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The Right Honorable George
Augustus Henry Cavendish,
commonly called LordGeorge
Cavendish,

The Hon. George Vernon,
The Hon. Henry Cavendish,
Sir Robert Wilmot, bart.
Sir Matthew Blackiston, bart.
Sir Henry Fitzherbert, bart.
Sir William Chambers Bagshaw,
knt.

Sir Charles Colville, knt.
Richard Arkwright, Esq.

Ashton Nicholas Mosley, Esq.

Edward Miller Mundy, Esq,

Francis Hurt, Esq.
Philip Gell, Esq.
John Radford, Esq.
Francis Mundy, Esq.
Charles Hurt, Esq.
Wingfield Halton, Esq.
Bache Heathcote, Esq.
John Crompton, Esq.
Richard Bateman, Esq,
Samuel Frith, Esq.

Marmaduke Middleton Mid-
dleton, Esq.

Joshua Jebb, Esq.

His Majesty's Proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, and for the preventing and punishing of vice, profaneness, and immorality, was read.

Lord Chief Baron RICHARDS,

Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,

It is a matter of great satisfaction to see so numerous and so respectable an attendance of Grand Jurors, but I am not apprised of any circumstances the communication of which seems to me to be necessary or expedient at the present time. If any occurrences should arise which should render it necessary, you will immediately be informed, and requested to attend to execute the high functions of your duty, and I shall have the honor, I have no doubt, of seeing you all in your places upon that notice. At present I do not feel it necessary to trouble you further.

Gentlemen should be informed that it is the expectation of the Court that no part of the proceedings, which are to commence to-morrow, should be published in any manner until all the proceedings are concluded. I give this notice now with the concurrence of all the Court, in order to put persons in possession of the resolution of the Court, that due notice will be taken if this intimation of

mine be not attended to. I shall mention it again tomorrow.-Pray, Mr. Attorney General, can you give us any information as to the mode of proceeding?

Mr. Attorney General.-My Lord, as to myself I should think that, as your Lordship has not addressed the Grand Jury so as to occupy any considerable portion of the time of the Court to-day, probably it might save some of your Lordship's time to-morrow if a certain number of the Prisoners, whom it might be convenient to bring up, were to be brought before your Lordships for the purpose of being arraigned so as to plead to-day. If my friends, who are of Counsel for the Defendants, see no objection to that, I would propose, in order to save the time of your Lordships, that some or indeed the whole of the Prisoners may be arraigned to-day, being brought up in such numbers as may be convenient; for it does not appear to me that there will be room for all the Prisoners to be at the Bar together. The course we shall afterwards adopt will, in some degree, depend upon that which shall be done upon the part of the Prisoners, whether my friends will have any objection to state to your Lordships what will be the course they shall adopt I am not aware; and I am sure they will understand me neither to request nor to wish that they should say one word upon the subject tilt the very moment comes, when it will be necessary for them to express what their mode of proceeding shall be if any purposes of convenience, or any others will, in their opinion, be answered by their delaying it. Our course of proceeding may probably vary according as the Prisoners' may be advised by their learned Counsel; for I believe my friends stand as Counsel for all of them. Our course of proceeding may possibly be regulated by my friends having the goodness to intimate at such time as shall be most convenient and desirable for their Clients; whether they mean to sever their challenges, or whether they do not. Whether that shall be declared now or not it does not appear to me that it will make any difference as to the arraigning the Prisoners, or any number of them; or if your Lordships should think that it may be more con

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venient to arraign a certain number to-day, and the remainder to-morrow morning; to us it is perfectly indifferent. If your Lordships should conceive that it would be desirable to arraign a certain number, so as to try four or five together, to that I can have no objection. All I would propose is, that any number, eight, ten, or twelve, if your Lordships think that number is not too great, should now be brought up to be arraigned.

Lord Chief Baron Richards.-Do you gain any time by arraigning eight or ten?

Mr. Attorney General.-They may be all arraigned in the course of an hour or somewhat more, taking them in certain numbers. The Indictment must, of course, be read over every time.

Lord Chief Baron Richards.-Have you any objection, Mr. Cross?

Mr. Cross.-I conceive, my Lord, no possible inconvenience can possibly arise to the Prisoners from the arraignments taking place in such numbers as are most convenient to the Court, whether singly, or several together, or all together, seems to me, as far as respects the rights and interests of the Prisoners, a matter of perfect indifference; and, therefore, whatever course the Attorney General may think most for the convenience of the Court will be by me, on the part of the Prisoners, instantly acceded to.

Mr. Attorney General -I am very much obliged to my friend; I conceived it to be a matter of perfect indifference to the Prisoners or I would not have made the proposition.

Lord Chief Baron Richards.-I think, Mr. Attorney General, you had better take your own course, as the Counsel for the Prisoners have no objection.

Mr. Attorney General.-My Lord, I understand the gaoler has twelve of the Prisoners here, and I think it will be most convenient to your Lordship and to the Sheriff that that number should be taken together.

Thomas Bacon, Jeremiah Brandreth, otherwise called

John Coke, otherwise called the Nottingham Cap

tain, George Weightman, William Turner, Joseph Turner, otherwise called Manchester Turner, Isaac Ludlam the elder, Isaac Ludlam the younger, Samuel Ludlam, William Ludlam, Samuel Hunt, Edward Turner, and Robert Turner, were arraigned, and severally pleaded not guilty.

Mr. Attorney General.-I do not know whether your Lordship will take twelve others at this time.

Lord Chief Baron Richards.-Take your own course, Mr. Attorney.

Charles Swaine, John Onion the elder, John Mac
Kesswick, John Hill, Joseph Rawson, otherwise called
Joseph Thorpe, Joseph Topham, German Buxton,
Edward Moore, Josiah Godber, George Brassington,
William Adams, and William Hardwick, were ar-
raigned, and severally pleaded not guilty.
John Wright, Thomas Ensor, Joseph Savage, John
Moore, William Weightman, Thomas Weightman,
Joseph Weightman the younger, James Weight-
man, Thomas Bettison, Alexander Johnson, and John
Bacon, were arraigned, and severally pleaded not
guilty.

Mr. Attorney General.—I will not ask my learned friend, Mr. Cross, to state whether the Prisoners mean to sever their challenges; if they have not decided, or, having des cided, have the least objection to answering the question now, the only reason I venture to propose it is that it might possibly save time.

Mr Cross.-My Lord, we have not yet determined.

Lord Chief Baron Richards. Mr. Cross has intimated to me that he is not prepared to give an answer. The Court will sit to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, as there may be a difficulty in procuring a Jury on the first day before that; on subsequent days we propose to sit at eight.

Adjourned to to-morrow morning nine o'clock.

THE

TRIAL

OF

JEREMIAH BRANDRETH,

Alias John Coke, alias the Nottingham Captain.

SPECIAL ASSIZE, DERBY,
Thursday, 16th October, 1817.

The Jurors returned by the Sheriff were called over, when the following were excused.

Luke Ashby, Farmer, on account of Illness.
John Smith, Farmer, on account of Illness.
Richard Smith, Hosier, on account of Age.

William Fox, Joiner, on account of Illness.

Francis Walker, Innkeeper, on account of Illness. Thomas Hartshorne, Maltster, on account of Age.. John Needham, Farmer, not summoned, having removed from the County.

Joseph Gould, Farmer, on account of Illness.

Timothy Greenwood, Farmer, on account of Illness. William Gardom, Gentleman, not summoned, having removed from the County.

Samuel Fox, Farmer, not properly described in the panel.

George Barker, Gentleman, on account of Illness.
George Kirk Shirt, Yeoman, on account of Illness.
Thomas Clarke, Gentleman, on account of Illness.
Henry Hodgkinson, Farmer, on account of Age.
Ebenezer Smith, Iron Master, on account of Illness.
John Heywood, the elder, Farmer, on account of Age.
Mark Hewett, Draper, on account of Illness.
Samuel Beeley, Farmer, on account of Illness.

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