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Mary Simpson Sworn - States I am the Wife of William

Simpson, I was in the Cottage Monday morning when the

Prisoner came in with his Gun - I saw a party going along

he told me he made his escape into the Lodge and stopped and

tried to conceal himself from the party, it was half past eleven

when I first saw the Prisoner it was half past eleven by our

Clock, he said he had made his escape from the Men, that

they had pressed him in the morning he said nothing more he

left the Gun and he came down to Newport as he told me I

had no conversation with him as to what had happened at Newport,

I was too much frightened, I did not wish to hear anything

about it - I heard a great noise he told me he had made

his escape from the men - I was not present during any

Conversation between the Prisoner and my husband, I do not

recollect what the Prisoner said when he came back in the

afternoon, I was busy with the Children and took no Heed -

He left in the afternoon with his Gun about 5 o'Clock in the

afternoon it was not broad day light for we had lit the Candles

I did not see him at any time between 8 and half past eleven

o'Clock that morning - half past eleven was the first time I saw

him that morning - he never was in the Cottage but once before

it was about three weeks before, he came then for some plants

I had never seen him before, I dont know the fact of my husband

being a Chartist, he never told me he was a Chartist, I had

no reason to believe that my husband was a Chartist, I never

knew or had reason to believe that my husband attended

Chartist Meetings, I dont know that the Prisoner is a Chartist

I am not a Chartist - I never heard that there was to

be an outbreak on Monday Morning - My husband was in

the Garden when Aust came there, I went there to tell him

to keep out of the way - After the men were gone he came into

the Cottage, Mr. Aust was not in the Cottage when I went

to seek my husband in the garden - I did not go for my

husband to Mr. Cordes house - I am quite certain it was not

later than 5 o'Clock when Aust left my Cottage - I have not seen

or heard a person of the name of Jones a Watchmaker of Pontypool

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