Q. Did the Captain say anything else?

A. Yes, he told me to look sharp, and said,`« You seem to wish me to shoot you; I said I had rather you would not-he said, "If you do not look sharp I shall." Q. What was done with you then?

A. They took me down stairs before them into the house place.

Q. Were you going to put on anything there?

A. Yes, I was going to sit me down on a squab to put my boots on.

Q. Were they laced boots?

A. Yes; I offered to lace them, they told me that if I staid to lace my boots he would blow me through.

Q. Who said that?

A. The Captain.

Q. Did you stop to lace them?

A. No, they drove me out of the house before them. Q. Was any enquiry made of you when you got out of the house whether you had any arms?

A. Yes, some one called me by my sirname and said, "Have not you a gun"—and I said, "No, I have not, nor never had.”

Q. What observation was made to you upon your saying you had not a gun

?

4. They said I must take a fork; I said, "I cannot find a fork."

Q. Did you take anything with you?

A. No, nothing at all.

Q. Where did they take you to?

A. They took me into the lane out of the yard into the high-road.

Q. What did you observe when you got into the lane?

A. A number of men standing in ranks.

Q. What sort of rank?

A. They stood in rank two deep.

Q. Had those men who stood in ranks arms ?

A. Yes, some had arms, some had not.

Q. What were those arms they had ?
4. Some were spikes and some were guns.

Q. What was done?

A. The Captain took me along the ranks till he came to

a man with a gun.

Q. He put you to that man with a gun?
A. Yes, and he said to that

prisoner."

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man, take this man as a

Q. Did he say anything else to him?

A. "And if he offers to get away shoot him."

Q. While you were in Pentridge-lane, did you hear any disturbance at any other houses?

A. Yes, along the road.

Q. Could you hear what they were doing?

A. I could not hear what they said, but they were knocking at the doors and calling to them to get up.

Q. What was the first place you went to ?

A. They went from there to Mr, Storer's, there they halted. Q. Was Mr. Storer taken?

A. Yes.

Q. I will take this very short-did any other men come up after that?

A. Yes, there were some other men came up while we stood there.

Q. What was done upon those other men coming up; did the Captain say anything or do anything.

A. Yes, the Captain said, "if there be any of you that have been in the volunteers or in the local militia step three paces forwards,"

Q. Did any step forwards?

A. No, I did not see any.

Q. How were the men placed then ?

Q. Was anything done by order of the Captain when

you got to Pentridge Town-end?

A. Yes, he enquired for a loaded gun to take it to the close near the Meeting-house,

Q. What was done with it there?

4. The gun was fired to give them a signal at Butterley.

Q. Do you remember seeing George Weightman?
A. Yes.

Q. Had he anything with him?

A. Yes, I saw him with a poney.
Q. Whose poney was it?

A. Mr. William Booth's.

Q. Did you hear any directions given by Brandreth to him?

A. Yes; he said, "You will take this poney to Nottingham Forest, and see how they are going on; and come back and meet us at Langley-mill, to bring tidings," which was done.

Q. He went off?

A. Yes,

Q. Was there any mention made of what time they should have been at Nottingham ?

A. Yes.

Q. What was that?

A. The Captain said, "I thought Pentridge would have beer all ready, and it is the worst place we have been at; we should have been at Nottingham by three o'clock." Q. Where did you go to then?

A. We went from thence to Butterley-foundry.

Q. There you saw Mr. Goodwin ?

A. Yes.

Q. I will not ask you as to that, because Mr. Goodwin will give an account of that-Where did you go to from the Foundry?

A. We went from the furnace over the Coke Croft.

Q. Did you go to Ripley and Codnor?

A. Yes, we went to Ripley.

Q. Where did you go to from Ripley?

A. From Ripley we went on the Nottingham road from Langley-mill.

Q. Did you go to Codnor?

A. Yes.

Q. Did you go to any public house there?
4. Yes; a house called the Glass House."
Q. Do you know old Isaac Ludlam?

A. Yes.

Q. Was he there?

A. Yes,

Q. Do you recollect his saying anything to the tain?

Cap.

A. Yes; when the men were going into the house he said, "some man must stop out in the road, or the biggest part of the men will get away."

Q. Did anybody stand at the door?

A. Yes; he stood at the door the whole while.

Q. Who was that?

A. Old Isaac Ludlam...

Q. Can you tell me whether the Prisoner, William Turner, was at the Glass House?

A. Yes.

Q. Had you any conversation with him there?
A. Yes.

Q. What was it?

A. I asked them, "Where did you begin, last night?" and he said," At ten o'clock, at Wingfield."

Q. Does your master, Pearson, live at Wingfield?”

A. Yes.

Q. Did you ask him any question about your master, Pearson?

A. Yes, I asked him if they called, and he said, " No, · we mean to call upon that beggar when we come back."

Q. When you went from Codnor, did you go by the house of Mr. Sterland?

A. Yes.

Q. Was the party halted there?

A. Yes.

Q. What was done when you got opposite there?

A. There were some men went into Mr. Sterland's yard:

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they seemed to search the buildings round, and they brought out some men and some forks.

Q. Can you tell me who were the men who went and brought out the men and the forks?

A. Yes; there was William Turner and Samuel Hunt among them.

Q. Where did they proceed next?

A. We proceeded along the road to Mr. Raynor's.
Q. Did you stop there?

A. Yes.

Q. Did you see anything of the Prisoner, Turner, at Raynor's?

A. Yes, I saw him go into the house the first man that went in.

Q. Had he anything with him then?

A. He had a gun.

Q. Did anybody else go with him?

A. There were several went in.

Q. After those persons had gone in, did you hear a noise and disturbance there?

4. I heard a noise, but did not know what it was.

Q. Did any thing pass after that?

4. He came out in ten minutes, or a quarter of an hour, and called for the Captain.

Q. Was the Captain outside then?

A. Yes, he was halted in the road; he said, "Captain, he will not go he is not willing to go.".

Q. What said the Captain to that?

A. He said, "Shoot him then, we will either have him dead or alive."

Q. What did Turner do then?

A. Turner returned into the house again.

Q. How long was it before he came out again?

A. Perhaps five or six minutes before he came out again.
Q. When he came out again what did he do?

A. He called to the Captain to come to him, he wanted to speak to him.

Q. What did he do?

A. They talked to the value of five minutes together between the road and the house, I could not hear what they said, then they returned into the house both together again.