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Showing posts with label william thorpe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label william thorpe. Show all posts
Friday, 1 March 2013

1st March 1813: Thomas Shillitoe visits the families of Thomas Brook, James Haigh, William Thorpe & John Ogden

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On Monday, the Quaker missionary Thomas Shillitoe continued his visits to the families of the Luddites executed at York in January, accompan...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

8th January 1813: The execution of George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith

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At 9.00 a.m. on Friday 8th January 1813,  the three Luddites convicted of the murder of William Horsfall - George Mellor, William Thorpe ...
Monday, 7 January 2013

7th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse updates the Home Office on the Special Commission & the plans for the execution of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith

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Private York Jan. 7. [1813] Dear Sir, The Judges having conferred with Mr. Park respecting the Place of Execution of the Murderers w...
Sunday, 6 January 2013

6th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse informs the Home Office of the outcome of the Horsfall Trial at York Special Commission

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Private York Jan. 6. [1813] Dear Sir, I should have mentioned in my last Letter that the four Burglars convicted yesterday were part ...

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, 26 December 2012

26th December 1812: General Acland gives suggestions for the fate of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith to the Home Office

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Huddersfield 26 December 1812. My dear Sir. If thought advisable to execute the murderers on the Spot where the offence was committed, ...
Friday, 14 December 2012

14th December 1812: The Treasury Solicitor discusses the execution of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith before their trial has even begun

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Dear Sir, In case the Judges should be disposed to order the Execution of the Murderers on the spot where the Offence was committed, it ...
Monday, 5 November 2012

5th November 1812: The Government's law officers sanction the case against George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith

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On Thursday 5th November, after viewing all the statements and correspondence collected thus far about the case against the three men accuse...
Sunday, 4 November 2012

4th November 1812: The Stockport solicitor, John Lloyd, seeks a pardon for the informer William Hall

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Stockport [near] Manchester Nov. 4, 1812 Sir A circumstance yesterday came to my knowledge which will require consideration, and, alth...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012

24th October 1812: General Acland informs General Maitland there is more evidence against Mellor, Thorpe & Smith

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Huddersfield 24th October 1812. My dear Sir, More strong Evidence has come out against Mellor, Thorpe & Smith, & I may venture ...

24th October 1812: The Stockport solicitor, John Lloyd, informs the Home Office that the Horsfall case is going well

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The former cropping workshop of John Wood, at Longroyd Bridge, where John Lloyd interviewed staff on the evening of 23rd October 1812 (dat...

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...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012

23rd October 1812: The solicitors Lloyd & Allison visit John Wood's cropping shop, and a new informer emerges

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John Wood's cropping shop, in a photorgaph before demolition in 1891. In the evening of Friday 23rd October 1812, the two solicitors...
Monday, 22 October 2012

22nd October 1812: General Acland tells General Maitland he is 'pretty sure of hanging' Mellor, Thorpe & Smith

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Huddersfield 22nd Octr 1812. My dear Sir, I send you a copy of Walker's Examination & also of William Hall's The first is f...
Saturday, 20 October 2012

20th October 1812: John Lloyd tells the Home Office that his policy of informers & abduction is having results

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Stockport 20 Oct 1812 Sir I was yesterday detained the whole of the day with Mr. Radcliffe at Milnes bridge and prevented writing to yo...
Friday, 19 October 2012

19th October 1812: The cropper, William Thorpe, is examined by Joseph Radcliffe

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On Monday 19th October 1812, another West Riding cropper swore a statement before Joseph Radcliffe. William Thorpe had already been put i...
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...