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ED; E734| 29
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Blake's Memorandum in Refutation of the Information
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and Complaint of John Scolfield, a private Soldier, &c.
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[August 1803]
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The Soldier has been heard to say repeatedly, that he did
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not know how the Quarrel began, which he would not say if such
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seditious words were spoken.--
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Mrs. Haynes Evidences, that she saw me turn him down the
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Road, & all the while we were at the Stable Door, and that not
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one word of charge against me was uttered, either relating to
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Sedition or any thing else; all he did was swearing and
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threatening.--
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Mr. Hosier heard him say that he would be revenged, and
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would have me hanged if he could! He spoke this the Day after my
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turning him out of the Garden. Hosier says he is ready to give
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Evidence of this, if necessary.--
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The Soldier's Comrade swore before the Magistrates, while I
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was present, that he heard me utter seditious words, at the
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Stable Door, and in particular, said, that he heard me D--n the
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K--g. Now I have all the Persons who were present at the Stable
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Door to witness that no Word relating to Seditious Subjects was
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uttered, either by one party or the other, and they are ready, on
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their Oaths, to say that I did not utter such Words.--
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Mrs. Haynes says very sensibly, that she never heard People
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quarrel, but they always charged each other with the Offence, and
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repeated it to those around, therefore as the Soldier charged not
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me with Seditious Words at that Time, neither did his Comrade,
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the whole Charge must have been fabricated in the Stable
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afterwards.--
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If we prove the Comrade perjured who swore that he heard me
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D--n the K--g, I believe the whole Charge falls to the Ground.
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Mr. Cosens, owner of the Mill at Felpham, was passing by in
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the Road, and saw me and the Soldier and William standing near
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each other; he heard nothing, but says we certainly were not
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quarrelling.--
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The whole Distance that William could be at any Time of the
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Conversation between me and the Soldier (supposing such
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Conversation to have existed) is only 12 Yards, & W-- says that
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he was backwards and forwards in the Garden. It was a still Day,
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there was no Wind stirring.
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William says on his Oath, that the first Words that he heard
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me speak to the Soldier were ordering him out of the Garden; the
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truth is, I did not speak to the Soldier till then, & my ordering
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him out of the Garden was occasioned by his [P 2] saying
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something that I thought insulting.
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The Time that I & the Soldier were together in the Garden,
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was not sufficient for me to have uttered the Things that he alledged.
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The Soldier said to Mrs. Grinder, that it would be right to
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have my House searched, as I might have plans of the Country
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which I intended to send to the Enemy; he called me a Military
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Painter; I suppose mistaking the Words Miniature Painter, which
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he might have heard me called. I think that this proves, his
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having come into the Garden, with some bad Intention, or at least
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with a prejudiced Mind.
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It is necessary to learn the Names of all that were present
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at the Stable Door, that we may not have any Witnesses brought
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against us, that were not there.
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All the Persons present at the Stable Door were, Mrs.
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Grinder and her Daughter, all the Time; Mrs. Haynes & her
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Daughter all the Time; Mr. Grinder, part of the Time;
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Mr. Hayley's Gardener part of the Time.--Mrs. Haynes was present
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from my turning him out at my Gate, all the rest of the
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Time--What passed in the Garden, there is no Person but William &
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the Soldier, & myself can know.
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There was not any body in Grinder's Tap-room, but an Old
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Man, named Jones, who (Mrs. Grinder says) did not come out--He is
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the same Man who lately hurt his Hand, & wears it in a sling--
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The Soldier after he and his Comrade came together into the
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Tap-room, threatened to knock William's Eyes out (this was his
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often repeated Threat to me and to my Wife) because W-- refused
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to go with him to Chichester, and swear against me. William said
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that he would not take a false Oath, for that he heard me say
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nothing of the Kind (i.e. Sedition) Mr[s] Grinder then reproved
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the Soldier for threatening William, and Mr. Grinder said, that
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W-- should not go, because of those Threats, especially as he was
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sure that no Seditious Words were Spoken.--
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[P 3] William's timidity in giving his Evidence before the
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Magistrates, and his fear of uttering a Falsehood upon Oath,
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proves him to be an honest Man, & is to me an host of Strength.
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I am certain that if I had not turned the Soldier out of my
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Garden, I never should have been free from his Impertinence &
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Intrusion.
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Mr. Hayley's Gardener came past at the Time of the
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Contention at the Stable Door, & going to the Comrade said to
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him, Is your Comrade drunk?--a Proof that he thought the Soldier
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abusive, & in an Intoxication of Mind.
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If such a Perjury as this can take effect, any Villain in
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future may come & drag me and my Wife out of our House, & beat
us
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in the Garden, or use us as he please, or is able, & afterwards
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go and swear our Lives away.
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Is it not in the Power of any Thief who enters a Man's
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Dwelling, & robs him, or misuses his Wife or Children, to go &
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swear as this Man has sworn.
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