Newport Chartists Vol.8, p.42

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Reg. vs Thomas Evans

Thomas [*]Lilse lived at Tredegar
Lodge Remembers Monday
4 th Novr Inst: I remember
Prisr coming to me and
calling at the Window
it was about 5 o-clock in the morn-g
before I was out of bed. That
there was millions of
the Chartists coming down
the Hills going down
to Newport to pull the
Poor House down . He said
he was going behind
to get a flood Gate to
Turn the Water. He was
in the Employ of Sir Chas
Morgan Bt

_______________Thos Lisle


[* Lisle]

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John Charles Bassaleg Carpenter
& smith I remember last
Monday week 4 Novr
bet-n 6 & 7 o'clock in the mor-g
I was going toward Pie Corner
I met a person on the Top going
to his work - He said there
is going to be a great row
that mor-g I said I did
not care about it
I went on & saw the Prisoner
with a net on his back
and a … [*] in his Hand
going a fishing I suppose
going towards Bassaleg
_________heard
I said I had ^ there was
going to be a great row
Somewhere [**] to He
said he had been out
since 2 o'clock that


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He had seen them passing his
House all the night He never
saw such a thing. I said some
of us had better go down to Tredegar
to inform them of it. He said
he had been by the water &
coming back had informed
Addams (Sir Chas Morgans Gamekeeper)
of it - I said if he wod stop
a few minutes I would
come back to him & talk more
about it - He did not stop
but went towards Bassaleg
& I saw him
afterwards near the
Church at Bassaleg. The same
morn-g when the people were
still coming down the road
towards Newport. The Prisr lives
at Pie Corner.
________________ John Charles

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Reg vs Thos Evans

Depo: of Thos [*]Lilse
and John Charles

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[*Lisle]