-
umph. The other prisoners in default
OF ban, were conveyed that evening 10
Inc castle OF Lancaster, under escort of
Mr.. Nadln, his assistants, and troop Of
the 18th hussars.
Hunt, i'll one Stage of The investigation,
set out upon an attempt at The yindica-
ton of MoOrbouse, wishing il 10 he an
dersfood that he had not participated in
The transactions of lie day in which they
! were SAID 10 be implicated bu. his soil.
clior, Mr.. Pearson Ian intelligent looking
| young sDan, from The metropois) advis-
! ed him to desiat. Mr.. Pearson was very
assiduous, handing up suggestions TO The
prisoners, aud making minutes of what
ever iranspned throughout The examina-
tons.
Hunt Of we may he allowed The iern)
cross examined each Of The Witnesses. n
not with ingenuity and legal acuteness, at
| least with sufficient presence Of mind aud
sell possession /; the irreievancy and
occasional lnsOience Of MANY of his in
terrogatOrles prompted Mr.. Norris, par
tIcularly, and tho other magistrates verv
frequently, TO Interfere, and in dienificd
and feeling language, admonish him upon
the unnecessary AVID often inprouer
course he was pursuing, and 10 impress
upon him, that tie bench would strictly
protect the witnesses in the fair and con-
sclentIous dcyelopement of their respec.
| tive evidence.
Mr.. Hunt and the other prisoners from
| Manchester, arrived AT Lancaster Castle
about five o'clock on Saturday mornirU.
In the course OF the day two individual ;.
! (Messieurs Chapman and Grundy) who
had been received as bail for Hunt and
| knlgh,, at Tie New Bailey, Manchester,
ard carried from thence an order Tor her
liberation, reached tie country town
aud about half past nine in the evening
they were at large. About ten O'Clock
the next day, they and a third person set
out from the Kings Arms Inn, in a
chaise, on their return to Manchester
aud passed fe night at Bolton. Before
| his departure, Hunt visited the Castle. Ia
bid his companions farewell and Was
cheered by the debtors as ne passed
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