A. I cried, "halloo," they cried, "your arms, your arms, damn your eyes your arms;" I said, "what arms,"-they said, " you have got two or three guns," I said I had got but one gun, and I did not know that that was at home; they said, if I did not fetch it down, and open the door, they would blow my brains out.—I said, “well, well, let us have time;"-I ran down stairs, and up another pair of stairs, where my servant sleeps. Q. Did you fetch the gun? A. No; I went to where my servant slept, to the contrary part of the house to make my escape, but I saw that part of the house beset as well as the other part of the house. Q. Finding the house surrounded in this way did you give the gun? A. My servant did, I ordered him. Q. What is the servant's name? A. William Shipman. Q. Was anything said on William Shipman giving them the gun? A. They cried, "get you dressed." Q. Was that to William Shipman or to you? A. I did not know then to which it was, but they cried get you dressed," accompanied with, "damn your eyes we will blow your brains out;" they kept beating the door all the time. Q. What servants had you in the house? A. I had none but Shipman at that time. A. Yes, one cried "come Shipman," and another cried come Billy;" he appeared very unwilling to go, he did not dress him in the house. Q. Did he take his clothes out of the house? A. Yes, he took them in his hand. Q. You say he appeared to be unwilling to go? A. Yes, he cried at going, and I told him he must go and make his escape as soon as he could-I said, " damn them thou knowest them all, they are all Pentridge and Wingfield." Q. That you said privately to him? Q. How long was it before he returned? A. I was not at home when he returned. Q. You went out for sometime, and on your return you found him got back? A. Yes I did. Q. Was that on the Tuesday morning? A. Yes, it was on Tuesday night I got home. Q. You had been out all Tuesday? A. At Derby; I told him to take notice who they were, and what they did, and bring me word. William Shipman sworn. Examined by Mr. Solicitor General. Q. You are a servant of Mr. Samuel Fletcher? Q. Were you living in his house in June last? A. Yes. Q. Do you remember being disturbed on the night of Monday the 9th of June. A. Yes. Q. About what hour? A. About twelve o'clock. Q. What was it disturbed you? A. Knocking at the door. Q. Did you hear any voices? A. Yes. Q. What did they say or do ? A. They called out "Shipman, you must come and go. with us.' Q. Did you know the voice who called out "Shipman ?" A. Yes. Q. Whose was it? A. Joseph Topham's. Q. Is he a man of Pentridge? A. Yes. Q. Did you go to the window? A. Yes. Q. What did you see when you went to the window; did you see any men? A. Yes; I saw several men in the yard, eleven or twelve. Q. Had they any arms? A. Yes; they were armed with guns and spikes. Q. Did they say anything when you were at the window? A. They told me I must come and go with them. Q. Did your master come to you? A. Yes he did. Q. Did you speak to them? A. Yes. Q. What did you say to them? A. They said they must have a man and a gun. Q. What did you say? A. I told them there was but one man; they said they knew there was two, and they must have one. Q. Did they continue this knocking at the door? A. Yes. Q. What did you say more to them? A. They demanded the gun again, and my master said it would be better for me to fetch the gun and give it to them. Q. Did you fetch the gun? A. Yes. Q. Where did you give it to them? A. Out of the window. Q. What did they say on your giving them the gun? A. They told me that I was to come and all. Q. What did you say or do upon that? A. I told them that I could not go, that there was only me in the house; but they insisted upon having me; my master told me it would be better for me to go, and mind and tell him all that I could. Q. What did you do then? A. I took my clothes, and went down stairs, and opened the door, and dressed myself at the door. Q. Did you say any thing to them then? Q. Did they say any thing to you? A. The Captain, as they called him, insisted upon my coming. Q. What did he say? 4. He told me to make haste and dress me, or he would blow my brains out, and clapped the muzzle of the gun towards me. Q. Did he say any thing then! A. He told me if I did not make haste and come he would blow my brains out. Q. Was that all he said? A. Yes. Q. You dressed yourself? A. Yes. Q. When you dressed yourself, what then? 4. I went with them. Q. Had that person whom you called the Captain said any thing to you when you were at the window, before you came down. A. They called out for the Captain, and he came forward and said, that if I did not make haste and come down, he would blow my brains out. Q. Do you recollect whether he said any thing more then? A. No. Q. When you had dressed yourself, where did they go? A. They went out of the yard on to the turnpike, and there there were several others. Q. Were they armed too? A. Yes. Q. In what way? A. With guns and spikes. Q. Where did you go to? A. We went to some houses there were a little way off. Q. What did you hear? 4. I heard them breaking open houses. Q. Do you recollect going to the house of a man of the name of Booth ? A. Yes. Q. That is at Pentridge Lane End, I believe? Q. What did they do at Booth's. A. They began knocking at the door, and demanded a man and a gun from Booth's. Q. Did they get either? A. Yes. Q. What did they get? A. A man and a gun. Q. Who was the man? Q. Do A. Yes. you know a person of the name of Samuel Hunt ? Q. Was he with you at Booth's? Q. What did he do at Booth's ? 4. He was very violent there. Q. What was done then, after you had got this man and gun from Booth's? A. We were marched on the road to Mr. Storer's. Q. How were you marched on ? A. They formed us into rank when we got to Storer's. Q. In what way were you formed ? A. Two deep; they picked out serjeants. Q. Did they command the different divisions? A. Yes. Q. That was at Storer's, was it? A. Yes. Q. Where is that, in Pentridge-lane? Q. Where did you march to? A. We marched to the bottom of Pentridge-the Bull Hill they called it. Q. What happened there? A. We were halted there for about a quarter of an hour; I do not know what they were doing. Q. Where did you go to from thence? A. We marched a little further, to the Meeting-house. Q. What was done at the Meeting-house? |