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( Bsfore M rB « ron AiB « asw . ) Fbidat , D * c 15 . ___ „_ -n-nrHT THX POUCB-OMIOBB , IX AEHIO 9 . werSr ^ with M * fe ««¦¦ " 4 W Ishtoa aSar-Lyne . wilfully murdered Janes S ¦ a policwiBiow , bj shooting him with a ofetoL The latter prisoner was chared with bam ? Resent , aiding , and wristine , and ia one of the oanntt of the indictment both were charged with the aatnalshooting . „ , .. . ., The Attorney Gsneral , with wliom was Mr Knowles , Mr Crompton , Sir Matthews , and Mr Weltby , appeared far the prosecution , and Mr Pollock a d Mr Orecs for the prisoners .
The Attonwy General opened the case . When he reminded tha jury of the eeriona nature of the charge- * charge of wilful murder , affdctin ; the lives . of one or both of ths prisoners at the bar—he cou ! d not suppose bat they would come to a decision unprejudiced by anything they had heard before entering the b 3 X . It was of the highest importance , that when snob ciss 3 were submitted to a jury , they should not be deterred by a feeling of compassion from doing what might ba considered a painful duty . Waile , however , hs gave snch a caution to the jury as to the discharge of their duty to the public , the same coniiderations would induce him to state the case as gimply as possible , —to confine himself merely to a narrative if the transaotion , and not to introduce
anything whkh might militate against , or affect their decision , lie believed he should be in a con . diticn to prove that for Bone time before the 14 th of August , of tbe present year , meetings took place which resulted in organisation of a formidable character . Whatwai the precise object of those meetings , or the peculiar desiga of sncii as organisation , would be shown by the evidence . The result was . thaton the ihh of August simultaneous risings took place in tbe neighbourhood of Aehton , and between eleven and twelve o ' clock en the sight of that day a large body of persons assembled in Catherine Street , armed with pikes , gun ? , and other weapons of defence . From there they proce ? ded down Btntinck Street and Oid Street to Stamford Street , and on
passing down the latter street , a police-of&ser , mmed Smith , —s standing at the corner of MotB Street . Seme one of ths mob presented at his head a pistol , which missed fire , and they then pissed oo towards Brook Street . Oa arriving there , soise one called out that Bright was cominr , and a person flamed Sigley ( not in custody ) wasceen to pus down the street . Sren after Sfgley returned , and followed -Bright , wh& was brought up in a coper . A pistol was then presented at him which missed fire . The mob then went on down Bentinck S'reet to where it crosses O : d Street , and at that place Bright was seized by three or more persons , and taken partly down the street . Some altercation ( hen took place in consequence of his having stated that he knew
the per ona assaulting him , whereupon he was ¦ track with a pike violently on the thigb , and while thegering fr . ^ a the effects of the blow , was shot wilt a gun or a pistol and fell desd in the street . The questions ths jury would have to determine were two—as to the murder of Bright there could be no doubt ; it would not be disputed . Then came the question , who were the guilty parties ? It a person vent out in an illegal combination srmed for the Jrarpcse of resisting all opposition by force , legally all persona present with that object were responsible for the acts of all . And if the jury should ba of opinion en the result of tte investigation that Bright was shot ucder the circumstances he had mentioned , by one of that body so assembled on the 14 th of
Aosust . and was shot as ths remit of a general combination of tbe body formed f ? r the purpose of resisttag all opposition by force , then there could ba no doubt . both legally and morally , that every one of ths persons present on that occasion was guilty of the crime of murder . He did not conceive he should have discharged Iris du ? y if ha had not shorn the liability ef persons so illegally assembled together . But though they might be of opinion that all the persons bo ausmb ' ed were guilty of the act of one . there was one question for consideration which would place the Bitter within much narrower limits , and that was whether the act charged in tre indictment was the ipontaneousact of someone at the moment , and not there-nit of previous airangament * . They would
find that , the great body having gone down Bentinck Street , three or four remained behind , and , a ? would appear from the evidence , it was one of those wba first ( resented ths pistol at the person of Bright when it Bussed fire . Some of those persons were , as would &a seen from the evidence , Sigley , fUdcliff * . and C—Untine ; they took forcible possession of Bright in the street , End afterwards , when he said he knew them , struck him with a pike . Bidcliff i had himself made 3 neh aa admission , and it was he who had csed the deadly weapon which waa the causa of death . After that took place the mob went down Stamford Street , asd to several other places , after Which they dispersed . Ridcliffs went to a house in Asliton , changed hia olothes and otherwise disguised
Simself . He was subsequently apprehended on tbe 22 nd of AEgust in disguise , and under an assumed same , on bsarf the American packet ship Oceas Monarch , that ill-fated vessel of wirch they must ail Lave a meat vivid recollection . He was concealed on board , and when questioned denied all knowledge of or participation in the acts whioh had been committed in Ashton on the 14 th of August . lie afterwards expressed his regret thit he bad shot Bright , tad admitted that he had stabbed him with a pike . ConsUntine was taken some tims alerwarda . Tbe Attorney General concluded by saying , that after the brief outline be had given of the case ha should direct the attention of the jury to the details which Venld be submitted in evidence . The following witnesses were then called : —
Ssmnel Smith sworn . Said he was a police officer al Ashton-onder-Lyoe . Oa the 14 th of Angnst last , abont eleven or twelve o ' clock at night , he was at borne , when his attention was attracted in comequence of . the trampling of feet in the street . He went out , and when he got to the corner of Bentinckttreet , a man named Sigley levelled a gun at witness and said , < Go away from the corner , or I will blow your b brains out . ' A tnari named Milligan Knocked the gun dawn and told him to have more wise . Heften bade witness go away or join the tanks , and take an active part in the proceedings that were going on . There were about oie hundred
ranged in single lines , a number of them with pikes , and one of them had a gun . He then went away and returned in a Bhert time to Moss Street , where the Chartist room is situ&te , when he heard the report of a gun or a pisto , and the shriek of a woman . Immediately afterwards a man named Jehn Warren camenp th 9 street and said they had shot him , showing bis hind , which was cut and had blood upon it . The report of the pistol and the screams of the woman came from the direction of Old Street , in which direction tbe mob had eone . [ A plan ef the itreets in which the mob assembled was produced , and the witness pointed eut the relative positions of the rioters . !
In eros 3- £ xamuwtion fey Mr Pollock , the witness said , he was pesttive sb to the time when tbe pun went o £ , as the old chutch chimed a quarter to twelve S little before he heard it . Jo ! in Warren said , ha was a natter , and lived at Ashfoa . On the night of the 14 th ef Angutt ha was inBaaticck Street abont a quarter to twelve , when is saw a somber of men marching , perhaps alnnt fiftj or a hundred . They were two deep and had pikes . Followed ziem to O ! d Street , and when he got there he met Bright , the police officer . Bright said ' There , ' bnt did not do anything . Witness passed on and left Bright ; when near Stamford Strtethe turned ronnd and again saw Bri ght and some men in front of him ; hia hat was off and lyina
in the rtreefc . Bright said ' Lsda , what have I done to yon what have I to do with you V Witness went behind hirnsnd a shoatwas tken made , when tbe crowd flid down Stamford Street . Except a few peremsi there was noone near Bright Inokeddown Stamford Street aid saw a man running , and a crowd after tan . Heard two shots fired at that time from the mob , which was then in Stamford Street . Witness considered they were shooting at the man who wan running . He then west back on his way horns , and taw Bright where he had , left him . Three men were then standing at the owner of Bentinck Street and Stamford Street . One of them stepped oufrith a Pike and staffed at Bright with it . Witness mt
Hold ot the pike blade and begged of tin man not to do anythins . The man drew it back and then made another Btab , which appeared to be at him ( witness ) and tu hand was much cat by laying hold of it . WitH € ESturned round to goaway and wenfcinto Stam . fed Street . After gettisg about ^ yard and a half jn advance of Bright , hejrd a Bhot , and saw Bright Wl . Saw the fhsh and the hand of the person who fiKd . It was one of the two er three-men standing with B-ight . bat not the man who had used the pike Went into Stamford Street but the crowd was gone , » nd he then went home . Was so much frightened Usat he did cot know how he got heme or whenx ho taw on the way .
la cross-examination by Mr Pollock he said he was about four yards from the man who fire * , and Bright was in the ttreet at ths time . It was a cloudy , dull eight , and there had been rain . Did not Bee any amps lighted . By tfea Attorney General . —Bright fell en his face after he was shot . He did not make any resistance . Bstry Wild called . —Lived in Bentinck Street , AsWan . next do-. r to the Chartist room . On the light of tbe 14 th of Angustwasat home ab 3 ut half past eleven o clock , and heard a noise , when Bhe went TO stairs a jd opened the window , and saw a number
« mea coming down Bratinck Street towards Old . ow » t , lhaving pikes on their shoulders . After they passed 1 her door saw Bright on the Ssgs , three or four ? srds bshind the mab . Heard a rattle of pikes aad a Sasterameo * them , and then lost si ht of Bright . Sffl V ^ a rds heard the report of a gnn andsaw -SLfSi , Th S 5 ht ttew were two repasts , one a gnat deal louder than the other . There was very moat screaming ; from wemen just after the flash . Tae company all disperwd . and two men ran froai the ecowdtowatdsOld S treet . Theyeesmed contused . M . thonah not knowing which w » y to run , and got
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¦¦¦^ ¦¦¦¦¦ WBMMMM MMM ore * the gates into the yard tf the Chartist room The men juaped thence over another wall into wit * nest ' s yard , and then went towards Cavendish Street . The first that got over the wall had lijht coloured clothes on and a short jacket , like a fustitn jacket : the other hid dark clothes on . James Grey stated , that he kept the Red Lion Im , Stamford Street . Oa the night of the 14 th of August he saw man with pikes , as stated by preceding witnesse »; and heard a pm fired in Bentinok Street . Two men were seen running with a gun , and he went down to tbe corner of Old Street , where be lest sight of them . Lioking round , ho Baw something 1 / iiw in Bentihck Streetandon examination
, , , found it was Bright , the polioa officer . Ha was lying on his face , with his body on the kerb stone near to Slater ' s . He waj quite dead . The body was taken to witness ' s hense . The body was bloody , and he appeared to have been ahot in the breast . Jane Slater , wife to Mr Slater , butcher , of Ashtoa . —Their house was at the corner of Bentinck Street and Stamford Street . On the night of the 22 ud of August heard a noise as of a crowd of people in the street , and looked through the window . Heard Borne one in the crowd say , ' Make ready ! ' and the report ef a gun followed . Saw something in the street , and ascertained that it was tha body of Bright , which was removed by one of the preceding witnesses .
Mr Pollock alluded ta several persons being examined before the magistrates and not produced before the court , when The Attorney General said , he was not bonsd to oall all the evidence whioh had been taken si various times dnrine the progress of the riots . Thomas W . Slater corroborated the evidence of the previous witness as to tbe mob , pnd added , that he Baw a man in the crowd , with a pike on his shoulder , say , ' Make ready / and immediately afterwards beard a loud report . The same man went along to Stamford Street , and cried ont to the men , 'Join join ! ' Witness afterwards saw the body of "Bright lying in the street .
Henry Taylor , a police-officer , deposed that he saw the meb on the night ib question , and some of them , after saying , ' That ' s the b— , at him ! ' rushed np"n him , but he got away from them . Jimes Marland , whitesmith aad broker . —Lived in Bentinck Street . He was looking through his bedroom window on the night of the riot , and heard some men challenge Bright with something which be denied . One of the men then teok hold cf him . The man who had hold of him then fell back , and presented a pike towards Bright , which would catch
him in the lower part of the body . The man had on 8 surtout coat of a dark colour . Directly afterwards heard the report ef a gun , and saw the fire from the mczs ' e . Bright instantly fell . Heard two reports of guns previously in Stamford Street . The man stood in a bevelled direction , abont fifteen yards from witness ' s window , when he fired the gun , and when Bright fell the people ran away . In cross-examination , by Mr Pollock the witness said he gave information to themag ' utrates about a week afcrr Bright ' a death .
T . Robinson , a resident in Bentinck Street , Aauton . —Saw the crowd through his window ; some . of them had pikes and daggers , and one man had a gun , which he fired eff , and immediately afterwards a man , subsequently found to be Bright , fell into the channel . Heard a report of a pistol a few minutes before . Edward Taylor , a mechanic , deposed that he was standing in the street when Brfrht waa shot . He saw a person run a pike into Bright first , and then a gun was fired , after which he fell down . Cross-examined by Mr Pollock . —Saw Thomas Latimer there , and Parker . By the Attorney General—Neither Latimer nor any of the persons around me fired the shot .
Thomaj Latimer deposed that he was a weaver at Ashton . Oa tbd 14 th of Aaga&t went to Mr Hodgson ' s , on the Mossley Road , and stayed about an hour . Went afterwards to Lord's , where he stayed till abont nine . Saw Lord and Parker , and left the home about nine with Parker . Then went to his father ' s house . There were several persons there , bnt neither cf the prisoners . In half an hour went out with Parker and met John L&dden , when they went to tha Odd Fellows , where they arrived at a quarter to eleven . There met Wrigley . Saw Constantino there andSigley , with teveral others , Stott and Milligan were there . Went baok to Lord ' s and asain to the Odd Fellow ? . Witness , Parker , and Wrieley then went to Bentinck Street , and saw a
party of men coming , armed . with pikei and guns-Bright was coming to the corner of Old Street , and made a stop there . The body of the men were juat coming np . Constantino , Sigley , and Radcliffa came up to him from the body of the men , and took hold of him , saying he must go with them . They took hira down Bentinck Street about twenty yards , and witness then heard a report of firearms from the direction of Stamford Street . In a few momenta Rad * cliff * ran at Bright with a pike , and Bright said , 'Spare my life . ' Another man then ran at him with a pike , but did not know who it waa . Radcliffe had a hat and dark velvet jacket and trousers . Radcliffe pulled a pistol out and then fired at Bright .
Conetantine and Sigley then went into the crowd . Bright was facing them when he was fhot . and appeared to fail upon his back , bnt witness did not go up to him . Sigley had agon , and wore a surtout coat and black trousers . Some of the men shouted that they must retreat after the gun was fired off and the ; then went off . . Witness was a Chartist , but he never had much to do with them . On the night of ths 14 '< h of Aucmt saw Radcliffe and Sigley drillinsmen at Dakerjfield Brow , and they said they would fetch cannon from Hindley Park . Before the riot Seddon gave witness a pop battle with a faeee at the top and said he mmt keep it till he wanted it . The same night saw a gentleman in tbe street and Sigley levelled his gun at him , bnt did not fire .
Cross-examined . — He was not a Chartist , but he knew wnne of them . In answer to a question , he said ho ' aapnosed his brother w * s a Chartist , because big brother earned a gun . ' ( This answer was received with a loud shout of laughter , whioh wag suppressed by bis lordship , who r quested the per * cons who had so acted to consider that they were in a Christian country , and there were two persons at the bar whose live * were in jeopardy ) Witness , on his cross-examination , said he did not know tbe nse of a fusee . He went after ( he murder was committed , along with Radcliffe , Cocstantine , and other ? , in order , as he said , that he mieht see the finish of what was going on . He was at Lord ' s , but did not tell Lord to get np and do his dutf or he would 'blow np the b— Castle about him and his lodger ? . ' Was standing between Radcliffe and Bright when tha shot wa * fired , bnt not in a direct line . Uis brother John wab not near Erieht at ths
time he was shot . Never said to his brother John about tbe time Bright tos shet , ' B—t him , shoot him . ' Witness was apprehended about thiee weeks after Bright' 8 death , bnt he waa in Ashton all the time , living at home . Never saw John Latimer , hia brother , till the day fce f ora he was aporehended . Parker , and Wrigley , and himself were all < ak * n up and put into one cell , where they were kept a fortnight ; they were changed with being present at the murder . Made his first statement about the murder on the d « y after he was taken up to Mr Lord , Mr Hall , and Mr Newton , and waa twice before the magistrates . Had conversation when in enol about the murder , and pomebody said they ought to tell . He ( witness ) replied that he thought 89 too , and he would te'l , as he knew all about it . He had only seen Mr Newton , the chief constable ef AshtOD , since he was in Kirkdale , and ho came there with a little bo ^ k . and took down what he said .
Bjr the Attorney General . —Told his father and his sister about the murder tbe da ; after it happened , H'S fatfeer was apprehended . Mrs Wild re-ealicd . —Heard two discharges , but the second was the loudest . William Macklin deposed , that he lived at Ashton , a ? d before the 14 th of Auzust was a member of a body caVed the Natiosal Guard , to which he paid lid- par week . Oa the night of the murder was at the Odd Fellows * Arms , where he saw Sigley , Stott . Fianagan , and othew . Consttntine came there , and Rave him a bottle of slugs from underneath his jacket . He told him it was loaded with powder and 8 : ngs . Saii he must eo to the market , and he would send two men with him ; one was toeornthn h » r-
raok « the other to Rsworthy coalpit . Witness went to the market-place , ana arrived in Bentinok Street abont half-past eleven o ' clotk . where he saw the mob armed . Milligan and Sigley were there , and both had guns . Kenwortky had a gun , and Stott a pike . There waa a man there named Smith , and Sigley levelled his gun at him , saving if he did not jain them , he would blow his brains out . Milligan gave a direction for ' qniok march , ' and the mob went down the street , with Milligan and Sigley at the head . Rsdcliffe was there and had a pistol and apik ? . Radcliffe was the leader of the National Guard , which was divided into sections . Milligan was the leader of all . When crossing Cotton Street , which i 3 in Bentinek Street ; , a man called ont that
Bright was coming , upon which Sigley shouldered bis 3110 , and said , ' Is he , by God V and went down Brook Street . He then cime tuck , and Bright came up . Radcliffe also came up and levelled his pistol at him , at the distance of about ten yards , but the pistol missed fire . Bright then walked en along Bentinck Street , and Sigley cama np to him in Old Street . Latimer , Parker , and another man then came from towards the Odd Fellows' Arms , and ths priioner Constantino got bold of Bright on one side and Sigley on the other . Constantino said to Bsicht , 1 You must ga aleng with us , an you are cur prisoner ; ' when Bright replied , ' Very well , ladB , I
will go with you . Don't kill me ; I never did anybody any hert . ' ponstantine said , 'We'll show y oa what we'll do with yon before we have done with yon . ' The crowd waa then marching on , After thftt Radcliffe said , 'Bring him on , bring him on ;' and they dragged Bright up to the end of the mob , towards Stamford Streat . where they stopped him . The mob then marched into Stamford Street . Saw six men round him— Constantine , Sigley , Kenworthy , and Stott . The other two men hid pikes . Saw Ridcliffeoome from the direction of Stamford street with hia pistol pointed towards Bright , and when about four or five yards off the mob set up a
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ihont . Witness ran to Stamford Street and met Milliesn , who said there had been another police * man , but he was too sharp for them . Heard a report of firearms in Benticok Street , and ran baok , when he saw saven men coming from Bright , who was then lying in the street on Mb belly , apparently dead . Witness asked who shot him , and Sigley said he was not shot , he was only drunk . The seven men then rushed into the crowd * Witness knew all the men except two . They wero Radoliffe , Oonstantine , Sigley , Stott , and Kenworthy . Conatantme had an axe in his hand .
In cross-examination by Mr Pollook , the witness admitted that he had bean apprehended as one of the parties implicated in the murder . Bright was pulled and knocked about for a'longtime , near , the p lace where hia body was found . Had somo conversation with M'Djuall , about the murder , and told him that Sigley and Milligan had , according to report , gone to America , bnt never told him the man who shot Bright had sailed for Amerioa . M'Donall said he wished to God they had shot Newton instead of Bright . John Warren recalled : Bright must have turned round when he fell . There was no socond shot .
James Wrigley ( another accomplice ) : It a joiner . Was at the Odd Fellows' Arms , when Milligan came in . He had a case fastened on a belt beneath his jacket , and , produoing it , said , those who wanted &rms muBt break Garside ' s ironmoneer ' a shop open . Wh 8 n Bright was taken prisoner by Constantino one walked at each side of him , and one behind . When Constantine and Sigley had got np with Bright , to the main party , they left loose of him , and went on the fl igs aear Slater ' s-comer . Bright was left standing in the street ; he made some remarks , and said he knew some of them . A map from the main body on this ran at him with a pike . Bright was trying to turn it aside , and while he was staggering a shot was fired . Saw the fliah . It came irom Slater ' s Corner , from one aide of the brdy . Bright fell then . Do not know Ridcliffa . Dj not now see the man who made a thrust at Bright with his pike . After this some one shouted a retreat , and the party went towards Dukinfield .
On Mr Pollock rising to o'OBS-examme the witness he applied to the learned judge to prohibit the publication of the proceedings until the whole case was concluded ; or , at all events , he hoped means would be taken to prevent the details being made known to the witnesses who had not been examined at the ruing of the court . His lordship said it would be very muoh better that it should not be published until the whole case was complete . He , however , could only recommend it , he had no power to enforce it . The Attorney General eaid he had no doubt he should be able to cIobo the case for the . 'prosecution that evening , whioh would obviate the objection of hia learned friend .
The learned Judge said it was desirable to close the case for the prosecution in one day , and to aooomplish that he was quite willing to Bit until twelve o ' clock . William Parker , ( another accomplice , ) said Ooniitantine , Radoliffe , and Wrigley made a prisoner of Bright . They made towards Slater ' s Corner , and when half way left hold of him . Bright said , ' I know some of you , ' when Radoliffa turned round and hit him with a pike . Bright said , ' My good fellow , what have I done to you ? ' Then seme one fired a shot . Bright had stooped and laid hold of the pike . Bright had his face towards Stamford Street when the shot was fired . The fiaah appeared to come from Stamford Street . Did not see who fired the shot . Had heard a shot about a minute before in Old Street . When Bright fell he heard-some women scream who stood at the aide . After Bright fell some one cried out to retreat . Constantino had . no arms that I saw .
Cross-examined by Mr Pollock : There was no one but me , Wrigley , asd Parker , at Gray ' s Corner . The women who screamed were two or three yards from Bright . Did not nee Radoliffe again till the body goi to Dukjnceld , Did not Bee Constantine after . John Lttimer bai told me that every town in England would be up that night , and threatened that if I did not joiu I would be Bhot . Soon after the murder , Thomas Luimer told me that it was Radcliffe who had Bhot Bright . Richard Winterbottom , is the brother to William Winterbottom , and lived at Dukinfield . Early in tho morning after the murder he was knocked up b ; his brother , Radeliffe , Latimer , and Sigley . They were all armed except Sigley , and . Radoliffe had a
pistol in his psasession . Next morning , at breakfast , heard Radoliffe Bay it was a bad job Bright was sho * . His brother asked if they might be allowed to stay there . Sigley and Radcliffa remained until nine o ' clock at night on the 16 th . His brother . and Latiraer went away the same night . Radcliffa went a » ay ia a jaokct belonging to the brother of witness . Sigley weat away also \ n disguia ? . The ; had all bill-cartridge except Radcliffs , who hadpow . der and ball separate . They gave it to witness , and he threw it away in the garden . There were fifty or sixty . When R « dcliffa waa leaving the house , witness asked him if he knew who it was shot Bright ? He replied— That ' s best kuown to myaelf . '
Joseph Armitage deposed , that a man of the name of William Winterbottom was amongit them . Winterbottom had a velveteen jacket oh , and witness saw him on three different days rubbing and scrubbing his jncktt at a window . Witness knew the jacketi Winterbottom was taken about the 6 th of September . The prisoner Radoliffj , was taken on the 19 ; h of September . Both prisoners were put into one cell . Heard Radcliffa tell Conetantine , ' I never Bhot him , but I stabbed him . ' Croia examined by Mr Pollock . —I was at the time in the lobby of the cells . I had been walking there for an hour . They muat have heard me ; and I sometimes stood between two of the cells far the purpose of listening . I then went up to Mr Newton . £ 150 reward was effered for the apprehension of the murderer of Bright . I never gave a statement , uponoath , relating to this until to-day .
Inspector Maiden proved the apprehension of RadcHffa on board the Ocean Monarch . He wa 3 conc ; aled in the h » ld amongst some timber , covered with hay , timber , and some lumps of ooal . It was dark at the time , but the officer detected him by the bright nails in his shoes . When asked his name ho said' Jones- ' A . police officer proved tha apprehension of the prisoner Constantino at Chowbent . He also proved , that oa a day prior to the 14 th of August , a party of adczen , Radcliffe being one , who were obstructing the footway opposite the Chartist room , were ordered off by the deceased , Bright . Jehn Lord , a cotton spinner , proved Litimer and Parker had called at his house on the 11 th of August . He refused to go out with them . Latimer had said , all England would be up by eleven o ' clock that night .
Drs Lees and Campbe'l inspected the dead body of Bright at a post mortem examination , with another medical man . There was a wound outside near the right nipple . The wound passed downwards , and the ball had passed out at the same Bide behind ; The edges of the wound were driven in wards from the chest . The shot might have pass-. d from the chest out &t the back . The wound might have been received b ; the deceased while stooping . There was also a wour , d apparently from a pike , through the thigh . The wound in the chest would produce instant death . The wound was produced from a hard substance and the bore of the gun must have been an inch diameter .
Cross-examined —A button was wanting on the ooat said to ba deoeased ' s . It was the ri ^ ht button , and from the part over the loing . The button was knocked iff by the ball ( as witness thought ) , and was indented by the ball or other hard misaile . The Attorney General said , bo would , if required , bring witnesses to Bpeak to tho button , and to the finding nf it . Mr Pollock wished to raoal a witness , but his lordship considered that that witness waa an accomplice , and Mr Pollock relicquished his request . Mr Pollock recalled Ann Tajler . She uaid Bhe found the button of a policeman ' s coat in a room in her houBe , just after she heard a shot fired m from a gun . She produaed the button , and it was indented inside ( or appeared to be bo ) , aa if driven up by a ball from a gun . There w » b something curious , however , about the disfigurement of the ball , which the Attorney General himself admitted to be somewhat remarkable .
This dosed the case for the prosecution . Saturday , Dec . 16 . On the opening of the Court , Mr Pollock addressed the jury for tha prisoners . He observed that Borne advantage had beea gained by the delay of the case frem the preceding riant , and he had , upon a consideration of the case , come to the ooncluBion to off jr no evidence on behalf of the prisoBew , but leive the matter as it etood on the part of the proseeotion for the consideration of the jury . He ahoald be able to Bhow them that it was not a ease in which the jury could , beyond reaaonable doubt , come to the conclusion tbat either one or both of the prisoners were guilty of the oharge brought against them . One of the greatest dim . cultieB he hid to contend with wa « . tHnt tha « ,, ^ o .
• KW - rOwn waa aUe 8 ed t ° have been committedby the prisoner , who were assembled with others in pursuance of that which he was not there to deny might hayo ben an unlawful purpose of simekind . It could . net te denied that , by some person on the night in questien , the d eceased mat with a most cruel death ; but he would sndertake to show that suoh death was not caused by either of the prisoners . There was no previous ooncerfc as to vislence intended to bs committed upon the unfortunate deceased , or the force of which ha waB a mem ber ; and , although there might l » ve besn aconoerfc and combm&tien , it was merely one of those displays of physical force eo often exhibited , which might do much mischief and could do no good . The men were not out to do violence to aDy one they might meet with on that oeoasion , and he would be able to Bhow tnat tho death , ot the deceased was not caused by a wouno inflicted by either of the prisoaera , but that
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iswutheaot of someotiier penou . The learaad oouaielthen remarked open the evidence Riven by Macklin , Parker , Latimer and Wrigley , whoso tes > timocy ought to be rcoeived with suipioion , as they were , to a certain extent accomplices . Those witnesses only agreed in one point—thas the shot waa fired from the direction of Old Street , and that Bright was facing towards Stamford Street , and that his death muat be attributed to one of the body of men who came in that direction . It would appear , however , from i he evidence of other and more respectable witnesses , that from tbe position in which Bright was standing with relation to Rudcliffethe ,
, shot whioh killed him , muat hare been fired by some penon who was nearer Old Street than Bright was at that time . The place where the shot was found was also favourable to that view of the case ; betides , the wound was said to have been inflicted by a gun while Latimer oaid Radcliffe fired at him with a pUtol . There was no evidence to implicate Constantine in the transaction , as it was not shown that he was at any time during the proceedings in possession of any weapon whatever . He had undoubtedly made a prisoner of Bright , but that might be merely to proteot' himself from the violenoe of Sigley , or some other of the persons . who were there at the
time . His Lordship , on referring to his notes , eaid , it was a question whether there waB any evidence sgainBt Constantine at all . Mr Pollock then proceeded to remark on the evi . denceof the aocomplioei , whioh ought to be received with caution , as they would naturally be inolined to exculpate themselves even at the expense of others . He concluded , by calling attention to the evidence as it affected Sigley . It waa he who had taken a mast active and decided part throughout the whole transaction , and it wan to him the evidence pointed more directly than it did to . Radcliffe , as being tbe person who had committed the aofc charged agaiist the prisoners .
After a consultation with his brother counsel , Mr Pollock said , that at the request of the prisoner Radcliffe he should call a witness to prove tbat he waa not the person who piked Bright at the time he was so wounded and before he was shot . James Matley was then called . —He said , he was a blacksmith at Ashton . On the night of the 14 th of August was at Grundy ' a Concert-room , Stamford Street , and left at a quarter past eleven o ' olock . Went down Stamford Street and to the corner p f Bentinok Street , where he joined two men , Martin Haigh , and Taylor , a policeman . Some persons came down Bentinck Street , and Taylor went away . While standing there a party came down Stamford Street and Taylor went to them , when one of the men cried out , ' Here's a policeman—fire . ' One of the men levelled bis gun , but it did not go off . Another said , ' Fire , fire --sharp , sharp . ' . Taylor ran down
Stamford Street , and the meb after him and after that a few- mpra people came down Bentinck Street . In tha middle of Stamford Street saw a man pickin ? up his hat , and , ) found aftowarda it was a police officer . Wont nearer and saw it was Bright . He said to the people , he did not know what harm he had done that they should abuse him in that manner . One said , ' Go into some house / and Bright said , ' No , that is not my duty . We are the men put to keep the peace of the country . ' There waB a man near him with a pike , and he said , ' You d b ' , ' and ran the pike into him . That man was net Radoliffe . He had on a durk coloured coat , and dark whiskers , bushy at the bottom . Bright laid hold of the pike with one hand , and was turning round , when the Bhot struck him , and he fell immediately . Saw the persons go away and leave Bright . While he was there he did not tee Radoliffe at all , though he kiiew him well .
Cross examined by the Attorney General . —Heard two reports of firearms , besides one whioh missed fire . Did not know that Rtdoliffd was a captain of the National Guard , or that Constantino was , Witness was a member of Stephen's band . Did not see a man who got his hand cut with the pike . Could not say whioh way the report came from ; but it was too load to be that of a pistol . Re-examined . —Did not see Radoliffe there that night . Martin Haigh , a hatter at Aahton , deposed to being with the witness Matley on the night ef the murder . Ha was in ths street where the mob waB , and saw Taylor , bnt did not sea Bright . Heard two shots fired , and saw a flash , and Bhortly afterwards heard of a police officer being shot . Witness was knocked down by the butt end of a can .
The Attorney Ganeral replied . He contended , from the general tenor of the evidence , that it was clear the prisoners were present on the night in question ; and though there might be no previous general organisation to murder the deceased , the leaders might have come to tuoh a determination . The shot whioh killed Bright came from the higher part of Bentinck Street , Bright standing below it ; and it was a mistake to suppose that he was at the time facing Stamford Street . He then went over the evidence , and reconciled what he conoeived to be some apparent discrepancies , observing , that the case was complete , at least as to the guilt of Radcliffe .
The learned Judge then summed up the evidence , explaining the law of the oaae as it affected the prisoners at the bar . The question was not who shot or who did not Bhoot , but whether Radcliffe was aiding and assisting the man who did shoot by his presence ? If they were satitfLd that the shot was fired by Radoliffo , or any other person , and that Radoliffe was aiding andaseietingin the commission of the offence , he waB guilty , and sa was Conatantine , and others who were aiding and assisting . And if the act was committed by a third party , and not by either of the prisoners , then they were guilty participators in the aot of that third ntrty . Constantino had very properly been withdrawn from the case , and it was not shown the act waa committed by him , or that he had any participation in it . It was dear that the people
were oat for some common purpose , bnt whether to kill all persona who should oppose them was not dear . If it were Bhown that all thoae persons bad a common purpose of killing the police who were out , then would they be all euilty who participated in that common purpose . There was another question for the consideration « f the jury . They must see how far the evidence against Radcliffe satisfied them that he was the man who shot Bright himself ; and if not satisfied that he did the deed , the question would be , whether he did any acts showing that he had a common purpose with the man who did shoot him . His lordship then reviewed the evidence at great length , calling the attention of the jury to those points which moat materially affected the prisoners at the ha * .
The jury then retired , ani , after an absence from curt of about an hour , returned , and breathless Bilence immediately prevailed , The Oierk asked , ia the usual form , was Joasph Radoliffe guilty of the oharge ? The Foreman . —Guilty ; but we Btrongly recommead him to mercy , as Bright , the policeman , did not fall by his hand ; Mr Baron Aldernon then put on the black cap , and passed sentence upon the prisoner in terms somewhat to the following cff ; ot : —Joseph Radoliffe , you have bean found guilty , I cannot but think , on very clear evidenoe , of tbe orime of wilful murder . The jury have reoommended your case to the meroi . ful consideration of the Crown . I Bhall transmit
that to the prnper quarter . In the meanwhile it iB my paintul duty to tell you what yonr fate will probably be . You , have been found guilty of an ( fiance against a totally unoffending man . Yours was not the band that fired the shot ( of that I am perfectly satisfied ) that killed the deceased ; but then you fired a piste ] , and , though it did not hit the person at whom it was aimed , you bad before attacked himoruelly attacked him—with a pike , all which oircum-Btances show | me that , in the pssnon and violence of the moment , yen were not mindful to remember your duty to God and your duty to man . And eo it will always bfl when men like y > u enter upon a couraa of this description . You place yourself at the head of a body of
individuals armed against the law and the constitution of the country . Being the captain , it bahovea you , you think , to Bhow that you have spirit above your compeers ; and so , whenever anything violent ia to be done , the leaders , fortunately , arejeleoted to do it . So it has always happened—so it will always happen . Men in suoh positions cease to remembsr their dut y to God , and their duty , also , to their neighbours . Yours ia a fearful instance of the coimequeaoeB of violent political agitation upon the lower orders of society—an instance whioh , I fear , will require severe punishment . You will bave , at all events , a muoh longer time than you allowed to ( hit unhappy man Bright to prepare for & change , You sent him to his account without being prepared . We will hope hia lamp was burning , and that you hive to answer merely for his deatb , not far the Libs of a soul
eternal . We will hope that , but we cannot be assured of it . * We cannot know what the constquoncea of that dreadful aot of yours vsera towards that unhappy mao . Yon , youtuclf , will have a longer time to pre . pare ; you will have the means which the humanity of the law and the constitution will award to you . I beseeoh of you to amend , to forget not that now you aro on verge of etcrniiy , only a few short > ura will pas * till your life bo forfeited . Afterfcseveral exhortations , hia lordship said , —I will send the kind recommendation of the jury to the Crown . It reBts w . th them . 1 have nothing further to do with it as soon as I tell you what the sentence of tho Jaw i § It ib not my sentence ; it is that of the law , and I am merely its instrument to declare it . The sen . tenoe that the . law aftxea to your crime ia—that you be aken to the place whence you came . th-nJ
the Vkni 6 X 6 CUtl 0 , i and be there "waged bj the neck till you aro dead , and that jour bodv be 3 § SpKSrS jftgsees&s by ttS BohK ? Bnten - C 8 *? B painfully Mwwptcd Sbe ' th ^ SaS . ' 1158 ° ° man iU C 0 Urt ? ald
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•¦ Haa ^ g ^ plMMiMH aaaaiMaaiHMaaa The pruenw fcimt » lf betrayed no motion whatever , and , after addressing a few word ! to hia solicitor , was removed from the deck . IHB COMPIRAOr AT ABHIOW . Pending the delivery of the verdiat in the lait case , thseightcenOlutrtutf , charged with conspiring to ebstruct the laws by tumultuous assemblages , < fco ., at Ashton-under-Lyne , most of whom had been out on bail , were placed in the dock . The Attorney General stated that the Crown had determined to proceed against only eight of the prisoners for felony under the late Government Seourity Aot ; the others , on entering into the proper
recogmnances , might be discharged . T « ro or threo of tbe prisoners were bound over in their own recognisances in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , to keep the peace for two yean , and to appear and plead to the charge whenever they might be called upon ; the others ( in more indigent circumstances ) were allowed to depart on the diminished security of their own recognisances in £ 50 , and two sureties in £ 25 eaoh . The parties , before their discharge , were cautioned to find the rieoeasary sureties , and go with them before a local magistrate within a
week . " Shortly after six o ' clock the court adjourned . Mokdat , Die . 18 . —( Before Mr Baron Alderson )
TRIAL OF TBE A 3 I 1 TON CHABTIBIS . Joseph Conatantine , 20 ; Thomas Kenworthy , 20 ; Jonathan Walker , 20 ; James Stott , 24 ; JohnN . Sefton , 41 ; and Thomas Tassiker , Si , were indioted for having , on the 1 st of August last , at Ashton , feloniously assembled with others to levy war against the Queen , in order to compel her to change her measures and counsels . They were further charged with conspiriBg to levy rebellion and insurrection ; and also with drilling and training themselves end others to the uce of arms , for the purpose of opposing the forces of her Majesty . The Attorney General , with whom were Messrs Knowles and Webby , appeared for the prosecu . tion , and the prisoners were defended by Mr Pollock and Mr Atkinson .
Previous to the case being proceeded with , Mr Pollock applied for the postponement-of tho trial , on the groand that the prisoners bad been inelndedin an indictment for murder , in which two persons had been tried , and one . convicted ; that subsequently a bill for telony had been found by the grand jury , of which the prise-ners had no knowledge , and were , consequently , not in a position to defend themselves . Besides , the prisoner ! would go to trial under a gieat disadvantage , in conBequonce of some of them being included in a trial for murder which had recently been disposed « f at the assizes .
The Attorney General said , he did net propose to proceed against the same parties for murder . He could not consent to the application . His lordship decided that , ai the crown did aot consent , be could not grant the application for postponement , thongh he had a desire to assist the prisoners . . At the suggestion of the Attorney General , the prisoner Sefton waa withdrawn from the case , and the charges against the other prisoners were then proceeded with . Tbe Attorney General opened the case , and in do * ing se expressed a hope that the jury would dismiss from their minds any circumstances connected with the painful inquiry which had occupied their
attention on the Friday and Saturday previously . He considered he had only done his duty in resisting the application of his learned friend , as it was highly desirable that the public mind should be set at reBt on these painful subject ! , which had recently agitated the community . The five prisoners were indicted for that which , until recently , waB high treason , but was now felony , and it would be shown that they had become members of unlawful , secret , and dangerous societies , the principal objects of which wers to procure guns , pikes , and amunition . and employ the same against all who opposed them in their designs . The rising in numbers with arms was levying war , and if the jury thought those parties intended by force to obtain the Charter , then that would ba an
alteration of the measure * of the government , and tbe persons bo offending would become amenabl * to the law . If they endeavoured to obtain the repeal of the Union by foroe , that would likewise bring themnnder the operation of the aot . Till recently such offences would have come within the scope of high treason , but as the law relating to political offences waa considered defective , an alteration had been made , by which suoh as those charged against the priioners wero clawed with ordinary felonies , and dealt with accordingly , tha punishment varying from transportation fer life down to imprisonment for two years . It was now almost a matter ef histoiy that sometime before the month of August , many persons associated themselves together and
organised the country to obtain the Charter by force , and he ( the Attorney General ) regretted that many of those designing persons who had led their dup es to destruction had not been brought to trial . The organisatien had got to a considerable head in the town of Ashton before the 14 th of August ; the town was divided into districts , and the prisoners appointed to the command of several of the socalled divisions , so that at any time these parties might have the town under their control , and effect a geueral rising . The 11 th was the day agreed upon for auoh riaing'in that neighbourhood , including tha districts of Hyde , Dukenfield , &o . Casstautina organised two bodies of men—one to meet at the Mosgley Road , to obstruct the military , and the other to be employed in watohing the various avenues to the town . Such riaing did take place , whioh led to the murder of the police-officer Bright , the circumstances of whioh have already been alluded to in
anather case . All the prisoners were there , aa he should be able to prove by evidence , and all took part in the riot on that sccsaion . No doubt all who were out that night with arms were guilty of the felony charged in the indictment ; but , as re garded their criminality , and the prominent part they had taken aa leaders , a selection was necessary , and it was for that purposa the prisoners alone had been charged . They were all present , taking an aotive part at the time when Bright was murdered , and were amocgBt thoae men who surrounded him when the pike was used , and the putol fired ; added to which , the pri Bouar Tassiker was seen with his hands smeared with blood , saying , he oould not go home till he had washed himself . The Attorney General conoluded by diraoting the jury t 9 confine their attention to the evidence , and dismiss altogether from their minds tha result of the previous investigation , The following witnesses were then called ;—
Jaim Latimer deposed that he was a member of the Chartist club , called the National Guard ; ho waa in the Bixth division , and held the rank of a oaptain , Constantine and Milligan were ihe priocipal leaders , and Sigley was a captais . There were four lieuten anta with twenty-five men under them . There was a council , and Constantine was the general secretary . Wa'ker waa one of the National Guard . They mot at the Chartist room in Bentinok Street , where Milligan drilled them , He ( Milligan ) said he had been in the army . They used to assemble and read newspapers—namely * the London Tblegiupii , the Northern Star , and the Liverpool Mehcurt- WitnesB had seen bullets raade at Stott ' s , and ball cartridges were made at Bowera ' e , in Dukenntld . where Constantine and Stott frequently attended . The
cartridges were made in ginger-beer bottles , and they called tbera hand grenades . There was a committee , called the ' Ammunition Committee , ' and a quantity of gunpowder was purchased at a Jorry Bhop . On the 14 th of August , it was agreed that the cannon should be brought from Hindley ' s park , and they got horses to convey them . It was intended to plant them on the Mos ? ley Road , and put two on eaoh side near the barraoke . He ( witness ) was direoted to take up a position on the MoBsley Road , and when he Baw the soldiers he must retreat and give them a volley with the cannon . Twenty . five man were to be plaoed there , and the other divisions were to form barricades with bales of cotton to be obtained from Pickford ' a warehouse . They were to take the magistrates into custody , and catch the oolice if thev
resisted , andrun them through . Milligan said that all the towns in England would be up . On the night ° ! iu el , ? J witne 8 aand othe « assembled at the Odd Fellows' Arms , bo that they mieht mako p ! . ^ T i ™ ngement 3 ' Some of ^ e National « jfu a ° tarri ' - " ««« y "aid tbey could not find their officers . Someof them had il 4 and guns M ^ sT R A i ? aRUnand a pike " On arriving JJS ^ ?* l hey l aw , men with tnmeheoiw , and de manded that they ahould give them up ; the men did SS . iSr w'f take u int , ° , WsioTof ont and finS- 1- Wltne ? h 9 Md the P ° "ce coming . fieU . Th > comr& ( ie 8 l $ <™ , ^ fkdaerou the 2 ; JS ^ fT ° ? . 5 aBked ' fcfod the points of the Charter , and said the objeet of the or-BBS ? JV Obt 8 i 5 Hc bad been to ^ 2 » alfool for working , and consequently left hi « » nrb
read th « y mmhM a the Chartist room the , asOTsstfa Wtftrsri tKT . l e th 6 m t 0 reac « t ^ country tKftt * "" "K ' kBto tbem information at £ coXttS' h 6 faUed ia hi 8 d ** . ^ ifiliP ti lssg uui
Lordship then passed gentenoa on the p-iaon nv ° &XW *™}\** y had pleaded Sy fy benefit they would derive fco-u it must com from the Crown ; all he had to da w ^ lo SSST
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the law , and he would ill diieharge hia duty if he did not pass a severe sentence . No one oould tell what the remit of the proceedings at Aihton might have been if the rioters had got poswuion of the town * or how much bloodshed w » uld hare taken place . The prisoners had beea present when the unfortunate man Bright was shot , and there could be no doubt from what had come out in evidence during the trial for murder , that Tassiker was the person who need the pike on that oscasion . They must all , except Sef . ,
ton , receive the same sentence , and tbat was transportation for life . Sefton , who had not been shewn to bave any connexion with the murder , must be distinguished front the other prisoners ; ne must be transported for ten years . The following prisoners , who had pleaded guilty * to a charge of conspiracy at Ashton , were then brought ud to receive sentence : —William Winter * biittom , Edward Han op . William Healey , William Bolton , James Harrop , Charles Jesson , and James Petlow .
His Lordship , addressing them , said , that the pri . soners had been guilty of agitating to bring about the Charter , which would give them universal auf . frage , and other things . He should rather that they would turn their attention to universal temperance , universal virtue , and other matters which they might charge with the aid of the Government * Let them improve themselves and become good and virtuous citizens , and , they might depend upon it , they would rise in the scale of society and also topolitical power . They must be well assured that all these advantages muBtoome from themselves if they attended to the suggestions he had thrown out , and that was the only way they could Bucceeed in effectwz any good .
Winterbottom waa sentenced to one year ' s im « prisonment ; Harrop and Tetlow , Bix months ; Jes-« on , four msnths ; Ilealy and JameB Harrop ( who had . been recommended to merciful consideration by the Attorney-General ) , three months ; Bolton , four months , and Thomas Hunt , who had pleaded ' guilty , * feur months . All the prisoners to enter into recognisances for their good behaviour at the clo 3 e of their terra of imprisonment .
TBIAt 07 IHE lUKOHESIBB CHABTHH . William Gracott , William Chadwick , Edward-Clarke Cropper , John West , George White , John Nixon , Thomas Rankin , Michael M'Donough , David Donovan , and Janes Leach , were indicted for a seditious conspiracy at Manclsetter , on the 1 st oi ' April , and other days . The Attorney General , Mr Knowles , Q . C ., Mr Crompton , Mr Welaby , Mr Monck , and Mr Joseph . Pollock were counsel for the crown ; Mr James de . fended Michael M'Donough ; Mr Tindal Atkinson defended William Grooott and Rankia . The other defendants were undefended .
The Attorney General in opening the case said , that he had hoped that the defendasts would have pleaded guilty , so that he ehould not have been obliged to open a case of the serious character of the one under consideration , for he had to disclose a conspiracy . the organisation of whieh was go formidable that those who were the objacts of it ( had they been aware of it ) would have been struok with terror and alarm . In April last a system of organisation commenced in Manchester of a most formidable charaoter , and such as to strike terror into the minds of the inhabitants , had they been at the tine fully aware of the mischief that was going on . Cellars hadbeen hired with the presumed object of telling or storing provisions , which cellar * were filled with
train ? , and desperate persons were selected aa the instruments of designing men to fire those cellars , in order that the objeet which the conspirators sought to obtain might be the more readily accomplished . Between April and June last , the country being in a state of great excitement , some persons , imbued with a spirit of communism which had been agitated by the French people during the revolution , advocated a division ol property , forgetting that , even if « uch a raeaaurewere adopted , a Bhort time must inevitably bring things back to their original posUion . The agitation was carried oa to a great extent in Manchester , and various meetings were held , at which speeches were delivered and sentiments uttered by the prisoners at tho bar and others o& ' culated to mis .
lead their ignorant dupes , and result in the mosfe aenous ooneeqaeaces to society . On the 3 rd of April , the prisoners Nixon and Chadwick attended a meeting , when the former said be' saw no resource but to fijht for their liberty in order to pat down their tyrannical governors : for tho time was come when they must not speak but work , as tho laughing government , ' aa they termed it , ' must be put down . The Attorney General explained that the allusion was to the laughing which took place on the presentation of the Chartist petition ; bat it wae net the government that laughed , the laugh was at the petition itself , owing to the number of disgusting names introduced to make np the numerical number of the signatures , and the p « tition was
ultimately withdrawn by Mr Feargus O'Connor . On the 4 th of April another meeting was held at New Cross , at whioh Rankin and Cropnor were present . Rankin said that day wetk would give them the-Charter , or they must fight for it , and Cropper intimated that they should be prepared for the ureat struggle and fijht for their liberty , as he had no doubt they would be wanted for tbat day week . Would they fight V Several in the meeting called out Yea . ' Cropper aaked if they had arms an * ammunition ? and they replied , Ye ? , and we arc ready now . ' At a meeting on the 5 th ef April , Rankin in the chair , Grocott intimated that they must be prepared , and he hoped they would get pikea . At another meeting Rankin told hii hearers they muBt strike
on Tuesday , or never ; and a few diys afterwards Nixon , in addressing a meeting of 1 , 00 ft persons , Baid he was armed , and he did not care who knew it . Fifty or sixty persons then held « p pikes and said they wonld use them . Nixon added , that all the soldiers they had would be required to quell Ireland , and they must be up and doin ? in England . He called upon them to be firm , and determined to have their rights . The government mu 9 t be op . posed ; and , ' as regarded the throne , he would take the first cut at her Majesty . ' At a meeting held oa the 16 th of April Rankin said , ' To armB—to arms —we must be Blades or free ! The people roust be victorious if they stood well ; he would be in tho front rank , and he hoped the people would be brave , even if they died on the field . ' At thn
same mseting a man named Nuttall deprecated the idea of petitioning , and added that when he petit'oned again it should be ' with a long steel pen , that would imprint a red ma ? k . ' There were other speeches of an equally inflimmatory character de-Uvered at meetings where the prisoners were shown to have taken an aotfve part . They had also put themselves forward on various occasions during the riots whioh took place in the summer of the present year . Richard Beawiok , chief superintendent of police at Manchester : In April last was aware of Chartiat meetings . They creatod considerable alarm The military were la temporary barraoks . On the 9 h of April attended a meeting in Williamson Square . There were two meetings . Rinkin , Cropper , and Maedonough spoke very violently . Crooner . dvn . e . 1
fn / n 7 i " a / £ " Ma r of Salf 'd was there , hii pIh ™* ° ?' that he waB a "Py-and Wbwd Su ' h 6 quSM eetlnS n T ° h 8 ld almost wry da ? tffamflfl « nW y * M } . tday u was announced wa iRM « lf h ^ ° t 8 k 9 pla 03 ' and Proclamation ffTiiS ma ? 18 trate 8 ' forbidding tho meet . a donutK n ^ Stab ! ! 2 were 8 Worn in- Oq tbat d * y ler EdS » V ° ° magi 8 ta » te 8 , OUrko . Crop . tolV bar a . ° rmod U ' 1 went t 0 the Oldham ward . O \ aL ge nU ? b 6 r Of Per 9 ot 13 were « 0 i «» 8 te " The tol ? b » r ( ^ rmed l Lear ( police officer ) wfs at De flSSWrt ' ' Iordered th ^ t 0 AboutSi ™ . i Tn my men aor 059 the «> ad . About twelve o ' clock Cropper and Donovan came to Sa 9 ; toM 4 il V tate T ^ hat the mmmn must EI yLTh l-J ^ * ouldnot . They bfl the J »? l ^ d b ette r consider , as bloodshed may ten deen A J ?? P ™* " ™ came insight , WhennL 4 ft laC L r \ er wa 3 ca » ied in front , thfv wSSJiS . ^ ^' ^ novan and Cropper said bedv J ?? S ? ° S L £ d th 0 Proc « Mion halted . A to Flvnn JhmR th 6 n a PProached *™« n Manchester . tiynn and Dawsey were at the head . vuM
ThVew L rr 6 W 39 al 90 a 6 « n with a bayonet dow » hn S ,. in ? K W ! PermUted to pa 85 ; The winhad ockS'fv , " ^ " ^ were shut , and peopla SH tf ?? r 8 andIeft thelr bousea . Tho The «»! ni £ t ^^ l magJBtrate came out . mile SS ? tWn u New Cr 088 > whioh i 8 ab 0 Ht 3 SrriS th , t 0 ll " f' Btone 8 we « taken up and barricades attempted to ba made . Oa the 23 : h t ' e e Z H ' ° T 00 Or 8000 men ¦«¦? & W 8 rk ' peZ ; * K - i Iieach wa 9 there . A military formed TS m th T * of the f W ™ whica they K ? £ ? ki / * p 80 ? le Bhou < ed - and caPs wir « thrown Thevf rl / y . 0 lcefl » W , ' Salford division fall in . ' fihi r l T rched off fa « deep . m « & »; ? ° Wanoheater- police . fflan , attended ' 2 S e pUla ololhe 8 ' ™ the 3 rd April , at Ste-Ni ? nn L 5 qUar ' , S Peeche 8 wore made . ' John SniSSi ? n Vl ° ! ent 8 tfeech- On the 4 th APril - * Sfint T ? m ?? tlng at Stephenaon Square . Dj-21 KJJT *! lkin and Clark Cra PP" P ' ana w , 8 nod tho . . .. t , at
M and tofi gk-t manfully for their liberty . Ho th « tS 2 ir T that ^ ey would b « wanted before "" wee In eonolusien , he advised them to go S » ! - acoably < Notio J was given that there wonld Jf p m . eetIfl |« » wrj Bivht . On the . fi * at another ™? 7 , l * 8 ,. defendant Rukin « a * in tho chair . fl « saw tdemeotmg wasoallod tokee » up theagitatian . ue advised them to be prepared ; the convention were de . ermified not to leave the House of C . jnawn 3 witupufcthe Charier or a Rapnblio , and they wuuU nave to defend them against any attack of the tywii * nioal govBrnmeat , the police or the military , for bn naa heard that day that two oarts had been en ^ i ;" tne whole of tho day carrying balls for tha military . 1 he peoplo would take 5 . 000 of theso prisoners in the night , bat at all evonta thev must b . i oroparod
tor death or liberty . Tha defendant Grcco't then spoke . He hatjjoa { reoeived a letter from Mr Leach trom London , and they bad had a meeting of all tne trades m the town , who hud come to the unanim ° 'j 3 decision ta support the People's Charter , an-1 the apecmla would go with them bIbo . He hoped tha !
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' ' ; / . . ; ¦¦ ¦; )¦ ¦ V : ; i : . • 5 ¦ '¦ ' ¦ •! 6 T H 3 S N 6 R t H fi R N S T A It ?? - ^« t — December 231848 . ' •;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1502/page/6/
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