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sense, and in your own general knowledge, temper, and discretion.

If, however, any unexpected difficulty shall arise in the progress of your investigations, the court will be at all times ready to assist you with such further advice as you may have occasion to require.

Gentlemen, having detained you so long, with such observations as I thought necessary to offer to your consideration, you will now withdraw to your chamber to consider of such Bills as may be laid before you.

On Tuesday, March the 28th, the grand jury returned a true bill against Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James Ings, John Thomas Brunt, Richard Tidd, James William Wilson, John Harrison, Richard Bradburn, John Shaw Strange, James Gilchrist, and Charles Cooper, for High Treason.

The Court, on the motion of Mr. Attorney General, ordered that the Sheriff should deliver to the solicitor for the prosecution, a list of persons qualified to serve on Juries upon trials for High Treason to be returned for the trial of the defendants, and directed that notice should be given to each of the prisoners, that an indictment was found against him, and that on application to any of the judges named in the commission, counsel would be assigned to him, and an order made for such counsel and his solicitor to have access; which notice was given accordingly.

On Wednesday, the 29th of March, the grand jury returned a true bill against Arthur Thistlewood, John Thomas Brunt, Richard Tidd, James William Wilson, John Harrison, and John Shaw Strange, for the murder of Richard Smithers.

A true bill against Arthur Thistlewood, for maliciously shooting at William Westcoatt.

A true bill against James Ings, for maliciously shooting at William Charles Brooks.

A true bill against Richard Tidd, for maliciously shooting at William Legg,

A true bill against James William Wilson for drawing the trigger of a loaded pistol, with intent to shoot John Muddock.

On the 3rd of April, Mr. Maule, solicitor for the treasury, delivered to each of the prisoners a copy of the caption, and of the indictment for High Treason, a list of the Jury for their trial, and a list of the witnesses to be produced on their trial for proving the said indictment.

On Friday, the 14th of April, Arthur Thistlewood, William Davidson, James Ings, John Thomas Brunt, Richard Tidd, James William Wilson, and John Harrison, were removed by Habeas Corpora from

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The Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice Abbott.
The Right Hon. Lord Chief Justice Dallas.
The Right Hon. The Lord Chief Baron [Sir
R. Richards.]

The Hon. Mr. Justice Richardson.
The Common Sergeant.

And other His Majesty's Justices, &c.

The several indictments found under special Commission, were delivered into court with the following Caption: Caption. BE IT REMEMBERED That at a Middlesex special session of Oyer and to wit. Terminer of our sovereign lord the king of and for the county of Middlesex holden at the Session House on Clerkenwell Green in the said county on Monday the twenty-seventh day of March in the first year of the reign of our sovereign lord George the fourth by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith before the Right Honourable Sir Charles Abbott Knight Chief Justice of our said lord the King assigned to hold pleas before the King himself Sir Robert Dallas Knight Chief Justice of onr said lord the King of his court of Common Pleas and others their Fellows Justices and commissioners of our said lord the King assigned by letters patent of our said lord the King under his great seal of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland made to them and others and any two or more of them (of whom one of them the aforesaid Sir Charles Abbott and Sir Robert Dallas amongst others in the said letters patent named our said lord the King willed should be one) to inquire by the oath of good and lawful men of the county of Middlesex of all high treasons and misprisions of high treason (other than such as relate to the coin) and of the murder of one Richard Smithers deceased and of any other crime or offence touching the death of the said Richard Smithers and of any offence or offences against touching or concerning the persons of Frederick Fitz-Clarence William Legg James Ellis John Surman William Westcoatt William Charles Brooks John Muddock and Benjamin Gill or any of them contrary to the form of an act made and passed in the fortythird year of the reign of his late majesty

King George the third intituled "An act for the further prevention of malicious shooting and attempting to discharge loaded fire arms stabbing cutting wounding poisoning and the malicious using of means to procure the miscarriage of women and also the malicious setting fire to buildings and also for repealing a certain act made in England in the twentyfirst year of the late King James the first intituled "An act to prevent the destroying and murthering of bastard children" and also an act made in Ireland in the sixth year of the reign of the late Queen Anne, also intituled "An act to prevent the destroying and murthering of bastard children, and for making other provisions in lieu thereof and also the accessaries of them or any of them within the county aforesaid as well within liberties, as without, by whomsoever and in what manner soever done committed or perpetrated when how and after what manner And of all other articles and circumstances concerning the premises and every or any of them in any manner whatsoever and the said treasons and other the premises according to the laws and customs of England for this time to hear and determine by the oath of Job Raikes esquire John Stock esquire Thomas Milroy esquire Robert Batson esquire William Hills gentleman Henry Thompson brewer Richard Gibbs esquire Thomas Lermette esquire James Gordon esquire William Anderson esquire William Parry esquire John Booth esquire John Henry Pakenham esquire John Warren gentleman George Frederick Young shipbuilder Robert Meacock gentleman Richard Jennings esquire James Taylor esquire John Johnson esquire Francis Douce esquire John William Horsley esquire William Venning gentleman and Stephen Taylor esquire good and lawful men of the county aforesaid now here sworn and charged to inquire for our said lord the King for the body of the said county touching and concerning the premises in the said letters patent mentioned It is presented in manner and form as followeth (that is to say)

Middlesex The jurors for our lord the

to wit. King upon their oath present that Arthur Thistlewood late of the parish of Saint Clement Danes in the county of Middlesex gentleman William Davidson late of the parish of Saint Marylebone in the county of Middlesex labourer James Ings late of London labourer John Thomas Brunt late of the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the county of Middlesex labourer Richard Tidd late of the parish of Saint Andrew Holborn in the county of Middlesex labourer James William Wilson late of the parish of Saint Marylebone in

the county of Middlesex labourer John Harrison late of the parish of Saint Marylebone in the county of Middlesex labourer Richard Bradburn late of the parish of Saint Giles-in-the-fields in the county of Middlesex labourer John Shaw Strange late of London labourer James Gilchrist late of London labourer and Charles Cooper late of London labourer being subjects of our said lord the King not having the fear of God in their hearts nor weighing the duty of their allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil as false traitors against our said lord the King and wholly withdrawing the love obedience fidelity and allegiance which every true and faithful subject of our said lord the King should and of right ought to bear towards our said lord the King on the fifth day of February in the first year of the reign of our said present sovereign_lord George the fourth by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the parish of Saint Marylebone in the county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown did compass imagine invent devise and intend to deprive and depose our said lord the King of and from the style honour and kingly name of the imperial crown of this realm and the said compassing imagination invention device and intention did then and there express utter and declare by divers overt acts and deeds hereinafter mentioned that is to say IN ORDER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compass. ing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire and consult amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown to devise arrange and mature plans and means to subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treasor. and treasonable compassing imagination

invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist, and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire consult and agree amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown to stir up raise make and levy insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and to subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire consult and agree amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown to assassinate kill and murder divers of the privy council of our said lord the King employed by our said lord the King in the administration of the affairs and government of this kingdom AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did procure provide and have divers large quantities of arms to wit guns muskets blunderbusses pistols swords bayonets pikes

pikehandles and pikeheads and divers large quantities of ammunition to wit gunpowder leaden bullets slugs and handgrenades with intent therewith to arm themselves and other false traitors in order to assassinate kill and murder divers of the privy council of our said lord the King employed by our said lord the King in the administration of the affairs and government of this kingdom AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did procure provide and have divers large quantities of arms to wit guns muskets blunderbusses pistols swords bayonets pikes pikehandles and pikeheads and divers large quantities of ammunition to wit gunpowder leaden bullets slugs and hand-grenades with intent therewith to arm themselves and other false traitors in order to raise make and levy insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and to subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt. Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire consult and agree amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown to seize and take possession of divers cannon warlike weapons arms and ammunition in divers places deposited and being with intent by and with the said cannon warlike weapons arms and ammunition to arm themselves and other false traitors and to raise levy and make insurrection rebellion and war

against our said lord the King within this realm and to subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire consult and agree amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown to set fire to burn and destroy divers houses and buildings in and in the neighbourhood of London and divers barracks of our said lord the King used for the reception and residence of the soldiers troops and forces of our said lord the King and to provide and prepare divers combustibles and materials for the purpose of setting fire to burning and destroying the said houses buildings and barracks AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Da-. vidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did compose and prepare and cause and procure to be composed and prepared with intent to publish the same divers addresses proclamations declarations and writings containing therein solicitations and incitements to the liege subjects of our said lord the King to aid and assist in making and levying insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and in subverting and destroying the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said

Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid with force and arins at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did compose and prepare and cause and procure to be composed and prepared a certain paper writing purporting to be an address to the liege subjects of oursaid lord the King containing therein that their tyrants were destroyed and that the friends of liberty were called upon to come forward as the provisional government was then sitting with intent to publish the same and thereby to solicit and incite the liege subjects of our said lord the King to aid and assist in making and levying insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and in subverting and destroying the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as aforesaid on the twenty-third day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown did assemble themselves with arms that is to say with guns muskets blunderbusses pistols swords bayonets pikes and other weapons with intent to assassinate kill and murder divers of the privy council of our said lord the King employed by our said lord the King in the administration of the affairs and government of this kingdom and to raise make and levy insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and to subvert and destroy the constitution and government of this realm as by law established AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors

as aforesaid on the said twenty-third day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown armed and arrayed in a warlike manner that is to say with guns muskets blunderbusses pistols swords bayonets pikes and other weapons maliciously and traitorously did ordain prepare levy and make public war against our said lord the King within this realm in contempt of our said lord the King and his laws to the evil example of all others contrary to the duty of the allegiance of them the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper against the form of the Statute in such case made and provided and against the peace of our said lord the King his crown and dignity.

Second Count.-And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper being subjects of our said lord the King not having the fear of God in their hearts nor weighing the duty of their allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil as false traitors against our said lord the King and wholly withdrawing the love obedience fidelity and allegiance which every true and faithful subject of our said lord the King should and of right ought to bear towards our said lord the King on the fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown did compass imagine and intend to move and excite insurrection rebellion and war against our said lord the King within this realm and to subvert and alter the legislature rule and government now duly and happily established within this realm and to bring and put our said lord the King to death [The indictment then states the same eleven overt acts charged in the first Count].

Third Count-And the jurors aforesaid upon their oath aforesaid do further present that the said Arthur Thistlewood

William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper being subjects of our said lord the King not having the fear of God in their hearts nor weighing the duty of their allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil as false traitors against our said lord the King and wholly withdrawing the love obedience fidelity and allegiance which every true and faithful subject of our said lord the King should and of right ought to bear towards our said lord the King on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously, and traitorously amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown did compass imagine invent devise and intend to levy war against our said lord the King within this realm in order by force and constraint to compel him to change his measures and counsels and the said last-mentioned compassing imagination invention device and intention did then and there express utter and declare by divers overt acts and deeds hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) IN ORDER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention last aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles Cooper as such false traitors as last aforesaid on the said fifth day of February in the first year of the reign aforesaid and on divers other days and times as well before as after with force and arms at the said parish of Saint Marylebone in the said county of Middlesex maliciously and traitorously did assemble meet conspire and consult amongst themselves and together with divers other false traitors whose names are to the said jurors unknown todevise arrange and mature plans and means by force and constraint to compel our said lord the King to change his measures and counsels AND FURTHER TO FULFIL perfect and bring to effect their most evil and wicked treason and treasonable compassing imagination invention device and intention last aforesaid they the said Arthur Thistlewood William Davidson James Ings John Thomas Brunt Richard Tidd James William Wilson John Harrison Richard Bradburn John Shaw Strange James Gilchrist and Charles

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