Q. After the shot was fired, what then happened? Q. Was it given to them? A. It was given to them. Q. Upon the gun being given, what did they do? Q. Where did they then go to? 4. They went from there to Pentridge-lane-end. Q. Did they attack any houses at Pentridge-lane-end? Q. Did they go from thence to Buckland Hollow. Q. Did they make any attack there? A. I did not see any. Q. Did you hear any? A. I heard some thunders at the door. Q. At Wheatcroft's ? A. Yes. Q. Did that party that went down to Wheatcroft's again return? A. They returned to Pentridge-lane-end. Q. Did you then go up to Pentridge ? A. We then went up to Pentridge, and they attacked several houses in Pentridge. Q. While they were attacking those houses, some of those houses in Pentridge, what did you do? A. I made my escape. Mr. Isaac Walker sworn. Examined by Mr. Reader. Q. Where do you live? A. At Wingfield park. Q. What are you? A. A farmer. Q. At any time on Monday night, the 9th of June, after you were in bed, were you disturbed ? A. Yes. Q. At what time of night was that? 4. About half past eleven o'clock. ་ Q. Did you go to the window? Q. What did you observe? A. A parcel of men coming up the yard. A. I supposed about forty. Q. Were they armed or not? A. Arined. Q. What with. A. Those kind of things (pikes) and guns. Q. Did they come up to your house? A. Yes, they came to the front door. A. They demanded entrance; I asked them what for, they said they wanted my fire-arms. Q. What answer did you give them? A. I asked them what they wanted them for; they said that was no business of mine, they were determined to have them; they demanded a gun and a brace of pistols. Q. What answer did you give them? A. I told them I had a gun, but I had no pistols; they presented a piece at me, and said they would fire at me. Q. Did more than one person present a piece? A. Only one. Mr. Justice Abbott. You were standing at the window at this time? A. Yes, at my bed-room window. Mr. Reader. The window was open? A. I pushed up the sash; they said they would fire at me if I did not immediately open the door; upon that I went down and opened the door. Q. Did any person say any thing to you? A. Some of the party told him not to fire, but to give me time to put my clothes on. Q. Then you went down and opened the door? A. Yes, and I gave them the gun; I took the gun down with me, and gave it them, and they went away then. Q. What became of you? A. I was going up stairs again, I heard them rap at the door again, I went back, and they said they knew I had one pistol. Q. You went back and opened the door again? A. Yes, I did; they said they knew I had one pistol, if I had not two, and that they were determined to have that and all; they demanded a servant man also. Q. What did you say to that? A. I told them I had none; they said they knew I had, and they would have him. Q. Had you a servant man? A. No. Q. Did you tell them so? Q. Yes, and they went away then. Mr. Justice Abbott. You gave them the pistol did you. A. Yes, I did. Mr. Reader. On their demanding the pistol a second time you gave it them? A. Yes; they said they would make me glad to give it them. Q. What sort of a pistol was it? A. A brass barrelled pistol. Q. Look at the prisoner, Isaac Ludlam, did you see him there? A. Yes, I believe he was there. Q. Have you any doubt about it? A. No. Q. Had you known him before? A. Yes. Q. Where was he at the time this passed? A. Under my window, but rather to the right of it. Mr. Justice Abbott. You saw him there? A. Yes, I saw him, I knew his voice. Mrs. Mary Hepworth sworn. Q. Where do you live? A. At Southwingfield park. Q. Have you a farm' there? A. Yes. Q. Were your family disturbed on the night of the 9th of June last? A. Yes, between eleven and twelve o'clock. Q. Were you and your family in bed? A. We were in bed at the time. Q. Of what did your family consist? A. Two servant men, Fox and Walters; my son William Hepworth, and two daughters. Q. What disturbed you? A. A noise at the door. Q. What kind of a noise? A. A loud knocking at the door, as loud as thunder; I suppose with the pikes. Q. Did you get up? A. I got up immediately. Q. What did you do when you had got up? A. They demanded men. Q. Did you go to the window? A. I went down stairs and stood in the kitchen; they kept up the noise at the door and the window of the kitchen. Q. The door and the window were both in the kitchen? A. Yes; and then they came to the front of the house and demanded men and guns. Q. Then they went to the front of the house? A. They did not go from thence, there were others came in front of the house. Q. What were they doing in front? A. Knocking at the door, and demanding men and guns. Q. Did you make any answer to that demand? A. I told them they should not have any. I went up stairs again, and I told them that from the window. Q. Did you open the window? A. Somebody had done that. I told them they should have none; that they were doing very wrong. Q. Did you go down stairs again? A. I did. The window was broken open. Q. The kitchen window? A. Yes, the back kitchen window; and a man was im mediately shot. Q. In what way was the window broken open? A. The shutters were forced into the room, and the glass fell both ways. Q. Immediately as you came you heard what? A. A man was immediately shot. Q. What man was that? A. Robert Walters. Q. Where was he at the time he was shot? A. He was set down stooping, as if he was putting on his boots. Q. How long did he live? A. Perhaps ten minutes; I cannot exactly say. Q. After Walters was shot, what more passed? A. They called out for men and guns. I told them I could not let them have them. The gun had been hid in the cellar, and I ordered my son to go and give it them, or I imagined we should all be murdered. Q. Did he give it them? A. He gave it them out of the window: they desired to have the but end forward. Q. When they had got the gun, did they desire to have any thing else? 4. They still said they must have the men. Q. You were then in the kitchen? A. Yes, I was. Q. What did you do? A. I went up stairs and told them they had shot one, was not that sufficient for them. Q. Did they then go away? A. They went away when they had got the gun. |