The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
Serjeant Chapple, pro Rege.
Writ of Execution, Injunction, and Writ of Assistance, put
in.
_Mr. Tillie._ Gives the same account that he did before.
Second day after Carpenter was shot, Henry Rogers came to
the window with his gun on the east side, fired, and a shot
went through his hat, and a soldier wounded. He ordered the
soldiers to fire. Woolston was on the west side, and was
shot there. No gun was fired by the soldiers, or any person
in the assistance of the sheriff, nor a sword drawn, nor any
force, till after Carpenter was shot and Hatch wounded, and
Jeffries shot through the leg. Woolston declared that Rogers
had shot him, on his asking him. Died in about half an hour
after. Soldiers went to the assistance of him; ordered them
to use no force till resistance.
_John Ellet._ He was on the east side of the house; he
carried off Woolston; was shot from the waistband of his
breeches to the buckle of his shoes. Gives the same account
as to the occasion. There was no firing on the eastern side
of the house till after Carpenter was killed and Jeffries
shot in the leg.
_Nicholas Daniel_ was serjeant, and went to Skewis House.
After the first firing William Carpenter was killed. The
officer ordered him to go with ten men to the west side of
the house. As soon as he came into the court, saw the
prisoner Rogers come to the window and fire his gun and shot
Woolston, of which he died in an hour.
_Cross-examined._ After Carpenter was killed, some of the
soldiers had fired on the east side of the house before he
went to the west side.
_Samuel Hatch_ gives the same account as before of the facts
on 18th and 19th June. The first guns which were fired were
by persons that were withinside of the house, and not by
persons that were withoutside of the house. No firing by the
soldiers, or any in assistance of the sheriff, till after
one was killed and two wounded.
_George Ellis._ The same as before. Saw Woolston go with the
soldiers to the west side of the house. Soon afterwards
heard a cry that Woolston was shot. Went and saw him. He was
shot from the groin to the ancle. He was then in a manner
dying; died of that wound. The first firing from within the
house, before the Sheriff had finished the concluding words
of the proclamation; three guns fired before the soldiers
fired.
_Richard Vinsam._ Saw Rogers looking out at the window.
Several guns fired before the Sheriff had quite finished the
proclamation. No guns fired by the soldiers till they had
fired from the house.
_Mr. Black._ After the firing from the east side, ordered
eight or ten soldiers to go round to the west side, and soon
heard Woolston was shot. No firing by the soldiers till
after from the house.
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