Siartwyr Casnewydd Cyf.7, p.91

Disgrifiad

Tudalen 1:
91

I am Superintendent of Police for
the Parish of Trevethin I Know the
Prisoner John Llewellin he Keeps a
Beer House at Pontnewynidd
I know that a Chartist Club is held
there I know the Prisoner to be a Chartist
he has told me so it was the place
of meeting for all Public Chartists processions
to start from I have been at
his House on meeting nights and heard
persons present speak against the
Government as at present establishd
particularly Shell whose body I
saw lying here as one of the Slain
Rioters. I have seen the Prisoner at
Chartist Meetings held at Pontypool
on the 5th 20 and 24 th of April last
and very violent language was use
by the speakers against the Government
I also saw him walking with a
procession of Chartists on the 6th
of May last on their way to Blackwood
On Thursday the 7th November instant -
I searched the House of Prisoner and
found a Box called a Ballot Box -
a Tin Box containing 4 square and
3 square pieces of tin -
I also found a
printed Representation of The
National Convention as it met on
Monday the 4 February 1839
at the British Coffee House
a full length Portrait of Mr John

[Annotations in left margin:]

Roberts

6th May Whit Monday

Tudalen 2:
Also a Portrait of Joseph Rayner
Stephens - Several Newspapers
Called the Champion and
Weekly Herald - The Charter -
Western Vindicator - & The
Newport Review - Also
two flags - one bearing an
inscription of Universal Liberty
and the other The Eye of
Providence -

The continual large Meetings
at Llewellins House
Caused great Alarm
to the Inhabitants

The Magistrates swore in
1500 Special Constables
in consequence

Will prove Handbills
100£ off d for Apprehension
& Prisr absconding.
Merthyr Constables

[In left margin:]

John Roberts
Depo: of Police
Trevethin

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