Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. What did he say ?

A. That 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. The keys, of the town?

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan. No, the keys of the Tower. Lord Chief Baron Richards. Repeat it again.

A. "We are going to Nottingham-we have fixed up a fresh government at Nottingham and are going there to defend it; it will be soon all over, for by a letter I have seen yesterday, the keys of the Tower will be given up to the Hampden club party, if they are not already."

Q. Had you any further conversation with Barnes?
A. Yes.

Q. What was it?

A. He said he had never sat down five minutes at once since four o'clock yesterday morning.

Q. Did he say what he had been doing during that time? A. I asked him what he had been doing, and he said he had been providing guns, spikes, and ammunition.

Q. How did the men behave themselves at Eastwood,what became of them?

4. They were apparently disorderly, and Brandreth ordered them again into ranks.

Q. You say Brandreth ordered them into ranks, that they were apparently disorderly; what was done, what did you do, and what became of you?

A. I turned out of the ranks and stood a little distance from the men, and Brandreth came to me and ordered me into the ranks again.

Q. Did you say anything to him?

A. He ordered me into rank, and I told him I would not

go in again for him or any other man.

Q. What did he do upon that?

A. He came up to me cocked the gun and said, if I did not go in immediately he would shoot me in a moment,

-Q. I think you have told us you had a stack-paring knife with you, what did you do upon this?

A. I stepped up to him with this knife, held it over his neck, and said if he offered to level his gun at me I would hack his head off.

Q. Upon your saying this to Brandreth, what did he say or do?

A. He turned off from me, and I walked off down the turnpike-road as if I was going towards Langley Mill.

Q. Whilst you were walking off, and when you were at some distance, what did you observe or hear?

A. When I was about fifty or sixty yards off, I heard a cry of "do not shoot."

Q. Upon hearing that cry of "do not shoot," did you turn round and see anything?

A. I turned round and saw Brandreth with a gun on his shoulder pointing to me, and I saw, at the same time, a man of the name of Thomas Turner take hold of him and turn the gun off,

Q. You have mentioned the names of some that were with you originally,-do you remember the names of any others that you saw there?

A. Yes several.

Q. Give us the names of those you have not already given;-did you see anything of John Hill?

A. I saw him there.

Q. Samuel Ludlam?
A. Yes.

Q. John Onion?

A. I saw one of the Onions, but I do not know his name, it was an elderly man.

Q. Did you see Edward Turner?

A. Yes.

Q. Robert Turner?

A. Yes.

Q. James Taylor?

A. Yes.

Q. Joseph Taylor?

4. I saw three brothers of the name of Taylor; I knew them very well by sight, but I do not know their names; I believe they were Thomas, Joseph, and Benjamin.

A. James Taylor had a gun, and the other two Taylors had each spikes.

Q. Did you make your escape there, and get away from them?

A. I did.

Q. You have spoken of the conversation between you and Barnes, and he said it was all over; did he say where was all over; all over where?

it

A. He did not say; but he said it would be soon all over. Q. Did you hear any place mentioned besides Nottingham? A. Till other counties, he said, came into their measures. Q. What was to be done till other counties came into their measures?

A. That they were going to stop at Nottingham till other counties came into their measures.

Q. Can you tell us, without fixing yourself to the particular number, about what force you might have at Codnor? A. I thought at Codnor there were upwards of two hundred men. I saw several other parties as I was going back. Q. You thought there were two hundred and upwards at Codnor?

A. Yes.

Q. But besides that, you met several other parties coming?

A. Yes.

Q. Were they proceeding on the same line of march towards Nottingham ?

A. Yes, on the same line, following them.

Q. Without speaking to particulars, can you speak to their numbers?

A. The first party I met afterwards, I thought might be about fifty.

Q. Did you observe about what number there might be in any other parties?

4. I saw another party near Langley Mill of about sixty or seventy, and I turned aside out of the road to miss them.

Q. Did you meet, after that, any other party?
A. No; I did not see any more.

Cross examined by Mr. Cross.

Q. You have been speaking of a man of the name of Barnes; was he with the party who came first your way? A. No; he was with the party who came from Swanwick.

Q. Barnes came with the Swanwick party from Codnor? A. To Codnor.

Q. That was the first time you saw him?

A. Yes.

Q. How long was that after you had joined them?
A. Three hours, or more.

Q. When Barnes told you this story about what had passed at Nottingham, this Prisoner was not present? A. No, not near.

Q. Not near enough to hear what Barnes said?

A. No; we had it by ourselves, at a little distance from the men.

Q. When they persuaded you to join them, their cry was roast beef and ale at Nottingham; that was what you were to go for, they told you?

4. They told me we should be kept on roast beef and ale; that there were people to take care of every body's family that went.

Q. A provisional government, was not it?

A. They said nothing about government.

Q. Most of you expected the good cheer when you got to Nottingham, I suppose?

A. I did not expect it; I expected to have been knocked on the head most of all, or I should not have done what I did to get away; I ventured my life to get away.

Q. At what hour?

A. I cannot positively say; but I should think about

nine o'clock.

Q. At night, or next day?

4. The same day that we started, in the morning part.

Re-examined by Mr. Serjeant Vaughan.

Q. Do you know what country Barnes comes from? A. He comes from Alfreton; his father lives at Alfreton; he himself lives at Swanwick.

Q. And he came with the Swanwick party to Codnor? A. Yes.

Q. You say Brandreth was not near enough to hear what you said, but he was at that time commanding the party?

A. He was among the party somewhere he was the Captain.

William Booth sworn.

Mr. Denman. Were you in Court yesterday?

A. No.

Q. On any part of the trial?

A. No.

Q. Did you hear none of the witnesses give their evidence?

A. No.

Q. You are quite sure of that?

A. Yes.

Examined by Mr. Clarke.

Q. Are you the son of Samuel Booth?

A. No.

Q. Where do you live?

A. At Pentridge Lane-end,

Q. On Monday night, the 8th of June, were you taken from your

A. Yes.

house?

Q. Look at the Prisoner, and tell me whether you know him?

A. Yes, there is no danger but it is the same man.