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London, England, 1819-10-18 00:00:00

moon-light. I did not observe.whether the people in
the street had their faces-towards the door. I heard
nothing said nor any thing done by the people. I was
wounded when I saw the man through the window.
I did not hear the man in the shirt sleeves say any
thing. 1 can't say whether the windows were broken.
I did not hear any body threaten; I had no oppor-
tunity. I don't know the prii.oner.
When Robinson's testimony had terminated, Mr.
Atkinson asked the Magistrate whether he and his
fellow-sufferer were not at liberty to return to the
Infirmary, from whence they came to attend the
Court? and Mr.Wrlght answered in the affirmative;
but both expressed a wish to hear the examinations,
and they were accordingly permitted to remain.
Thomas Jones, the brother of one of the sufferers,
deposed as follows :—I live in Fleet-street ; there is
no number to the house. I was passing through
Deansgate, about twelve o'clock at night, on Satur-
day, the 2J init. I was taking Thomas Constantine''
home; I fell in with my brother, with five or six
more, at the top of Bridge-street, where we met the
Watch and Ward ; we turned back again, and I saw
a pistol or gun fired from a house in Deansgate, at
the bottom of Queen-street ; I saw the flash from a
garret window; I was then about five yards behind
my brother. When I got up to him he said that he
was wounded in the thigh ; I did not believe it, and
asked him to unbutton his breeches, in order that I
might see. He did unbutton his breeches, and I felt
the ball in his thigh, and the blood running down.—
Some young men then took him to the Infirmary;
two of those were George Steele and George Moore.
I saw the window distinctly-from which the shot was
fired, and a map leaning out of it. I cannot say that
I should know the man again. He wore a dark co-
loured waistcoat, and was in his shirt sleeves. I heard
him say, " By J—s, if you do not dismiss, I'll fire
again ;' but the man did not fire again. The Watch
and Ward told him to go in, and not to do so.
Cross-examined by Mr. Fotmiccs.—l was not with
my brother before, that evening. The first time
.I,
met him that night, was at the top of Bridge-street,
when I waigoing with Constantine to the New-cross,
from the Pack Horse, in Deansgate. There were
three or four persons with my brother when I met
him. Those, with the Watch and Ward, were the
only persons whom I saw in the street, at the time
when the shot was fired. When I saw the flash out
of the window, I saw no number of persons opposite
the house, nor did I hear any thing said from the
window before the shot was fired. The only thing I
heard was, " You Irish scamp, get in." This was not
said by any one of my party, but by some other per-
son. At the time this was said, I was about half a
dozen yards from the house. I heard nothing said be-
fore the shot. I do not know what persons were
near the house, or what was 'said or done by them
before my brother and I came up, and he was
wounded. My brother and j were walking on the
right side of Deansgate, and that is opposite the house
' from which the shot was fired. We heard a shot be-
fore we reached the corner of Queen-street, and halted
for about a fhinute or two. We then walked on, and
my brother was wounded by another shot. I saw a
few people passing. I did not know, or hear, that
the windows of the house from which the shot came
were broken ; nor did I notice that the lamp was
broken. I did not hear of these things until after-
wards. I never heard that I was charged with break-
ing the lamp. I never heard that any of my party
said to me, upon breaking the lamp, " Well done,
Jones." My brother had been at sea, eight or nine'
years, before his late return to the country. My
brother went to sea from want of work. I was con-
fined in the Coal-hole, in Liverpool, for three or four
hours, but not for buying stolen goods, or dealing in
coffee. My brother did not go to sea about that
time; he had been at sea long before. The cause of
my confinement at Liverpool, was for merely playing 1
on a Sunday. I did not see any people opposite the
house from which the shot came, nor did I notice any
passengers looking towards that house. ,It was after
the first fire I heard the exclamation, " Go in, you
Irish scamp." My brother was wounded by the se-
cond fire.

John Lee was then called, but he did not answer.
George Steele was adduced. He deposed as fol-
lows :—I live in Brierly-street, and am a cotton
carder by trade; I was, on this day fortnight, in com-
pany with Joseph Jones, William Birchell, George
Moore, and another person, whom I know by sight,
`but of whose name I am ignorant ; one of those and
I took two wenches to the Bank-top, from Deansgate;
on our return back again, we met Jones, his brother,
and several others ; as we came to the top of Cum-
berland-street, I heard a shot; and saw the flash of a
gun or a pistol, from the garret window of a house
at the corner of Queen-street ; we ran to see what was
to do, and I saw a man at the window, leaning out in
his shirt sleeves ; he wore a dark-coloured waistcoat;
I heard him exclaim, " By J—s, if you do not dis-
perse, I'll fire again ;" he did fire again, and Joseph
Jones was wounded in the thigh.
Cross-examined by Mr. BARROW.—The prisoner at
the Bar is the man who fired the shot. I know him
very well, for I have seen him several times. I heard'
the report of the first pistol, and I saw the flash from
the garret window, at which the prisoner was leaning
out. I was at the top of Cumberland-street when I
heard the report, and saw the flash. I did not sce any
people in the street, in front of the window from
which the shot came; there were about five or six
people at the top of Parliament-street. The window
at which the prisoner was is in Queen-street, close to
the corner of Deansgate, and the flash was quite visi-
ble in Deansgate; Deansgate was very quiet before
the first fire. There was no one nearer to the pri-
soner's house, than the few persons who were at the
corner of Parliament-street. Our party consisted of
five persons, and there were others passing through
Deans gate the other way. The people at Parliament-
street had nothing to do with the prisoner's house,
that I knew of. Parliament-street is nearly opposite
Back Queen-street, which is about thirty or forty
yards from Front Queen-street, at the corner of which
is the prisoner's residence. I cannot exactly say, to
whom the prisoner addressed the words " By J--s,
if you do not disperse, I'll fire again." If the words
were addressed to my party, the prisoner afforded us
no time to disperse, for he fired immediately after-
wards, and Joseph Jones was wounded. I did not
stand gill when I heard the first shot, but kept walk-
ing forward. I cannot say whether the'people at
Parliament-street had been at the prisoner's door or
not before I saw thou ? I saw no one about the pri-

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street. The street was perfectly quiet at the time,
and I heard nothing said or done to the prisoner, or
his house. I did not know the lamp of the house was
broken until the morning. I cannot say who was
with Thomas Jones besides Constantine. I witae,.sed
no cause for the firing of the prisoner. k met Joseph
Jones at the Mason's Arms, in Deansgate, where I
left him on going to the 13ank-top.
Elizabeth Lee—l live at 23, Queen-street, Man-
chester; my husbands name is John Lee, he is a
weaver. I was standing at my door on Saturday
night, the 2d of October, between twelve and one
o'clock ; I was looking down the street, and saw the
prisoner leaning out of his window ; I and another
person were talking together, and she said that her
little girl had seen Meagher in Deansgate, making
an uproar ; I replied, Deansgate is very quiet just
now. I had scarce spoken this when Meagher fired
from the windoss. I went down into my own place
and locked the door, and as I came up the steps he
fired again. I then went down the street, and when
at the bottom I saw the prisoner break the lamp, for
I was near it. My neighbours begged I would not
go to the bottom of the street. I therefore went
round by way of Brazen-nose-street, and when I got
into Deansgate, it was in an uproar, and the Watch
and Ward were there. Having a boy from home, I
went to look for him, and the Watch and Ward cried
out " Shame," to the prisoner for firing ; and as I
came back, I saw the man who was wounded in the
thigh. I saw nothing more than that the prisoner
shouted through the window to the Watch and Ward,
and they to him. I did not hear what they said.—
The watchmen then sprang their rattles. lam sure
that the prisoner is the person who fired through the
window. It Was moonlight, and enabled me to see
him. There was no crowd or disturbance; Deans-
gate is always throng on a Saturday night ; persons
were passing and repassing.
Cross-examined by Mr. Fotnitts—l live in Queen-
street, about the middle of it. I cannot say how
many yards it is from Meagher's house. My hus-
band was not at home. Mrs. Heslop is the person
who was talking with me at my door. The prisoner
was making rough work in Deansgate. I stood in
the middle of the street when he fired ; 1 could see
hint, it was moon-light ; I saw the flash and some.
thing in his hand, at the end window which looks
into Queen-street. I had a son out and was waiting
for him ; and when the firing took place I went to
look for him. My son would not tell me why he
went to Lancaster to file a bill of iddictment against
the Yeomanry Cavalry. I did not go with him, and
he never would tell me the object of his jcurr.ey ;
although I asked him repeatedly, he would not tell
me. 1 don't know the Gentleman's name he went
with; I can't think of it. He went by coach ; the
Gentleman found him money. I do not know that
he is a Manchester Gentleman ; I have seen him since,
but do not know him ; I saw him on the Sunday
William came back from the Assizes, and have never
seen the Gentleman since. I•was present when ttey
asked him to go to the Assizes, and they asked my
leave for him to go to Lancaster, but they took hint
to the door and talked to him. Ido not know from
that hour to this what was his errand to Lancaster.
He has been to London since ; he went with Mr.
Hunt. I did not see him set off. I was never out
of my own house the night he started ; his coach-
fare was paid, but no money was given to him. He
was a card-boy in a factory ;heisl4 or 15 years of
age; he used to get half-a-guinea a week wages,
When employed by Messrs. Runcorn and Bellhouse;
he is now in London ; he went yesterday ; they who
took him to London the first time have, I suppose,
taken him the second time; I do not know how many
went, I only saw him on the top of the coach ; I do
not know the gentleman's name, he was at the Al-
bion yesterday • I do not know that Mr. Harmer was
the person ; I hope he will there-do better for himself
than I can do for him ; I hope he is gone to do that
which will get him a living. I did not find my son
in the street, he was not in Deansgate that night, for
he was sleeping at the Talbot Inn ; he told me so,
and I was satisfied. Ido not know who was with
him, nor what he was there for—it was nothing to
me; I never inquired, although I am his mother.—
.When the firing took place, I was near my own
door. I went- down by Brazen-nose-street, into
Deansgate. I cannot say which shot wounded the
men. When the lamp was broke. I was five or six
doors off; going into Deansgate. The lamp was at
the corner of Deansgate. The prisoner was in the'
garret, which is three stories high. The window is
at the end of the street. He threw something out of
the garret window. Ido not know what it was. It
was so light, I saw,hiri, and am certain it was the
prisoner. He said something, and then he threw.—
There were many persons about, for he had alarmed
the whole street. I did not hear what he shouted.—
I afterwards heard him say, If you don't disperse,
ill fire again." But it was when the Watch and Ward
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Cross-examined by Mr. ATKINSON-I%ly son has
not been all the time at my house, but he has been
there since he returned-from Lancaster.
Ann Howard, widow, living at 35, Queen-street,
says—l went down Deansgate on this day fortnight,
between eleven and twelve in the evening, to mar-
ket; I saw the prisoner, and another man with him,
standing opposite the George Inn; I heard the priso-
ner say he wculd blow some one's brains out; I cried,
" for shame, for shame, to say you would blow any
one's brains Qui!" I went a little farther down Deans
gate to purchase some tea at a shop there; on my re-
turn' I saw the prisoner with the same man, and
Bobth, one of Mr. Nadin's men, standing talking
very seriously together, between Mulberry-street and
Brazen-nose-street ; what the prisoner said alarmed
me very much, and I went to my own home, and
said to my family, " I am afraid we shall have some
disturbance in Deansgate to-night, for I heard the.
trumpeter say he would blow some one's brains out."