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The Colliery Riots in Yorkshire: examination of the prisoners, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

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The Colliery Riots in Yorkshire: examination of the prisoners, 1870. 'The riots and acts of violence which took place, on the 21st January, at Tankersley and Thorncliffe, near Barnsley, in consequence of the dispute between Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., and the men formerly employed in their collieries, were investigated by the magistrates sitting at the Barnsley Courthouse...The county magistrates on the bench were W. S. Stanhope, Esq. (chairman), the Rev. W. B. Cooke. Mr. T. E. Taylor, Mr. E. Newman, Mr. J. Norton, and Mr. J. Kaye. There were also present the Mayor of Barnsley (Mr. H. Richardson), and Captain M'Neil, the Chief Constable of the West Riding. The prisoners were twenty-eight in number. Mr. Marsden, of Wakefield, county solicitor, appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Vernon Blackburn, instructed by Mr. Barrett, of Wakefield, defended twenty-one of the prisoners; and Mr. Clegg, of Sheffield, appeared for the others...The works and collieries belonging to Messrs. Newton, Chambers, and Co., the scene of the late disgraceful riots...rank among the largest in the West Riding'. From "Illustrated

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