Lambert, William Gray | Day 7

Plus 4 or 5s for policeman duties

Witness Type: Bribee, The Bold 42

Party: Liberal

Other Days The Witness Was Called On: Day 10

Witness Testimony:

  • 7216.

    (Mr. Turner.) What are you ? — A mariner. 

  • 7217.

    Where do you live ? — 77, Beach Street. 

  • 7218.

    What money did you have ? — I had 3L. 13s. 

  • 7219.

    From whom ? — From the “Bold Forty-two,” in Marsh’s Club. 

  • 7220.

    What is the “Forty-two” ? — The forty-two in the club. 

  • 7221.

    You had it from the club ? — Yes. 

  • 7222.

    The 3L. 13s. ? — Yes. 

  • 7223.

    Who gave it you ? — We took it all off the table ; it was put on the table; it was all on the table, and each one of the 42 took his equal part.

  • 7224.

    Who put the money there for you ? — I cannot say who put it there exactly, but I suppose it must have been Marsh put it there. 

  • 7225.

    Who is Marsh ? — The man that was here yesterday. 

  • 7226.

    What was it given to you for ?  — Well, I suppose it was given us to vote. 

  • 7227.

    And did you vote ? — Certainly I did. 

  • 7228.

    For the Liberal ? — Yes, I always do and always shall. I always was a Liberal. 

  • 7229.

    When you can get 3L. 13s. ? — Yes, I got 3L. 13s. 

  • 7230.

    Did the others all take 3L. 13s. ? — Yes, every one. 

  • 7231.

    Forty-two of them ? — Yes, shilling for shilling. 

  • 7232.

    Do you know their names ? — I could not give you the names now. You have the names in Marsh’s bill. 

  • 7233.

    What is Marsh’s Christian name ? — Henry, I think. 

  • 7234.

    Had you any other money ?  — Yes, I think I had 4s. or 5s. for being a sort of policeman one night. 

  • 7235.

    Anything else ? — No, nothing else. 

  • 7236.

    Who gave you 4s. or 5s. for being a policeman ? — I do not know now who it was, I am sure. 

  • 7237.

    (Mr. Jeune.) You do not know who it was gave you 4s. or 5s. ? — No. 

  • 7238.

    You do not act as a policeman every day, do you ? — No, and I should not like to act again ; ail we had to do was to keep the boys out, so that they could not make a noise. 

  • 7239.

    Now who gave you that 4s. or 5s. ? — Really I cannot tell you ; my recollection is rather bad. 

  • 7240.

    Which side were you special constable for ? — Well, I cannot tell you that either — sometimes at one door and sometimes at the other; wherever the boys were we had to go and clear them away.