Elizabeth Neale Petitioner

• Place: Manchester
• Role: Injured,Petitioner

The petitioner was trampled, and had all of the ribs on her right side broken. She was rendered disabled for 5 months, during which time she was confined to the infirmary.

Account

Download account

Petition of Elizabeth Neal

House of Commons, Votes and Proceedings, 15 May 1821

Transcribed by Alice C. Hebdon

 

(No. 586)

A Petition of Elizabeth Neal, of Manchester, was presented, and read; setting forth, that the Petitioner attended the Meeting held in Manchester, on the 16^th of August 1819; she saw no disturbance, nor any disposition on the part of the people assembled to commit any breach of the Peace; the Petitioner saw with terror and alarm the Yeomanry Cavalry ride amongst the Meeting, cutting at and riding down every person they came near; the Petitioner was rode down by one of the Yeomanry, and several of their horses trampled on various parts of her body; the Petitioner had all the ribs on the right side broken, and was carried, in a state of insensibility, to the Infirmary; and was disabled for five months; the Petitioner humbly prays, that the House will be pleased to institute an inquiry into the transactions which took place at the aforesaid Meeting.

Back to list