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A. They knocked at the door, and Mr. Booth came to the window.

Q. Was anybody taken from the house of Samuel Booth and made to accompany you?

A. Yes, they took his gun.

Q. Was Brandreth the prisoner with you at that time when his gun was taken ?

A. Brandreth came up as we were just coming out of the house, and we then marched on to Wheatcroft's, at Buckland-hollow.

Q. What was done at Wheatcroft's?

A. Brandreth went up to the door, and knocked with the but end of his gun.

Q. Did you get anything from Wheatcroft's ?

A. Yes, they brought three men and a gun, and a stack paring-knife, with which they armed me.

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Q. Such a knife as they cut the hay with?

A. No, a corn paring-knife.

Q. What sort of a knife is it?

A. A scythe blade put into a stick about a yard long. Q. What became of you and the party?-When you were armed with this where did you go?

A. We went to Pentridge lane-end again, and joined the other party.

Q. When you joined the other party, what was done with you?-were you put into ranks?

A. Brandreth ordered us to fall into ranks three deep, part of the musket men before, or in front, the pike-men in the middle, and the others in the rear.

Q. Being so formed, where did you march to?

A. We marched towards Pentridge.

Q. Did you see anything of a person of the name of Storer ?

A. They halted them against Storer's, and they brought Storer and put him into the ranks.

Q. Where did you go to then?
A. We marched again to Pentridge.

Q. When you were there, did you see anything of Booth or Weightman?

A. I saw Mr. George Weightman, as we were going out of Pentridge, ride past on William Booth's poney,

Q. Do you know whether he had any communication or conversation with Brandreth?

A. I saw them stand on one side, apparently as if they had some serious conversation.

Q. Did you see anything there of William Ludlam? You have spoken of his being there before, did he continue ?

A. I had some conversation with him; I asked him which of Mrs. Hepworth's men was shot, and he replied, Robert Walters.

Q. Did he say whether he was present or not?

A. I asked him whether he was sure he was shot dead, or whether he was only wounded; he said-" Nay, he was shot dead, for he saw him lying on the kitchen floor just after the Captain had shot."

Q. Where did you go to from thence?

A. We marched to Butterley, and heard William Talbot knocking at the yard gates.

Q. From Butterley Works where did you march to?/ A. Towards Ripley.

Q. Did your number increase, when you were at Ripley had you more or less?

A. No, I did not see any more; the men were halted there, and three huzzas given.

Q. Having done that, where did you go next?

4. We marched along the Nottingham road towards Codnor?

Q. Did you take any refreshment there?

A. Yes.

Q. At whose house?

4. At what they called the Glass House.

Q. What was done at the Glass House-who went into

the house, and what was done there?

A. We all went in.

Q. Who took the lead?

A. I cannot positively say; the Captain knocked at the door.

Q. Did any body make a speech or do any thing there?

A. I heard a little of it, but not the whole.

Q. Who was speaking?

A. John Bacon in the back kitchen.

Q. Was Isaac Ludlam there?

4. I saw him standing with a musket keeping guard at the door. I saw him stand in the rain at the door with a musket in his hand.

Mr. Justice Abbott. It was a wet night?

A. It was a wet morning; it rained very hard.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. Do you remember the substance of what Bacon said?

A. He said that Government had robbed them, and plundered them of all that ever they had; that that was the last shift that ever they could make, they must either fight or starve.

Q. Whilst you were there did you see any thing of Samuel Hunt or Manchester Turner?

A. I saw them come up, apparently with forty or fifty men, which they said they had collected.

Q. Whilst you were stopping at this house?
A. Yes.

Q. Did they take any body from this house?

A. I did not see them take any body any more than the party that was at the house-we were joined by a large party from Swanwick.

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Q. Were those the forty or fifty you spoke of, or another party?

A. Another party.

Q. How many were there of that party?

A. I cannot justly say; I should think there were sixty

or seventy of them.

Q. Where did you march to?

A. We marched along the road towards Langley Mill; we were halted at Mr. Raynor's, where I saw William Turner go first into the house.

Q. I do not want to go into particulars.-Did Turner call any body to his assistance there?

A. Yes, he called Brandreth.

Q. To do what?

A. Brandreth said to young Mr. Raynor" Damn you, do not turn out we will shoot you."

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Q. Did they take any body from Raynor's house, either young Raynor or any body else?

A. They took a servant, a gun, and a pitching fork.

Q. In your way to Langley Mill did you meet any body?

A. We met a man with five cows, whom we took; and we met at Langley Mill George Weightman.

Q. Had George Weightman any conversation with Brandreth?

A. Yes, I saw them stand together a little way from the

men.

Q. Was George Weightman on horseback?

A. Yes.

Q. After he had been standing with Brandreth did he say any thing to the men?

A. He said, as he rode by, "All is right, my lads, you have nothing to do but to march on; they have bombarded Nottingham at two o'clock this morning, and it is given up to them."

Q. Did they take any men from about Langley ?

A. Yes, they picked up some men.

Q. Where did you march on towards from Langley Mill?

A. We marched forwards towards Eastwood.

Q. Had you any conversation about Eastwood, as you approached Eastwood, with any person of the name of Barnes?

A. As we approached Eastwood I had some conversation with James Barnes; he said they were going to Nottingham-that they had fixed a fresh Government at Nottingham, and they were going thither to defend it.

Q. What further did he say relate as particularly as

you can.

A. He said it would soon be all over; for, by a letter he had seen yesterday, the keys of the Tower would be given up to the Hampden Club party if they were not already.

Mr. Cross. I wish to know whether the Prisoner was present and heard that conversation?

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. I will ask the question, not that it signifies-Was Brandreth with the party?

A. He was with the party, but could not hear this. Mr. Cross. My Lord, I submit this cannot be received.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. You understand that Barnes is one of the party commanded by Brandreth.

Mr. Cross. My Lord, I have not, during the whole course of this trial, objected to anything stated as coming from the mouth of any one of these defendants.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. Give me leave to state that Barnes is one of the persons indicted; we have not got him.

Mr. Cross. I have not troubled the Court with any objection to the expressions coming from the mouth of the defendants that could shew what was their design in the acts they were perpetrating; but my Lord, I conceive that if a man appears to come from a distant part of the country, and states upon his knowledge that he has witnessed a fact that occurred at that place, that cannot by possibility be any evidence of what was the design of the man to whom that fact is communicated. Therefore, I humbly submit that anything communicated by the man who returned from Nottingham as to a fact he had communicated, is not evidence.

Mr. Solicitor General. This is not the man who returned from Nottingham.

Lord Chief Baron Richards. This is Barnes, not Weightman who states this.

Mr. Cross. Who states this as a fact?

Mr. Justice Dallas. This is certainly evidence-he states this as a letter he had seen, and which was to influence the persons with them.

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