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ten minutes ago, or not more, somebody, I do not exactly know who the person was, sent me one of the newspapers alluded to by my learned Friend, namely, "The Courier." I do lament, as much as my learned Friend can possibly do, that any person should, in any degree, have violated the order which your Lordship gave on the first and on the second day, because it may tend, certainly, to pervert, in a certain degree, the administration of justice, by influencing men's minds: but, my Lord, I am sure I can undertake to say, for myself and for my honorable and learned Friend who is with me here, and I am quite sure that I can undertake to state the same thing for every person who has any thing in the shape of efficient office under His Majesty's present Government, that neither they nor any body belonging to them, have wished, or could have wished, that any thing should be stated to the Public that has passed here till the whole can be stated fairly and properly in the way in which it ought to be, as a complete account of the Trials which have taken place.

There is one phrase my learned Friend, Mr. Denman, has used, which I wish he had spared, as it may tend to prejudice men's minds. He has talked of papers under the influence of Government; for myself, I know nothing of papers under the influence of Government, or against the influence of Government, or by whom they are employed, except as the sentiments of parties on public affairs appear upon the face of those papers; and all I can say is this, that whoever conducts the newspaper on the one side or the other, whenever a person shall be brought, by proper affidavits before your Lordships, for having violated the rule which has been laid down by your Lordships, in such a way as will occur to me to be a contempt of your Lordship's order, be he who he may, I shall feel it my duty, without favour to the one, or without any thing like antipathy to the other, to found such motion, as shall occur to my judgment to be right. If my learned Friend can point out, at this time, who the person is who has violated this order, my learned Friend can make that motion, I really know not,

The effect of the statement they make, does not appear to me likely to be that which my learned Friend has stated, but it is extremely improper that your Lordship's order should be so violated. I see in one newspaper, a professed account of what was stated by me, something like a professed account of what I stated has been given by another newspaper; I lament it most extremely; I can only undertake to say for myself, and for all those with whom I have had any communication upon this subject, that we are as perfectly innocent of any thing in the shape of a publication, or of a design to publish, as your Lordships (if I may venture to use that phrase) who made that order, are yourselves. No man could reprobate it more than I do, for it is extremely improper,-beyond a doubt it is extremely improper to be stating, even if they were correctly stated, the proceedings as they go on from time to time, whereby impressions may be raised, either one way or the other, in men's minds; and certain practices may be introduced which extremely tend, in my opinion, to pervert the administration of justice. My Lord, I have only taken the liberty of saying this, thinking it my duty, after what was said by my learned Friend, to state, most unfeignedly, that I reprobate it as much as my learned Friend himself can do; I am extremely sorry it has been done; one knows it arises, sometimes, not from a desire to do wrong on the one side or the other, but from a desire (if I may use the phrase) to increase the sale of the newspaper, in which the account is given: but I do hope, if there are any gentlemen here taking notes for the purpose of publishing the Trial, that they will have the goodness to keep back those notes till the Trials are finished, and then to make their publication, for I do conceive it is a contempt of the Court, and if any man produces affidavits to me of that being done by any persons within reach of your Lordships, I shall feel it my duty to move your Lordships that those persons may be committed.

Mr. Denman. I beg leave to say that I fully acquit my learned Friend, the Attorney General; indeed it is not ne

dessary to say that, for no person can suspect him of any participation in this. I think the apology is rather too lax of its being done to increase the sale of the paper, and I trust the Court will find some means of vindicating their own proceedings.

Lord Chief Baron Richards. It is a very unfortunate and very mischievous thing; mischievous in every point of view, and to all concerned; but all we know of it is, that a newspaper is produced containing the accounts which are complained of; who published this newspaper, who furnished this account we are entirely ignorant. The Attorney General has put it, I think, upon its true ground, point out the parties and a motion shall be made.

Mr. Justice Dallas. In the trial which has been alluded to so often in the course of these proceedings, the trial of James Watson, a similar complaint was made, I recollected the circumstance while the learned Counsel was address ing the Court-I turned to the book and it now lies open before you Upon Mr. Wetherell making the same sort of complaint which has been brought forward to day, Lord Ellenborough said" As you have announced that you do not mean to make any motion, the Court have no time to hear an address which is to be followed by no proof, if you mean to move for an attachment, the Court. will very readily hear you." Then in the conclusion again, his Lordship states-" If there is to be no motion made, it is not necessary to enter into it." Now, with respect to the fact, I can only say that we have no fact whatever before us at this moment, it is merely stated that a newspaper of a particular description has been pub lished, the publication of which has drawn observations from another, but of this we know nothing; and for myself I can only say, that I have not seen the matter at length in the one or the other, one only I have in part by ac cident seen, but by whom published or under what cir cumstances is quite unknown to us.

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With respect to the allusion to one of those newspapers as being under the influence of government, I own, I think, that might as well have been spared, because it is

an observation that may be of dangerous tendency; but. of this I am persuaded, that the government of the country, or those who in legal situates conduct the affairs of that government, wou be the fus to bring to public justice those who improperly report the proceedings of a Court of Justice; at present it appears there is no motion before the Court nor any affidavit which can be made the ground of a motion, therefore I think following the precedent before us, we also ought to pass on to the business of the trial.

The Jurors were called over.

William White, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. William Morley (of Chaddesden), Farmer, challenged by the Crown.

William Wilkes, Farmer, excused, at his own request, having served on the former Trial.

John Stretten, Farmer, excused at his own request, &c. Robert Beard, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Thomas Robotham, Farmer, challenged by the Crown. William Salt, Miller, challenged by the Prisoner. Robert Frost, Farmer, excused on account of pressing business, the Counsel on both sides consenting.

John Tempest, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

John Heacock, Esq. challenged by the Prisoner. William Bailey, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Samuel Wilder, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

Thomas Archer, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner.. Thomas Orme, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Samuel Archer, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Thomas Borough, Gentleman, challenged by the Crown.

Thomas Hall, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner.
Thomas Ensor, Farmer, sworn.

Walthall Spurrier, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner.
Henry Spurrier, Farmer, sworn.

Michael Goodall, Farmer, sworn.

Thomas Lowndes, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Thomas Webster, Farmer, not properly described on the panel.

John Bradshaw, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner.

Robert Eaton, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

Thomas Gilman, (of Osliston and Thurvaston), Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

Thomas Sherwin, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

Thomas Gilman, (of Rodsley), Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

William Shipton, Farmer, challenged by the Crown. Robert Shipton, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. John Stretton, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Henry Yates, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

Robert Steeple, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. John Skevington, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. John Oakden, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served

Isaac Statham the younger, Farmer, challenged by the Crown.

Paul Caulton, Farmer, challenged by the Crown.

John Adsett, Farmer, excused at his own request, having served.

William Beresford, Gentleman, challenged by the Pri

soner.

Solomon Frost, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. Robert Wagstaff, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. William Morley, (of Snelston), Farmer, not a Freeholder, &c.

William Statham, Farmer, challenged by the Crown. William Harrison, Farmer, challenged by the Crown. William Bakewell, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner. William Jerrom, Farmer, fine remitted on appearance, challenged by the Prisoner.

Richard Hollis, Farmer, excused on account of illness. Thomas Hollis, Farmer, challenged by the Prisoner.

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