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Street. itaem N. le 141 ,
as the soldiers wen rioting. By this' time the sol-
diers came up,,and allowed a moo into Mr Ciglr'a
_home, bitting hies about the 6'40. :The Prisetalr
Thos. teeters' there, and in the act of tbniwieg a
stone at witness, oho Said, " Don't knack diy brains
out," on which the Prisoner dropped the stone, Mrs.
Cogle attempted to prevent their entrance:into his
house, and held up her hands in kit imploriote alit-
sude, observing, there's nobody. hill hurt yo*
here." Lee, however, pushed her down, nsing bad
expreosions. A man &boat live feet nine inches in
height was beatiog another in the passage. the
deceased then held op his hands, but the tall mins
knocked him down. He had a piece of wood
his hand. They were also beating a twin named
Patterson in another room, and while doing so wit-
nen escaped over two walls into another street, and
afterwards saw the Prisoners taken into custody.
The witawas was cross-examined by Mr. Baokk-
, itc.arbut nothing materiel was elicited.
. Mary Ashton, • lodger at Mr. Cagle's, spoke to
the soldiers entering. the house and the room in
which she lived, when Mr. Cagle cease in and.
asked what was the Matter No answer was given,
and a soldier, in • drummer's dress, while drawing
his sword, pushed her backwards on the floor, .'lllll4l
cut Mr. Cogle, the deceased, with his sword on
the heed. On her recovering she saw ii surgeon
dressing his head. The soldiers were then all gone.
Cooper, a Queen-square police-officer, stated II
that he was sent for in consequence of a disturb-
ance, accompanied by Pople another officer. and
saw the soldiers running. They pursued into St,
Anne's-street where he saw the Prisoner Hardy
standing over a man in the act of striking him.
Pople took him into custody, and witness secured
the Prisoner Jones.
Mr. Stevenson, house surgeon to Westminster
Hospital. state& that the deceased was brought in
about nine o'clock, when witness • examined him
and found a wound over the right eye•brow, two
inches and a hajf in length and about half an inch
in breadth. He found the skull was fractured sod
the broken part of the hone pressed upon the brain.
The wound or fracture was the Caine of his death.
Mr. Anthony White, surgeon of Westminster
Hospital, saw the deceased the morning alter lie
had received the hurt ; lie was then alive, but died 1
on the Friday following. 'rlie injury he received
ou the forehead was the cause of his death.

Mr. AttitY.-.—" This is the case fur the prose-
cution."
The Prisoners were then called on for their de.
fence. M'Carthy declared his innocence and put
in a written paper, in which he stated that the affray
originated through three intoxicated soldiers tread-
ing on the marbles of some boys who were playing,
one of whom abused the soldiers and struck them ;
that in consequence a fight took place, and the
bystanders fell upon the soldiers and beat them.
Seeing this, lie (114Carthy), took their part and
drew his sword, threatening to strike the filet one
that attacked him. He was obliged to do this in
hie own defence, but he ne►er used his sword.
Roebottum declared his innocence, and handed
in ■ written paper, in which lie stated the mob were
the aggressors.
Hardy put in * written defence. in which he
stated, that hearing a disturbance he left the Mar.
quis Granby pubhc-house, but had not proceed-
ed far before he was knocked down by the mob, and
with other soldiers much ill-treated.
The defence of the other two Prisoners was of •
similar nature.
N. Dolbin, a private in the Grenadier Guards,
stated, that he was in company with Roebottom at
the Marquis Graubv. Several persons were play-
ing at marbles, and about twenty persons round.
Roebottom was tipsy, and kicked one of the mar-
bles. The boys called bum a 6, lobger," and one
of the men began to strike him. Others then came
up and attacked him and witness, who was knocked
down several nines. In consequence of the beat-
ing he received, witness 14iiited away, and was after-
wards taken to the watch-house by some military
men.

Sarah Taylor, residing near the Almonry, con-
firmed the evidence of the lust witness, as to the
origin of the affray and the ill-treatment of the
soldiery. She took Roebottom into her house ; he
was so very much hurt that his life was in &tiger.
He would have been murdered had it not been for
her interference. The witness further stated that
Roebottom was in her house till twenty minutes
past eight o'clock.
The witness was severely cross-examined by Mr.
ALLEY. but positively swore that Roebottoni was
in her house up to twenty minutes post eight.
Thomas Stevens, lance corporal of the Cold-
stream Guards.—On the evening of the 18th June
he, in company with Serjeant Child, was pussing
by the Almonry, and heard that a disturb-trice was
there among the soldiers, and saw about 100 per-
sons collected. and one soldier had his jacket oll;
fighting among them ; endeavoured to take the
soldier away from the mob.
Serjeant.Child fully corroborated the last wit-
ness's testimony.
Samuel Church, a corporal iu the Coldstream
Guards, was in Tuthill-street at seven o'clock in
the evening of the 18th June, and saw about 100
persons, mostly inhabitants, armed with slicks,
pilings. and weapons of various description.; saw a
soldier down and several people kicking lam ; there
were other soldiers also down. He went and gave
information to the Serjeatit-Major. He was nut in
Orchard-street at all.
George White, private in the 2d battalion of
the lst regiment, stated, on the evening of Water-
loo-day he went through Wright's passage into the
Almourv, and saw Dolbin and Roebutiont with sc-
leral oft the inhabitants, lighting ; some of them
we upon one soldier. Another soldier and a Mill
werealvo fighting together. when oilier persons
came op and said they would kill the lobsters" if
they did not leave the Alinoriry directly. The
soldiers theu went Getty. Soon after some of the
mob reterued, armed with sticks and broom-han-
dles. At that time the soldiers did not consist of
more than live or six. Someof the inhabitants, [Benda
of the soldiers, threw sticks out of their windows to
then,. and when they gut the sticks they proCreded
up the New Way. they turning to the left. while
witness went to the right. He saw M`Carthy„ the
drummer, when he went down Wright's-pass..ge ; lie
bad his sword by his side, iii the sheath. Orie soldier
received a blow on his eye, who ran to the drummer
Gar hie sword, but be refused it ; the man then went