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I &LIM swear Ont. 1 .mamareegeJ with Nadia er
any atrial', nor was 1 employmiley any one to go there.
It wws enna fret and deed. 0e ety oath, to she best of my
Natlin Aid said know I was ',tint. I saw mo
looker...on. at White Moss. They were all at drill except
myself awl thine who went with nee. Ile -did not
maids the lookers-en. These were some perinea. at •
dimilatsce.. who might he lookers-on for what I ktauw..—.
There were tint many looking ou an front of the rasa..
If there were 200 lookers-me, he t have seen them
They had no arms. Ile did not bear them say, 'm make
ready, mimeo, Orr." Bait it 'it hail been said, he must
have heard it ; be first mentioned this to Josh's* Pollen
My depoail 1111 l s were made in my bestroons behave Mr Norris
and Mr. Trafford, auk She same day ii,t I was attacked. Oa
the 2I at he add before • Miscasts ale, in order to correct an '
imaimion which he had inside in his deimaitious. They Were
snit down on a slip of paper, bait I do not recalled whether
I swore to them or not. I think myself a religious
I Cll-10 ('Lurch and Chapel. I• know Robert Meagher. I
do UM fel-toner, uuy p4111C1111111., Coma tiusm with him. I
do not rPrlilket soy !Millet/tar CllllllPrSaliint between
Meagher, Sandy Moreton, and myself. Perhaps Ido not
like the Itebarinem, bast I do not recollect losing any violent '
Imagusge against them. I never said that I womb' nth
Slier he Roved to nay own buuse in a bunt in the
Latinist of the Reformers, than walk ispian the pavement ; I
mare said, Omit if it was to come to alas action, I would nut
give up to the Reformers, even were I to fight up to my
knees in Mood. I went one night la the Cock politic.
house, anal bring • King's man, they were all at me; I had
a good deal of ate, and I du not recollect what I did say; I
wall eat swear that I did nut use the words.you swains*.
1 hoots a Mr. Chapman. at Manchester; I went nut long
since as a coach with hint to Liverpool; there were silt
in the enrich ; w• spoke of Reform ; I do nut recollect
saying that if I, had the command of the troops on the
14th August; I would have pot every rascal of thews
.19 de ails ; I error I dial not say 00.•-•111r. Hind here cau-
-1 lone I the witurw, and repe.ilaff Ihr MU.) —I did 14)1 Lay
WOUhl Make the troops fire, and put all tweed's to death.
I will nut swear that I did not say this. I was saber tam
the coach. ilis_yry oath I did um say so to my know.
Icily.. Mr. Chrbnin did not call me In accosist for say-
ing 100. I told Mr. Chapman I would tint believe a ie.
former ',post his oath, and I now repeal it I would not
believe any reformer on his oath. Some surds about liming
might ty oast of my mowila, and My enemies might have
misconsto tied it against me. I do not recollect seeing `you
at the Spread Kagle, Haugiug-ditch. I was tweet • party of
mien who once weut autism • private room in tlaat
housein Uri you were Tile lemrsamigisrefve anal consta-
ble* weftiraing their rounds, anal I juiced them, but I du
mit recalled the door being broke amen ; I swear it.
Crmiss.examMwed by Mr. Jornrsos —I never took money
from my safe, and went ulr to Liverpool with females of
loose character. I never made any Wier of myself to serve
the office of sips's-ill constable.
John Shitwermiss exammell.—l ant a clerk al the Pollee
Office. Winchester. The printed plerarml, announcing the
intended MICIIISK Of she fib of Angulo, Ms* *hewn to wit-
who saial such bills were posted lip as dilly as the t3d
of Jelly, is the public streets at Nlanelarster. lie was also
Olean Ilac prohibitory placaid issued by the Magistrate.,
which he sail' was placarded in a similar manatee. The wit-
ness Men en7ernborairml She evidence of last s itio as. Mm ray,
respecting tlw outrage committed upon him by tilt people
I assembled atWhitssMema. _

Cribnid:ioloiord by,jklauflpot.....l know moat of the De-
readmit*, and aeivinpaßio4))/Forray to Lancinuar Castle, lu
ree if I timid 11.411(VA4,..partiea. While Musa was about
a mile and a quarter Iteriiss.. The men ther. were its squid.,

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as if under leathers. Heard militias( said about firing"—
a• marching"—" et/pester-marching ;" heard nothing said sit
that kind at all, except wheeling to the right add left. The
people did nut call upon kiir to fall in ; they teem said any
thing of that kind, nor did he ever give them any hopes
that he would join them by and by. No such propusitiou
was made In trim. It' •ny body said Du, it was nut true.
lu onswer to questions from the Judge, lee said the squads
appeared, some of them awkward, and some pi. egret in
drilling.
By desire of Mr. Boot. —The people who went to White
Moss did not to secretly, het set up a booting torery tees
minutes ; they were very noisy on the way.
Juhu Heywood eXaettiont--: I live near 7111atichesier. and
was tlo wi Sniolay morning the 13th of August. While
tissue a man came sip to tne and raid "here, lads, is another
spy ;" they then hest me with sticks as ti.t ma they
Ile paw the Ernie limly of men mitrehilig from Middleton
towards Manchester with asp and a rap of lihrrty.--
As they tante alone :hey said they would give me that they •
gave me short the day before, if I followed them. Oue uf•
them said, "that's lie that was al the floss the slay before."
I went, oil the same (lily, withal) four aides of Smedley Cot.
tate, nod saw Mr. Bunt addressing the people there.
Cromeexamiard by Mr. Hutit—l saw one of the parties
who brat me since—he is now convicted for it, and lodged
in LAISC.Vder Castle.' They did port use the sticks as
arms, nor was there any ruminant' of " make ready,"
"Are;" nor did they give me soy hiot to join them. I belied
Mr. Ilisiit speak Hint day from Smedley Cottage, hiss what
he said I don't know. I saw lens throw 11111111 C sash, galore
he spoke Gum the window ; I was standing in au adjui ll il ig
meadow.

In answer to a question from Mr. SCARLETT, he said he
aloud about 400 yards from the window.
Al six u'elork the enort rose. nn.l adjourned the forther
bearing 1011111 Ike following morning.
Mr. Hunt was cheered as he pasted home to his lodgings..

Ile moss tag sss itt (1 the witneases with great mg.-molly, rod
appeared tool mud tiro' its hie deportment throughout the

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