Q. Can you form any judgment about the size of your party at that time? 4. There might be threescore perhaps, or more. Q. When you got to Butterley did any person belonging to the manufactory come out to you? A. Yes. Q. Who was that? 4. Mr. Goodwin, Q. I should have asked you-you told me you saw George Weightman with Mr. Booth's poney, what use did he make of that poney? A. A man was put upon it. Q. After that did you see George Weightman go with that poney any where? A. I cannot say that I saw him start to go with it. I saw him return afterwards. Q. Did you learn, in the party going along, that he was gone any where on that poney ? A. To Nottingham. Q. And he was absent from you a good while? Q. You afterwards saw him return on the poney? Q. You have told me that when you got to Butterley, Mr. Goodwin came out to you? A. Yes. Q. Did any thing pass between the people and him? A. Yes; he said something, I did not hear what it was. Q. After Mr. Goodwin had said this did any person give you the word to march again? A. Yes, the Prisoner. Q. Did you march away from thence? A. Yes. Q. Where did you march to? 4. For Ripley Town-end. Q. Did the Prisoner order you to do any thing there? A. Yes, to halt, and then to give three huzzas. Q. What was the object of those huzzas? A. I do not know? Q. Was that said? A. I do not know. Q. Then to march-where to? A. Then we marched forward to Codnor. Q. When you got to Codnor what house did you stop at ? A. At the Glass House. I believe is the sign. Q. A public house? A. Yes. Q. What was done there? A. The Prisoner knocked them up, and bade them bring some ale. Q. Was ale given to your party? A. Yes. Q. Did you all drink? A. Yes. Q. Did you go in ? A. Yes. Q. While you were there do you remember any who had left you rejoining? A. Yes; Samuel Hunt, Manchester Turner, and Edward Turner. Q. Were there any other persons along with them? A. Yes; there were some others whom I did not know. Q. Were any orders given to the Landlord about making out the bill? A. Yes. Q. Who ordered him to make it out? A. Eight and twenty shillings I believe. Q. Did the Prisoner say any thing to the Landlord when he should be paid? A. He did not say any thing about the time of his being paid, but that he need not be afraid of being paid; he would see him paid. Q. Did they then march on? A. Yes. Q. Do you remember any thing being done at any farm yard? A. Yes; I remember a farm yard a little further, A. I was not nigh. Q. Were any persons brought out of the Barn? A. Yes, three. Q. What was done with them? 4. They were taken along with us. Q. Did you march on towards Nottingham ? A. Yes. Q. When you got to Langley Mill did you meet any person? A. George Weightman returning. Q. On what? A. On Mr. Booth's poney. Mr. Justice Abbott. Where was this? Mr. Gurney. At Langley Mill, which separates the two counties. When Weightman joined you who went up to talk with him? 4. The Prisoner, and many surrounded him and asked him how they were going on at Nottingham. Q. What answer did he give? 4. He said they were going on very well, the Town was taken, and the soldiers would not come out of their barracks; and we were to march forwards. Q. Did you march forwards? A. Yes. Q. How far did you march with them? 4. I do not know the place, it is a strange place. Q. Did you go as far as Eastwood? A. Beyond that. Q. How far beyond Eastwood? A. Two or three miles. Q. By that time had any of your party drawn off? Q. Did you then quit the party? 4. Yes, I do not justly know the name of the place? Q. When you quitted them were they marching towards Nottingham? A. Yes, a few of them, not many. Q. Was the prisoner one of them? A. Yes, William Turner and the prisoner were with them. Q. Before you left the party had any of them tried to get away, do you remember any of them trying to get away? A. Yes. Q. On there trying to get away, did the prisoner or William Turner say anything to them? A. Henry Hole would turn. Q. Upon his trying to turn, what was said to him? A. The prisoner said if he did not turn again he would stop him from going much further. Q. In what manner did he appear to attempt to stop him? A. With his gun, he put it out at Henry Hole, and the prisoner presented his gun at himn and stopped him. Q. Did he go back? A. He turned again and went with us. Q. Did he leave you afterwards? A. He did not leave us then-I do not know when he left us. Richard Bramley went and fetched him back. Q. Do you remember anybody being wounded by accident before you left? A. Yes, I heard there was a man wounded. A. Yes, I heard of that. Cross-examined by Mr. Denman. Q. I do not recollect whether you said at what time you met these persons first-have you mentioned any time? A. I do not know that I have. Q. Do you know what time it was? A. About nine o'clock. Q. Was it dark at that time. A. No, I do not think it was quite. Mr. Gurney. Mr. Denman, will you forgive my asking one question;-had you a pike in the course of your walk? A. I had, a part of my walk. Q. When you left-what did you do with it? A. I hurled it away. Q. Did others do the same? A. Yes, a good many; I saw a many hurled in some nettles by a tan-yard-on my return I was taken, and then I went and shewed a man where I saw the pikes. Q. You were taken by the cavalry? A. Yes. Mr. Denman. Mill? How far is Booth's house from Langley 4. I cannot say, it might be three or four miles. Q. Was there time for his going to Nottingham and returning, betwixt the time of his leaving you and meeting you at Langley Mill? A. Yes. Q. Then he came back and told the tale you have mentioned? A. Yes. Q. Then the men began to drop off? A. Yes. Q. The party had dwindled away to nothing long before they were opposed at all? A. Yes. Q. What time in the morning was it that they were all scattered and gone back? A. Nine or ten in the morning. Q. How far might this progress be in all? A. Perhaps nine or ten miles. Q. How soon afterwards were you taken? A. I was taken up that day. Q. Are those Turners any relations of yours? A. Yes. Q. What relations? A. They are uncles children, Mr. Justice Dallas. What is the length of these pikes? Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. About eight feet and a half. |