14 Apr 1834
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 14, 1834
Page
1
This Albion excerpt surveys Trades Unions amid Exeter and Dorchester trials. It cites lawyers and 2000 pounds lodged for defense, endorses inspection of evidence, condemns ministerial severity, and argues unions harm labor and public welfare while warning of spies and political manipulation. It notes Dorchester and Dublin Pilot perspectives and calls unions a weak force against employers.
The piece argues that six Dorsetshire laborers were unjustly punished for illegally taking oaths under a law they claimed not to understand, linking their fate to broader fears about Trades Unions. It laments Whig ministers for not pardoning them, notes the upheaval of unions in Lyons, and warns that suppression of unions harms workers while driving capital away, urging protection of labor and fair profits.
The Sheffield Iris questions the Dorsetshire labourers’ convictions under little understood Acts, noting widespread belief since 1824 that only the old combination laws existed. It argues people with few legal means should not be banished for infringing laws many experts admit they did not know existed.
A Basford petition for Dorchester six honest men freed by Trades Unions gathers five hundred signatures. In Exeter, April 10, Serjeant Coleridge and city leaders swear in a grand jury as soldiers march through Guildhall. A conspiracy bill proceeds, with certiorari writ planned. the case moves to the King's Bench for Devon Assizes.
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