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that he together with five hundred other persons and more, did unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assemble, on the <rs id="t17800628-69-cd349" type="crimeDate">7th of June</rs>
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, to the disturbance of the publick peace, and did begin to demolish and pull down the dwelling-house of the Right Honourable <rs type="persName" id="t17800628-69-victim911"> <interp inst="t17800628-69-victim911" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
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<p>2d Count. For beginning to pull down a certain out-house belonging to the dwelling-house of <rs type="persName" id="t17800628-69-person913"> <interp inst="t17800628-69-person913" type="role" value=""></interp>
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of Mansfield.</p>
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<p>I am a constable of the parish of St. Giles's I keep a shoe-warehouse in Holbourn.</p>
<p>Was you in <rs type="placeName" id="t17800628-69-crimeloc351">Bloomsbury-square</rs>
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on Wednesday morning, the 7th of June? - Yes. The high constable and I had been all night at the Rotation-office, to defend it. We were in Bloomsbury-square about eight o'clock, I saw the prisoner at Lord Mansfield's; I knew his person well before; he had a large bar of iron, and was sitting upon the cell of the window, and breaking down a wall of a building which was separate from Lord Mansfield's house; there was a vast concourse of people there. I suppose near two thousand; I durst not apprehend the prisoner on account of the concourse of people. I saw him three days after at the Rotation-office, on another charge.</p>
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<p>I am under-cook to Lord Mansfield.</p>
<p>Do you remember, in the morning after Lord Mansfield's house was destroyed, seeing any thing of the prisoner? - Yes, I saw him about five o'clock in the morning with an iron bar on his shoulder; I did not see him break any thing belonging to my lord. I know him particularly by his crutch. I saw him at five, and again at eight o'clock.</p>
<p>Is the building the last witness describes detached from the house? - Yes, it is the room where I lay, it is over the kitchen and under the laundry.</p>
<p>You are sure the prisoner is the person? - Yes.</p>
<p>Was that building, the kitchen, and the rest destroyed in the course of the morning? - They were totally down, I believe by ten o'clock.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I saw the building destroyed.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am under-butler to Lord Mansfield. I was at my lord's house on the 6th of June, when the mob first came. I saw the prisoner about four in the morning. I passed him several times in the house with my Lord's liquor in his hand coming out of the house; I saw him in the street afterwards near the place that was pulled down; but I did not observe him doing any thing. He had nothing in his hand but his crutch then. I saw him carrying out the bottles before.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>I got up about a quarter before four o'clock, I was dry; the people said there was a shocking murder done in Bloomsbury-square. I went there and saw a soldier wallowing in his blood. On the 11th of June I was taken up by a constable on suspicion of picking a gentleman's pocket. After I was fully committed, the constable came and said as I was committed he would charge me with pulling down my Lord Mansfield's house.</p>
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Death </rs>
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<p>Tried by the Second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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