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Reg[in]a vs Jenkin Morgan
Maria Harper Wife of W[illia]m Harper
saith that Jenkin Morgan served / with /
me with milk at the time the Chartists
at Devizes were defeated ^ I had heard
[^ text interlineated :] /I saw the Prisr who ...
served me with milk /[?]
the Chartists were defeated at [ D]evizes
that there were peaceable [?] Inhabitans
and
hard I was glad
that they had been [?] Resd I know
what you were . You are one
of those that would support
the locusts that eat up the fat of [the]
Earth. I s:d no far from
that / ... / my Husband / ... / always
voted for reform but he wd
never sanction Rebellion He
got into a great passion. I Shod
like to see every one that wod
not gain the Charter Mown
Down like the Grass And you
lifting his Hand I shod like
to see every one who wod
not join the Charter mown down
like the Grass & you & he was about
to say something more and I told him
not to bring no more milk to the
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House for if he would
like to see me mown
down he would put
Something into the milk
& I s:d no more to him.
I saw him on Monday
4th Novr abt 4 Oclock Serving
his milk in Pill. A rumour
came down of the Chartists
coming again. We were
Putting our Shutters up
he looked round & seemed
pleased & I said nothing
The Monday of the riot
a most suspicious person came
into my Shop & asked me if
I was the mistress of the Shop
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& s.d he had some Brandy for Sale.
I s.d I did not want any thing-
He talked about the Chartists-
He s.d I met them them Monday mo--g
and I let them have what I had
in my Basket which he gave
him 9/- I met them
at the Park- He said they were
Great Cowards leaders
[?]
A person at the Cambrian
House Pillgwenlly Mr Davies
Druggist / can give impor[tan]t / [?]
Information as to what Morgan
s.d a few days previously hav - g
called out a young Man
to whom he said that there
wod be blood spilt.
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Reg[in]a vs Jenkin Morgan
[there is a large X struck thru the above]
Dep[ositio]n of
Maria Harper
[at foot]
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