Q. After they had escaped into the office, what became of the captain and the rest of the men?

A. After looking at each other for a short time, he gave the men the word "march," and took them away.

Q. Brandreth did ?

A. Yes.

Q. Which way did they march upon moving?

A. They marched on the road to Ripley from Butterley which is in fact the road towards Nottingham.

Q. Is that the road to Codnor?

A. It is.

Q. After this party had left you, did you, soon afterwards, see anybody else?

A. Another party came shortly afterwards.

Q. Did Ludlam go with them, or did he remain?

A. Ludlam went off with the first party; when Brandreth gave the word, he marched off with the rest.

Mr. Justice Abbott. By Ludlam, do you mean the prisoner?

A. Yes.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan.

How soon after they had

marched did you observe anybody else?

A. In about a quarter of an hour, I observed another party coming into Pentridge.

Q. Did you observe anybody on horseback?

A. That was a little distance of time after the second body; in about half an hour after, or less, I observed William Weightman coming past on horseback.

Q. In what direction was William Weightman going? A. In the direction of Nottingham.

Q. The same direction the others had taken ?

A. Not exactly the same direction, but a nearer road. Q. Had you any conversation with him?

A. 1 had.

Q. Without going into the conversation, had he any thing with him, and did you take any thing from him? A. I took this bag of bullets from him (producing it.) Q. How was he carrying them?

A. He had them upon his horse; he had on a blue smock frock, and the smock frock in part covered the bag.

Q. Do you know what quantity there are?
A. About eighty-four pounds.

Mr. Justice Abbott. How many charges?

A. I fancy there may be from 1500 to 2000.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. Are they all the same bore, or suited to different bores?

A. There are a great variety of sizes suited to different bores.

Q. Is there anything else besides bullets in the bag? A. There are some moulds for cartridges.

Q. Do you mean something of that sort?

A. Yes, those were in the bag.

Q. Was there any cartridge paper?

A. There was paper in the bag.

Q. Was that paper fit for those purposes?

A. Yes, fit for the purpose, though not the best.

Q. Were those bullets given up to you, or were they

taken by you by force.

A. They were taken; he resisted till he found it was of no use. I think the man with the bullets passed about four o'clock.

Cross-examined by Mr. Cross.

Q. You were very much surprised at seeing the prisoner at the bar amongst them?

A. I certainly was surprised at seeing him.

Q. A man, perhaps, whom you had known and respected?

A. A man whom I had known for several years.

Q. And a man whom you wished well to no doubt.

A. Certainly.

Q. He appeared in great agitation, I think, from your description ?

A. Yes, he was a good deal agitated when I spoke to him. Q. I dare say you thought he did not know well what he was about?

A. No in fact I did not think about it.

Q. You had no clear idea yourself what they were about, had you?

A. Yes, certainly.

Q. You met with no resistance from the account you give?

A. No not from him, or any of them.

Q. Nor any attempt of violence to you.

A. When I spoke to Taylor he made an attempt to cock his piece.

Q. But as to these hundred warriors, you set them at defiance ?

A. Yes.

Q. Unarmed as you were?

A. I was armed; I had a brace of pistols in my pocket. Q. But they could not see them?

A. No, they could not of course.

Q. Did you tell the prisoner that if he quitted the ranks, you were able to protect him from any violence of his captain or the others?

A. I did not tell him that; but I conceived his life would have been in as little danger as my own: having offered him protection, I should have afforded it at the hazard of my own.

Q. How could he know his life was safe, when his captain had shot another man ?

A. I cannot answer that.

Q. Though confident of your own safety, you cannot undertake to say that he considered himself safe ?

A. I did not consider myself confident of safety. I considered myself in danger; but I considered it his duty to face the danger the same as myself; being in the situation I was, I felt it my duty.

Q. That is your argument upon the subject; it may or may not be correct. Without attempting any violence, they all marched away

?

A. Certainly; they did not attempt any violence there: I have described pretty accurately every circumstance which did pass.

Re-examined by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan.

Q. You have been asked, whether you had any idea of what they were about; how many special constables had you sworn in on the Saturday before?

A. About one hundred and fifteen or one hundred and sixteen.

Q. In expectation of what?

A. In expectation of an insurrection certainly.

Q. Had you made any preparations at the office?

A. Yes, on the Monday afternoon we got thirteen pikes made to arm the men.

Q. You thought it necessary to make some arrange. ments to defend the works?

A. Yes.

Mr. Justice Abbott. You have the fact; I think you need not go into the reasons.

Mr. Cross. You had thought proper to manufacture some pikes for the defence of yourselves and your property?

A. Yes.

Q. And had a stock of pikes upon your premises?

A. We had thirteen pikes made on the afternoon before the insurrection, with which the constables were armed. Mr. Serjeant Vanghan. Were they made for the constables ?

A. Yes.

Mr. John Storer sworn.

Examined by Mr. Clarke.

Q. You are a farmer at Pentridge, I believe?

A. Yes.

Q. On Monday the 9th of June last, were you disturbed after you had gone to bed?

A. Yes.

Q. At what hour was it?

A. About one o'clock, I think.

Q. What was it that disturbed you?

A A body of armed men.

Q. How did they disturb you, in what way?

A. They presented guns at the windows, and threatened

to shoot me.

Q. Did you go to the windows?

A. Yes, on the first of my hearing them, on the first alarm.

Q. And you saw the guns presented at you?
A. Yes.

Q. Was any thing said to you, or did you say any thing to them first?

A、"Damn your eyes come and go with us, or we will shoot you."

Q. That was addressed to you from those armed men? A. Yes.

Q. Did you observe at that time what number there might be ?

A. Twelve or fifteen.

Q. Did you say any thing to that, when they said, ❝ damn your eyes, come and go with us, or we will shoot

you?"

A. Yes; I asked them if there was no excuse, they said, not.

A. Could you distinguish who any that time?

of the men were at

A. I could distinguish one; one was William Turner. Q. Was he armed?

A. Yes, he had a gun.

Q. Did they enquire for any thing else besides you ?

A. They said there was me and two or three more in the house, and me and a gun they were determined should go with them, and they would shoot me and all in the house if I would not go; that the captain had just shot Hepworth's man: thinking I must be shot if I did not go, I told them if they would give me a little time I would go. Q. What did you do then?

A. I began to dress myself.

Q. Whilst you were dressing yourself, did they say any thing to you ?

A. They told me that if I did not make haste they would make me as I could not go.

Q. Did you see who it was that said that?

A. No; they were outside the house, and I cannot say Q. Did you finish dressing yourself?

A. Yes.

Q. What did you do?

A. I took an old gun and went to them

Q. Did you go out of your house?

A. Yes.