The Statesman. — 1823-03-14 (London, England)

RODGERS.—I live at Chippeoliam, and left any work on the 7th of Sept. and after receiving my wages, went to the Bear Inn, where John Hulbert was. Halbert had a fit in the street, and I was called out. Thos. Hulbert was there—a pushing took place. After the min who bad a tit had got ep, and gone sway, Thoa. Pearce, the prisoner, came up and said to Thos. Jones, 113—n your eyes, your one of them, and knocked him down. He then knocked down T. Pound, and I told T. P to keep quiet, when he knocked me down. I ran into Mrs. Richardson's, and got over the back way so a coal-yard. I beard Murder called out often from the• place where I came from. Witness named the persons, Mathews and others, whom he saw with Pearce. I went for Mr. Banks, the constable of Chippenham. Before I raw lie. Banks, I looked over the coal-yard gates, and saw the Langley people all in a posse. When Mr. Banks came saw them all running. I went down the high street after them to see what they were going to do. I went as far as the bridge after them, whey I saw George Thomas " leathering" Wilson with x stick about half as thick as my wrist or bigger. They had Wilson down.— The Langley and the Chippenham people were all together. I don't know what they were doing. I saw no lighting. I was amongst them. There was a great noise. I saw blows pass between George Thomas and Wilson. I went after the people over the bridge, and went over the bridirt. to Mr. Prairie's yard. I looked over the small and The people, and saw Pearce and Knight and others of the Langley men pulling up atones and flinging them back towards Chippenhain. I then /et into some timber in the yard. Witness described that he afterwards escaped from theyard, and got into a bush, from whence he saw atones dying (roan the Lessees, side of the turnpike gate, towards the Chippenham side. He did Dot see a single stone thrown front/the Chippenham side. It was perfectly light enough fox' him to see the people. He saw a nun lying near the gate. He continued—" I 'staid in the bush until some stones came into it, when I son out of it and ran down with the Cbippenbam pea-1 plc. The men on the other side followed me and the others round, When Jones was struck down by Pearce 1 saw no provocation given." Daniel Jones.-1 keep the turnpike. 06 the Ilk of September between seven and eight o'clock, saw a num ber of persons come from towards the Langley gate. I .nbserved persons passing to and fro. They had nearly 'all sticks as big as my arm. Nome had smock frocks, others had jackets on. I went and spoke te-them, and asked them is hat they were doing. They swore at tats and told we to go ie. They went away in about half in  hour. • Richard Hinton examined. —On the 7th of September I went thtougb the Langley sate, when 1- se* at about lep o'clock three men I;auing against the stall. Not far • from them 1 saw tour turn together in smock 'fresh,. He described other parties of the Langley people lurking *bunt the entrances to the town in parties, armed with sticks. .. Mr. Justice Bensons!' observed, that unless concert were prove-I between the parties, all this repeating the differtat bodies could not affect the prisoners, who were not proved to Isa)s bees-cottneeted-with therms, •  .:41 •