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Special commission held at

Monmouth the 10th December & adjourned

to the 31st December 1839 -

The Queen

against

John Owen


Brief for the Prosecution

Monmouthshire (to wit) The Jurours for our

sovereign Lady the Queen upon their oath present

that John Owen late of Aberystruth in the Coy

of Monmouth Blacksmith heretofore to wit on the 1st

day of October in the year of our Lord 1839 and on

divers other days and times between that day and

the taking this Inquisistion to wit at Aberystruth

aforesaid in the Coy afsd unlawfully and seditionsly

did conspire combine confederate and agree with divers

other persons to the jurors unknown to raise insurrections

tumults disturbances & breaches of the public peace

within this Realm and to oppose and obstruct the

due execution of the Law and to provide arms to

wit pikes Swords & Daggers for more effectively

carrying the said conspiracy combination confederacy

and agreement into effect & the said John Owen in

futherance & pursuance of the said conspiracy

combination confederacy and agreement did during the

time afsd to wit on the 1st day of Novr in the year

afsd & on divers other days & times between that day

& the taking this Inquisition to wit at Aberystruth

afsd in the Coy afsd unlawfully procure & make
divers to wit 50 pikes & deliver the same to divers

[at foot encircled]
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[in l. margin emphasis marks agst lines beg.
Sovereign, did conspire, afsd in the coy ]


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Thomas Arthur
I have worked with John Owen -
I recollect the disturbance in Newport
The week before the Riot he was at home -
He made spikes - they were hard things
He made 50 or 60 -
He was at work at the day -
He said he was making them for John Hopkins of the Victoria works
I never saw Stay Nails

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