Newport Chartists Vol.6, p.107

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Regina v Thomas Davis

George Hitchings I am a Roll Turner and live at Ebbw
Vale - I am a housekeeper - On Sunday night the 3rd November last some men
armed with pikes came to my house and took me out against my will - I do
not know any of them - I went with them down the road towards Newport
I tried to make my escape at Pont Aberbeeg - I went into a public House at Pont
Aberbeeg called the Hanbury Inn kept by Simon Leonard - I saw Thomas
Davis there he had a pike in his hand - there were a great many more there
whom I do not know - we were ordered out of the house and I heard some of
the men say that they were all bound to be in Newport by 2 o'clock in the
morning - I went from this place down lower with a body of people until I came
down to Newbridge - Before we reached Newbridge we stopped at the Union
Foundry Public House kept by Edwards about a mile below Pont Aberbeeg - I
saw Thomas Davis in his house - he had the same pike in his hand - from
there we went down the road to Newbridge - Thomas Davis was there - He
stopped a little while at Newbridge Inn - there were a great many people
there nearly all armed - Davis still had his pike - I heard Thomas Davis
order the men out of the House and to go to Newport - we went out of this
house down the Tram Road to Abercarne - I then with others ran away from
the Tram Road to the turnpike Road - We met another gang coming down
the Turnpike Road Thomas Davis was with them - I heard him say to us
"Roll up" - I said to him "I will not roll up no more - I have rolled up
enough" - I went up to a man named Arthur Davis Surveyor (who was with
Thomas Davis's party) living with John Daniel Greyhound Abercarne -
and asked him if he could tell me where I could get a little beer and dry
myself - he said there was a house - John Daniels open a little above, which
they had newly broke open - I understood from Arthur Davis that it was
Thomas Davis, and his Gang had broken open John Daniels' House - I heard
Thomas Davis say to Arthur Davis "I didn't do it" and then rushed at me with
his pike to stab me - I turned one side and Thomas Davis passed by me - I did
not see him afterwards - I went up to John Daniel's house with Arthur Davis and
stopped there until day light when I returned home - Arthur Davis and John
Daniel's wife can speak a great deal more than I can respecting Thomas Davis
____________________________________________________George Hitchings

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Regina
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Thomas Davis
No 2

Deposition of
George Hitchings

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