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'Williams, in her defence on oath, said that on August 18th in the afternoon she met Gibson, Morris and another man not in custody, who asked her to have a drink; that on leaving the **** and Hoop, where they met Walker, she was invited to have another drink, but did not care to; that the man not in custody gave her a florin to get a drink and she bought a glass of stout at the Enterprise; that on leaving the Enterprise the men followed her, and the man not in custody invited her to have another drink, which she accepted; that before going into the Blue Anchor with the other men she bought 2d. worth of grapes; that on going into the Blue Anchor she saw a struggle going on; that on seeing the policeman hit Gibson on the head she said, "If you hit that man again I shall follow to the station for a witness"; that on no occasion had she stopped by a van and handed something to one of the men; and that she had no pocket at the bottom of her skirt from which she could have taken anything.
By Morris: When you asked me I said I had not known the man who gave me 2s. before.
By Gibson: When the constable hit you on the head I did not see Walker there—you and the constable got out into the street and he fetched you back again—I saw him strike you on the head a second time with his truncheon—they held you down and took your boots off.
By Walker: I did not see you anywhere near when Gibson and the policeman were wrestling—I saw you run out of the doorway.
Evidence in Reply.
ARTHUR SKELLINGTON (By the COURT). Williams had a paper bar when I first saw her in Dunk Street—I never saw her go into a fruit shop at any time—I never saw her eating grapes.'
By Morris: When you asked me I said I had not known the man who gave me 2s. before.
By Gibson: When the constable hit you on the head I did not see Walker there—you and the constable got out into the street and he fetched you back again—I saw him strike you on the head a second time with his truncheon—they held you down and took your boots off.
By Walker: I did not see you anywhere near when Gibson and the policeman were wrestling—I saw you run out of the doorway.
Evidence in Reply.
ARTHUR SKELLINGTON (By the COURT). Williams had a paper bar when I first saw her in Dunk Street—I never saw her go into a fruit shop at any time—I never saw her eating grapes.'