41 days ago by Ned Ludd

In December 1811, Magistrates in the counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire had brought in strict curfew & licensing hours for public houses, and only a month later, it was evident that the authorities fully intended to enforce the new rules. In the 2nd January edition of the Der ...

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55 days ago by Ned Ludd

Loughbro’ Decr. 19. 1811 Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 100 Copies of a Proclamation by Government offering Reward for Persons offending against the Laws, & applicable to the recent disturbances in this & the neighbouring Counties. As the Constables of the different Parishes in t ...

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57 days ago by Ned Ludd

On the 17th & 18th of December, the County Magistrates for Nottinghamshire rounded up a number of men who had been publicly soliciting contributions for those suffering hardship due to unemployment. The Magistrates had formed the conclusion that the money was being used the fund and sustain the Ludd ...

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57 days ago by Ned Ludd

TOWN OF NOTTINGHAM, TO WIT. AT a Common Hall or meeting of the Mayor and Common Council of the said Town, held at the Guildhall, in and for the said Town, on Tuesday the 17th day of December, 1811, for the special Purpose of taking into Consideration some Anonymous papers, addressed to the Magistrat ...

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62 days ago by Ed Wesoloski

When the Workers’ Compensation Appellate Commission reviews a magistrate’s decision concerning a comp claim, the long-standing law in Michigan has been that the WCAC must issue a “true majority” opinion — one in which a majority agrees in the result and the reasoning behind it. Not any longer, the M ...

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63 days ago by Ned Ludd

Derby Magistrates imposed a curfew on the Borough 6 days after the Nottinghamshire Magistrates had taken the same measures. The Derby Mercury carried some of the text of their proclamation: “The Innkeepers and Publicans of the Borough of Derby, are required and strictly enjoined not to suffer any pe ...

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68 days ago by Ned Ludd

County Hall Derby Decr. 6. 1811. Sir We the Magistrates resident & acting in the District of our County contiguous to that part of Nottinghamshire, where Disturbances amongst the stockingers have, during some time, alarmingly prevailed, feel ourselves called upon by our Duty to state to you the foll ...

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69 days ago by Ned Ludd

On Wednesday 4th December, official moves were made in Nottingham to try to begin to resolve the dispute between the manufacturers and workmen. The hosiers and lace manufacturers met at the Shire Hall, along with both the County and Town Magistrates. On their part, the manufacturers were clear that ...

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74 days ago by Ned Ludd

Nottingham 30th Nov., 1811 My Lord, As the nightly destruction of Frames by an armed mob, conducted with much system, is continued and extends in every direction, and contributions are levied round the county under the influence of menaces to the lives and property of individuals; and the military fo ...

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74 days ago by Ned Ludd

30 November, 1811 My Lord, The mob is now so organized that nothing but military placed in every parish will be adequate to suppress it. The rioters appeared in the last night in the Parishes of Beeston and Blidworth, placed men in the avenues to the Villages and declared they would shoot any man wh ...

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