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Showing posts with label assizes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assizes. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

30th July 1819: The trial of Adam Wagstaff at Nottingham Summer Assizes for sending a threatening letter in the name of 'Genrall Ludd'

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On Friday 30th July 1819, a 27 year old framework-knitter, Adam Wagstaff, stood trial at Nottingham Summer Assizes, accused of sending a th...
Monday, 31 July 2017

31st July 1817: Samuel Caldwell convicted of frame-breaking during the 'Loughborough Job' - the final Luddite trial

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On Thursday 31st July 1817, at Leicester Assizes, the Luddite Samuel Caldwell (aka 'Big Sam') pleaded guilty to frame-breaking duri...
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Saturday, 1 April 2017

1st April 1817: Jeffrey Lockett informs the Home Secretary of the result of the Luddite trials

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My Lord Tho’ my feelings are greatly agitated by the awful scene which I have just witnessed, I have the satisfaction which is inseparable...

1st April 1817: The trial of the remaining 'Loughborough Job' Luddites, at Leicester Assizes

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Trial of Thomas Savidge, Joshua Mitchell, Wm. Withers, William Towle, John Amos, John Crowder, and James Watson, the firing a gun at John A...
Friday, 31 March 2017

31st March 1817: The trial of the Luddite John Clarke (aka 'Little Sam') at Leicester Assizes

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LEICESTER. Trial of JOHN CLARKE, otherwise LITTLE SAM , FOR SHOOTING AT JOHN ASHER. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1817. This morning, at eig...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017

28th March 1817: Heathcoat & Boden awarded £10,000 compensation for their 'Loughborough Job' losses

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It was reported in the Leciester Chronicle of Friday 28th March 1817 that during the recent Leicester Assizes, the owners of the lace factor...
Wednesday, 22 March 2017

22nd March 1817: Derby Assizes Grand Jury call for the reinstatement of the death penalty for frame-breaking

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Derby County Hall March 22nd 1817 The undersigned Gentleman, constituting the Grand Jury now assembled at the Assizes for the County of De...
Saturday, 18 March 2017

18th March 1817: The trial of Joseph Mellors, Nathan Diggle & Jonathan Austin, for attacking William Cook, at Nottingham Assizes

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On the same day that the Luddite Daniel Diggle was tried and sentenced to death for his part in an abortive attack in Nottingham , his accom...

18th March 1817: The trial of the Luddite Daniel Diggle, for shooting George Kerry, at Nottingham Assizes

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COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM. Tuesday , March 18. This morning, DANIEL DIGGLE, a fine stout-looking young man, only 20 years of age, was p...