Newport Chartists Vol.15, p.36

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William Harris Labourer works at Twyn y Gelly
Colliery which belongs to Mr Crossfield . my employer
is Roger Lewis on the 3 November Inst. I went to
bed before Ten o Clock . about eleven clock there was
Knocking at the door and voices from the out side
____________________________they Continued to Knock
Telling me for to rise and I then rose and ^
at the door until I did open the door and then there was
four or five men came in and told me to dress
and go along with them immediately they did not tell
me to where nor neither did I ask them. one man waited
in the house for me to dress and went with him as
far as Crumlin. where there was a large number of
people with pikes &c. and went from there all the
way to the welsh Oak when we got there to the best of my
Knowledge one o' Clock- and there I saw Thousand of people
some of them had candles in their hands.and I heard
shooting there. I went from there about four o' Clock
- towards Newport. and about two miles from there
I called at a Publick house or Beer Shop and called
for a pint of Beer. and there I stayed until between
Six & seven o Clock until the Mob came up - and ordered
me to go on. and I turned one side for them to go by
me. when I saw hundreds with arms and some
without arms.and I continued with them until I
was within a short distance of Charles Street in
Newport. and the first thing I saw there was the
Mob retreating back and then I saw a
Man being carried on another Mans back and -
Blood running from his Ankle.and when I had
retreated back as far as Stow Church there I saw
Zephaniah Williams coming from a lane on the
left hand side of the Road. Who said why do You
run away You Cowards that was the first time I saw
him that night or Morning. nor have I seen him since

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Daniell Thomas
I am a Collier works at the Waterloo Colliery
for Richard Lewis. I do recollect Sunday the 3 Novr Inst
I went as far as Crumlin to the Navigation Inn
which house is kept by Richard Williams which house
was nearly full of Men some where to the best of my
Knowledge about 8 o'Clock.- I stayed there ^about 2 hours
and drank 2 pints of Beer and went from there to ^Newbridge
meet another party as was coming from Cross pen Maen
and then we started from there to the Welsh Oak which
house was kept by Henry Charles I was not in the house
___________________who I knew
but saw his daughter outside^ when we arrived there
it was about Two o'Clock in the Morning- where there
was Thousands of People there - when I saw some Guns
with them and heard Shooting. Just at the break of Day.
the Crowd was hooping come let us go- and then
_____to Newport I went
we went ^ about one hundred yards, below Stow Church
when I heard firing and saw smoke rise and Saw-
____when I saw a Man carried upon another Mans Back
the Mob retreating ^ and heard the people say that
he was Shot in his Ankle when I saw Blood running
When I was by Stow Church I saw Zephaniah Williams
who said why do you run away you Cowards, and
I then lost sight of him. I did not see him before that
day nor next Morning nor neither have I seen him
since

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Thomas Thomas
________I am a Collier I do work at the Waterloo
Colliery for Richard Lewis. I went to Crumlin to a
Chartist lodge in the last week in October. I heard
that Zephaniah Williams and Jones the watch maker
was to be there to explain the nature of the Charter -
_______________when I went there
It was between 7 & 8 [o']Clock ^ and after I got there they
took a room at the Navigation Inn which house is
kept by Richard Williams - when Zephaniah Williams
rose and asked the people if they wished to Know what
was the nature of the Charter and they said yes when
he then explained different points to them - that he
thought the Charter would be the Law of the Land
before long -who thought that they would be able to have
it without Bloodshed and said that he would advise every
one to provide some sort of arms that the Law of the land
allowed everyone to carry arms to protect themselves .

Then Jones the watch maker took his place who said that
he would ^tell them what sort of Law ours was to protect Money
and not persons and said that we as workmen who worked
under Ground ought to earn more money than any one else
and what risk we ran under ground of our lives - saying
after we went in the Morning we did not Know whether
we shuld return home at night alive or not -
And he said it was their Intention to have Vincent
liberated and to put Lord John Russell in his place
and then we parted and went home about Ten o'Clock to
the best of my Knowledge

29th Nov 1839

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Reg vs Z Williams
____ Wm Jones
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Dep: of Wm Harris
Dan[ie]l Thomas
Thomas Thomas

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