A. He was shaved and decent then. Q. Do you remember the names of any of the other persons who were there when you first went in? A. Yes. Q. Mention some of them ? A. George Weightman, Ormond Booth, Q. What others? A. Joseph Weightman; there was another Joseph Weightman. Q. Two Joseph Weightmans? A. Yes. Q. Any others? A. Thomas Weightman. Q. Any others that you recollect? A. Those were in when we first went in; a quantity more came in. Q. Do you know a person of the name of William Turner? A. Yes. Q. Was he there? A. Yes. Q. When you first came in, or afterwards? Q. How long after you first went in? A. I cannot take upon myself to say how long. Q. When you first went in, you say the conversation was about the revolution; do you recollect who spoke ? A. That gentleman. Q. Brandreth? A. Yes. Q. What did he say? 4. He had got a map in his hand, pointing out points where they were to assemble to, I suppose. Q. What did he say ? A. He did not say any thing in particular; he said there would be no good to be done except a complete overthrow of the Government. Q. You say he had a map in his hand pointing out places? A. Yes; there was canvas at the back of it, and crosses upon it, so as to find out places. Q. He said no good was to be done, except by the overturning of the Government? A. Yes. Q. Recollect what more he said? A. He did not say any more; but the people came in, and they kept asking questions as they came in: some knew him, and some did not. Q. What questions did they ask him? A. About the Revolution. Q. Do you know a man of the name of Shirley Asbury? A. Yes. Q. Was he one of those persons who came in ? A. Yes; he came in a little time after me. Q. Where was Brandreth in the room? A. He sat in the centre of the room, near a table. Q. You say, as persons came in, questions were asked of him? A. Yes. Q. What sort of questions? 4. Talking about the present overturn, and the state of the country, and what proceedings they must go about in this business. Q. Whom were those questions principally addressed to, and what person? 4. There was Ludlam and others. Q. Who answered the questions generally? A. They were all answered by them one amongst the other. Q. You say they were talking of what proceedings were to be taken in the business-what proceedings were stated? A. They stated that there must be an overturn of the Government, that nothing could be done unless that was done. Q. What was stated? A. That was stated, I suppose. Q. Do not state what you suppose, but what was-stated? A. It was settled that they should attend on Monday night, as soon as it was dusk. Q. Where were they to assemble? A. The Pentridge people were to meet at Pentridge, and the Wingfield people near to a stone quarry. Q. How far is Wingfield from Pentridge ? A. I should think about two miles. Q. Was any thing said about what way they were to go? A. Yes; they were to go to Nottingham, to Nottingham Forest. Q. What was to be done at the Forest? ́A. They were all to assemble together there, to meet a large party there, and then to take the town. Q. Was any time mentioned at which they were to meet at the Forest? A. They were to be there at two o'clock in the morning. Q. That would be the Tuesday morning? A. Yes. Q. Was any thing said where those people were to come from who were to meet at Nottingham Forest? A. Yes; all the country was to rise all at one time; ten o'clock at night was the general time, but Pentridge and Wingfield were to rise as soon as it was dusk. Q. You say all the country were to rise; were any places mentioned? 4. Sheffield and Manchester, and a good many places that I cannot recollect. Q. Who mentioned Sheffield and Manchester? A. Brandreth mentioned all the places. Q. You say William Turner came in soon after you were there? A. Yes. Q. Did he say any thing upon the subject of this? A. Yes; he began asking about their guns and pikes, and where they were. Q. What answer was given him? A. He wanted to know where the estimate was; they said they had got none. Q. What estimate? * A. The estimate of the guns and the pikes. A. Yes, it was. Q. What did he say when he asked the question? A. They answered there was none, then he said their parish was forwarder in the business than any other. Q. What parish was his? 4. Wingfield. Q. Did he say how they were forwarder? A. Yes; he said they had got an estimate of every gun, and every pistol, and every sword that the parish had; he said he wanted to know the reason that the others had not made out an estimate as well as him; he seemed to think that they ought, and he wished to know where the guns and pistols were. They said they had none. He wanted to know where the guns were at Butterley-that they had forty pikes of their own to spare, and that they lay in a stone quarry. Q. Who said that? A. Turner. Q. What more was said about arms? A. They were talking about plans of fetching them, and how they must fetch them. Q. How were they to get them? A. They were to go and demand them, and if they would not deliver them they must take them. Q. Who stated that? A. Ludlam, and Turner, and Barker, they were all talking. Q. How long were these conversations and deliberations going on, how long were you there? A. I was there from ten o'clock till between three and four in the afternoon.-I left them there. Q. During that time did many persons come in? Q. Was this the subject of conversation during the whole time you were there? A. Yes. Q. Had you known Brandreth before? A. No I had not. Q. Did he state or was it stated in his presence from whence he came. A. No. Q. What did they call him? A. They called him Captain, that was all. Q. Was he the person principally applied to by the questions which were asked ? A. Yes, he was. Q. You said George Weightman was there? Q. Do you recollect his saying any thing? A. I cannot recollect his saying any thing that day. Q. How many persons present were there in the course of that morning? A. I should think there were as many as forty from the beginning to the end. Q. Do you know persons of the name of Moore? A. Yes. Q. Was any person of that name there? A. Yes. Q. What was his name, and where does he live? Q. Do you know Mac Kesswick ? A. Yes. Q. Was he there? A. Yes, he came in, I did not know him before he came in there; I learned that his name was Mac Kesswick. Q. How far is Ripley from Pentridge? A. About a mile and a half. Q. Do you know a man of the name of John Bacon ? A. Yes. E |