13. Discovery of the Plot in the Hay Loft at Cato Street, 1820

An oppressive government which did not represent the people (80% had no vote), culminating in the Peterloo massacre of 1819, led Davidson and the others to seek a quick road to reform. A government spy betrayed them to the police, and an officer was fatally stabbed during the arrest in their meeting place near the Edgware Road.

Discovery of the Plot in the Hay Loft at Cato Street, 1820