#OtD 2 Dec 1816 a meeting by 1000s of radical Spenceans was violently dispersed by police in Spa Fields, London. Four were arrested and charged with high treason, though found not guilty. Mass anti-govt working-class agitation in Britain followed https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9172/spa-fields-riots
@workingclasshistory Wondering whether charges of #treason collapsed before going to court - or did juries refuse to convict??? #DoJ #civicjustice