The Middlesbrough Gazette and General Advertiser. — 1869-08-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE MINERS RIOT AT MOLD.  The trial of the six prisoners charged with riot and assault at Mold on the 2nd of June was concluded on Monday. Lord Chief Justice Bovill, in summing up, said his only surprise was that so numerous a body of soldiers and constables who went through the eventful fifteen or twenty minutes, all escaped with their livee. It was fortnna•• for them, but still more fortunate for the prisoners, because, had death followed, it would have been the duty of the prosecution to have preferred charges of wilful murder against them. He had ruled that the men who were on the day of the riot being taken to the railway station were in lawful custody, and there was no excuse for attacking and wounding the constables. It must be made out to the satisfaction of the Jury that the wounds were inflicted with one or other or all of the inreirs mentioned in the indictments in order to find the prisoners guilty. It was scarcely possible, and not necessary, to prove which man threw the stone that wounded any particular individual. The jury mire judge from the numbers and conduct of tho mob. He asked for what purpose 1,500 people remained one hoar and a half after the men were committed to prison? No answer had been suggested by the prisoners!' counsel. He had been unable to discover witi what lawful object the mob threw stones. Captain Blake deserved the greatest commendation for the humanity with which he exercised the powers entrusted to him; for when the soldiers were ordered to fire, they were not to do so ineffectually. Tr., summing up oocupied more than three hours an i a half. The Jury consulted for a quarter of an hour. They acquitted Richard Joins, I.r:t convicted altz!,l other prisoners on all the counts—The Lord Clif Justice, in passing sentence, said it was a painfui thing that the prisonen should be placed in so serious a position. They were responsible for the loss at life and and for the bloodshed that Ira! occurred, an I had run the most serious risk. They had endeavoured by violence to break the law, and to defy au:1.0,1.y. They thought to overpower a small body of men anti to escape detection. The wonder was that hundreds of them did not welter in their bleed. If such things were permitted there would be an en I to all order. But the law was too powerful for such attacks. They might be successful for the moment; but the consermences must recoil on the Leads of all who had recourse to violence. It was impossible to look lightly on such an offence; but he had power to mitigate the extreme sentence which the law allowed. It was necessary to prevent the recurrence of such attaHo sentenced each of the prisoners to penal servitudfor ten years. The sentence produced much sensation. in court. The trial was not concluded until past eight.  The Duke awl Ditchees of Argyll hal the honour of (lining with the Queen mil the Royal Family on Sata:•• day.  A farmer at Fort Smith, Arkansa.s,reeentlyplongl.&l up a keg con'aining, 5,000 ,loilare in Spanish silver dolials of old date. The keg was probably buried 20 or 30 years ago.  lir. Halligan, a gold broker at Rockhampton, had been murdered by two men, nanied Palmer and William who were assisted by a publican, named Archihal I. Archibald 'IRS turned Queen's evidence, and the other prisoners have made confession of their par.icipation in the crime.—M,lhotirne Argus.