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History of the 



The conduct of the rioters was reprehensible, but it would be 

 invidious and unfair to attribute the entire blame of these reckless 

 and unjustifiable measures to the ignorant multitude who were the 

 immediate instruments of such wanton destruction. 



Newchurch — were not commenced in time for these Assizes, and consequently 

 stand over to the next. Of the remaining twenty-four actions, the great 

 majority were undefended, and verdicts were taken by consent, in the Sheriff's 

 Court, for sums fixed on by a comparison of the valuations made by the 

 claimants with those made under the directions of the magistrates. Three 

 or four actions were, however, defended; but in each a verdict was obtained 

 for the plaintiffs. The following is a summary of the different amounts 

 recovered: — 



AGAINST THE HUNDRED OF BLACKBURN. 



IVIessrs. Sykes, Accrington, 



Mr. Marquis, do. 



Mr. Jas. Bury, do. 



Messrs. Eccles, Blackburn, 



Mr. John Haughton, do. 



Mr. Jas. Garsden, Darwen, 



Messrs. Cars, Darwen, 



Messrs. Turner, Musbury, 



Messrs. Whitehead, Lower Booths, 



Mr. Kay. Coupe Lench, 



Messrs. Ormerod, Newchurch. 



Messrs. Hargreaves & Co., Newchurch, 



Messrs. Munn, Newchurch, 



768 .^11,593 16 n 



AGAINST THE HUNDRED OF SALFORD. 



Messrs. Rostron, Tottington Higher End, 



Messrs. Aitken and Lord, do. 



Messrs. Hamer and Sons, Elton, 



Mr. Hutchinson, Bury, 



Mr. John Clegg, Crompton, . . 



Mr. Hugh Beavers, Manchester, no Looms 



219 .£4458 o 6 



