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Collectanea Radicalism not dangerous

III Experience
Ii Ireland

Morn. Chron. April 26. 1820.

"As soon as the verdict was recorded + + viz. against Bruent
for conspiracy &c - the Attorney General
rose for the purpose of calling the attention of the Court
to a subject which he had mentioned the preceeding day, and
on which he now came prepar'd to submit a motion to their
Lordships, he meant the publication of the trials of Thistlewood
and Ings, in defiance of the prohibition of the Court, by the
Proprietor of a Sunday Newspaper, called The Observer. He
proceeded to read two affidavits, one stating, that the deponent
had bought a paper so entitled of a person acting
as Shopman to Mr Clement, at No 169 Strand, the other
proving an examined copy of the affidavit deposited at the
Stamp Office by Mr Clement, as sole Proprietor of The Observer,
in pursuance of the Stat. 38. Geo III that the publication
of the proceedings of the Court was made with
a full knowledge of the prohibition was evident from the
following passage, which he would read from the paper
in question:- "After the Jury were summoned, the Lord
Chief Justice said, as there are several persons charged
with High Treason by this indictment, whose trials are
likely to be taken one after the other I think it necessary,
in furtherance of Justice, strictly to prohibit the
publication of the proceedings of this or any other day
until the whole of the trials shall be concluded. It is
highly necessary to the purposes of justice, that the
public mind or the Jurymen, who are hereafter to
serve, should not be influenced by the publication of
any of the proceedings which may take place until
the whole shall be finished. It is expected that all persons
will attend to this admonition" He felt that he
was only discharging the duty which he owed to the interests
of public justice, and to the dignity of the Court,
in calling upon their Lordships to punish this daring
violation of the order of the Court, which was calculated
not merely to bring the proceedings pf the Court into
contempt, but to defeat the benevolent intentions which
had actuated their Lordships in issuing the prohibition.

After the learned Commissioners had conferred together
for some time, Mr Justice Richardson inquired
what particular motion the Attorney General submitted
to the Court.

The Attorney General was understood to say, that he
moved for an order calling upon the proprietor of The
Observer
to shew cause why he should not receive such
punishment as the Court might deem proper to inflict

After some further consultation the Lord Chief Baron said,
— This an offence of a very grave nature, & the Court will take
time to deliberate. Nothing can be more prejudicial to the interest
of justice than the publication of trials pending the proceedings
of a Court of Justice. Let Mr Clement appear to answer for his conduct
at nine o'clock on Friday morning

Identifier: | JB/137/058/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1820-04-26	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	058	Info in main headings field	collectanea - radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles	morn. chron. april 26 1820
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	john flowerdew colls; richard doane	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	46775
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