Six Men Of Dorset

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SATURDAY-NIGHT THEATRE  Sat 26th Aug 1961, 20:30 on BBC Home Service Basic  The recorded broadcast of April 24.  Haydn Jones, Avril Elgar and Miles Malleson in Six Men of Dorset by Miles Malleson and H. Brooks  A play about the Tolpuddle Martyrs, celebrating the brave working class men who were exiled to Australia for forming a trade union.  The action takes place in Dorset, London, and Australia in the 1830s, and Canada in the 1850s. Produced by Charles Lefeaux  Main characters in order of speaking:  Nellie, as a child: Susan Bown  Georgie: David Lott  Jinnie: Heather Kyd  Betsy Loveless, their mother: Avril Elgar  George Loveless, their father, and one of the Six Men: Haydn Jones  James Loveless, one of the Six Men: Tom Watson  Two of the Six Men: James Brine: Nigel Anthony  Two of the Six Men: James Hammett:  William Eedle  Edward Legg: Kenneth Dight  The Squire: Eric Anderson  Dr Warren: Derek Blomfield  Farmer Bryant: Julian Somers  Farmer Case: Wilfred Babbage  Farmer Duffelt: Philip Morant  Two of the Six Men: Thomas Standfield:  Frederick Treves  John Standfleld: Andrew Irvine  William Cobb: Godfrey Kenton  Mr Wollaston, JP: Peter Claughton  James Frampton, JP: John, Bryning  Mr Gambier, Counsel for the Prosecution:  Derek Birch  Mr Butt, Counsel for the Defence: Miles Malleson  Judge Baron Williams: Keith Williams  The Rev Dr Wade: Willoughby Goddard  Robin Nealy: Andrew Irvine  Nellie Loveless: Penelope Lee  Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company  Tolpuddle is a village near Dorchester in Dorset, where in the years 1833 and 1834 a great wave of trade union activity took place and a lodge of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers was established.  George Loveless and five fellow workers – his brother James, James Hammett, James Brine, Thomas Standfield and Thomas's son John – were charged with having taken an illegal oath. But their real crime in the eyes of the establishment was to have formed a trade union to protest about their meagre pay of six shillings a week – the equivalent of 30p in today's money and the third wage cut in as many years.

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00:00:00Saturday Night Theatre.

00:00:03On a cold February morning in 1834,

00:00:07six poor farm labourers were arrested

00:00:09in the tiny village of Tolpuddle in Dorset

00:00:11and later accused at Dorchester Assizes

00:00:14of having taken an illegal oath

00:00:16when what they'd done in truth

00:00:18was to band themselves together

00:00:19under the leadership of George Lovelace

00:00:21to form a trade union.

00:00:24Six men of Dorset by Miles Mallison and H. Brooks

00:00:27which we're broadcasting now

00:00:29to mark this the centenary year

00:00:31of the Trades Union Congress

00:00:32is founded on George Lovelace's own diary

00:00:35and tells the story of those six men of Dorset

00:00:38known to us now as the Tolpuddle Martyrs.

00:00:48Ginny?

00:00:50Ginny?

00:00:52Ginny?

00:00:54Ginny?

00:00:56Ginny?

00:00:57Ginny?

00:00:58Whatever you're making that matter for?

00:00:59You'll be waking the baby.

00:01:01I'd be afeard.

00:01:02I'd be afeard too.

00:01:04What'd be your fear, though?

00:01:06Come to have candlelight, Ginny.

00:01:08Candle?

00:01:09We only got one and that's only a bit.

00:01:11And you know it very well, Father.

00:01:12He won't have candlelight

00:01:13till he reads out of the book.

00:01:16I'd be scared of the dark.

00:01:18So be I.

00:01:19You'd be a couple of great sillies.

00:01:22I got supper to get.

00:01:23Supper?

00:01:24I'd be hungry.

00:01:26So be I.

00:01:28Can I have a tea tea?

00:01:29Come on.

00:01:30That's your kind.

00:01:31You must wait.

00:01:32But I can't wait.

00:01:34No, can't I?

00:01:36Ginny.

00:01:37Mother!

00:01:38Ginny, look what I got.

00:01:40A toner.

00:01:41Shh.

00:01:41Run out with it to the back house

00:01:42before your father sees it.

00:01:44He'll be coming down along.

00:01:45The back house?

00:01:45It'll do for tomorrow.

00:01:46There won't nobody about

00:01:47when I come to the sheepfold.

00:01:48Quick now.

00:01:49Mother, I want my supper.

00:01:51I want my supper, too.

00:01:53You'll be having it soon, my dear.

00:01:56Or you'll be, Father.

00:01:58Betsy.

00:02:00Oh, I'd be glad you're along.

00:02:01I'd be only just come.

00:02:02My dear.

00:02:03I'd be that hungry.

00:02:05Ah, I'd be that hungry, too.

00:02:07Are you ready for your supper, George?

00:02:08Be it ready for me?

00:02:09Aye.

00:02:10Draw up, then.

00:02:14Oh, it is little enough

00:02:15to stay there hunger,

00:02:16let alone hers,

00:02:16but it is all I can manage.

00:02:18Taters!

00:02:19There ain't many

00:02:21marbillillums.

00:02:23Quiet, children, quiet.

00:02:26For these and all thy mercies

00:02:28may thy holy name be praised.

00:02:31Amen.

00:02:32Amen.

00:02:33Amen.

00:02:40Do you get wet, Betsy?

00:02:41I've been worrying about you

00:02:42all the afternoon

00:02:43since the rain came on.

00:02:44There'll be things I can do, George,

00:02:46and things I can't

00:02:47to work in the rain

00:02:47without getting wet.

00:02:48It's one of them.

00:02:50It's cruel bad weather.

00:02:52That's a fact.

00:02:53Think there are no more?

00:02:54Not tonight, Nellie.

00:02:56But I want some more.

00:02:57You best get off to bed,

00:02:59you children,

00:02:59as soon as you finish.

00:03:00You can get them together,

00:03:01all of you.

00:03:02Maybe you'll keep warm

00:03:03and sleep and forget.

00:03:05Not till I've read

00:03:06from the book, Betsy.

00:03:07That won't fill their bellies,

00:03:08George,

00:03:09not keeping warm.

00:03:10Bring me the book here

00:03:11now, Ginny.

00:03:11Now, what shall I read tonight, Betsy?

00:03:17I don't mind.

00:03:17Makes no odds.

00:03:19Maybe I'll go on

00:03:20from where I was reading

00:03:21last night.

00:03:23Luke.

00:03:24Eleventh chapter, it was.

00:03:27Ah.

00:03:28There it is.

00:03:30Remember?

00:03:32A man had come at night

00:03:33and asked his friend

00:03:33for three loaves

00:03:34and the friend wouldn't

00:03:35get out of his bed

00:03:36nor open the door

00:03:36nor give him any.

00:03:38That's where I got to.

00:03:39I say unto you,

00:03:43though he will not rise

00:03:44and give him

00:03:45because he is his friend,

00:03:47yet because of his

00:03:48importunity he will arise

00:03:49and give him as many

00:03:51as he needeth.

00:03:53And I say unto you,

00:03:56ask,

00:03:57and it shall be given you.

00:03:59Seek,

00:04:00and ye shall find.

00:04:03Knock,

00:04:04and it shall be opened unto you.

00:04:07For everyone that asketh,

00:04:09receive it.

00:04:11And of which of you

00:04:12that is a father

00:04:13shall his son

00:04:14shall his son ask

00:04:18a love

00:04:19and he give him

00:04:22a stone.

00:04:27Now then, children, to bed.

00:04:29Say goodnight to your father.

00:04:31Ginny, my dear,

00:04:31put him to bed for me

00:04:32and you'd best get in

00:04:33with him yourself.

00:04:33You'll be tired.

00:04:34I'll see about supper things.

00:04:36It feels dark.

00:04:39I can feel my way.

00:04:40Take my hand.

00:04:47What comfort there is

00:04:48in the boat.

00:04:48You're the one

00:04:49for finding comfort, George.

00:04:51Seems to me

00:04:51the harder it is to find

00:04:52the more you think

00:04:53of yourself finding it.

00:04:54What's come over you, Betsy?

00:04:57You didn't say amen

00:04:58when I spoke blessed?

00:04:59Why should I?

00:05:00Mr. Lord, I was thankful.

00:05:01And what for?

00:05:02Betsy.

00:05:05You're a bad example

00:05:06for the children.

00:05:07Showing a rebellious

00:05:08and discontented spirit.

00:05:09Well, maybe that's

00:05:10the best thing I can give.

00:05:10I can give a little else.

00:05:13You've never said

00:05:14things like this before?

00:05:16What ails you?

00:05:17What should ails me?

00:05:18And me out in the field

00:05:19in the blinding rain

00:05:20all day and every day

00:05:21and day after day

00:05:22with my body bent double

00:05:23picking stones

00:05:24and with another child

00:05:25moving in me

00:05:26for three shillings a week.

00:05:28I do say the Lord

00:05:29sends the babies.

00:05:30Why do that without

00:05:31sending the vittles for them

00:05:32is more than I know.

00:05:32That'd be blasphemous talk.

00:05:34Be it.

00:05:34And that's more than I know too.

00:05:36Maybe it's blasphemy

00:05:37for you to stand there

00:05:38asking a blessing

00:05:39when the children

00:05:39go to bed

00:05:40with their bellies empty

00:05:41and like crying

00:05:41for hunger in the night.

00:05:42You shouldn't say that.

00:05:44You know my heart aches

00:05:45that I can't do better for him.

00:05:47You know that.

00:05:49Every night I pray.

00:05:51Aye, you may pray

00:05:52and read your book.

00:05:53Betsy.

00:05:54And did you get comfort

00:05:54out of it this night?

00:05:55About the children

00:05:56asking their father

00:05:57for bread

00:05:58and he'd give him a stone.

00:06:00What'd you give yours?

00:06:00Taters are not enough of them.

00:06:02Be fair, Betsy.

00:06:05I only mean

00:06:06for myself.

00:06:08I do try to be content

00:06:10with my lot

00:06:10and accept

00:06:12in humble spirit

00:06:13what the Lord sends.

00:06:14What the Lord sends.

00:06:16Do the Lord send

00:06:17that you and I

00:06:17and the likes of us

00:06:18should slave all our lives

00:06:19in the cradle to the grave

00:06:20and live worse than a beast

00:06:22and others live idle

00:06:23on the fat of the land.

00:06:24I bend God's goodness

00:06:25George Loveless

00:06:26that be man's wickedness

00:06:27that be the real blasphemy

00:06:29putting that in the Lord.

00:06:32But Betsy.

00:06:33What can I do?

00:06:36Maybe nothing.

00:06:38But if you've got

00:06:38to take your part in it

00:06:40that's not to be proud of.

00:06:42I sometimes think to myself

00:06:43accepting it all

00:06:44so humble and meek

00:06:45you're as bad

00:06:45as your masters.

00:06:47I tell you

00:06:47it first sickens me

00:06:48to hear you ask

00:06:49in blessings

00:06:50and giving thanks.

00:06:51Maybe I've said

00:06:57more than I meant

00:06:58though God knows

00:06:59not more than I feel.

00:07:02Be you coming to bed.

00:07:05You go my dear.

00:07:07You'll be tired.

00:07:08What be you gonna do?

00:07:11Oh

00:07:11I'm best alone.

00:07:16You've given me

00:07:17something to get on with.

00:07:18Be your brother James

00:07:22coming?

00:07:23Yes.

00:07:25And young Bruyne

00:07:25constable's lad.

00:07:27And James Hammett.

00:07:28He won't say much.

00:07:29Oh but he's a good lad.

00:07:31And Edward Legg

00:07:31and Susan.

00:07:33Legg?

00:07:33Oh yes

00:07:33he'll offset Susan

00:07:35she'll be headstrong.

00:07:35Lamb five.

00:07:37Yes.

00:07:38And Bob Dominic.

00:07:39Oh you haven't asked him.

00:07:40No but he got wind of it

00:07:41and asked himself.

00:07:43Oh.

00:07:44Well that's bad.

00:07:45Why shouldn't he come?

00:07:46Bob be a poacher.

00:07:47No fool.

00:07:48I don't like the thought

00:07:48of him coming here.

00:07:50Least way it's not tonight.

00:07:52Oh there they be.

00:07:55Oh no it'd be Bob Dominic.

00:07:57Hello Betsy.

00:08:00Well George

00:08:00you don't mind my

00:08:01coming in this evening

00:08:02do you?

00:08:03Of course he don't.

00:08:04Bob he'd be glad

00:08:05to see you.

00:08:06He'd be.

00:08:07But your George

00:08:08can never tell no lies.

00:08:09Leaves you to tell him

00:08:10don't he George.

00:08:11Maybe I thought

00:08:12we was gonna talk about

00:08:13wouldn't interest you.

00:08:14Soon as you do no work.

00:08:16No work?

00:08:16I work all right George.

00:08:18But for myself

00:08:19seems more sense

00:08:20in it that way.

00:08:21Well leastways

00:08:21I wages all loan

00:08:23makes little odds to you.

00:08:24Ah maybe you're right there.

00:08:26I reckon whatever wages

00:08:27you get

00:08:27I'll always be better off.

00:08:29Long as rabbits

00:08:29and partridges

00:08:30do grow in same field

00:08:31as turnips.

00:08:31Aye Bob

00:08:32but they're not

00:08:32you're into taking

00:08:33all that well as me.

00:08:34But I can never

00:08:35remember it.

00:08:37I'd be very

00:08:37absent minded

00:08:38about something.

00:08:40But it's again

00:08:40the law and I...

00:08:41Oh no George

00:08:41none of they

00:08:42preaching for Bob.

00:08:43Nay nay

00:08:44don't stop them.

00:08:45They do say

00:08:45be the best preacher

00:08:46for a hundred miles round.

00:08:47That's what I come for.

00:08:49A good sermon.

00:08:50I hadn't had a fine

00:08:51wrathful sermon

00:08:52since I were a lad.

00:08:53And I well remember

00:08:53the last.

00:08:54The preacher

00:08:55he were a playman

00:08:56like yourself George.

00:08:57He preached

00:08:58the library's

00:08:59worthy of his hire.

00:09:01And I knew

00:09:01what he was getting.

00:09:02Seven shillin a week.

00:09:04Dang me

00:09:04I said to myself

00:09:05if I'd be worth

00:09:06more than that

00:09:06and I never went

00:09:07no more.

00:09:07Well that's a tough.

00:09:09You've got the spirit

00:09:09in you.

00:09:10Seven shillin a week

00:09:12George Loveless.

00:09:13I suppose that be

00:09:14what you think

00:09:15you'd be worth.

00:09:16Or maybe a bob

00:09:17or two more

00:09:18if you can get it.

00:09:18Well that be enough

00:09:19from you Bob Damney.

00:09:20You leave my George alone

00:09:21he'd be the best

00:09:22ploughman in this village

00:09:23I am in Dorset.

00:09:24And what be you

00:09:25a good for nothing

00:09:26a bad

00:09:27and that's all you be.

00:09:28Well

00:09:28you women folk

00:09:30you'd be queer credits.

00:09:32A man never knows

00:09:33where he is with him.

00:09:34I'd be glad

00:09:34I ain't never married.

00:09:35And if half what

00:09:35folks say about you

00:09:36be true

00:09:37there'd be more

00:09:37than one about

00:09:37these parts

00:09:38he ought to have

00:09:38married.

00:09:39After that George

00:09:40thy Betsy be saying

00:09:41I did ought to

00:09:42marry more than one wife.

00:09:44Dang me

00:09:44if thy precious

00:09:45laws allowed it

00:09:45I would.

00:09:46They could loose

00:09:47off their tongues

00:09:48at one another

00:09:48and leave

00:09:49I in peace.

00:09:53In and Betsy.

00:09:54Ah James.

00:09:55George

00:09:55it's your brother.

00:09:56In and George.

00:09:57Evening James.

00:09:57Ah so there's

00:09:58be just behind.

00:09:59Oh hello Bob.

00:10:00Oh James.

00:10:00Come in Susan.

00:10:01Well Betsy my dear

00:10:02he'll be.

00:10:03As well as many days.

00:10:05Evening George.

00:10:06Evening Susan.

00:10:07Evening Mrs.

00:10:08Mopless.

00:10:08Evening James

00:10:09Brine.

00:10:10Oh come in young

00:10:10Brine.

00:10:12Evening Mr.

00:10:12Ravless.

00:10:13Hey come in

00:10:14Armour.

00:10:15Don't be standing

00:10:15outside.

00:10:16Come in James

00:10:17Armour.

00:10:17You'll be welcome.

00:10:18Oh aye.

00:10:21Well sit down friends.

00:10:23There'll be just

00:10:23about seats enough.

00:10:25Oh thank you.

00:10:29Now we be all year

00:10:31to.

00:10:32Lord sakes

00:10:33look what be you.

00:10:34Edward leg.

00:10:35Be I leg?

00:10:36No Edward

00:10:36come in.

00:10:37You're welcome.

00:10:38And sit down.

00:10:43Now friends

00:10:43we'll waste

00:10:44no time.

00:10:47I think

00:10:47I can best

00:10:48put it

00:10:48shortly

00:10:49and simply

00:10:50this way.

00:10:53It's come to me

00:10:54that seven

00:10:55shall in a week

00:10:55be no fair wage

00:10:56for a man

00:10:57who works

00:10:57hard from

00:10:57morning till

00:10:58night

00:10:58for the

00:10:58whole of

00:10:59his lifetime.

00:11:00To keep

00:11:00himself

00:11:01and his

00:11:01wife

00:11:01and his

00:11:02children.

00:11:02Well we seem

00:11:04to be agreed

00:11:05upon that.

00:11:05All of us.

00:11:06Hey Hammond.

00:11:08Oh aye.

00:11:09Can't you say

00:11:10some of

00:11:10Edward leg?

00:11:11When time

00:11:12comes.

00:11:12Now the

00:11:13first question

00:11:14be this.

00:11:16Can our

00:11:16masters

00:11:17afford to

00:11:19pay more?

00:11:19Ah that'd

00:11:20be a question.

00:11:21Hold your

00:11:21tongue.

00:11:22I don't

00:11:22know they

00:11:23can afford

00:11:23it.

00:11:23That's the

00:11:24sort of

00:11:24damn

00:11:24bull thing

00:11:25you would

00:11:25say.

00:11:25Now Susan

00:11:26bite quiet

00:11:26let be

00:11:27entitled to

00:11:27his opinion

00:11:28same as

00:11:28rest of

00:11:28us.

00:11:29Opinion?

00:11:29He?

00:11:30He been

00:11:30got no

00:11:31opinion.

00:11:31He be

00:11:31a louse.

00:11:32A louse?

00:11:34She called

00:11:34I a louse?

00:11:35Sit down

00:11:35Edward we've

00:11:36been here

00:11:36to discuss

00:11:37what you

00:11:37are.

00:11:38We

00:11:38knows.

00:11:38George

00:11:40alone they

00:11:41can't afford

00:11:42it.

00:11:42They can't

00:11:43afford it.

00:11:43On a

00:11:44sight more.

00:11:45Aye James?

00:11:46Oh aye.

00:11:48Have you

00:11:48anything in

00:11:48your mind

00:11:49as to how

00:11:49to sit

00:11:50about

00:11:50getting

00:11:50it George?

00:11:51I think

00:11:51a nought

00:11:52else.

00:11:53Day and

00:11:53night.

00:11:55Well I

00:11:56propose I

00:11:56should go

00:11:56to Parson

00:11:57and ask him

00:11:58that a few

00:11:58of us

00:11:59men should

00:11:59meet some

00:11:59of the

00:12:00farmers

00:12:00up at

00:12:01Parson's

00:12:01house.

00:12:02Fat

00:12:02lot you'll

00:12:02get out

00:12:02of Parson.

00:12:03It's no

00:12:04morning's

00:12:04duty Susan

00:12:04to help

00:12:05his flock

00:12:05and after

00:12:06all church

00:12:06folk or

00:12:07chapel folk

00:12:07and then

00:12:08there'll be

00:12:08nighter for

00:12:08all that.

00:12:09We'd be

00:12:10all his

00:12:10flock.

00:12:11Brothers.

00:12:12Tell Parson

00:12:12he'd be

00:12:13brother to

00:12:13the squire

00:12:14he'll

00:12:14swear like

00:12:14a peacock.

00:12:16Tell him

00:12:16he'd be

00:12:16brother to

00:12:16you or

00:12:17I he'll

00:12:17sing a

00:12:17different

00:12:18song.

00:12:18I don't

00:12:18think we

00:12:19should

00:12:19speak such

00:12:19things

00:12:20a

00:12:20person

00:12:20until

00:12:20we

00:12:20know

00:12:21us

00:12:21James.

00:12:21George

00:12:22have

00:12:23you

00:12:23thought

00:12:23if

00:12:23you

00:12:24do

00:12:24get

00:12:24to

00:12:24meet

00:12:24the

00:12:24farmers

00:12:25and

00:12:25ask

00:12:25for

00:12:25a

00:12:25rise

00:12:26you

00:12:27may

00:12:27get

00:12:27more

00:12:27than

00:12:28you

00:12:28reckon

00:12:28for?

00:12:29What

00:12:29do

00:12:29you

00:12:29mean

00:12:38what

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00:19:24Mr.

00:19:25Duffet

00:19:25encouraging

00:19:26him

00:19:27and

00:19:27let

00:19:27me

00:19:27tell

00:19:27you

00:19:27Mr.

00:19:28Duffet

00:19:28that

00:19:28whether

00:19:28I

00:19:29choose

00:19:29to

00:19:29encourage

00:19:29him

00:19:29or

00:19:30not

00:19:30he's

00:19:30no

00:19:30concern

00:19:31of

00:19:31yours

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00:19:32just

00:19:32where

00:19:32you

00:19:32wrong

00:19:32sir

00:19:33it

00:19:33does

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00:19:34of

00:19:34us

00:19:35we've

00:19:36all

00:19:36got

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00:19:36stick

00:19:37together

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00:19:38you

00:19:38got

00:19:38any

00:19:38memories

00:19:39any

00:19:39of

00:19:39you

00:19:39less

00:19:40than

00:19:40a year

00:19:40ago

00:19:41what

00:19:41happened

00:19:41mobs

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00:19:42these

00:19:42fellows

00:19:42thousands

00:19:43of

00:19:43them

00:19:43rioting

00:19:44burning

00:19:44and

00:19:44pillaging

00:19:45not

00:19:45only

00:19:46you're

00:19:46in

00:19:46Duffet

00:19:46but

00:19:47in

00:19:47Hampshire

00:19:47Wiltshire

00:19:48all

00:19:48over

00:19:48the

00:19:48country

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00:19:50that's

00:19:50what

00:19:50you're

00:19:50asking

00:19:51for

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00:19:51unless

00:19:52you

00:19:52keep

00:19:52them

00:19:52under

00:19:53where

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00:19:53belong

00:19:54I

00:19:54telly

00:19:55give

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00:19:56inch

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00:19:58murdered

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00:19:58bed

00:19:59I

00:19:59got

00:19:59something

00:20:00to say

00:20:00to that

00:20:00now

00:20:01you

00:20:01quiet

00:20:01boy

00:20:02quiet

00:20:02you leave

00:20:02this

00:20:02to me

00:20:03and let

00:20:04me

00:20:04answer

00:20:04it

00:20:05Mr. Duffet

00:20:07sir

00:20:07we can't

00:20:09let that

00:20:09pass

00:20:09you know

00:20:11as well

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00:20:11do

00:20:11when

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00:20:12was

00:20:12all

00:20:13this

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00:20:14and

00:20:14Rick

00:20:14burning

00:20:15I

00:20:16and

00:20:16my

00:20:16brother

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00:20:16were

00:20:17set

00:20:17to

00:20:17watch

00:20:18him

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00:20:19would

00:20:19you

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00:20:19done

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00:20:33steady

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00:20:56thieving

00:20:57no

00:20:57squire

00:20:57baby

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00:20:58you

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00:20:59and

00:20:59thieves

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00:21:00like

00:21:00what

00:21:00Mr.

00:21:00W.

00:21:00is

00:21:00afraid

00:21:01of

00:21:01afraid

00:21:01me

00:21:02afraid

00:21:03who

00:21:03said

00:21:04I

00:21:04were

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00:21:06right

00:21:06by

00:21:06us

00:21:07oh

00:21:07hi

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00:21:14know

00:21:14what

00:21:14the

00:21:14country

00:21:14is

00:21:14coming

00:21:14to

00:21:15gentlemen

00:21:16what

00:21:18could

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00:21:20poor

00:21:21men

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00:21:22armed

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00:21:25arm

00:21:26did

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00:21:28must

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00:21:28my

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00:21:28threshing

00:21:29machine

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00:21:30two

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00:21:30my

00:21:30rick

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00:21:33in

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00:21:34and breadth

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00:21:34country

00:21:34gentlemen

00:21:35those

00:21:35thousands

00:21:35of

00:21:35workers

00:21:36desperate

00:21:36with

00:21:36hunger

00:21:37didn't

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00:21:37a

00:21:37single

00:21:37life

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00:21:38a

00:21:38single

00:21:38wound

00:21:38there

00:21:38was

00:21:39no

00:21:39murder

00:21:39in

00:21:39their

00:21:39hearts

00:21:40but

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00:21:42their

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00:21:46of

00:21:46them

00:21:46were

00:21:48sentenced

00:21:48to

00:21:48death

00:21:49and

00:21:50hundreds

00:21:51more

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00:21:51from

00:21:51their

00:21:51families

00:21:52and

00:21:52transported

00:21:52overseas

00:21:53I

00:21:55I'm

00:21:56not

00:21:56defending

00:21:57what

00:21:57they

00:21:57did

00:21:58but

00:21:59they

00:21:59was

00:21:59drove

00:22:00to

00:22:00it

00:22:00by

00:22:00low

00:22:00wages

00:22:01and

00:22:01no

00:22:02wages

00:22:02good

00:22:04men

00:22:04they

00:22:04were

00:22:05brave

00:22:07honest

00:22:09and

00:22:11patient

00:22:12and

00:22:13enduring

00:22:13beyond

00:22:13belief

00:22:14I

00:22:15know

00:22:16them

00:22:16gentlemen

00:22:16there

00:22:17was

00:22:17men

00:22:18that

00:22:18I

00:22:18had

00:22:18worked

00:22:18beside

00:22:19in

00:22:19a

00:22:19field

00:22:19since

00:22:19we

00:22:19was

00:22:19boys

00:22:20that

00:22:20swung

00:22:21up

00:22:21in

00:22:21the

00:22:21gallows

00:22:22there

00:22:23are

00:22:23women

00:22:24down

00:22:24in

00:22:24the

00:22:24village

00:22:24now

00:22:25on

00:22:25the

00:22:25parish

00:22:25with

00:22:26no

00:22:26to

00:22:26do

00:22:26for

00:22:26the

00:22:26rest

00:22:27of

00:22:27their

00:22:27lives

00:22:27but

00:22:27wonder

00:22:27what

00:22:28be

00:22:28happening

00:22:28to

00:22:28their

00:22:28men

00:22:29who

00:22:29are

00:22:29living

00:22:29out

00:22:29their

00:22:29lives

00:22:30as

00:22:30criminals

00:22:30stood

00:22:31aside

00:22:31the

00:22:31world

00:22:31come

00:22:34on

00:22:34Brian

00:22:35bring

00:22:35that

00:22:35down

00:22:36and

00:22:36then

00:22:36cough

00:22:37up

00:22:37that

00:22:37ten

00:22:37shillings

00:22:37well

00:22:38that's

00:22:38all

00:22:38very

00:22:38well

00:22:39for

00:22:39you

00:22:39squire

00:22:39well

00:22:40look

00:22:40here

00:22:40if

00:22:41we

00:22:41raise

00:22:41their

00:22:41wages

00:22:42will

00:22:42you

00:22:42reduce

00:22:43our

00:22:43rent

00:22:43don't

00:22:44be

00:22:44a

00:22:44fool

00:22:44duffet

00:22:45but

00:22:45if

00:22:45you

00:22:46don't

00:22:46raise

00:22:46the

00:22:46wages

00:22:47I'm

00:22:47raising

00:22:47the

00:22:48rent

00:22:48you're

00:22:49not

00:22:49serious

00:22:49squire

00:22:50I

00:22:50am

00:22:50duffet

00:22:52here

00:22:52rather

00:22:53forgetting

00:22:53himself

00:22:54suggest

00:22:55that

00:22:55I'm

00:22:55encouraging

00:22:56the

00:22:56men

00:22:56well

00:22:57maybe

00:22:58but

00:22:59I

00:22:59know

00:22:59what

00:22:59I'm

00:22:59about

00:23:00I

00:23:01know

00:23:01which

00:23:01side

00:23:01my

00:23:01bread

00:23:02buttered

00:23:02and

00:23:03it's

00:23:03to

00:23:03my

00:23:03advantage

00:23:03that

00:23:04you

00:23:04farmers

00:23:04should

00:23:05pay

00:23:05your

00:23:05hands

00:23:06enough

00:23:06to

00:23:07keep

00:23:07the

00:23:07countryside

00:23:07safe

00:23:08for

00:23:08your

00:23:08betters

00:23:09and

00:23:10that's

00:23:10flat

00:23:10yes

00:23:11but

00:23:11squire

00:23:11I

00:23:12know

00:23:13what

00:23:13you're

00:23:13getting

00:23:13for

00:23:13your

00:23:13wheat

00:23:13and

00:23:14you're

00:23:14buying

00:23:15fresh

00:23:15land

00:23:15every

00:23:15year

00:23:16don't

00:23:16you

00:23:16talk

00:23:17to

00:23:17me

00:23:17about

00:23:17not

00:23:17being

00:23:18able

00:23:18to

00:23:18afford

00:23:18it

00:23:20it's

00:23:20any

00:23:20question

00:23:21of

00:23:21being

00:23:21able

00:23:21to

00:23:21afford

00:23:22it

00:23:22it's

00:23:23the

00:23:23principle

00:23:24of

00:23:24the

00:23:24thing

00:23:25of

00:23:25course

00:23:25there's

00:23:26a lot

00:23:26in

00:23:26what

00:23:26squire

00:23:27says

00:23:27thank

00:23:28you

00:23:29case

00:23:29no

00:23:29offence

00:23:30squire

00:23:30and I

00:23:31can

00:23:31afford

00:23:31the

00:23:32ten

00:23:32shillings

00:23:32if

00:23:32Brian

00:23:32can

00:23:33better

00:23:34than

00:23:34you

00:23:34case

00:23:34no

00:23:35man

00:23:36is

00:23:36going

00:23:36to

00:23:37say

00:23:37me

00:23:37I

00:23:37can

00:23:38afford

00:23:38what

00:23:38they

00:23:38can

00:23:39you

00:23:39got

00:23:40your

00:23:40rise

00:23:41loveless

00:23:41we've

00:23:43much

00:23:44to

00:23:44thank

00:23:44you

00:23:44for

00:23:44squire

00:23:45well

00:23:46now

00:23:47that's

00:23:47all

00:23:47fixed

00:23:47up

00:23:47so

00:23:47pleasantly

00:23:48I

00:23:48think

00:23:48perhaps

00:23:48you

00:23:49men

00:23:49ought

00:23:49to

00:23:49be

00:23:49getting

00:23:49her

00:23:49well

00:23:52loveless

00:23:52there's

00:23:53one

00:23:54thing

00:23:54passing

00:23:54it is

00:23:56usual

00:23:56surely

00:23:57to have

00:23:58agreements

00:23:58like this

00:23:58put on

00:23:59paper

00:23:59and

00:24:00signed

00:24:00well

00:24:01are you

00:24:01implying

00:24:02loveless

00:24:03that you

00:24:03don't

00:24:03trust

00:24:04these

00:24:04gentlemen

00:24:04to

00:24:04keep

00:24:04their

00:24:05word

00:24:05and

00:24:05if

00:24:05they

00:24:05don't

00:24:06mean

00:24:06to

00:24:06where's

00:24:06the

00:24:06arm

00:24:07and

00:24:07writing

00:24:07it

00:24:07down

00:24:08no

00:24:08loveless

00:24:08nothing

00:24:09on

00:24:09paper

00:24:09that's

00:24:09going

00:24:10too

00:24:10far

00:24:10I

00:24:11agree

00:24:11quite

00:24:12unnecessary

00:24:12who do

00:24:13they

00:24:13mean

00:24:13they

00:24:13are

00:24:14that's

00:24:14what

00:24:14I

00:24:14want

00:24:14to

00:24:15know

00:24:15you

00:24:15know

00:24:15very

00:24:15well

00:24:16Duffet

00:24:16if I

00:24:16had

00:24:17promised

00:24:17to

00:24:17reduce

00:24:17your

00:24:18rates

00:24:18you

00:24:19would

00:24:19want

00:24:19it

00:24:19on

00:24:19paper

00:24:20then

00:24:20I

00:24:21would

00:24:21but

00:24:21you

00:24:22are

00:24:22different

00:24:22squire

00:24:23and

00:24:23what

00:24:24may

00:24:24you

00:24:24mean

00:24:24by

00:24:25that

00:24:25Mr.

00:24:25Duffet

00:24:25now

00:24:26look

00:24:26here

00:24:26loveless

00:24:26frankly

00:24:28I

00:24:28think

00:24:28you're

00:24:28presuming

00:24:29too

00:24:29much

00:24:29on

00:24:29our

00:24:29good

00:24:29nature

00:24:30and

00:24:30it's

00:24:30time

00:24:30you

00:24:31went

00:24:31after

00:24:32all

00:24:32I've

00:24:32been

00:24:32a

00:24:32witness

00:24:33here

00:24:33tonight

00:24:33of

00:24:33what's

00:24:33past

00:24:34and

00:24:34if

00:24:34you'll

00:24:34go

00:24:34quietly

00:24:35now

00:24:35you

00:24:36shall

00:24:36receive

00:24:36as

00:24:36much

00:24:37for

00:24:37your

00:24:37labour

00:24:37as

00:24:37any

00:24:38men

00:24:38in

00:24:38this

00:24:38or

00:24:38any

00:24:39other

00:24:39district

00:24:39and

00:24:40if

00:24:40your

00:24:40master

00:24:41should

00:24:41go

00:24:41back

00:24:41on

00:24:41their

00:24:41plighted

00:24:42word

00:24:42I'll

00:24:43undertake

00:24:43to

00:24:43see

00:24:43you

00:24:44right

00:24:44so

00:24:44help

00:24:45me

00:24:45God

00:24:45I

00:24:46say

00:24:46Parson

00:24:46Dr.

00:24:47Warren

00:24:48in my

00:24:50own

00:24:50way

00:24:50I

00:24:52too

00:24:52am

00:24:52a

00:24:52servant

00:24:52of

00:24:53the

00:24:53Lord

00:25:01my

00:25:01soul

00:25:01and

00:25:03there

00:25:03be

00:25:03many

00:25:04hundred

00:25:04of

00:25:04poor

00:25:04folk

00:25:04outside

00:25:05these

00:25:05walls

00:25:06that

00:25:06will

00:25:06thank

00:25:06you

00:25:06and

00:25:06bless

00:25:07your

00:25:07name

00:25:07long

00:25:08after

00:25:09all

00:25:09wee

00:25:09bay

00:25:10dust

00:25:10goodnight

00:25:14to you

00:25:14sir

00:25:14and

00:25:15thank you

00:25:15again

00:25:16and

00:25:17thank you

00:25:17to you

00:25:17gentlemen

00:25:18and

00:25:19squire

00:25:19come

00:25:21lads

00:25:21in this

00:25:24very room

00:25:25in my

00:25:25cottage

00:25:25is where

00:25:26Mr.

00:25:26Cobb

00:25:26two years

00:25:27ago

00:25:27we decided

00:25:28to ask

00:25:28for a rise

00:25:29and a

00:25:30few nights

00:25:30after that

00:25:30we met

00:25:31three of

00:25:31the farmers

00:25:31up at

00:25:32Parsons

00:25:32I

00:25:33understand

00:25:33they kept

00:25:34their promise

00:25:34and your

00:25:34wages went

00:25:35up to

00:25:3510

00:25:35shall we

00:25:36no

00:25:36never

00:25:37to 9

00:25:38they went

00:25:38and that

00:25:39only for

00:25:39a few

00:25:40months

00:25:40and then

00:25:41to 8

00:25:42so we

00:25:43went to

00:25:44a neighbouring

00:25:44magistrate

00:25:45to ask

00:25:45his advice

00:25:45and we

00:25:46was told

00:25:46we must

00:25:46work for

00:25:47whatever

00:25:47our

00:25:47employers

00:25:48thought

00:25:48fit to

00:25:49give us

00:25:49and very

00:25:50soon

00:25:51after that

00:25:51the wages

00:25:52went back

00:25:52again

00:25:52to 7

00:25:53and there

00:25:54it is

00:25:55talk of

00:25:55them

00:25:55going to

00:25:556

00:25:56so I

00:25:57thought

00:25:58it was

00:25:58about

00:25:58time to

00:25:58send a

00:25:59letter to

00:25:59you gentleman

00:25:59in London

00:26:00I'm very

00:26:00glad you

00:26:01did

00:26:01well we

00:26:02don't tell

00:26:02her this

00:26:02grand

00:26:03you must

00:26:06forgive me

00:26:06gentlemen

00:26:06it's got

00:26:07such a

00:26:07longish

00:26:08name

00:26:08I

00:26:08never

00:26:09could

00:26:09get

00:26:09my

00:26:10tongue

00:26:10to

00:26:10it

00:26:10first

00:26:10time

00:26:11the

00:26:11Grand

00:26:12National

00:26:12Consolidated

00:26:13Trades

00:26:13Union

00:26:14so we

00:26:17thought

00:26:17perhaps

00:26:17you might

00:26:17help us

00:26:18for we

00:26:19seem to

00:26:19have

00:26:19put our

00:26:20hands

00:26:21to the

00:26:21players

00:26:21you might

00:26:22say

00:26:22and it

00:26:22don't

00:26:22seem

00:26:22right

00:26:23now

00:26:23to

00:26:23turn

00:26:23back

00:26:23as

00:26:24soon

00:26:24as

00:26:24your

00:26:24letter

00:26:24reached

00:26:25us

00:26:25a meeting

00:26:25was

00:26:25called

00:26:29I wonder

00:26:31how much

00:26:31you gentlemen

00:26:31who live

00:26:32right away

00:26:32in London

00:26:33know of

00:26:33the things

00:26:34that go

00:26:34on in

00:26:34these parts

00:26:35we get

00:26:36to know

00:26:36all we

00:26:36can

00:26:36one of

00:26:37the things

00:26:37I could

00:26:38tell you

00:26:38yeah

00:26:39go on

00:26:40Mrs.

00:26:40Loveless

00:26:41while I've

00:26:42been listening

00:26:42to you

00:26:43gentlemen

00:26:43I've been

00:26:44trying to

00:26:44keep my

00:26:45mind

00:26:45from the

00:26:45next village

00:26:46there'll be

00:26:47a woman

00:26:47there

00:26:47a little

00:26:48more than

00:26:48a girl

00:26:48she is

00:26:49I don't

00:26:50know

00:26:50if she'll

00:26:50be living

00:26:50through

00:26:51these

00:26:51hours

00:26:51it seems

00:26:53only till

00:26:53the day

00:26:53I met

00:26:54her in

00:26:54the street

00:26:54just outside

00:26:55here

00:26:55the day

00:26:56her lad

00:26:56asked her

00:26:57to marry

00:26:57him

00:26:57and she

00:26:58didn't know

00:26:58what answer

00:26:59to give

00:26:59to him

00:27:00she was

00:27:00afeard

00:27:00and I

00:27:02told her

00:27:02say yes

00:27:03and she

00:27:04did

00:27:04and they

00:27:05got on

00:27:05that well

00:27:06and had

00:27:06two children

00:27:07and then

00:27:07suddenly

00:27:08were put

00:27:08out of

00:27:08work

00:27:09it weren't

00:27:10so many

00:27:11weeks ago

00:27:11I met

00:27:12him

00:27:12as I was

00:27:12coming on

00:27:13from the

00:27:13fields

00:27:13and I

00:27:14spoke to

00:27:14him

00:27:14but he

00:27:15didn't

00:27:15see me

00:27:16he was

00:27:16close

00:27:16near me

00:27:17and he

00:27:18looked at

00:27:18me

00:27:18but he

00:27:19didn't

00:27:19see me

00:27:20and he

00:27:21passed

00:27:21on into

00:27:22the

00:27:22darkness

00:27:22the next

00:27:24night

00:27:24it was

00:27:25he

00:27:25took

00:27:25a sheep

00:27:26and killed

00:27:26it

00:27:27and fed

00:27:28himself

00:27:28and them

00:27:29that were

00:27:29his to

00:27:29feed

00:27:30oh it is

00:27:30easy enough

00:27:31the sheep

00:27:32to roam

00:27:32all night

00:27:33over the

00:27:33fields

00:27:33and hills

00:27:33far away

00:27:34from the

00:27:34village

00:27:34in the

00:27:35dark

00:27:35untended

00:27:36so many

00:27:36of them

00:27:37who'd

00:27:37miss one

00:27:38but they

00:27:40caught him

00:27:40and hanged

00:27:41him

00:27:41and she

00:27:42walked mile

00:27:43upon mile

00:27:44to where he

00:27:44was swinging

00:27:45from the

00:27:45tree

00:27:45and begged

00:27:47his body

00:27:47and begged

00:27:48to lift

00:27:49a cart

00:27:49to bring

00:27:49her man

00:27:50home

00:27:50to bury

00:27:51him

00:27:51decent

00:27:51this morning

00:27:53she buried

00:27:54him

00:27:54a life

00:27:56for a

00:27:56life

00:27:56eh

00:27:57they do

00:27:57kill us

00:27:58and break

00:27:58our arms

00:27:58for less

00:27:59than that

00:27:59there was

00:28:00that fine

00:28:00gentleman

00:28:00from parliament

00:28:01George

00:28:02no

00:28:03let her

00:28:04go on

00:28:05mrs loveless

00:28:06tell us

00:28:07in your own

00:28:07way

00:28:07from the

00:28:08london

00:28:09parliament

00:28:09he was

00:28:10and he

00:28:11was a

00:28:11judging

00:28:11on the

00:28:12bench

00:28:12here

00:28:12and they

00:28:13brought

00:28:14before him

00:28:14a man

00:28:15they said

00:28:15had took

00:28:15a plank

00:28:16of wood

00:28:16off the

00:28:17gentleman's

00:28:18own land

00:28:18it was

00:28:19the gentleman

00:28:21sat there

00:28:21made a fine

00:28:22speech

00:28:22full of

00:28:23tongue

00:28:23twisting

00:28:23words

00:28:24about the

00:28:24enormity

00:28:24of the

00:28:25crime

00:28:25and sentenced

00:28:26him to be

00:28:27sent overseas

00:28:27for 14

00:28:28years

00:28:28and there

00:28:29was young

00:28:29Sutton

00:28:30a boy

00:28:30he were

00:28:30and down

00:28:31at pub

00:28:31they gave

00:28:31him some

00:28:31beer

00:28:32maybe

00:28:32fuddled

00:28:32the lad

00:28:33and he

00:28:33took

00:28:33fourpence

00:28:34and him

00:28:35they sentenced

00:28:35to be

00:28:36on

00:28:36hung

00:28:37aye

00:28:37but in

00:28:38their great

00:28:38mercy

00:28:39they spared

00:28:39him

00:28:40and sent

00:28:40him overseas

00:28:41for life

00:28:42oh I could

00:28:42go on

00:28:43and on

00:28:43there's one

00:28:45thing that

00:28:46passes my

00:28:47comprehension

00:28:47what's that

00:28:48loveless

00:28:49the gentry

00:28:50when they

00:28:52sit in

00:28:52judgment

00:28:53on some

00:28:53poor

00:28:53fellow

00:28:54there

00:28:54don't

00:28:55seem to

00:28:55be no

00:28:56sorrow

00:28:56in them

00:28:56let alone

00:28:58pity

00:28:58or mercy

00:28:59rather a

00:29:00queer

00:29:00kind of

00:29:00pleasure

00:29:01at least

00:29:02with righteousness

00:29:03as if

00:29:03they was

00:29:04doing

00:29:04something

00:29:05fine

00:29:05i think

00:29:06i can

00:29:06account

00:29:07for

00:29:07that

00:29:07how

00:29:08sir

00:29:08well

00:29:08they're

00:29:08afraid

00:29:09loveless

00:29:09after all

00:29:10it wasn't

00:29:11so long

00:29:11ago

00:29:11over in

00:29:12france

00:29:12these

00:29:12same

00:29:13gentry

00:29:13drove

00:29:13the

00:29:14workers

00:29:14too

00:29:14far

00:29:14and

00:29:15their

00:29:15heads

00:29:15came

00:29:15tumbling

00:29:16off

00:29:16like

00:29:16nine

00:29:16bins

00:29:16oh

00:29:17but

00:29:17gentlemen

00:29:17we

00:29:17don't

00:29:18want

00:29:18none

00:29:18of that

00:29:18yeah

00:29:19a knife

00:29:19or a knife

00:29:20or be as

00:29:21bad

00:29:21as

00:29:21and I

00:29:21bent

00:29:22one

00:29:22for going

00:29:22again

00:29:22the law

00:29:23to form a

00:29:23society

00:29:24or join a

00:29:24society

00:29:25it's not

00:29:25illegal

00:29:25it was until

00:29:26recently

00:29:26but it's

00:29:35least

00:29:35you're

00:29:36out

00:29:36in

00:29:36the

00:29:36open

00:29:36under

00:29:36god's

00:29:37sky

00:29:37but in

00:29:38the

00:29:38spinning

00:29:38mills

00:29:39men

00:29:39and

00:29:39women

00:29:39are

00:29:40herded

00:29:40together

00:29:40in

00:29:41rooms

00:29:41and

00:29:41sheds

00:29:42fourteen

00:29:42hours

00:29:43a day

00:29:43and locked

00:29:44in

00:29:44and the air

00:29:45gets foul

00:29:46and their

00:29:46throats

00:29:46get dry

00:29:47and parched

00:29:48till it's

00:29:48torture

00:29:48and even

00:29:50the rain

00:29:50water

00:29:50is kept

00:29:51out of

00:29:51their

00:29:51reach

00:29:51in case

00:29:52they should

00:29:53steal it

00:29:53three shillings

00:29:55a week

00:29:56that's what

00:29:57they pay

00:29:57the children

00:29:58children

00:29:58and little

00:29:58more than

00:29:59babies

00:30:00they get

00:30:00them as

00:30:01soon as

00:30:01they can

00:30:01walk

00:30:01as soon

00:30:02as they

00:30:02can

00:30:02crawl

00:30:02the

00:30:03tinier

00:30:03they are

00:30:04the better

00:30:04to crawl

00:30:04under the

00:30:05machines

00:30:05and pick

00:30:05up the

00:30:06waste

00:30:06cotton

00:30:06and from

00:30:08six in

00:30:09the morning

00:30:09they work

00:30:09until half

00:30:10past eight

00:30:11at night

00:30:11and when the

00:30:12mills are extra

00:30:12busy from

00:30:13three in the

00:30:13morning until

00:30:14ten at night

00:30:14just as long

00:30:16as they can

00:30:16keep them

00:30:17awake

00:30:17they keep

00:30:18them at

00:30:18it

00:30:18but how can

00:30:19the parents

00:30:19allow it

00:30:20they get no

00:30:21relief from

00:30:21the parish

00:30:21unless they

00:30:22send their

00:30:22children to

00:30:23work

00:30:23so it's

00:30:24that or

00:30:25extinction

00:30:25I've seen

00:30:27a mother

00:30:28hurrying off

00:30:28her children

00:30:29to the mills

00:30:29at five in

00:30:30the morning

00:30:31they probably

00:30:31hadn't been

00:30:32in bed

00:30:32six hours

00:30:33and the

00:30:33poor

00:30:34mites

00:30:35were sobbing

00:30:36their hearts

00:30:37out

00:30:37but so

00:30:39was she

00:30:39well gentlemen

00:30:43there'll be

00:30:45one of these

00:30:45union lodges

00:30:46in Tolpero

00:30:47just as soon

00:30:48as we can

00:30:48get it started

00:30:49that's what

00:30:49we've come

00:30:50all this way

00:30:50to hear

00:30:51well Harry

00:30:52we'd better

00:30:53be getting

00:30:53along

00:30:53good night

00:30:55loveless

00:30:55and we're

00:30:55meeting your

00:30:56friends here

00:30:56tomorrow evening

00:30:57at the same

00:30:57time

00:30:58oh

00:30:58about this

00:30:59what you call

00:31:00initiation

00:31:00ceremony

00:31:01there

00:31:01there ain't

00:31:02nothing illegal

00:31:02against the law

00:31:03and that

00:31:03is there

00:31:03gracious

00:31:04no

00:31:04only I'd heard

00:31:05something of a lot

00:31:05of swearing that

00:31:06had to be done

00:31:07the initiation

00:31:08oath

00:31:08oh but that's only

00:31:09what the freemasons

00:31:10do and the

00:31:10orange loggies

00:31:11and the other

00:31:11societies that have

00:31:12their own rights

00:31:13and secrets

00:31:14yeah

00:31:14I don't rightly

00:31:16see the reason

00:31:17of it

00:31:17well loveless

00:31:18you know some

00:31:19of your employers

00:31:20aren't going to be

00:31:20too pleased with you

00:31:21that's true enough

00:31:22and they'll put a

00:31:23black mark against

00:31:24any man who has

00:31:24anything to do

00:31:25with you

00:31:25black mark

00:31:26give them a sack

00:31:26right away

00:31:27probably more so

00:31:28in the country

00:31:29than in the towns

00:31:30so we found it

00:31:31advisable to have

00:31:32these initiations

00:31:33where the men

00:31:34take a solemn

00:31:34pledge to stand

00:31:35by one another

00:31:36and never give

00:31:37each other away

00:31:38oh but I'll explain

00:31:39the whole thing

00:31:39tomorrow evening

00:31:40when I meet your

00:31:40friends

00:31:41yes sir

00:31:41thank you

00:31:42they'll all be

00:31:43here

00:31:43good night

00:31:44Mrs. Loveless

00:31:45good night sir

00:31:45and I shan't

00:31:46never forget

00:31:47the things you

00:31:48said

00:31:48well maybe

00:31:49this evening's

00:31:49been a fateful

00:31:50evening for

00:31:50tall puddle

00:31:51and you

00:31:51and your

00:31:52husband

00:31:52maybe

00:31:52good night

00:31:54loveless

00:31:54good night sir

00:31:55a union

00:32:00lodging

00:32:00tall puddle

00:32:01that'd be

00:32:02good talk

00:32:03hmm

00:32:04and we've got

00:32:05to make it

00:32:06more than

00:32:06tall

00:32:06Betsy

00:32:07oh George

00:32:08I'd be so

00:32:08proud of

00:32:09he

00:32:09I do

00:32:10love

00:32:10he

00:32:10Betsy

00:32:12I've so

00:32:12much to

00:32:13be thankful

00:32:13for

00:32:14well I got

00:32:15you

00:32:15there'd be

00:32:15happiness

00:32:16deep in

00:32:16me

00:32:16all the

00:32:17time

00:32:17I couldn't

00:32:18live without

00:32:18he George

00:32:19I couldn't

00:32:20but Betsy

00:32:21lass

00:32:21you'll never

00:32:22have to

00:32:23you know

00:32:24it is the

00:32:24same with

00:32:24me

00:32:25I couldn't

00:32:27live without

00:32:28you

00:32:28and now

00:32:32Edward

00:32:32Legg

00:32:33hold the

00:32:34Bible

00:32:34kneel and

00:32:36swear

00:32:36say the

00:32:37words out

00:32:38to me

00:32:38as I

00:32:38say them

00:32:39I

00:32:41Edward

00:32:41Legg

00:32:42I

00:32:42Edward

00:32:42Legg

00:32:43do

00:32:43voluntarily

00:32:44declare

00:32:44that I

00:32:46will

00:32:46persevere

00:32:47in

00:32:47endeavouring

00:32:48to support

00:32:48a brotherhood

00:32:49I will

00:32:50persevere

00:32:50and endeavouring

00:32:51to support

00:32:51a brotherhood

00:32:51known by

00:32:52the name

00:32:53of the

00:32:54friendly

00:32:54society

00:32:54of

00:32:55agricultural

00:32:55labourers

00:32:56known by

00:32:57the name

00:32:57of the

00:32:57friendly

00:32:57society

00:32:58of

00:32:58agricultural

00:32:58labourers

00:32:59and I

00:33:00call upon

00:33:00God

00:33:01to witness

00:33:01this

00:33:02my most

00:33:03solemn

00:33:03declaration

00:33:04that neither

00:33:07rewards

00:33:08punishments

00:33:09nor even

00:33:11death

00:33:11itself

00:33:12shall

00:33:14ever

00:33:14induce

00:33:15me

00:33:16to give

00:33:17any

00:33:17information

00:33:18respect

00:33:19and

00:33:19anything

00:33:20contained

00:33:20in

00:33:21this

00:33:21lodge

00:33:21to

00:33:22have

00:33:22any

00:33:22information

00:33:22respect

00:33:23and

00:33:23anything

00:33:23contained

00:33:23in

00:33:24this

00:33:24lodge

00:33:24amen

00:33:25amen

00:33:26kiss the

00:33:27book

00:33:27rise and

00:33:30stand

00:34:00I declare this lodge

00:34:07to be duly closed

00:34:08and so it is

00:34:11God save our noble king

00:34:17William the poor blessing

00:34:22Brethren, e'er we depart

00:34:26Let us join hands and heart

00:34:30May our next meeting be

00:34:35Blessed with sweet harmony

00:34:39Honor and secrecy

00:34:43In this our call

00:34:47Well, Dr. Warren, as the poster

00:34:54you'll see how we've worded it.

00:34:56Mischievous and designing persons

00:34:58have been for some time past

00:35:00endeavouring to induce

00:35:01and have induced

00:35:02many labourers in many parishes

00:35:04in this county

00:35:05to attend meetings

00:35:07and to enter into illegal societies

00:35:09or unions

00:35:10to which they bind themselves

00:35:11by unlawful oaths

00:35:13administered secretly

00:35:14by persons concealed

00:35:16who artfully deceive

00:35:18the ignorant and unwary

00:35:20guilty of felony

00:35:21transported for seven years.

00:35:24We've had that posted

00:35:26all over the place

00:35:27and this morning

00:35:27I had six of the ring leaders

00:35:28arrested.

00:35:29They're here now

00:35:30in the next room

00:35:31with the constable.

00:35:32Before we have him in, Wollaston

00:35:33I had another letter

00:35:34this morning from Lord Melbourne.

00:35:36I think perhaps

00:35:37I ought to tell you, Dr. Warren

00:35:38before we go any further

00:35:39of course this is all

00:35:40very confidential

00:35:40I've had a very considerable

00:35:43correspondence with Lord Melbourne.

00:35:45I considered it my duty

00:35:46to inform him

00:35:46of the very alarming

00:35:47and dangerous state

00:35:48of affairs down here.

00:35:50I mean this combining

00:35:51of the labourers.

00:35:52And Lord Melbourne

00:35:53was good enough

00:35:54to acquaint me with the fact

00:35:55that he himself

00:35:56considered that

00:35:56all these new societies

00:35:58all over the country

00:35:58were one of the most

00:36:00formidable difficulties

00:36:00with which he had to contend.

00:36:02He asked me

00:36:03to send him

00:36:04a complete statement

00:36:05as far as I could

00:36:06concerning this secret oath

00:36:08because he feels

00:36:09as I'm sure we all feel

00:36:11the evil has to be met

00:36:13here and now

00:36:14and a blow dealt

00:36:15while there's yet time

00:36:16before the infection spreads.

00:36:18That's all very well

00:36:19but the point is

00:36:19that this combining

00:36:20is not in itself illegal.

00:36:23A recent act of Parliament

00:36:24made it legal

00:36:24and a damn silly act too.

00:36:27In my view

00:36:27and in the view

00:36:28of the government

00:36:29the whole thing

00:36:30turns on the question

00:36:30of this oath

00:36:31and it's ducibly difficult

00:36:33to get information about it.

00:36:35As a matter of fact Warren

00:36:35we've had one or two men

00:36:36we can trust watching them

00:36:38Legg

00:36:40come in here.

00:36:44Morning gentlemen.

00:36:45This is one of the men

00:36:46who's informed on them.

00:36:48Constable

00:36:49Constable Brine

00:36:50bring those men in.

00:36:54Come on lads

00:36:54in you go.

00:37:04Well Constable

00:37:05you arrested these men

00:37:06this morning?

00:37:07Yes sir.

00:37:07Any trouble?

00:37:08No sir.

00:37:09I went first

00:37:10to George Loveless's house

00:37:11and I said to him

00:37:12I said George Loveless

00:37:13I've a warrant

00:37:14from the magistrate

00:37:15for your arrest.

00:37:16And what did he say?

00:37:17He asked what was

00:37:18in the warrant.

00:37:19And what did you say?

00:37:20I told him to take

00:37:21and read it for himself.

00:37:22You'll be a scholar

00:37:23I said George

00:37:23more than I be.

00:37:24And when he'd read it?

00:37:26Well he gave it back

00:37:27and I said

00:37:27be you willing

00:37:28to go to the magistrate

00:37:30with me?

00:37:30And what was his answer

00:37:31to that?

00:37:32He said he'd come with me

00:37:33to any place

00:37:34wherever I wished.

00:37:34So I took him along

00:37:36with me and arrested

00:37:37each other for you.

00:37:38And here they be.

00:37:39And no trouble

00:37:39with any of them?

00:37:40No sir.

00:37:42George Loveless

00:37:42he told them all

00:37:43to come quiet.

00:37:44He told them

00:37:45they undone not

00:37:46to be ashamed of

00:37:47and they unbroke

00:37:48no law

00:37:48and they'd be backing

00:37:50and in their homes

00:37:50by the evening.

00:37:52Did he?

00:37:53I shall be sorry

00:37:53to disappoint him.

00:37:55Legg,

00:37:56are you prepared

00:37:57to swear

00:37:58that these other men

00:37:59who were present

00:37:59at the meeting

00:38:00at George Loveless's cottage

00:38:00when you were compelled

00:38:01to take this oath?

00:38:03Yes sir.

00:38:04These six?

00:38:05Yes sir.

00:38:06And as far as you know

00:38:06no others?

00:38:07Mr. Wollaston sir.

00:38:08Well,

00:38:09I'm being correct.

00:38:10We needn't go into that now.

00:38:11You'll have plenty of opportunity.

00:38:12But it's being justice.

00:38:13You'll get justice all right.

00:38:14James Hammond boy

00:38:15speak up for yourself.

00:38:16You weren't there

00:38:17when Legg was.

00:38:17Maybe I weren't

00:38:18but I'm with you

00:38:19all the same.

00:38:19I wouldn't be nowhere else

00:38:20but here.

00:38:21But boy,

00:38:21you speak.

00:38:21Let be Mr. Loveless.

00:38:25Constable,

00:38:25take those irons

00:38:26off his wrist.

00:38:32Come here, Loveless.

00:38:35What have you got there

00:38:36in your pocket?

00:38:38So,

00:38:40the proclamation.

00:38:41You can read?

00:38:43Yes sir.

00:38:44Presumably you've read this.

00:38:46Yes sir.

00:38:47This seems to put

00:38:48rather a different complexion

00:38:50on all this fine talk

00:38:51of yours,

00:38:51eh, Loveless?

00:38:52Not breaking the law indeed.

00:38:53Here it is.

00:38:54As plain as can be set out

00:38:55that you were breaking the law.

00:38:56Mr. Wollaston sir,

00:38:57how can you say that?

00:38:58If you paid proper heed

00:38:59to a caution put out

00:39:00by the magistrate,

00:39:00you wouldn't find yourself

00:39:01in this predicament.

00:39:02But I've only posted up

00:39:03the day or four yesterday.

00:39:05How can you say

00:39:06I took no heed of it?

00:39:06I took one down

00:39:08and put it in my pocket.

00:39:09Have it to study.

00:39:11As far as I can make out

00:39:12what we've been brought here for,

00:39:15for forming this union.

00:39:16When that happened?

00:39:16Now on two months ago.

00:39:18So what can you say

00:39:19we knew we were going

00:39:20again the law?

00:39:21I can see it's no good

00:39:22talking to you.

00:39:23No sir.

00:39:25Unless you talk more reasonable.

00:39:26What's that?

00:39:27And would you mind telling me sir

00:39:28in what way

00:39:28we have gone again the law?

00:39:29Oh, you'll find that out all right.

00:39:31And when shall we find out sir?

00:39:32Look here,

00:39:32if there's going to be

00:39:33any cross-examining done,

00:39:34I'm the one to do it.

00:39:35What?

00:39:36What, what?

00:39:37Oh yes.

00:39:38Yes, I agree Dr. Warren.

00:39:40Certainly.

00:39:40Constable,

00:39:42take these five men

00:39:44back into that room

00:39:44and wait.

00:39:47George Loveless,

00:39:48stay here.

00:39:51Legg,

00:39:51you'd better go

00:39:52with those others.

00:39:53But I...

00:39:54What?

00:39:55Oh, very well.

00:39:56You go in the other room then.

00:40:03Well, Loveless,

00:40:05we don't want to be hard on you.

00:40:08We're sorry to see a man

00:40:09of your quality

00:40:09in a situation like this.

00:40:12And we want to give you

00:40:12another chance.

00:40:13If you'll give us your promise

00:40:14here and now

00:40:15to have no more to do

00:40:16with this union,

00:40:18you can walk out of this room

00:40:19a free man

00:40:20and go home

00:40:20to your wife and family.

00:40:23I don't understand, sir.

00:40:24It's quite simple.

00:40:26Tell us all you know

00:40:27of this union,

00:40:28who else belongs to it

00:40:29and so forth.

00:40:30You're asking me

00:40:32to betray my friends?

00:40:33There's no need

00:40:33to put it like that.

00:40:35This be foolish talk, sir.

00:40:36No, Loveless,

00:40:37it's you that's being foolish.

00:40:39We're interested

00:40:40in this union.

00:40:41Why shouldn't we be?

00:40:42Why shouldn't you

00:40:43tell us about it?

00:40:44If it's all

00:40:45above board

00:40:46and legal

00:40:47as you obviously

00:40:48imagine it is.

00:40:49When you started

00:40:50this union

00:40:50or society

00:40:51or whatever it is,

00:40:52you must have had

00:40:52some idea

00:40:53at the back of your head,

00:40:54some purpose.

00:40:56What does it mean to you?

00:40:58Come now,

00:40:59you can tell us that.

00:40:59We meant

00:41:03nothing more, sir,

00:41:05than to unite together

00:41:06to keep up

00:41:07the price of labour

00:41:08and to support each other

00:41:10in time of need.

00:41:11And that's all.

00:41:12Of course, sir,

00:41:13Dr. Warren,

00:41:14you can bear witness.

00:41:15He was there

00:41:15when we met the farmers

00:41:16and were promised

00:41:17to rise in wages.

00:41:18A promise that has been broke.

00:41:20And Dr. Warren said

00:41:21if the farmers went back

00:41:22on their plighted word,

00:41:23he'd...

00:41:23he'd heard that promise

00:41:25and he'd see us right it.

00:41:27I never said

00:41:27anything of a kind.

00:41:32And it was because

00:41:33we learnt

00:41:34we couldn't trust

00:41:35the farmers anymore

00:41:36and we could trust

00:41:37this gentleman

00:41:37for all the livery he wears

00:41:39that we formed

00:41:40this union

00:41:41among ourselves.

00:41:43Well, what's the good

00:41:43of going on with this?

00:41:44A lot of idle,

00:41:45discontented,

00:41:45irreligious dissenters.

00:41:46One moment, doctor.

00:41:48There may be idle,

00:41:49discontented men

00:41:50among them,

00:41:50but I think we've agreed

00:41:51that Loveless

00:41:51is not one of them.

00:41:53He's honest and truthful.

00:41:55That's why I'm the more

00:41:56surprised at your attitude

00:41:56now, Loveless,

00:41:57because you're not

00:41:58telling the truth

00:41:59or are withholding the truth.

00:42:02No, sir.

00:42:02Oh, yes.

00:42:03There's some conspiracy

00:42:05at the back of these unions.

00:42:06No, sir, the reverse.

00:42:07Every man that joins the union

00:42:08is bound not to go again

00:42:09the laws.

00:42:10The laws of the union?

00:42:10Of the country, sir.

00:42:11And what are they bound by?

00:42:15You know very well, Loveless,

00:42:16you've got some secret sign

00:42:18among yourselves

00:42:18by which these societies

00:42:19up and down the country

00:42:20know one another

00:42:20and can keep in touch

00:42:21and start a strike against work

00:42:23or rise up together

00:42:24at the given signal.

00:42:25I know nothing about that, sir.

00:42:27But you must know something

00:42:28about this oath

00:42:29that's administered.

00:42:31I can tell nothing, sir.

00:42:32Have you taken this oath yourself?

00:42:35I can tell nothing, sir.

00:42:37Have you any idea, Loveless,

00:42:39what seven years

00:42:39transportation means?

00:42:43Yes, sir.

00:42:44A hell upon earth

00:42:45those convict settlements

00:42:46have been called.

00:42:47I'm in your hands, gentlemen,

00:42:49but I can tell nothing.

00:42:52Is that your last word?

00:42:54Yes, sir.

00:42:56Constable!

00:42:58Chain him up again

00:42:59and take the six of them

00:43:02to jail.

00:43:03One moment, Constable.

00:43:04There is one final aspect.

00:43:07Men like you, Loveless,

00:43:08often take a misguided pleasure

00:43:09in self-inflicted martyrdom.

00:43:12But in your blind selfishness,

00:43:13have you given a moment's thought

00:43:14to your wife and children?

00:43:17What will be their fate

00:43:18when the wage earner

00:43:18deserts them?

00:43:19You know yourself,

00:43:20you've seen it,

00:43:21to what depths of misery

00:43:22and want they sink,

00:43:23innocent as they are,

00:43:24when the man who was

00:43:25solemnly undertaken

00:43:26before his maker

00:43:27to care for them

00:43:28leaves them utterly unprotected.

00:43:32For seven years,

00:43:34if indeed he ever

00:43:35comes back at all.

00:43:39I can tell nothing, sir.

00:43:42Constable.

00:43:44Well, I'm inclined to think

00:44:01it's all turning out

00:44:02for the best.

00:44:03That man has a large following

00:44:04in these parts.

00:44:06A jury might acquit him.

00:44:07The jury will be

00:44:08very carefully chosen,

00:44:10Dr. Warren.

00:44:11We've got him.

00:44:12I want you to tell us

00:44:20in your own words

00:44:21when first you heard

00:44:23of the union,

00:44:24this society.

00:44:26I...

00:44:27I saw young Bride

00:44:28and James Hammett

00:44:30one evening.

00:44:31And where?

00:44:32In the street.

00:44:34I was in my house

00:44:35and they called me

00:44:37and said they wanted me.

00:44:39And what then?

00:44:39They asked

00:44:41if I go in

00:44:42to Tolpol.

00:44:43And what did you say?

00:44:44Well, I asked what for.

00:44:45And what did they say

00:44:46to that?

00:44:47They said

00:44:47they wanted to see

00:44:49how many

00:44:49they could get together.

00:44:51How many

00:44:52they could get together.

00:44:53Yes.

00:44:55Did you ask

00:44:56any other questions?

00:44:57Any details?

00:44:58Well, I asked

00:44:59whether there was

00:44:59going to be any swearing.

00:45:01What did you ask

00:45:02that for?

00:45:04Well...

00:45:04Well, I heard

00:45:05there was a lot

00:45:06of swearing going on.

00:45:07What do you mean

00:45:08by swearing?

00:45:12Well...

00:45:12Swearing?

00:45:13You don't mean

00:45:14bad language.

00:45:15You mean

00:45:16the swearing of oaths.

00:45:18Yes, sir.

00:45:18Yes.

00:45:19All right.

00:45:20Go on.

00:45:21You asked them

00:45:21straight out

00:45:22if they intended

00:45:22to make you take an oath.

00:45:24Is that what you mean?

00:45:25Yes, sir.

00:45:26So you went along

00:45:27with them

00:45:27towards Tolpuddle?

00:45:28Yes, sir.

00:45:29And when you reached

00:45:29Tolpuddle,

00:45:30where did you go?

00:45:31To George Loveless's.

00:45:33And what happened then?

00:45:34We went inside.

00:45:35Did you see anybody

00:45:36when you went inside?

00:45:38Well, I saw George

00:45:39and his brother.

00:45:40What were they doing?

00:45:41Well,

00:45:42I didn't rightly see them,

00:45:43as you might say.

00:45:44I saw their backsides

00:45:46going on the passage.

00:45:49You say you saw...

00:45:51You saw these men

00:45:53from behind.

00:45:55How do you know

00:45:56who they were?

00:45:57Oh, I know them.

00:45:58They were George Loveless

00:45:59and James Loveless,

00:46:00two of the prisoners

00:46:01in the dock.

00:46:02Yes, sir.

00:46:02You've absolutely no doubt?

00:46:04No, sir.

00:46:05Know them all my life.

00:46:07Now,

00:46:08I want you to tell us

00:46:09what happened to you

00:46:11that evening

00:46:11in George Loveless's cottage.

00:46:13I was took into a room

00:46:15and then young Stanfield,

00:46:18he comes up to me

00:46:19and asks if I'm ready.

00:46:21Ready for what?

00:46:22Ah,

00:46:23that's it.

00:46:23I didn't know.

00:46:24Then what did you say?

00:46:26I said yes.

00:46:28And then he took me

00:46:29by the army, did,

00:46:31and led me along a passage

00:46:32till we were standing

00:46:33outside a door.

00:46:35And then I was took inside.

00:46:38And somebody seemed

00:46:39to be reading

00:46:39a piece from a book.

00:46:41So I don't know

00:46:41what it was all about.

00:46:43Who was in the room?

00:46:45Those six.

00:46:45No one else?

00:46:46No, sir.

00:46:47But you'd swear

00:46:48to those six?

00:46:49Yes, sir.

00:46:51Then what happened?

00:46:51George Loveless,

00:46:53he put a little book

00:46:55into me, Anne.

00:46:55Yes.

00:46:56And said I was

00:46:57to kneel down.

00:46:58Yes.

00:46:59And said I was

00:47:00to repeat words

00:47:01out of him.

00:47:02And I did.

00:47:02Do you remember

00:47:03any of the words

00:47:05you were told to repeat?

00:47:06Can't say as I do.

00:47:07I don't really know

00:47:08what they were all about.

00:47:09Do you remember

00:47:09whether there was

00:47:10anything about

00:47:11promising to keep

00:47:12what you were saying

00:47:13and doing

00:47:14a secret?

00:47:16Yes, sir.

00:47:17There was that.

00:47:19You spoke of having

00:47:20a little book

00:47:21put in your hand

00:47:22to hold.

00:47:23Can you tell us

00:47:23more about the book?

00:47:25At the end,

00:47:26George said

00:47:27I were to kiss it.

00:47:28This book,

00:47:29was it the Bible?

00:47:32Looked like it.

00:47:32Come, come, surely

00:47:33if it was a Bible

00:47:34you'd know it was a Bible.

00:47:36Wouldn't you?

00:47:37Yes, sir.

00:47:38Well, answer the question.

00:47:40Was it the Bible?

00:47:42Yes, sir.

00:47:45And,

00:47:45and after

00:47:47this ceremony

00:47:48or whatever it was,

00:47:49was anything said

00:47:51among yourselves?

00:47:52Yes, sir.

00:47:54They said

00:47:54it was to pay

00:47:55a shilling.

00:47:55A shilling?

00:47:57That's a lot of money

00:47:58for you.

00:47:59A terrible lot.

00:48:00And a penny

00:48:01a week afterwards.

00:48:02And did they tell you

00:48:03why you had to pay it?

00:48:06To support other men

00:48:07when they were

00:48:08standing out of work.

00:48:10Was anything said

00:48:12about stopping work?

00:48:14Striking?

00:48:15Yes, sir.

00:48:16They said

00:48:17we were as brothers.

00:48:19And when we were

00:48:20to stop work

00:48:21we shouldn't have

00:48:22to tell our masters

00:48:23ourselves

00:48:24but that our masters

00:48:26would have a letter

00:48:27sent them.

00:48:33You've told

00:48:34the court,

00:48:34Legg,

00:48:35that one of the

00:48:36prisoners in the dock

00:48:37asked you to repeat

00:48:39certain sentences

00:48:40after him.

00:48:41Yes, sir.

00:48:41And you've told

00:48:42the court

00:48:42that you don't remember

00:48:43what those sentences were.

00:48:46No, sir.

00:48:47Can you repeat

00:48:48here now

00:48:49anything at all

00:48:51of what you repeated

00:48:52then?

00:48:52No, sir.

00:48:53In fact,

00:48:54you can't remember

00:48:55one single word.

00:48:58No, sir.

00:49:00Now, Legg,

00:49:01I want you

00:49:04to look across

00:49:05at those men

00:49:05facing you

00:49:07in the dock.

00:49:08You told my

00:49:09loaded friend

00:49:09that you've known

00:49:11them all your life.

00:49:12Yes, sir.

00:49:13You've grown up

00:49:14with them,

00:49:15played with them

00:49:16as boys,

00:49:17worked with them

00:49:18as men.

00:49:18Is that so?

00:49:19Yes, sir.

00:49:21Have you ever

00:49:22heard a single word

00:49:23against any of them?

00:49:26Can't say

00:49:26yes, I am.

00:49:27You can't say

00:49:28that you have.

00:49:29You'd like

00:49:29to be able to

00:49:30but you can't.

00:49:31But in fact,

00:49:33they were your friends.

00:49:35Your very good friends.

00:49:37Yes, sir.

00:49:38Yes.

00:49:39Yet you go

00:49:40to the house

00:49:40of one of them.

00:49:41the house

00:49:42of one of your

00:49:43oldest friends.

00:49:44And immediately

00:49:45you rush off

00:49:46and tell some story.

00:49:48Oh,

00:49:48vague,

00:49:49rambling,

00:49:49uncertain story,

00:49:50it's true,

00:49:51but with one object

00:49:53of getting

00:49:54your fellow workers

00:49:55into trouble.

00:49:58And, uh,

00:50:00what is your answer

00:50:01to that?

00:50:02Well,

00:50:03I must say

00:50:06I'm not surprised

00:50:07you can't find one.

00:50:10You understood

00:50:12that there was

00:50:13to be no swearing.

00:50:15You were tricked

00:50:15into taking

00:50:16what you believed

00:50:17to be an oath.

00:50:18And you considered

00:50:19that you had a duty

00:50:20that transcended friendship.

00:50:22Yes, sir.

00:50:23If that'll do,

00:50:24you can stand down.

00:50:28Any further witnesses?

00:50:29No, I'll come back.

00:50:30Close is the case

00:50:31for the prosecution.

00:50:35Gentlemen of the jury,

00:50:38the first point

00:50:39that it is my duty

00:50:41to make perfectly

00:50:42and absolutely clear

00:50:43in all your minds

00:50:44is that these six men

00:50:46who stand before you

00:50:48as prisoners

00:50:48in the dock

00:50:49stand there

00:50:51indicted

00:50:52under an act

00:50:53of Parliament

00:50:54passed in the reign

00:50:55of His Majesty

00:50:55King George III

00:50:57in 1797

00:50:58nearly half a century ago.

00:51:03It was an act

00:51:04that was dealt

00:51:05with certain

00:51:06evilly disposed persons

00:51:08who were at that time

00:51:10seeking to seduce

00:51:12His Majesty's forces

00:51:13by land and sea

00:51:14from their duty

00:51:15and allegiance

00:51:16and incite them

00:51:17to acts of mutiny

00:51:18and sedition

00:51:19and were administering

00:51:21an oath

00:51:22in their attempt.

00:51:25Now, gentlemen,

00:51:27this act was doubtless

00:51:28very properly framed

00:51:29for the protection

00:51:30of soldiers and seamen

00:51:32against evilly disposed persons

00:51:34at a time

00:51:35of considerable danger.

00:51:38But I want to put it

00:51:40before you

00:51:41that it is a gross

00:51:42mishandling of fact

00:51:44to pretend

00:51:46that those six men

00:51:47are in any way

00:51:48the evilly disposed persons

00:51:50against whom

00:51:52this measure was designed.

00:51:54Indeed, gentlemen,

00:51:56here in this court today

00:51:58for everyone

00:52:00who has any knowledge

00:52:01of his fellow men

00:52:02the very opposite

00:52:03has been proved.

00:52:05These men

00:52:06are respectable,

00:52:08honest,

00:52:09hard-working,

00:52:10laboring men.

00:52:10and witnesses,

00:52:16mind you,

00:52:17brought here

00:52:19and put into that box

00:52:20not by the defence

00:52:22but by the prosecution.

00:52:25You've heard

00:52:25their employers,

00:52:26the farmers

00:52:26for whom they worked,

00:52:28brought here

00:52:29to give information

00:52:30against them

00:52:31who had to admit

00:52:33on oath

00:52:34that these men,

00:52:36the prisoners,

00:52:36were the best men

00:52:37they'd ever had

00:52:38on their farms

00:52:39and apart

00:52:40from this alleged crime

00:52:41of forming a union

00:52:43there was absolutely

00:52:45nothing

00:52:46against them.

00:52:48Try as they might

00:52:49the prosecution

00:52:50have not been able

00:52:51to blacken the character

00:52:52of one of those men

00:52:53in one single detail.

00:52:58And when all said

00:52:59what have they done?

00:53:02They have formed

00:53:03among themselves

00:53:04what is no more

00:53:05or less

00:53:06than an agricultural

00:53:07friendly society.

00:53:10A society

00:53:10to provide a fund

00:53:11out of their own wages

00:53:13for mutual succour

00:53:15in their hours of need.

00:53:18It is passed

00:53:19by comprehension

00:53:20that the forming

00:53:21of such a society

00:53:22can by any stretch

00:53:24of imagination

00:53:25be deemed a mutinous

00:53:26or seditious act.

00:53:28I will go further.

00:53:30I will suggest

00:53:31so far from being

00:53:33evilly disposed

00:53:35they have acted

00:53:38as you.

00:53:44Praiseworthy spirit

00:53:45of prudence

00:53:46and foresight.

00:53:48Oh, gentlemen.

00:53:50If you look

00:53:52honestly

00:53:52into your own hearts

00:53:54you must find

00:53:55they are not

00:53:56blamed

00:53:57for what they've done

00:53:58with admiration.

00:54:02Now, before I resume

00:54:04my seat

00:54:04one final word

00:54:06as to this oath

00:54:08to which the prosecution

00:54:10attached

00:54:10supreme importance.

00:54:12Now,

00:54:13even supposing

00:54:14that this act

00:54:14of 1797

00:54:15has any bearing

00:54:16on this case at all

00:54:18which I most

00:54:19emphatically deny

00:54:20but even so

00:54:21that act requires

00:54:23that the administering

00:54:26of an illegal oath

00:54:27should be

00:54:28explicitly

00:54:29proved.

00:54:31And has it been?

00:54:33Well, there's

00:54:33a new one answer.

00:54:35As surely

00:54:36as I'm standing here

00:54:37it has not.

00:54:39To prove

00:54:40this most vital

00:54:41point of their case

00:54:42the prosecution

00:54:43have brought here

00:54:44just one witness.

00:54:46Hmm.

00:54:47And a peculiarly

00:54:48stupid one at that.

00:54:50And what's the next story?

00:54:51That at a certain

00:54:52meeting

00:54:53to which he obviously

00:54:54went of his own

00:54:55free will

00:54:56some words

00:54:57were uttered

00:54:58by whom

00:54:58he didn't know

00:54:59about something

00:55:00he didn't understand

00:55:02and for what purpose

00:55:02he couldn't imagine.

00:55:05I most confidently

00:55:07submit

00:55:07that not

00:55:08one charge

00:55:10brought against

00:55:11any of the prisoners

00:55:12has been proved.

00:55:17And if here today

00:55:18they are branded

00:55:19before the world

00:55:20as criminals

00:55:21there will be

00:55:23a most profound

00:55:24and disturbing

00:55:26dissatisfaction

00:55:27from one end

00:55:28of this country

00:55:29to the other.

00:55:33Never before

00:55:34in the whole

00:55:35of my legal career

00:55:37have I felt

00:55:38as strongly

00:55:39as I feel now

00:55:40that not only

00:55:41mercy

00:55:42and humanity

00:55:43but truth

00:55:45and justice

00:55:46try out

00:55:48for your verdict

00:55:50of not guilty.

00:55:57You have heard

00:55:58a good deal

00:55:59during this case

00:56:00of the

00:56:01Unlawful Oaths

00:56:02Act of 1797

00:56:04the act of parliament

00:56:06under which

00:56:06the indictment

00:56:07against the prisoners

00:56:08has been framed.

00:56:10And the

00:56:10Council for Defense

00:56:11in his very able

00:56:13handling of the case

00:56:14quoted certain

00:56:15portions of this act

00:56:16that dealt

00:56:17particularly with

00:56:18cases of mutiny

00:56:19and sedition.

00:56:21But there is

00:56:22more to be said

00:56:23than that.

00:56:25You must bear

00:56:25in mind

00:56:26and this is

00:56:27a vitally

00:56:28important point

00:56:28that this statute

00:56:30extends to

00:56:31all societies

00:56:32the objects

00:56:33of which

00:56:34are illegal.

00:56:36So that

00:56:37if you consider

00:56:38that you have

00:56:39had proper evidence

00:56:40that some person

00:56:41or persons

00:56:42administered

00:56:43an oath

00:56:44to bind

00:56:44to secrecy

00:56:45for any

00:56:45legal purpose

00:56:46there is no

00:56:48doubt or question

00:56:49but that such

00:56:50an oath

00:56:50comes within

00:56:51the act

00:56:52even though

00:56:53there may be

00:56:54no evidence

00:56:55to satisfy you

00:56:56that it is

00:56:56connected with

00:56:57a seditious

00:56:57purpose.

00:56:59That is all

00:57:00I have to say.

00:57:02I need hardly

00:57:03remind you

00:57:04that the case

00:57:05and your verdict

00:57:07is of

00:57:08far-reaching

00:57:09import.

00:57:11That such

00:57:12societies do exist

00:57:13this is common

00:57:13knowledge

00:57:14and if they

00:57:15are allowed

00:57:16to continue

00:57:16there can be

00:57:18no doubt

00:57:18but that they

00:57:19will ruin

00:57:19masters

00:57:20cause a

00:57:21stagnation in

00:57:22trade

00:57:22and destroy

00:57:24property.

00:57:26Gentlemen,

00:57:27you will consider

00:57:28your verdict.

00:57:29prisoners at the bar

00:57:39you have been

00:57:40found guilty.

00:57:42Have you anything

00:57:43to say before

00:57:43I pronounce

00:57:44sentence upon

00:57:45you?

00:57:46Aye.

00:57:47Shall I say

00:57:48something?

00:57:49What's that?

00:57:50Did one of them

00:57:51say anything?

00:57:52Yes, my lord.

00:57:53One of the prisoners

00:57:54said he would like

00:57:55to say something.

00:57:57All right.

00:57:57Very well.

00:57:59Let him say it

00:57:59in as few words

00:58:01as possible.

00:58:02My lord,

00:58:04I should like

00:58:05to say this.

00:58:06If we have

00:58:07violated any law

00:58:08it was not

00:58:10done intentionally.

00:58:12We have injured

00:58:13no man's

00:58:13reputation,

00:58:16character,

00:58:17person or property.

00:58:20We were

00:58:20uniting together

00:58:21to preserve

00:58:23ourselves,

00:58:24our wives

00:58:24and our

00:58:25children

00:58:26from utter

00:58:28degradation

00:58:28and starvation.

00:58:29We challenge

00:58:30any man

00:58:30or number

00:58:31of men

00:58:31to prove

00:58:33that we have

00:58:33acted or

00:58:34intended to

00:58:34act

00:58:35different

00:58:36from what

00:58:38I've said.

00:58:40The law

00:58:41punishes

00:58:42not for the

00:58:42sake of

00:58:43revenge.

00:58:44That is not

00:58:45in the view

00:58:45of those

00:58:46who administer

00:58:46the law

00:58:47nor the

00:58:47intention

00:58:48of the law

00:58:49itself.

00:58:49It punishes

00:58:51for the

00:58:52sake of

00:58:52example.

00:58:54Having

00:58:55deliberated

00:58:55well and

00:58:56seriously

00:58:56upon all

00:58:57that has

00:58:58been said

00:58:58on your

00:58:58behalf,

00:59:00having

00:59:00deliberated

00:59:01well and

00:59:01seriously

00:59:02as to

00:59:02what is

00:59:03my own

00:59:03duty,

00:59:05I feel

00:59:05I have

00:59:06no discretion

00:59:06but that

00:59:08I am

00:59:08bound to

00:59:08renounce

00:59:09the sentence

00:59:09of the

00:59:10law

00:59:10which the

00:59:10act of

00:59:11parliament

00:59:11has

00:59:11provided.

00:59:13And in

00:59:14so doing

00:59:14I have

00:59:15in mind

00:59:16not so

00:59:17much

00:59:17anything

00:59:17that you

00:59:18may have

00:59:18done

00:59:19or indeed

00:59:20that can

00:59:20be proved

00:59:21you intended

00:59:21to do

00:59:22but as

00:59:22I say

00:59:23that your

00:59:24punishment

00:59:24should be

00:59:25as an

00:59:26example

00:59:26to others.

00:59:28The

00:59:29sentence

00:59:29is seven

00:59:30years

00:59:30transportation

00:59:31across

00:59:32His

00:59:32Majesty's

00:59:33high seas

00:59:33upon

00:59:34each

00:59:34and

00:59:35every

00:59:35one

00:59:35of

00:59:36you.

00:59:45Jenny?

00:59:46Jenny?

00:59:47Go through

00:59:47there.

00:59:48Be your

00:59:48mother

00:59:48back?

00:59:49No.

00:59:50I just

00:59:50gave Nellie

00:59:51and little

00:59:51Georgie

00:59:51their supper

00:59:52and put

00:59:52into bed.

00:59:53Oh,

00:59:53the London

00:59:54coach

00:59:54we've

00:59:54just

00:59:54gone

00:59:55through.

00:59:55And

00:59:55who do

00:59:56you

00:59:56think

00:59:56got

00:59:56down

00:59:56off

00:59:56it?

00:59:57One

00:59:57of

00:59:57those

00:59:57gentlemen

00:59:58that

00:59:58come

00:59:58down

00:59:58your

00:59:58floor

00:59:59and

00:59:59persuaded

00:59:59your

01:00:00father

01:00:00and told

01:00:00him there

01:00:01was no

01:00:01arm

01:00:01in it.

01:00:02Be he

01:00:02coming here?

01:00:03Where else?

01:00:04Here he

01:00:04come.

01:00:05Oh,

01:00:06and there'll

01:00:06be two

01:00:06others

01:00:06with him.

01:00:07The

01:00:07one

01:00:07that

01:00:08told

01:00:08father

01:00:08there

01:00:08were

01:00:08no

01:00:09arm

01:00:09in it.

01:00:09Ah,

01:00:10if

01:00:10mother

01:00:10come

01:00:10in

01:00:11when

01:00:11he

01:00:11be

01:00:11here.

01:00:11Good

01:00:12day.

01:00:14May

01:00:14we

01:00:14come

01:00:15in?

01:00:17Are

01:00:17you

01:00:18one

01:00:18of

01:00:18the

01:00:18family?

01:00:19I

01:00:19be

01:00:19a

01:00:20neighbor.

01:00:20This

01:00:21be

01:00:21Jenny

01:00:21their

01:00:21eldest.

01:00:22How

01:00:22do

01:00:22you

01:00:22do?

01:00:24Is

01:00:24your

01:00:25mother

01:00:25in?

01:00:26Mother

01:00:26be

01:00:26in

01:00:26the

01:00:26fields

01:00:27working.

01:00:28What

01:00:28be

01:00:28you

01:00:29come

01:00:29for?

01:00:29Why

01:00:30to

01:00:31see

01:00:31your

01:00:31mother?

01:00:32Are

01:00:32you

01:00:32sure

01:00:32it

01:00:32run

01:00:32to

01:00:33see

01:00:33my

01:00:33father?

01:00:34He

01:00:34been

01:00:34here.

01:00:35Didn't

01:00:35you

01:00:35know?

01:00:36Jenny?

01:00:36Ah,

01:00:37Mrs.

01:00:37Loveless.

01:00:38Yes?

01:00:39You

01:00:39remember

01:00:40me?

01:00:41Oh,

01:00:41yes.

01:00:43I

01:00:43remember

01:00:43you

01:00:44very

01:00:44well.

01:00:45I

01:00:45hope

01:00:46you

01:00:46will

01:00:46find

01:00:46it

01:00:47in

01:00:47your

01:00:47heart

01:00:47to

01:00:48forgive

01:00:48me.

01:00:49When

01:00:49you

01:00:49were

01:00:49here

01:00:49for

01:00:50you

01:00:50only

01:00:51said

01:00:51things

01:00:51you

01:00:51thought

01:00:52was

01:00:52true.

01:00:53As

01:00:53far

01:00:53as

01:00:53I

01:00:53can

01:00:53see

01:00:54they

01:00:54was

01:00:54true.

01:00:55Can

01:00:56you

01:00:56I

01:00:56have

01:00:56to

01:00:56forgive?

01:00:57That's

01:00:57very

01:00:58generous

01:00:58of

01:00:58you.

01:00:58I

01:00:59think

01:00:59I

01:00:59be

01:00:59more

01:00:59to

01:00:59blame

01:01:00for

01:01:00where

01:01:00he

01:01:00is

01:01:00now

01:01:00than

01:01:00anyone.

01:01:02Only

01:01:02maybe

01:01:03he's

01:01:03done

01:01:03what

01:01:03he's

01:01:03done

01:01:04without

01:01:04neither

01:01:04you

01:01:04nor

01:01:05me.

01:01:05Mrs.

01:01:05Loveless,

01:01:06these

01:01:06are

01:01:06two

01:01:07gentlemen

01:01:07who

01:01:07want

01:01:07to

01:01:07do

01:01:07what

01:01:08they

01:01:08can

01:01:08to

01:01:08help

01:01:08you.

01:01:09Mr.

01:01:10Walkley

01:01:10and

01:01:11Mr.

01:01:11Owen.

01:01:12Mr.

01:01:13Robert

01:01:13Owen.

01:01:13This

01:01:14is a

01:01:14great

01:01:15honour.

01:01:16I'm

01:01:16proud

01:01:16to

01:01:16meet

01:01:17you.

01:01:17Very

01:01:17proud.

01:01:19Have

01:01:19you

01:01:19had

01:01:19any

01:01:19news

01:01:20of

01:01:20your

01:01:20husband?

01:01:20Well,

01:01:21they've

01:01:21took

01:01:21him.

01:01:22He's

01:01:22gone.

01:01:22He's

01:01:22been

01:01:23here.

01:01:24That's

01:01:24all I

01:01:24know.

01:01:26I've

01:01:26heard

01:01:27nothing

01:01:27next to

01:01:28him.

01:01:30Ginny,

01:01:30you'd

01:01:31best be

01:01:31going up

01:01:31to

01:01:31Nellie

01:01:32and

01:01:32little

01:01:32Georgie.

01:01:33But

01:01:33mother!

01:01:33It'd

01:01:33be

01:01:33easier

01:01:34for me

01:01:34with

01:01:35these

01:01:35gentlemen

01:01:35with

01:01:35you

01:01:35away.

01:01:37Yes,

01:01:37mother,

01:01:38if you

01:01:38want.

01:01:41No.

01:01:42Nothing

01:01:43except he

01:01:44were ill.

01:01:45They

01:01:45must have

01:01:46treated him

01:01:46terrible

01:01:47hard.

01:01:47Not

01:01:48necessarily.

01:01:48I

01:01:48never

01:01:49knowed

01:01:49him to

01:01:49have

01:01:49a

01:01:49day's

01:01:50illness.

01:01:51I

01:01:51need

01:01:52to

01:01:52be

01:01:52bad

01:01:52and

01:01:52mean

01:01:53not

01:01:53by.

01:01:55When

01:01:55he

01:01:56were

01:01:56better,

01:01:56they

01:01:56took

01:01:57him

01:01:57to

01:01:57Portsmouth.

01:01:58I

01:01:58had a

01:01:58word

01:01:59about

01:01:59him

01:01:59from

01:01:59there,

01:02:00from

01:02:00the

01:02:00clerk

01:02:01of

01:02:01the

01:02:01prison

01:02:01that

01:02:01went

01:02:02with

01:02:02him

01:02:02to

01:02:02guard

01:02:02him.

01:02:03He

01:02:03came

01:02:05and

01:02:06told

01:02:06me.

01:02:07It

01:02:08was

01:02:08when

01:02:08he

01:02:08was

01:02:08being

01:02:09took

01:02:09through

01:02:09Salisbury.

01:02:11And

01:02:11the

01:02:11clerk

01:02:12of

01:02:12the

01:02:12prison

01:02:12said

01:02:12to

01:02:13him,

01:02:14will

01:02:14I

01:02:14take

01:02:14off

01:02:15the

01:02:15irons

01:02:15from

01:02:20you'll

01:02:21put

01:02:22him

01:02:22on

01:02:22again

01:02:22after

01:02:22we're

01:02:22out

01:02:23of

01:02:23the

01:02:23town,

01:02:23asked

01:02:24my

01:02:24George.

01:02:25I'll

01:02:25have to

01:02:26say

01:02:26the

01:02:26clerk.

01:02:27And

01:02:28let

01:02:28him

01:02:28stay,

01:02:28says

01:02:29my

01:02:29George.

01:02:29The

01:02:29shame

01:02:30of

01:02:30these

01:02:30things

01:02:30isn't

01:02:30mine,

01:02:31but

01:02:31to

01:02:31those

01:02:32that

01:02:32caused

01:02:32them

01:02:32to

01:02:32be

01:02:33put

01:02:33upon

01:02:33me.

01:02:33Oh,

01:02:34that

01:02:34was

01:02:34fine.

01:02:34They'll

01:02:35not

01:02:35break

01:02:35his

01:02:35spirit,

01:02:36not

01:02:36my

01:02:36George's.

01:02:37And

01:02:38if

01:02:38he

01:02:38be

01:02:38keeping

01:02:38his

01:02:39spirit

01:02:39up,

01:02:39it's

01:02:40best

01:02:40I

01:02:40should.

01:02:42We

01:02:42was

01:02:42always

01:02:42as

01:02:43one.

01:02:44But

01:02:45I

01:02:45aunt

01:02:46had

01:02:46no

01:02:47word

01:02:47from

01:02:47him,

01:02:48not

01:02:48from

01:02:48him

01:02:48himself.

01:02:50He'd

01:02:50be

01:02:50out

01:02:50of

01:02:50reach.

01:02:53It'd

01:02:53be

01:02:53queer

01:02:54standing

01:02:54here

01:02:55and

01:02:55saying

01:02:55he'd

01:02:55be

01:02:55out

01:02:56of

01:02:56reach.

01:02:57And

01:02:57there

01:02:58be

01:02:58his

01:02:59coat

01:02:59on

01:02:59the

01:02:59wall

01:03:00there.

01:03:02Who

01:03:03be

01:03:03that?

01:03:04Susan,

01:03:04see

01:03:04you

01:03:05it

01:03:05be.

01:03:07Mrs.

01:03:07George

01:03:08Loveless,

01:03:08Livia?

01:03:09Huh?

01:03:09Oh,

01:03:10thank

01:03:10you.

01:03:13It's a

01:03:13letter,

01:03:13Betsy.

01:03:14From

01:03:14George,

01:03:14be it

01:03:15from

01:03:15George.

01:03:17Aye.

01:03:26Well,

01:03:27may we

01:03:28know?

01:03:29You

01:03:29can

01:03:30read

01:03:30it.

01:03:31If

01:03:31you

01:03:31want.

01:03:32Take

01:03:32it,

01:03:33sir.

01:03:36Good

01:03:37God.

01:03:38Written

01:03:38from the

01:03:39ship.

01:03:41Ever

01:03:41been on

01:03:41a

01:03:41convict

01:03:41ship,

01:03:42Walkley?

01:03:42No,

01:03:43but I

01:03:43can

01:03:43imagine

01:03:43what

01:03:43it's

01:03:44like.

01:03:44Indeed,

01:03:44you

01:03:45can't.

01:03:46Listen

01:03:47to this.

01:03:49Depend

01:03:49upon it.

01:03:50All

01:03:50will

01:03:50work

01:03:51together

01:03:51for

01:03:51good,

01:03:52and we

01:03:53shall

01:03:53yet

01:03:53rejoice

01:03:53together.

01:03:55I

01:03:55hope you

01:03:56will pay

01:03:56particular

01:03:56attention

01:03:57to the

01:03:57morals

01:03:57and

01:03:58spiritual

01:03:58interests

01:03:59of the

01:03:59children.

01:04:00Don't

01:04:00send me

01:04:01any money

01:04:01to

01:04:01distress

01:04:02yourself.

01:04:03I

01:04:04shall

01:04:04do

01:04:04well,

01:04:05for he

01:04:05who is

01:04:06Lord of

01:04:06the

01:04:06winds

01:04:06and

01:04:07waves

01:04:07will be

01:04:08my

01:04:08support

01:04:08in

01:04:09life

01:04:09and

01:04:09death.

01:04:11And here,

01:04:13and here

01:04:13again,

01:04:15you may

01:04:16safely rely

01:04:16upon it.

01:04:18I shall

01:04:18never forget

01:04:18the promise

01:04:19made at the

01:04:20altar,

01:04:21and though we

01:04:21may part a

01:04:22while,

01:04:22I shall

01:04:22consider myself

01:04:23under the

01:04:24same

01:04:24obligations,

01:04:26as though

01:04:26living in

01:04:27your immediate

01:04:27presence.

01:04:29Mrs.

01:04:30Loveless,

01:04:30may I keep

01:04:31this letter

01:04:31for a day

01:04:32or two?

01:04:32Keep

01:04:32it,

01:04:33sir.

01:04:33You

01:04:33see,

01:04:34Mrs.

01:04:34Loveless,

01:04:34I'm speaking

01:04:35in the

01:04:35house tomorrow

01:04:36evening.

01:04:36Yes,

01:04:37sir.

01:04:38Whose

01:04:38house,

01:04:38sir?

01:04:39The

01:04:40House of

01:04:40Commons,

01:04:41Parliament.

01:04:42And if

01:04:43you'd

01:04:43allow me to

01:04:43have this

01:04:44letter and

01:04:44perhaps read

01:04:45some of it.

01:04:45You'll have

01:04:45it read

01:04:46out,

01:04:46sir,

01:04:46for all

01:04:47to hear.

01:04:48It were

01:04:48to me,

01:04:49sir,

01:04:49his last

01:04:49words to

01:04:50me.

01:04:50I

01:04:50appreciate

01:04:51that.

01:04:52But you

01:04:52see,

01:04:52Mrs.

01:04:52Loveless,

01:04:53the

01:04:53government and

01:04:53their supporters

01:04:54everywhere are

01:04:55doing everything

01:04:56they can to

01:04:57spread the

01:04:57impression that

01:04:58your husband

01:04:58and his

01:04:59friends were,

01:05:00well,

01:05:01a bad

01:05:01lot.

01:05:02Poachers,

01:05:02smugglers,

01:05:03rioters,

01:05:03thieves.

01:05:04Them,

01:05:04rioters,

01:05:05my George,

01:05:06a thief.

01:05:07And if

01:05:07I could

01:05:07have this

01:05:08in my

01:05:08hand when

01:05:08I was

01:05:09on my

01:05:09feet in

01:05:09the house,

01:05:10it would

01:05:11be a

01:05:11very great

01:05:12help to

01:05:13us and

01:05:14to him.

01:05:15If it

01:05:15would be

01:05:16out to

01:05:16George,

01:05:17sir.

01:05:17I can.

01:05:18Of course,

01:05:19sir.

01:05:23It were

01:05:24written on

01:05:25the ship?

01:05:25Yes.

01:05:27A.B.

01:05:27gone now?

01:05:29Yes.

01:05:30How long

01:05:30do it

01:05:31take to

01:05:31get to

01:05:31the side

01:05:32of the

01:05:32world?

01:05:33About

01:05:34twelve

01:05:35weeks or

01:05:35so.

01:05:36Susan,

01:05:38will you

01:05:39thank the

01:05:40gentleman

01:05:40and tell

01:05:42him what

01:05:42they go

01:05:43now?

01:05:44Gentlemen?

01:05:45Mrs.

01:05:45Loveless,

01:05:46we have

01:05:47arranged that

01:05:47you and

01:05:48your children

01:05:48should be

01:05:49well looked

01:05:49after while

01:05:50your husband

01:05:50is away.

01:05:51As far as

01:05:52money is

01:05:53concerned,

01:05:53you understand?

01:05:54You're all

01:05:55very good to

01:05:55me,

01:05:56gentlemen,

01:05:56and kind,

01:05:57and I'd

01:05:58be grateful.

01:05:59But not

01:05:59now.

01:06:01It don't

01:06:02seem as

01:06:03though I

01:06:03could

01:06:03lessen.

01:06:05Good night,

01:06:05my man.

01:06:11Leave me be,

01:06:12Susan.

01:06:14Good night.

01:06:15Good night.

01:06:15I don't

01:06:25think I've

01:06:25ever seen

01:06:26a crowd

01:06:26like this

01:06:26in London

01:06:27before.

01:06:27Certainly

01:06:27not here

01:06:28in the

01:06:28Tottenham

01:06:28Court Road.

01:06:29Well,

01:06:30the procession

01:06:30should be

01:06:31coming round

01:06:31that corner

01:06:32any moment

01:06:33now.

01:06:33Thank God,

01:06:33there won't

01:06:34be any

01:06:34trouble.

01:06:35With these

01:06:35thousands of

01:06:35people out

01:06:36in the

01:06:36streets,

01:06:36anything

01:06:36might

01:06:36happen.

01:06:37Where's

01:06:37our

01:06:37right

01:06:38Reverend

01:06:38Doctor

01:06:38of

01:06:38Divinity?

01:06:39Wait,

01:06:39he's

01:06:40leading the

01:06:40procession.

01:06:41But he

01:06:41said he'd

01:06:41leave them

01:06:41at Russell

01:06:42Square,

01:06:42cut round

01:06:43behind the

01:06:43British

01:06:43Museum and

01:06:44join us

01:06:44here.

01:06:44This way.

01:06:45Come along.

01:06:46And Mr.

01:06:47Owen.

01:06:47Mrs.

01:06:48Loveless.

01:06:49Come here's

01:06:49Mrs.

01:06:50Loveless.

01:06:50Oh,

01:06:50I'm so glad

01:06:51you're here.

01:06:52And only

01:06:52just in

01:06:52Tottenham.

01:06:53Well,

01:06:53any further

01:06:53news of

01:06:54him?

01:06:54Nothing.

01:06:55Nothing,

01:06:55sir.

01:06:56But Sarah

01:06:56had a letter

01:06:57from James,

01:06:58his brother.

01:06:59Close the

01:06:59window.

01:07:00Yes?

01:07:02Fourteen

01:07:02weeks on

01:07:03the sea they

01:07:03was.

01:07:04Oh,

01:07:04we're a

01:07:05terrible

01:07:05letter.

01:07:06Chained up

01:07:07they was

01:07:07all the

01:07:07time with

01:07:08men the

01:07:09lake of

01:07:11some men

01:07:12and treated

01:07:13worse than

01:07:13any beast.

01:07:15The old

01:07:15time they

01:07:16was on

01:07:16that ship,

01:07:17the old

01:07:18fourteen

01:07:18weeks,

01:07:19they wasn't

01:07:20able to

01:07:20stretch

01:07:21their souls

01:07:21out and

01:07:22lay down.

01:07:24Oh,

01:07:25sir,

01:07:25what be

01:07:26they doing

01:07:26to my

01:07:27George?

01:07:27What be

01:07:28they doing

01:07:29to him?

01:07:30Don't

01:07:31cry,

01:07:31Mrs.

01:07:31Loveless.

01:07:32Don't

01:07:32cry.

01:07:33We're

01:07:33going to

01:07:33get him

01:07:34back.

01:07:35We're

01:07:35going to

01:07:35get them

01:07:35all back.

01:07:36There's

01:07:36been such

01:07:37an outcry,

01:07:37such

01:07:38indignation

01:07:38from one

01:07:39end of

01:07:39the country

01:07:39to the

01:07:40other.

01:07:40And not

01:07:40only from

01:07:40the workers,

01:07:41Mrs.

01:07:41Loveless,

01:07:41but from

01:07:42many

01:07:42thousands

01:07:42who don't

01:07:43even approve

01:07:43of these

01:07:44new unions

01:07:44but are

01:07:45jealous of

01:07:45their country's

01:07:45good name.

01:07:46Protest meetings,

01:07:47demonstrations,

01:07:48processions all

01:07:48over the

01:07:49country.

01:07:49Almost beyond

01:07:50belief.

01:07:50Why,

01:07:51in the last

01:07:51few weeks

01:07:52we've had

01:07:52resolutions

01:07:52from...

01:07:53Cobb,

01:07:54where's

01:07:54that list?

01:07:55Ah,

01:07:55yes,

01:07:55here we are.

01:07:56In the

01:07:56last few

01:07:57weeks from

01:07:57Newcastle,

01:07:58Belfast,

01:07:59Cheltenham,

01:08:00Howell,

01:08:00Yeovil,

01:08:01Liverpool,

01:08:01Leeds,

01:08:02Madalaban,

01:08:03Wolverhampton,

01:08:04Macclesfield,

01:08:05Loughborough,

01:08:05Sheffield,

01:08:06Nottingham,

01:08:07Walsall,

01:08:07Barnsley,

01:08:08Leicester,

01:08:08Bradford,

01:08:09Manchester,

01:08:10Halifax.

01:08:10Not so bad.

01:08:12It's the

01:08:12spontaneity of

01:08:13it that's so

01:08:14amazing.

01:08:15Not meetings

01:08:16of a few

01:08:16hundred,

01:08:16but thousands,

01:08:18tens of

01:08:18thousands.

01:08:19And today

01:08:19is our

01:08:20crowning effort.

01:08:21You saw

01:08:21the crowds

01:08:21as you

01:08:22came along?

01:08:22I didn't

01:08:23know there

01:08:23were so

01:08:23many people

01:08:24in the

01:08:24world.

01:08:25A great

01:08:25procession

01:08:26formed up

01:08:26this morning

01:08:26in Copenhagen

01:08:27Fields,

01:08:27right the

01:08:28other side

01:08:28of London,

01:08:29behind

01:08:29King's

01:08:29Cross,

01:08:30and they're

01:08:30marching now

01:08:31to Whitehall

01:08:31to deliver

01:08:32an enormous

01:08:33petition for

01:08:33a free

01:08:34pardon to

01:08:34the Home

01:08:34Secretary,

01:08:35to be

01:08:36presented to

01:08:36the King

01:08:36himself.

01:08:37The

01:08:37Reverend

01:08:37Wade's

01:08:38here.

01:08:38He's just

01:08:38come in.

01:08:39The procession's

01:08:39just around

01:08:40the corner.

01:08:40He's been

01:08:41at the head

01:08:41of it on

01:08:41a horse

01:08:42in his

01:08:42full rig

01:08:43out.

01:08:44By God,

01:08:44that

01:08:45Parson's

01:08:45a great

01:08:45man.

01:08:47Here he

01:08:47is.

01:08:47Well,

01:08:48Wade,

01:08:48how are

01:08:49things going?

01:08:49Going

01:08:49magnificent,

01:08:51magnificent,

01:08:52beyond all

01:08:53expectation.

01:08:54What a

01:08:54day.

01:08:56Our

01:08:56people began

01:08:57to collect

01:08:57and form

01:08:57up as

01:08:58arranged in

01:08:58perfect order

01:08:59at seven

01:08:59o'clock

01:08:59this

01:08:59morning.

01:09:00They're

01:09:00marching

01:09:00now,

01:09:00a few

01:09:01moments

01:09:01off,

01:09:01a hundred

01:09:02thousand

01:09:02strong.

01:09:03Knowing,

01:09:04old friend,

01:09:04a quarter

01:09:05of a million

01:09:06have signed

01:09:06the petition.

01:09:07We've had

01:09:07to put it

01:09:08on a cart

01:09:08and have

01:09:09it pulled

01:09:09along.

01:09:10The

01:09:10household

01:09:10troops

01:09:11are out,

01:09:11two detachments

01:09:12of lancers,

01:09:13two of

01:09:13degoons,

01:09:13eight battalions

01:09:14of foot,

01:09:14and 29

01:09:15cannons.

01:09:16And they

01:09:17swore in

01:09:175,000 special

01:09:18constables this

01:09:19morning.

01:09:19The city's

01:09:20like an armed

01:09:20camp.

01:09:21Is there

01:09:21going to be

01:09:21trouble?

01:09:22Trouble?

01:09:23Trouble?

01:09:24There's

01:09:24going to be

01:09:25trouble in

01:09:25the minds

01:09:26and consciences

01:09:27of the

01:09:27cabinet and

01:09:28nowhere else.

01:09:29Why,

01:09:29when we

01:09:30started,

01:09:31our own

01:09:31people

01:09:31themselves

01:09:32tried to

01:09:33stop the

01:09:33crowds who

01:09:34were lining

01:09:34the streets

01:09:34and the

01:09:35housetops all

01:09:35the way

01:09:36along from

01:09:36cheering.

01:09:37They know

01:09:38what they're

01:09:38here for.

01:09:39They know

01:09:39what it

01:09:40means that

01:09:40today should

01:09:41pass without

01:09:41any disorder.

01:09:42And they're

01:09:43determined,

01:09:44every man

01:09:45jack of them.

01:09:46God,

01:09:46this is a day

01:09:47to lift one's

01:09:48spirits and

01:09:48give one hope

01:09:49in mankind.

01:09:50Oh,

01:09:50Wade,

01:09:51Wade,

01:09:52this is Mrs.

01:09:52George

01:09:53Loveless.

01:09:54Mrs.

01:09:54Loveless?

01:09:56Oh,

01:09:56but I'm

01:09:57proud to

01:09:57meet you.

01:09:58Proud.

01:09:59This is a

01:10:00great privilege.

01:10:03Harry,

01:10:04run downstairs

01:10:05and say that

01:10:06Mrs.

01:10:06Loveless will

01:10:07appear at the

01:10:07window when

01:10:08the procession

01:10:08passes between

01:10:09Mr. Robert

01:10:10Owen and

01:10:10myself.

01:10:11See that they

01:10:11know it's

01:10:12Mrs.

01:10:12Loveless.

01:10:12Let everyone

01:10:13you can

01:10:13them spread

01:10:14it round.

01:10:15Yes,

01:10:15Mr.

01:10:15Wade.

01:10:15Listen.

01:10:16Oh,

01:10:17because

01:10:18we

01:10:18give

01:10:19no

01:10:19love

01:10:20for

01:10:20matter

01:10:20of

01:10:21then

01:10:24be

01:10:24George's

01:10:25work.

01:10:25Yes,

01:10:26Mrs.

01:10:26Loveless.

01:10:27There he is.

01:10:28They've become

01:10:28a kind of

01:10:28anthem for

01:10:29the workers.

01:10:30Please,

01:10:30Mrs.

01:10:30Loveless,

01:10:31you must

01:10:32show

01:10:32yourself.

01:10:51a young man

01:11:00and

01:11:01be free.

01:11:02We will,

01:11:03we will,

01:11:04we will be

01:11:04free.

01:11:07Come on!

01:11:08Come on!

01:11:09Come on!

01:11:11Come on!

01:11:12Come on!

01:11:15Come on!

01:11:16Come on!

01:11:19Come on!

01:11:20is there nothing i can do for you friend i'm not like you i'm not used to a hard life

01:11:38i was brought up in california i can't stand it if i had a courage i'll kill myself if i

01:11:46had the strength i'll kill that overseer then they'd hang me and i'll be out of it why don't

01:11:51you then yeah and we might get a better one what do you get your flogging for well when they sent

01:11:59me out here to van diemen's land i made up my mind to work myself to the bone for them do everything

01:12:05to please them but there's no pleasing that overseer the more work i do the more he gives

01:12:10me till i can't move let alone work and half starved starved yeah look at him why don't

01:12:16you go out one night and catch a straight dog or a cat and cookie well like the rest of us

01:12:20and then when i'd worked desperately from the time i got up till night he said i'd done nothing

01:12:29and he kept me a flogging in the morning i'd seen that so i ran away you know i got out

01:12:36into the bush four days i was lost and when i came upon some people i gave myself up and they

01:12:43brought me back here when they strapped me and tied me up to the triangle and lashed me 50.

01:12:51you ever been flogged no how long you been here night two years you'll get it yeah sooner than you

01:12:59think yeah i heard the overseer than yesterday it was he'd say he was sick of it always getting your

01:13:04work done and doing what you was told it means how well behaved do you work too well when they

01:13:10frame you at the end of your term just to keep you i've known that i have many a time yeah yeah me too

01:13:14we plow and so we're very very low where we delve in the dirty clay till he blessed the plane with a golden

01:13:33stop there now oh master which is the man this one sir george loveless what's the charge

01:13:42neglected duty sir what are his duties shepherd and stock keepers sir and none of the wild cattle

01:13:46was taken to the pound yesterday sir he didn't miss until this morning seems a pretty good case of

01:13:51neglect have i heard of better well it is true sir knowing the cattle was in the pound and

01:13:59and i didn't miss him till this morning a good flogging sir if i might suggest we're doing no

01:14:04harm i've been having a lot of trouble with him what have you got to say yesterday sir i was up before

01:14:10sunrise and took the sheep into the bush to feed and and i'll come back to farm here and had the cows

01:14:17ten of them the milk and and there's many calves to settle and they're going to go out the sheep again

01:14:23so there'd be a lot of dogs about just now certainly get among them and worry them and i was

01:14:28weaning some alarms and the ewes were that restless i didn't like to leave them and it was night and

01:14:35dark before i had time to see about the cattle and so i came not to miss some of them sir is what this

01:14:42man is saying true well come on man you must know the sheep and the cows and the cattle are they all in

01:14:47his charge yes sir we can't be in two places at once can he he wasn't minding the cattle son that's

01:14:52neglected duty he's got more than he can do more than any man could do so it's your fault more than his

01:14:57what mouth did you want to drag me here for you loveless get me into trouble would you come along

01:15:04i'll see you about it now funny thing loveless just before he put his head in and they said your name

01:15:14what do you think i was doing found myself looking at your name in the paper my name that's right

01:15:21on what paper is it this one what i was reading uh but what paper is it ah it's a london paper the

01:15:27london dispatch the master hasn't sent out you give me something to read here it is george loveless

01:15:35in print in the paper just when they come in i saw it i ain't read what it says see there

01:15:42i'll get you now i'll be waiting for weeks i'll get you and what's more before the day's out i'll

01:15:48have you screaming for mercy i'll show you can you read read what do you mean read understand what's

01:15:55written down where do you take me for you can of course i can i'll read that then there what's

01:16:02all this about you've read it i can read i tell you but not this stuff then i'll read it to you this

01:16:08bill on them paper and last night i didn't come here to i warn you it'd be best for you

01:16:14are you listening or me hi last night in parliament lord john russell gave notice that orders had

01:16:23already been forwarded to the colonies concerned that the dorchester laborers were not only to be

01:16:28set at liberty but also to be sent back to england free of expense and with every necessary comfort

01:16:35here where you going go about town a night's walk but i'll see the governor in the morning look

01:16:41governor it'd be dated march and this be september the order must have been here weeks you stop where

01:16:48you are you can't see the governor can i the law brought us here but the law be gonna take us back

01:16:54same as it says here every man of us

01:17:03mother hello nelly can robin come in well considering he's gonna be one of the family

01:17:08in less than a week i suppose he can it's all right robin come in how do mrs loveless how do robin

01:17:14you'll stay and have a bite of something to eat oh i can't stay mrs loveless thank you i promised to

01:17:18get back to the farm to wealth father it's a long way to come just looking for a few minutes

01:17:22he's been here all afternoon mother oh i see well you're not going for you seeing george you'll

01:17:27want to see you he's out sitting in his chair down the orchard sit you down don't mind me i'll just

01:17:32put these clothes in the bedroom she don't look the same to me anymore it's as if i was looking at

01:17:38her with other eyes the whole place seems different i don't know what i'll do when i look at your father

01:17:44again oh robin well don't you feel like that i've known it all my life robin to think mr loveless has

01:17:51been out here in canada all these years since you were a little girl and we never knew none of

01:17:56us what he'd been through back in england on that terrible place where they shipped the convicts

01:18:00or what your mother must have been through here she comes back quite robin how can i keep quiet

01:18:04oh robin please well on my word what's the matter with you two lost your tongue robin oh bless the

01:18:11boy you look as if you'd seen a ghost mrs loveless nelly's told me told you what why about mr loveless and

01:18:19him being taken and tried and sent over the seas you're not angry mother no but i don't know what

01:18:25your father will say they're not me all of a heap you've known mr loveless all these years here's a

01:18:31kind man and a good man always ready to help a neighbor i and a learned man with his books but

01:18:36now and what now i know it's silly of me now i know i feel i want to go to him out in the orchard and kneel

01:18:43down oh maybe it's silly and maybe it's not anyway if you feel like that i'm glad nelly told

01:18:49you so there but mrs loveless what i can't make out is why you've never told anybody there's no great

01:18:54mystery to it when they got back they was made a great fuss of by their own people when they landed

01:19:00in the exeter and again at tall puddle but not by the masters they had no love for him nor no work

01:19:07so some of the good folk that had worked all the time for bringing him back subscribed some money

01:19:11so we could come out here right away out here to canada canada who'd have thought in the old days

01:19:19i'd ever seen canada and out here for the sake of the children george said we'd say nothing and we

01:19:24never have it must have been dreadful for you mrs loveless when they took him lad i can't tell you

01:19:29about that i call it to mind sometimes but it's as if it happened to someone else nelly's told me up to

01:19:35the time when he saw it in the newspaper about him having a pardon and the paper was near a year old

01:19:39what did he do then then he fought his way right to the governor of the island he did and what did

01:19:44the governor do made a lot of excuses they all did so they didn't know where to find the men but they

01:19:48knewed right enough they didn't want to send them back and didn't mean to but george he'd written to

01:19:54the papers about it out there so it all come out and they had to send him back him and the others

01:19:58i couldn't beat my george the part i liked best was when they took you to london and you heard all

01:20:03them people singing a piece that he wrote ah now you know i'll show you something

01:20:15there that's the piece that's a poem just as he wrote it on that piece of paper after trial while

01:20:21he was waiting to be took away he's always seemed so gentle and so old he's always been gentle my george

01:20:27hasn't we've grown old together so i don't notice that ah robin good afternoon mr lovelace

01:20:34uh come over to see you now yes mr lovelace how's mother and father very well thanks

01:20:38ah that's good tell him you know go on tell him now no you hey hey now then you two what's all whispering

01:20:46about george nelly's been and told robin about tall puddle and the union and everything

01:20:53come here now

01:21:00so she's told you you don't mind mr lovelace well she's told you so maybe it's a bit late

01:21:07minding mr lovelace i give you my word my solemn word as one of the family it shan't go no further

01:21:11yeah good lad i trust you it's all right and mr lovelace well i always was glad i was gonna have

01:21:18you and mrs lovelace for another father and mother but now i think i'm i'm more than glad oh

01:21:24oh you're not marrying me no betsy but no but please oh you know what i mean ah maybe i do

01:21:32and maybe i'm pleased you feel as you do and mr lovelace someday now i know you'll tell me more

01:21:37about it i mean all you've been through ah well i i don't know as i'm over fun of talking about it

01:21:44they're all like that i remember when i was a little girl in tall puddle just after they'd all

01:21:49come back i was asking james amma he was never a wonder at all no but i remember i said to him

01:21:54uncle james i used to call him uncle james uncle james i said why won't you ever tell me about your

01:22:01adventures adventures he said you know the funny way he had it talking adventures if you'd been put up

01:22:09and sold for a pound like a sheep would you want to talk about it there are things you must talk

01:22:14about and go on talking about till he'd be banished off the face of the earth i've written a book about

01:22:19him seen the best i could do i can't put them out of my mind but mr no no more now robin oh yes all

01:22:28right well i must be getting along too good night mr lovelace good night to you my lap good night

01:22:34mrs lovelace night robin will you walk a piece of the way now do you want another no my dear you go

01:22:38along with him don't take her too far robin no mrs lovelace and if she should come too far i'll

01:22:43walk back with her we'll get along with you do you ever think of dorset betsy often george

01:22:53then in the yard this afternoon it seemed it was a dorset sun sinking over the dorset orchards

01:23:02wonder how they'd be getting on

01:23:03i'll be sure one thing betsy if the laboring people are able to rise out their poverty and

01:23:10take their rightful share of their own toilet they've got to do it for their selves

01:23:16what you got there a piece you wrote after the trial oh

01:23:20that i can see you now george as you was took away and there was chains on your wrist but i saw you toss

01:23:26something to the crowd hey and it was took straight back the judge i thought where's my treason say it

01:23:34to me george there now if i haven't forgot how it begins read me out the first line i can't why not

01:23:42not without my spectacle oh where are they i lost them oh it's good you having spectacles if you keep

01:23:47losing them you read it can't why not why not without my spectacles where are they i don't know

01:23:56well you lost them as well as your own that's what you've done that i haven't here you are

01:24:05god is our guide no swords we draw

01:24:08we kindle not war as battle fires by reason union justice law we claim the birthright of our sawyers

01:24:24we raise the watchword liberty

01:24:29we will we will

01:24:35we will be free

01:24:38what we did was right betsy i know that that's something

01:24:50but i'd be tired

01:24:54now it's for them that come after

01:25:04in six men of dorset by miles malison and h brooks

01:25:09george loveless was played by hayden jones

01:25:12betsy by avril elgar counsel for the defense by miles malison and the reverend dr wade by willoughby

01:25:19goddard the other parts were played by susan bone heather kidd david lott and members of the bbc

01:25:26drama repertory company the play was produced by charles le foe

01:25:30thou

01:25:34bob

01:25:35thousand us

01:25:37and

01:25:38little us

01:25:39in

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