page_title: Bosavern Penlez
section_title: Awaiting Trial
hierarchical_section_title: Bosavern Penlez / Awaiting Trial
context_page_description: Bosavern Penlez was a British wig maker who was convicted and executed for rioting along with co-defendant John Wilson. He was sentenced to death and thus hanged on 18 October 1749.
  Bosavern is believed to have been mistakenly identified, although he was present at the time of the murder. Penlez was the subject of a 55-page treatise by Henry Fielding entitled "The Case of the Unfortunate Bosavern Penlez" that year. Penlez was given a proper burial after a last-minute attempt to save him failed.
context_section_description: During the awaiting for the trial, many of the prisoners convicted were rescued by the mob. Unfortunately one of them died, so that in the end only 5
  people including Bosavern remained in custody. All five of them were charged
  by terms of the Riot Act of 1715. The decision, which entailed death penalty, led to
  many controversies as it was regarded as an act of tyranny, considering that
  rioters were usually only fined. What’s more, one of the main articles of
  the Riot Act, stated that a magistrate had to read a proclamation to disperse the riot. A proclamation that was never actually read.
  For
  this reason, the grand jury rejected the charges against two of the prisoners, thus reducing to three
  the number of prisoners actually tried. Bosavern Penlez, John Wilson and Benjamin Ladder
  were charged for:
  "being feloniously and riotously assembled to thedisturbance of the public peace, did begin to demolish the dwelling house ofPeter Wood"
caption: Newgate Prison between in 18th century.
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