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Regina v. Z. Williams

Benjamin James - I am a Collier - I
live at the Blaina - I was at the
__________________the _____before the Riots
Prisoner's House on ^ Saturday night^ between
8 and 9 o'Clock - I saw Prisr there -
there were a great many people there with
him - I dont know any of them - I went
from the long Room to a small Room
just by the door - I saw Thomas
Ferrady there - I
said to Ferrady "I should like to have
David Evans' Gun" - Ferrady said
__________________________Prisoner
he would go to Mr.Williams ^ and ask
the loan of a Sovereign to buy the Gun. -
Ferrady went out and brought a Gun
back with him - he said he had been
and bought the Gun of David Evans &
said he had given a Guinea for it -
and that he had bought it for me -
He gave me the Gun - I paid him
a Shilling - Prisr took the Gun in hand
and Examined it - and said " Its a pretty
Gun" - When I went away I left the
___with Ferraday
Gun ^ in the same Room the Prisr
was in - I had been given orders by
Prisr previously to this to provide
myself with Arms - to defend myself -
I went to Prisoners house between 9 and
10 o'Clock on the following Sunday morning
to have a pint of Beer - I saw Zephaniah
Williams there - I saw him in the Bar -
I gave Prisoner a Sovereign and told him it
was what Prisr had lent for the Gun on the
Saturday night - Prisrtook the Sovereign

[in left margin]
Thos Ferrady
was killed [lines9-10]
The Gun [line 13]

[with vertical lines
placed in emphasis lines 12-24]

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He thanked me for it - I went into the Lodge
Room - I staid there for about 5 or 10
minutes - The Room was full - Prisr
was there - I cant recollect what was
said - I went into another Room and
drank some Beer - I staid about two
Hours - I went from there home - I
went back again between 5 & 6 o`Clock -
I saw Prisr there. He had a Great Coat
on - and went out some where - I remained
there about a quarter of an hour - Tom
Farrady was there - He gave me the
____upon the road[?]
Gun ^- I previously asked for it - I went out
______with Tom Ferraday
with the Gun ^- I went to the Mountain.
When I got there I saw many score of
people there - but I dont Know any of them.
I heard the Prisoner speaking - I could
not see him - He was speaking in
English - I didn't understand him -
I knew him by his voice - It was dark -
& very wet - We went down to the works -
We staid there a few minutes - The men
in front sung out " come away" - We went
away - We went on the Tram
Road to a little public House - The House
was full - I did not see Prisrthere - I
went a long way about 5 6
Miles further down - I went into a
public House - had part of a pint of Beer - took
off my jacket (it being wet) to dry it -
I remained drying my Coat for three or four
hours - I thought of returning home when five
or six men came and took him with
them - they took me to the Road -

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We went down a little lower when I met
some men running back - He ran back
with them -

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[across 2nd paper fold]
x Regina [tick in red alongside]
v
Z. Williams
Evidence of
Benjn James
Blaina [in red ink]

Copied on 2 sheets
Brief by Mr T. P Jr
08/1/40

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