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Saturday evening before they began to work, Booth, James Yates, the two John Yates's, John Barrows, witness's brother, and himself, were all in the parlour at supper together (Scot was not there)—himself, his brother, and James Yates, went into the garret, and worked in striking off 3s. pieces for some time; they left Booth, two John Yates's, and Barrows, in the parlour; after they had worked about two hours (at ten o'clock) John Yates, jun. came up, and about twelve o'clock James Yates went out; the two Ingeleys and John Yates, jun. then worked till about four o'clock in the morning, when they left off work; his brother then went to lay down—he saw him in bed, he could see him through the trap door; the elder John Yates, Little Goodluck, (a nickname for Barrows) and James Yates, then came into the garret, and those three began to work—James Yates put under, and the other two worked the fly; they were striking 3s. pieces—this before witness went down, which he then did, into chamber below, to bed; Booth was in bed there; witness lay and slept about three hours; he was not any more at the press: he did not know the Yates's till he went to Booth's—they came backward and forward occasionally, they did not work on the farm.
On his cross-examination, he said he had been engaged in this manufactory himself in the way he had stated; all the prisoners were there on Saturday night; witness was brought to Stafford—he was not kept in confinement since he came to Stafford; he had walked out into the streets without any body being with him; he came out of Wolverhampton prison when he came here—a woman from Birmingham came to see him, and a man from Barr, too, while at Wolverhampton—does not know who the woman was, the man was named Parkes, he is a blacksmith—he does not know that Parkes is a constable: he gave the first information on the Friday, the day he was taken into custody—he did so because the constables wished him to do it; he told every thing in hopes to save his own life.
Richard Ingeley was at Booth's on the Saturday before he was taken; he corroborated his brother as to the work on Saturday night by them and James Yates, but he went down to bed before the others (except John Yates, jun.) came into the garret: on the Sunday morning James Yates gave witness three dies for 3s. pieces, and told him
