page_title: Leeds dripping riot
section_title: Riot
hierarchical_section_title: Leeds dripping riot / Riot
caption_attribution_description: English: 8 Park Square, Leeds
context_page_description: The Leeds dripping riot was an act of civil disorder that occurred in Leeds, England on 22 February 1865. The riot was a response to the imprisonment of a local woman for the theft of dripping. During the riot one person was seriously injured and subsequently died while five people were arrested and charged with riotous conduct.
context_section_description: On Tuesday 22 February, Eliza Stafford's period of imprisonment expired and at about 9 am a crowd of several thousand gathered outside Armley Gaol in expectation of her release. However Stafford had been released earlier around 7 am and had left Leeds to travel to Scarborough where her daughter resided.
  The crowd, denied its target, mostly dispersed but about a thousand people marched from the prison to Chorley's house and threw stones that broke several windows in the house. The Chief Constable of Leeds, William Bell, and some police officers managed to form a cordon round the house and withstood several attempts by the protestors to break through the police line to the house. During the lunch hour the numbers of people in the square increased as workers came to view the affair. The Mayor of Leeds, John Darnton Luccock, worried by the crowd called for assistance from Bradford police and from the army at York. At 1 pm as many people left the square, their lunch periods over, the police decided to try and clear the square. After issuing a notice ordering the crowd to disperse, the police charged and drove everyone out of Park Square; during the charge one man, George Hudson, was trampled and severely injured – so severely that he subsequently died – and a number of men were arrested for riotous conduct.
  This effectively ended the riot and, reinforced by the Bradford Police with two troops of the 8th Hussars from York on standby, the Leeds police prevented any further attempts at disturbance despite a sizable number of people assembling nearby in the evening and attempting to march upon Leeds Town Hall.
caption: 8 Park Square, Leeds - the home of Henry Chorley and the focus of the riot
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