On 13th June 1812, the Leeds Mercury carried this brief report from their Huddersfield correspondent about the system of raiding for arms underway in and around Huddersfield:
The Arms-stealing system still prevails—several stand have been stolen this week.—The Luddites are likewise very active in stealing lead pipes, and some dying-vessels, made of lead, have been cut in pieces and carried away. In consequence of the Voluntary Association for watching and patroling, this town is kept very quiet; but out of the limits of the patrole, depredations are committed every night.
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