People v. Judson
New York Court of Common Pleas
History of the Riot. In the autumn of 1848, William C. Macready, a well-known and eminent English tragedian, came to this country to play a farewell engagement.
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History of the Riot. In the autumn of 1848, William C. Macready, a well-known and eminent English tragedian, came to this country to play a farewell engagement. Some hostility existed between him and Edwin Forrest, an equally well-known and eminent American tragedian, arising, as Macready assumed, from the unfriendly course of Forrest toward him while Macready was playing in this country in 1844, and, as Forrest claimed, from the course pursued toward him by Macready while the latter was playing in England, which hostility was greatly augmented by Forrest having hissed Macready, in Edinburgh,…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Daly.
—The application is twofold. Four of the defendants move for separate trials, and two of these de*23fendants, in the event of the denial of that application, move to postpone the cause, from the absence of material witnesses. The grand jury have included all the defendants in one indictment, with the view that they should be tried together for one offense—the propriety of which course is obvious. The acts of each individual constitute part of the history of a common transaction; and, to enable the jury to determine whether a riot existed, they should have detailed to them the acts of…
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