Newport Chartists Vol.15, p.53

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[top right corner] 53
[in left margin] 544. Lloyd
Regina v. Z Williams

_ of Aberystruth in the Coy of Mon. Laborer
George Loyd ^ says that ^ on the Sunday Evening
__before the Riots 3rd November instant
^ between six and seven o clock I
was coming down from ^ my house which
is in the Coed ca for the purpose of hiding
Himself from the Chartists as he was
afraid they would compel him to go with
them. he had heard that they threatened to kill
every one that remained behind when
they came back : He met Mr Henry
Vennor upon the road by his Brother's
house ^ in which there was no one - he
inquired for Mr Sydney Vennor or Mr T
Brewer - he sent him down to the work
to look for them but cou-d not find them
He then sent him to Mr Robinss of the Bush
at Nantyglo - but Mr S: Vennor was not there
in returning upon Brown's Hill he met
a Gang of them who ask-d him where he
was going he answer-d - nowhere in particular
they then said "damn your Eyes come along"
he went with them to Zephaniah Williams
house where they gave him a Stick (a Mop
Stick) they went then to the Hill - where
Men where assembling in great Numbers
from every direction. Zephaniah got up on

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a Bank and spoke to them he said "Now my
" Dear Chartists dont be afraid the Soldiers
will not touch you . we are bound to
be at Newport by two o clock in the morning
the Soldiers will be all fast asleep and they
will not touch us" - they went as far as
Abercarn when being reluctant
to go on when they urged still more and at
last He push-d them 4 - of them into the Canal
they then went into some house
and endeavoured to dry themselves and
________about 1/2 past six oclock
went back ^ but they soon met from
20 to 30 people who insisted upon their
going down to Newport with them -
they reach-d Sir Chas Morgan's Park
between 9 and 10 o clock where they met
hundreds running back without Arms
and some without hats. He heard some of
them say the Devil shall have me before
I will go with them again the/y/ said the Soldiers
were shooting them and pursuing them
and they had dropd several of them -
They went into Ebwy Vale and compelled
People to go with them - breaking the doors open
if they refused to go and taking the People
with them __ [signed] George Lloyd