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Showing posts with label william horsfall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label william horsfall. Show all posts
Sunday, 13 January 2013

13th January 1813: Major Raitt tells General Acland revelations from an informer

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Wednesday [Evng] My dear General I send you on the other half Sheet a List of all the Prisoners with their Fates attached to them, 14 o...
Sunday, 6 January 2013

6th January 1813: The trial of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith - Part 4: the verdict

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At just before 8.00 p.m., and after being in Court 11 hours, the Jury in the trial of George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith retur...

6th January 1813: The trial of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith - Part 3: witnesses for the defence

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The last part of the trial of George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith consisted of numerous witnesses for the defence who spoke to ...

6th January 1813: The trial of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith - Part 2: witnesses for the prosecution

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After Sir Simon Le Blanc had summed up the prosecution's case, witnesses for the prosecution were then called, beginning with Joseph Arm...

6th January 1813: The trial of George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith - Part 1: the prosecution's case

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On Wednesday 6th January, the trial of George Mellor (aged 22), William Thorpe (23) & Thomas Smith (22) for the murder of William Hor...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

24th October 1812: The authorities leak information to the press about the Horsfall arrests

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On Thursday 24th October 1812, a letter was sent to the Courier newspaper about the arrests made for the shooting of William Horsfall, and w...
Sunday, 21 October 2012

21st October 1812: The cropper, Benjamin Walker, turns informer & implicates Mellor, Thorpe & Smith in the William Horsfall shooting

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By the evening of Wednesday 21st October 1812, Benjamin Walker, the cropper who had been arrested 4 days before , had reached his limit and ...
Saturday, 13 October 2012

13th October 1812: General Acland tells General Maitland that the evidence against George Mellor is 'very circumstantial'

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Huddersfield 13th October 1812. My dear Sir. In reference to my letter of the 10th Inst respecting the arms stolen from the 15th Hussar...
Thursday, 11 October 2012

11th October 1812: General Acland updates General Maitland about the Horsfall suspects

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Huddersfield 11 October 1812 My dear Sir Enclosed I send you the Substance of the report of the robberies committed in the neighbourhood...

11th October 1812: Joseph Radcliffe questions the household of Joseph Mellor about suspects in the assassination of William Horsfall

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A Caucasian Horse Pistol, likely to be similar to the one George Mellor reputedly brought back from Russia Joseph Mellor, a master cloth...
Wednesday, 10 October 2012

10th October 1812: A young apprentice to Joseph Mellor gives information to Joseph Radcliffe, which leads to arrests

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After receiving information from Francis Vickerman via John Lloyd, that possible suspects in the assassination of William Horsfall had been ...

10th October 1812: The Huddersfield manufacturer Francis Vickerman gives information to the Stockport solicitor, John Lloyd

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By Saturday 10th October Francis Vickerman , the Huddersfield manufacturer who lived at Taylor Hill, had already sent 2 letters to General A...
Tuesday, 2 October 2012

2nd October 1812: Joshua Haigh is committed to York Castle

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On Friday 2nd October 1812 Joshua Haigh , the soldier who had confessed to killing William Horsfall and being involved in the attack on Raw...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012

19th September 1812: The Stockport solicitor, John Lloyd, tells the Home Office he has a suspect for the killing of William Horsfall

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General, I have to request you assistance. Information has been obtained this Morning that a Soldier of the 51st Regt is one of the Murder...
Friday, 18 May 2012

18th May 1812: Edmund Eastwood, William Horsfall's companion on his final journey, dies

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On Monday 18th May, Edmund Eastwood, a manufacturer friend of William Horsfall, died. He had ridden alongside William Horsfall during part o...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012

2nd May 1812: Burial of William Horsfall in Huddersfield

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In the early morning of Saturday, 2nd May, William Horsfall was buried at Huddersfield Parish Church. The brief report in the Leeds Mercury ...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012

1st May 1812: Government reward notice for Horsfall assassination

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Whitehall , May 1 , 1812. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on Tuesday evening 28 Ap...
Monday, 30 April 2012

30th April 1812: Major Gordon informs Lieutenant-General Grey that Luddites are conducting arms raids

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Huddersfield 30th of April 1812 Sir I have the honour to report to you for Lt Genl the Honble HG Grey's information, the arrival of ...

30th April 1812: Joseph Radcliffe informs the Home Office of nocturnal arms raids & requests more troops

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Sir Messrs T. Atkinson, & Allinson who left Hudfd last night will have been with you before this with the inclosed comes to hand, in w...

30th April 1812: The death of William Horsfall

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After being shot 38 hours earlier, William Horsfall finally died at the Warren House Inn on Crosland Moor at around 8.30 a.m. on the morni...