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Show The Socialist Trials Kesumed. London, Febraary 24. Hearing in the case of Burns Hyndman, Champion , and Williams, Socialistic leaders, accused by the authorities of having incited the recent riots at Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park, was resumed re-sumed to-day. The session was devoted principally to hearing the testimony of newspaper reporters as to the exact language used by the defendants in their inflammatory inflamma-tory speeches. Hyndman, before the proceedings Were formally opened.entered a complaint against the editor and proprietors of Punch, and asked for their arrest. He alleged they had attempted to excite the public against the defendants and prejudice their trial by publishing pub-lishing a picture of "Mr. Punch" in the act of publicly hanging them, in this way suggesting sug-gesting to the people a form of vengeance to inflict upon defendants. The magistrate declined de-clined Hyndman's request, saying he had no power to interfere on the grounds specified. |