Newport Chartists Vol.10, p.65

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William Stephens of Pillgwenlly in the Borough of
Newport Blacksmith
States. I have known John Gibby
about half a year - He was a Blacksmith working
at Mr.
Evans' at Pill - I keep a Shop at Pill and Edward
Brickley
worked for me for nearly two years - the Friday
before the Riots at Newport
I went to my Shop about 7 o'clock
in the Evening and there found John Gibby
and another
man grinding something at the Grindstone in my shop -
I
did not see what he was grinding and as I have
often given persons to grind
things in my Shop
I did not think any thing of it - I went out leaving

Brickley at work making Hinges for Ashfield the Butcher -
When I came
back Gibby and the man were gone -a
few days before Jenkin Morgan whom
I know as a
Milkman at Pill came and asked me to make him
something
the shape of a pike it was sharp at the
point and thin at the edges and to fit
upon a Stick - I
filed it. I did not know nor did he tell me what it
was
for - He paid me 1'/6d for it - and went away - When
he came to me first he
asked me to make something
like what I made Davies the Potter but
sharper at the
point - Davies is a Potter at Pill and had brought a
Pattern in Wood
of something he wanted made to fit
upon a Stick which he said was to cut
clay with - it
was about one or one and a half inch wide about 10 inches
long and made to
fit upon a Stick but that was not
sharp - Davies came a second time and said
he had
broken the one I had made for him and I made him a
second -
I do not think he could have broken the first
by fair play - Jenkin did not
say what he wanted his
for. I never attended any meetings, I never attended
any
in my life - I did not approve of it and never went near it
I have not
seen Davies since but have heard that he lost his
arm in the Riots by
being shot thro' - Jenkin Morgan I have
also heard is in Prison for
joining the Riots -

Wm Stephens

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John Gibby

Examination of
William Stevens

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