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put the gun down, and 1 tackle ' him again. We went at it, up and 

 down, throwing each other about, sometimes I was undermost and 

 he above, but by good luck I 'pacified' him and took him on as 

 before. Close to the public-house he began again, and seemed 

 fresher than before. He kicked my shins to such an extent that I 

 could scarcely stand, and finding he could not get away, held me by 

 the cheek with his teeth [Barrett had the mark of this bite till his 

 death], which caused me great agony. To relieve myself I took 

 him by his throat and choked him. I held him there till his face 

 was as black as your hat before he would leave go. I gave him 

 some hard tumbles in my turn, but they were nothing to how he 

 served me. 



" We reached the inn at last, and after giving him into the care 

 of the landlord, who was a friend of mine, I called for some brandy 

 and proceeded to bathe my poor legs with it. I did not think of 

 the consequences at the time, but so great was the pain through the 

 application of this spirit, I felt almost mad. The flesh was kicked 

 off to the bone. 



" By and by I took my prisoner to Lord Rivers, who was very 

 kind to me. After hearing my evidence he sent me home in a cart 

 with some soft straw at the bottom, for now that I had given the 

 man into safe custody I could not stand. On my arrival at home I 

 went to bed. When I came down stairs again I found the gun or 

 carbine in the corner where it had been placed after removal from 

 the cart, and it was on full cock. I had not noticed this in my ex- 

 citement, but it seems I had carried it the whole way in that state, 

 and when I was placed in the cart to be taken home it had been laid 

 down beside me. It was a mercy it did not go off. The weapon 

 could be taken in three pieces, just such a one as you have in your 

 hall, Sir. 



" Thomas Amy was sent for trial in due course, Mr. Philip Chitty 

 acting as attorney for Lord Rivers ; Mr. Williams was counsel — 

 afterwards Judge Williams. The prisoner only got six months. 

 Everyone expected he would have been transported.-" 



