Siartwyr Casnewydd Cyf.6, p.62

Disgrifiad

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Peter Brittan Sworn States I am a Miner and live
at Garn Diffaith - I left the Prisoner at his own house last

Sunday night was a week - I leave him about 8 o'C[lock]

from that to 9 at night - I am not certain _ I leave him there

and I went home to tea - Then he came over to his Mother where

I live, and we remained there till one or two o'Clock when my
brother the Prisoner went home to the best of my knowledge - I
sometimes drink tea at 6 o'Clock - Sometimes at 7 - I am not

very particular when - I usually go to Chapel on Sunday Evenings

and usually take my tea before I go to Chapel - I did not go to
Chapel, on the Evening of last Sunday week - I heard that

the Chartists was coming and that was the reason I did not

take tea till between 7 and 8 o'Clock - I had correct intelligence

of what was going to happen - A person came on the Garn and

Said So - he did not say it to me but I heard him say that the
Chartists were going to meet on the race course at Pontypool the

next morning - that Report first reached my ears about

2 or 3 o'Clock in the afternoon - I was greatly alarmed -

it was the alarm that I felt that prevented me taking tea that

night at my usual hour - I had no special business of my

own to attend to that put off my tea drinking - It is my

principle not to be a Chartist - it never paid anything - I

never had a Card - My Brother is a Chartist what he said

in principle - he is not a Chartist in practice according to the

best of my knowledge - I live with my Mother - After I had

taken my tea, I went to my Brother's House - and we came

back to my Mother's house - remained until one or two

o'Clock on Monday Morning - I did not hear before Monday

Morning that one o'Clock on that morning was the hour

at which the Chartists were to assemble who were to go down

to attack Newport - I believe my Brother went home from

my Mother's house - I did not accompany my Brother

home - he went home to the best of my knowledge - I

accompanied him to the door of my Mother's house but not

further - We was at my Mother's house to make our escape

from the Chartists - he made an attempt at escaping - we