The Statesman. — 1821-10-19 (London, England)

SESSIONS. _ _  IHOT DI WIirTMINBTER. James 184 earthy, Richard Rowhottom, Thomas Haryis, Wm. Hardy, John Davidson, and William Jain, were, on the motion of Mr. Aoomows, put to thebar, on an indictment charging theta with riotously assembling, on the 18th of June, in the vicinity of Tothill-street, Westreiester, the Anniversary of the Blade of Waterloo, sad endangering the lives of his Majesty's subjects. [lt will be in the recolleetion of ear readers, that the deffindants were charged' with murder (one man having unffirtuestely lost his life) by the verdict of the Coroner's Jury, and tried at the Old Bailey, when the two drat-named defendants (in the present case) mentioned guilty of manslaughter, and sen enced sc. cortilisgly.] The Learned Counsel, on the present occasion, said, he had now only to move that the defendants be called to be bar, as he understood that no evidence would be offered against them, for the purpose of pleading to the indictment, and proving that notice bad been served en the prosecutors. Mr. Aaber said the statement of his Learned Friend was perfectly correct, since he had received no instruc• Cons to the contrary. The CHAIRMAN ••'‘‘ Under these circumstances I think we may du so." The prisoners having pleaded Not Guilty, and the service of the notice having been proved— Mr. Cows? (the Chairman) addressed them in terms nearly as follows It is necessary, before you leave • this bar, that your attention should be called nut only 'to your conduct on that day, but to the conduct you have evinced since you were admitted to bail ; for yon have.not only conducted yourselves improperly since your were released, towards those persons who were called forward egtinst you, but you have also in the most insulting manner abused the officers, who bad nothing more to do with the outrage, than the execution of a ditty imposed upon them, and who appear to have conducted themselves in a very proper manner. In fact you seem to bare acted in such a way as to warrant a belief that you gloried in what you had done. You have not however been visited in the way such conduct deserved, fur the greatest lenity has been shew.n to you, and I trust you will bear this in mind, and also the great danger in which on a twiner occasion you stood. I can assure you,that the higher power will protect its officers, one of whom nearly lost his life on the occasion in question, and who arc distinct from the other-persons concerned, but whom the law will squally plitect.' , Mr. Awn' said the conduit of the Officers on the occasion was deserving of the highest praise. A Gentleman on the Bench (we believe Mr. Rayner, the Magistrate) described the conduct evinced on the cccasion to have been of the most appalling nature, and declared that if the military .had not been called lc., the must fatal consequences must have ensued. He also described the conduct of some-of the defendants to have been of the most insulting nature since they . had been out en bail.  Mr. Maumee spoke in extenuation of the condnct of the men, and declared that he would be the last man to defend any outrage on the part of men on whom all ought to look for succour and protection in the time of need, He did, however, trust, that soldiers, whose only duty was to serve their King and country in war and peace, would be allowed to go peaceably about the streets, and not be insulted, as was well known many of the military, had been. He aped that the remarks the worthy Chairman had been pleased to make, would have the effect wished for, and that his clients would prove by their future con.. duct, thkt they did not merit the opprobrium cast upon them.—The.defendants then left the bar.