11 x PROSECUTIONS FOR LIBEL, BLASPHEMY, 6.— CROWN COURT, LANCASTER— continued. NAME His Place of RESIDENCE. By Whom the PROSECUTION was commenced. Character of COUNTY DATE when Commenced. of the INDIVIDUAL Prosecuted. [ The Defendants residences are only known from their description in the Indictment or In- formation.] OFFENCE, Whether Blasphemy, Libel or Sedition. in which the Prosecution was commenced. Whether TRIED, or NOT. Alice Wroe, wife of James. Manchester - - libel - - d° - October 1819. pleaded guilty Peter Wroe Manchester - - libel - - d° - March 1820 - - d° - - William Wroe - Manchester - - libel - - d° - March 1820 - - d° - - Thomas J. Evans Liverpool - - - libel on the magistrates. - d° - August 1820 - - Tried - - Samuel Nathan Liverpool publishing ob- scene pictures. - d° - March assizes 1821. pleaded guilty James Kiernan Liverpool • m m m obscene libel - d° - - same - - - d° - - Willm Armstrong Liverpool obscene libel - d » - - same - - d* - - 7.— CHESTER GREAT SESSIONS. John Bagguley Stockport the Attorney- General of the county palatine of Chester. sedition Cheshire 31 August 1818. - - Tried - - John Johnson - d° same - d" - - d" - - d » - - - d" - - S. Drummond - d". - - same - d° - - d° - - d" - - - d° - - James Parr d° - same - d° - - d° - 12 April 1819. pleaded guilty Joseph Harrison Joseph Harrison d° d° the Attorney- General of the county of Chester. d° sedition and misdemeanor. - d° - Cheshire - d° - 1 September 1819. - d° - - - Tried - - . d° .— CHESHIRE SESSIONS. Joseph Swann - Macclesfield c John Frost, onstable of Mac- clesfield. sedition Cheshire Oct. sessions 1819. - - Tried - - Robert Swindells d° d° - d° - - d ® - - d° - . - d° - - Jos. Birtinshaw d° - du - d° - - d° - - d" - - - d° - - John Stubbs d° - d° - d° - - d° - - d° - - - d° - - John Richards, al' Richardson. d° d* - d° - - d* - - d° - - - d" - - AND SEDITION; 1813 — 1822. 6.— CROWN COURT, LANCASTER— continued. If Tried, the County and Court where Tried. Crown Court, Lancaster, d° d° d° d° d" DATE of TRIAL. March 1820 same same March assizes 1821. Sept. assizes 1821. same same Whether Acquitted, or Convicted. pleaded guilty - d° - - d° - convicted SENTENCE PASSED. Judgment respited - d° d° Fourteen days imprisonment from the expiration of the term of imprisonment ordered by the Court of King's Bench, for another offence. pleaded guilty Fined 501, two months im- prisonment, and to find sure- ties to keep the peace for five years, himself in 1001, and two sureties in 50 /. each, and to be further imprisoned until fine paid and sureties found. d° - 1 Two months imprisonment, - > and to find sureties to keep d° - J the peace for fiveyears, them- selves in 401, each, and sure- ties for each in 20/. each, and to be further imprisoned until sureties found. DATE thereof. Sept. assizes, 1821. Sept. 3, 1821 - same When Released from Prison. out on bail. - d° - d8 Dec. 8, 1822. Nov. 3, 1821. Nov. 6, 1821. at Chester, in the court of session or assize. same same same same same 15 April 1819. d° 7 September 1819. 18 April 1820. 7 CHESTER GREAT SESSIONS. convicted To be imprisoned two years in the common gaol, and to find two sureties in 100/. each, him- self in 5001, to keep the peace for two years, and to be imprisoned till such sureties found. convicted pleaded guilty convicted same sentence same sentence Respited on his own recog- nizance in 100/. to appear when called upon. To be imprisoned one year in the castle of Chester. To be imprisoned in the castle of Chester for one year, to commence and be computed from the expiration of the first above- mentioned year, and at the end of the two years to find two sureties in J 001. each ; himself to be bound in 2001, to keep the peace two years more. 19 April 1819 7 Sept. 1819 18 April 1820 - d° - released at the same time. The term of the sentences passed upon him by the Court of King's Bench, and by the Court of session or assize at Chester, not com- pleted until the 11th Octo- ber 1823. at the Cheshire quarter ses< sions. - d° - - d° - - d* - 11 January 1820. d° d° d° convicted - d° - - d° - - d° - - d* - 8.— CHESHIRE SESSIONS. Two years in Chester castle, and sureties for good beha- viour for one year. d° d° d » d° 11 January 1820. d » d° d° at the expiration > of their several sentences. detained on another indictment. 562. G ( continued.)