Domestic News June 16, 1837

The Liberator

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest, Legal Or Court, Crime

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Geo. Smith, Wm. Beard, Wyman Richardson, Esq.

Q: What keywords are associated?

Woburn Riot, Abolition Lecture, Geo Smith, Wm Beard, Court Examination

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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What is this article about?

In Woburn, Geo. Smith and Wm. Beard were bound over in $200 each to appear at the next Court of Common Pleas in Concord following an examination for aiding a riot at an abolition lecture on March 24. Five others were apprehended but released due to insufficient evidence.

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Rioters.—We understand that the examination of the complaints against Geo. Smith, Wm. Beard and others, before Wyman Richardson, Esq., and other magistrates, for aiding and abetting in a riot in Woburn, at an Abolition lecture, 24th of March last, has, after a session of four or five days, terminated in ordering said Smith and Beard to recognize in $200 each and surety, to appear at the next C. C. Pleas in Concord. Five others were apprehended, but evidence sufficient to bind them over was not adduced at the examination.—Lowell Courier.

What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Legal Or Court Crime

What keywords are associated?

Woburn Riot Abolition Lecture Geo Smith Wm Beard Court Examination

What entities or persons were involved?

Geo. Smith Wm. Beard Wyman Richardson, Esq.

Where did it happen?

Woburn

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Woburn

Event Date

24th Of March Last

Key Persons

Geo. Smith Wm. Beard Wyman Richardson, Esq.

Outcome

geo. smith and wm. beard ordered to recognize in $200 each and surety to appear at the next c. c. pleas in concord; five others apprehended but not bound over due to insufficient evidence

Event Details

Examination before Wyman Richardson, Esq., and other magistrates of complaints against Geo. Smith, Wm. Beard and others for aiding and abetting in a riot at an Abolition lecture in Woburn, lasting four or five days