Newport Chartists Vol.13, p.93

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Reg v Isaac Phillips or Williams

____________Puddler
Known as William Price Jones
William Jones ^I live at Blaina
in the parish of Aberystruth Monmouth
I reside in a House as a Lodger
with John Evans of the same
place & Laborer. I remember
Sunday 3rd Novr last 6 weeks
ago next Sunday I was at home
that day It was my turn to work
at night I was going to work
at 12 O clock to the Forge I work
for Messrs Brown & Co at the
Blaina & Cwm Celyn Company
________________at Pontymister
I had got to the Forge ^ I saw
many Men laying about
the Fire. It was very wet
it rained Shocking I did not
know one in the Forge
they made me go with them they
had Swords Guns and Pikes
I went with them they went
into Houses & forced people
out of their Houses

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They made me call people by
name out of their Houses
I went to the Houses I saw
this here Isaac Williams
or Isaac Phillips he always
gave his name as Isaac
Phillips when we were at
School together I saw him
by Jno Harry s' door at Pont
y Mister . I went on to Chas
Harris s' Door. He went into
Chas Harris's and brought a
Butchers Cleaver. I said to leave
it alone. He sd in your Eyes
If you say much
^ I will split you with it in a
minute. I came down to [~]
about 1/2 p. 9 Monday m-ing 4th Novr
[~]Newport with him ^ I tried
Several times to get away
but could not I saw the
Prisr in Sir Chas Morgan's
Park when they had a stand
there He had got in his
Hand a sword I asked him

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where was your Cleaver Oh' _
sd he I dont know. When I
was at Pont-y -Mister I saw
________which Prisr had taken
the Sword^from George Gippers[?]
House at Pont-y -Mister he had it
in the Park I can swear to it
We stopd at the Welsh Oak The people
were in the fields guarding us
so that we could not get away
The sword was a short one
it had a piece of Brass around
the Handle as a guard
____________________The mark of \/\
__________________ Wm Price Jones
Taken 7 Decr}
_______1839}

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Thomas Thomas
X Penmain
Samuel Lewis
John Lewis Jones
RWH Lloyd -

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xd... [?][top line obscured]

Reg. vs. Isaac Phillips
for Felony
Wm Price Jones
[the above lines are
overwritten with a large X]

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