Enemies of the State (24 page)

 9
. Robert Burns,
March to Bannockburn
.

Chapter 11

 1
. This is still the law today and for the worst modern example of its cruelty and injustice, see M J Trow,
Let Him Have It, Chris
(London, Constable, 1990).

 2
. Perhaps another spelling of Surman or Sarmon.

 3
. A commission empowering a judge in Great Britain to hear and rule on a criminal case at the assizes.

 4
. One of hundreds of examples where the law used archaic or downright wrong words in its official capacity.

 5
. Technically, James Wilson's case was delayed pending the misnomer plea. He was in fact ‘trying it on' because the only difference was that his middle name, William, had been added in the indictment. The decision to overrule the plea however lay with the Attorney-General, hardly a disinterested party.

Chapter 12

 1
. This may have been to save time and ultimately money.

 2
. Shackled with chains at the wrists and ankles, making escape impossible. Ings was only cuffed because he had been ill in gaol.

 3
. Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the best known advocates and orators in the ancient world.

 4
. Technically the word implies belief in a remote Creator who does not interfere in the present world. I suspect that several of the conspirators had probably abandoned God altogether.

 5
. Interestingly, an account of this case – Holloway and Haggerty were accused of murdering Mr Steele on Hounslow Heath – was written by James Harmer, the Cato Street conspirators' solicitor.

 6
. £2 2s or £2 10p. In today's currency about £200.

 7
. By 1820, this was a generic term for the hangman. The original Ketch, John Catch, took up the job in September 1663 and officiated at the execution of the Duke of Monmouth and the pillorying of Titus Oates.

Chapter 13

 1
. Quoted in Brian Bailey,
The Hangmen of England
(London, W H Allen, 1989), p. 50.

 2
. Letter to Joseph Tyas, quoted in E P Thompson,
The Making of the English Working Class
(London, Penguin, 1991), p. 777.

 3
. H Montgomery Hyde,
The Strange Death of Lord Castlereagh
(London, Heinemann, 1959).

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INDEX

Abbott, Mr Justice
58
,
91
,
95
,
146
,
150
,
155
,
162

Act of Union (Ireland)
39
,
53
,
67
,
71

Adams, Robert
121
,
125
,
129
-
130
,
134
,
143
,
147
-
148
,
150
-
151
,
153
,
155
,
157
-
160
,
162

Addington, Henry – see
Sidmouth

Adkins, Governor
145

Adolphus, Barrister
148
,
150
-
151
,
158
-
159

Artillery Ground
8
,
128

Ashton, John
109

Ashworth, Joseph
109

Ashworth, Thomas
109

Baker, John
109

Baldwin's Gardens
119
,
124
,
177

Bamford, Samuel
23
,
32
,
60
,
83
,
100
,
101
-
103
,
107
-
109
,
110
–
111
,
114

Barnes, Thomas
65
,
115

Bartholomew Fair
114
-
115

Basey, Pte James
136
-
137

Bastille, The
25
-
27
,
29
,
43
-
46
,
52
,
65
,
85
-
86
,
102
,
178

Bathurst, Henry
73
,
139

Bayley, Mr Justice
91

Bellingham, John
62
-
64
,
164

Best (Barrister)
47

Binns, John
33
-
34
,
36

Birley, Capt. Hugh
106
-
107

Birmingham
29
,
35

Birnie, Richard
134
,
136
-
138
,
140
,
143
,
148

Bishop, Daniel
138
,
143

Bissex, Charles
4
-
5
,
151

Blanketeers
92

Bolland, Barrister
139
,
151
,
159

Bonaparte, Napoleon
11
,
13
,
17
,
18
,
20
-
22
,
27
,
37
,
39
,
53
,
57
,
63
,
67
,
69
,
81

Botting, James
165
-
169

Bow Street Runners
15
,
46
,
50
,
133
-
134
,
136
-
137
,
142
-
143
,
148
-
149
,
176

Bow Street
46
,
84
,
137
,
138

Bradburn, Amelia
148

Bradburn, Richard
5
,
15
,
124
,
137
,
141
,
146
-
147
,
160
,
162

Bradshaw, William
109

Brandreth, Ann
97

Brandreth, Jeremiah
94
–
8
,
126
,
149
,
150
,
163
,
173

Broderick, Barrister
148
,
160

Brookes, William
136
,
142

Broughton, Thomas
46
,
50

Brunskill, William
50
-
52
,
64

Brunt, John
2
-
3
,
7
,
11
-
12
,
120
–
1
,
125
,
128
130
,
134
,
145
-
147
,
149
,
151
,
153
-
154
,
158
–
9
,
162
-
163
,
166
-
169
,
174
-
175
,
177

Brunt, Mary
120
–
1
,
148
,
171

Buckley, Thomas
109

Burdett, Sir Francis
23
,
32
,
44
–
5
,
60
,
65
,
84
85
,
89
,
93
,
114
,
118

Burke, Edmund
25
,
27
-
29
,
31
,
33
,
69
,
76

Butterworth, William
109

Byng, Major General John
94
,
102
,
105
,
115
,
117

Canning, George
66
-
68
–
70
,
89
,
139

Carlile, Richard
58
-
59
,
105
,
114
-
115
,
120
,
159

Carlton House
4
,
31
,
85
,
127

Caroline of Brunswick
127
–
8
,
172

Cartwright, Major John
59
,
60
,
102
,
103
,
114

Castle, John
86
,
89
–
93
,
96
-
97
,
125
-
126

Castlereagh, Lord
1
,
2
,
7
,
8
,
17
–
18
,
65
-
66
,
69
,
70
–
2
,
89
,
96
,
127
,
130
,
139
,
142
,
144
,
152
,
154
,
160
,
161
-
162
,
175
-
177

Catholic Emancipation
49
,
62
,
67
,
69
,
71

Cato Street
3
,
7
-
8
,
12
,
50
,
124
,
129
-
130
,
134
,
137
,
139
,
142
-
143
,
145
,
151
-
153
,
157
,
160
,
162
,
172
,
177

Chambers, Thomas
158

Cheapside
85
-
86
,
89

Christian Polity, the Salvation of the Empire
78

Cobbett, William
12
,
21
-
23
,
30
,
32
,
57
,
59
-
60
,
74
,
83
-
84
,
93
,
98
,
100
,
102
,
117
–
18
,
144
,
178

Coleman, Catherine
109

Coleridge, Samuel
44
,
51
,
64

Committee of Two Hundred
116
,
176
-
177
Commonsense
28

Conant, Sir Nathaniel
84
,
85

Cook (conspirator)
128
,
134
,
158

Cooper, Charles
5
,
15
,
124
,
137
-
138
,
142
,
146
-
147
,
160
,
162

Corn Laws
22
-
23
,
72
,
87
,
100
,
102

Cotton, Reverend
163
,
166
-
167

Crompton, James
109

Cross, Barrister
96
-
97

Cruikshank, George
87
,
89
,
97
,
133

Curtis, Pte William
137

Curtius, Dr Phillipe
52

Curwood, Barrister
125
,
148
,
150
,
152
-
155
,
157
-
158

Dallas, Mr Justice Robert
95
,
150
,
157

Davidson, Sarah
124
,
148
,
171
,
174

Davidson, William
2
-
3
,
5
-
7
,
15
,
25
,
41
-
42
,
57
,
72
,
75
,
121
–
4
,
132
,
134
-
138
,
143
,
145
147
,
149
,
151
-
152
,
159
163
,
166
-
169
,
174

Dawson, William
109

de Launay, Bernard
26
,46

Denman, Barrister
96
,
97

Dennison, Henry
109

Despard, Catherine
42
,
44
,
45
,
49
,
52
,
67

Despard, Edward
41
–
55
,
57
,
59
-
60
,
64
,
77
,
82
-
83
,
86
,
88
,
93
,
119
,
122
,
129
,
159
,
163

Despard, James
42

Dwyer, Thomas
153
-
155
,
161
,
175

Edgware Road
12
,
129
,
136

Edwards, George
2
,
4
-
6
,
8
,
24
,
119
-
120
,
125
126
,
134
,
138
,
150
,
152
-
156
,
158
-
161
,
165
,
168
,
174
,
176

Eldon, Lord
4
,
45
,
65
,
70
,
139
,
175
,
177

Ellenborough, Lord
48
,
53
,
58
,
91
,
116

Ellis, James
134
-
137
,
142

Elrington, Capt. J H
145

Equiano, Olaudah
42
–
3

Erskine, Thomas
40
-
41

Ethelston, Reverend Charles
100
,
102

Evans, Thomas Jnr
78
,
82
,
90

Evans, Thomas Snr
78
,
82
,
90

Fildes, Ann
106

Fildes, Mrs
105
-
106

Fildes, William
106
,
109

Firth, William
132
,
145
-
146
,
172

Fitzclarence, Capt.
135
-
137
,
141
,
148

Fox Court
125
,
129
-
130
,
151
,
177

Fox, Charles James
27
,
28
,
30
,
32
,
58
,
62
,
93

Foxen, James
165
,
168
-
169

Francis, John
46
–
7
,
50
-
51
,
53

Friends of the People
40

Furnival's Inn
36
,
43
,
151

Gee's Court
43
,
152
,
177

George III
27
,
31
,
34
,
40
,
66
-
67
,
70
-
71
,
92
,
127
,
133

George IV (Prince Regent)
31
,
70
,
84
-
85
,
89
,
92
,
102
,
110
,
114
,
127
,
147
,
157
,
167
,
172

George, Robert
146
-
147
,
172

Gerald, Joseph
32
-
33

Gilchrist, James
5
,
15
,
124
,
137
,
142
,
146
147
,
160
,
162
,
172

Gill (Bow Street Runner)
147

Gilray, James
35
,
87

Goldworthy, George
160
,
161

Goodwin, Margaret
109

Gordon Riots
43
,
46
,
54
,
55

Graham, Arthur
46
,
50

Gray's Inn Lane
152

Grosvenor Square
8
,
72
,
116
,
125
,
127
,
129
,
132
,
139
,
151
-
152
,
159
,
160
,
177

Gurney (Barrister)
47