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Children's Employment Commission
Evidence Collected By Jelinger C. Symons, Esq.
Cumberland Coalfield.
Witnesses Examined.
| No. 300. | Joseph Sharp, Under-steward to Messrs. Ross, Fletcher, and Co., at the Broughton Moor Collieries, near Maryport. Examined July 29 |
| No. 301. | Francis Lightfoot, aged 15¼. Examined at Broughton Moor Colliery July 29 |
| No. 302. | William Gibbons, aged 11½. Examined at the same Colliery |
| No. 303. | David Saul, aged 10½. Examined at the same Colliery |
| No. 304. | Joseph Fox, aged 13¾. Examined at the Cookson Colliery, Workington, August 2 |
| No. 305. | William Fox, father of the last witness |
| No. 306. | Joseph Hodgson, 15 years old. Examined July 30, near Whitehaven |
| No. 307. | George Tait, aged 17¾. Examined at same time |
| No. 308. | Joseph Davidson, 12 years old. Examined at same time |
| No. 309. | Anthony Fisher, aged 17½ |
| No. 310. | George Allen, 10 years old. Examined at same time |
| No. 311. | Williamson Peile, Esq., Colliery Viewer, Whitehaven. Examined July 31 |
| No. 312. | Thomas Mitchell, Esq., Surgeon. Examined at Whitehaven, July 31 |
| No. 313. | Thomas Westray, Esq., Coal-owner, of Cookson Colliery, near Clifton. Examined at Workington, August 2 |
| No. 314. | Mr. John Percival, Colliery Agent to Mr. Westray. Examined at Cookson Colliery, near Workington, August 2 |
| No. 315. | James Sampson, 34 years old. Examined at the same place |
| No. 316. | Thomas Kendal, 16 years old. Examined at same place and time |
| No. 317. | Mr. Alvan Penrice, Colliery Agent for Henry Curwen, Esq., Workington Hall. Examined August 2, 1841 |
| No. 318. | John Henry, aged 14½. Examined at the Countess Pit (Lord Lonsdale's): |
| No. 319. | Alexander Taylor, 14 years old. Examined, August 3, 1841, at the George Pit, belonging to Mr. J. W. Fletcher of Grey Southern |
| No. 320. | Benjamin Atkinson, aged 12 years 3 months. Examined at same time and place |
| No. 321. | John Holmes, aged 11 years 3 months. Examined at same time and place |
| No. 322. | John Hill. Examined at the same time and place |
| No. 323. | John Wynn, aged 7 years 3 months. Examined at the John Pit, Harrington, August 3rd |
| No. 324. | John Daly, aged 8 years and 9 months |
| No. 325. | Joseph Dunn, 10 years old |
| No. 326. | James Gambles, aged 12 years 3 months. Examined together with the three foregoing witnesses at the John Pit |
| No. 327. | James Rotherey, 14 years old. Examined at Whitehaven, August 4 |
| No. 328. | James Atkinson, 17 years old. Examined at same time |
| No. 329. | John Rothery, 16 years of age |
| No. 330. | Jonathan Johnson, aged 11 years 11 months |
| No. 331. | Mr. William Thornton, Under-ground Steward at the William Pit. Examined at Whitehaven, August 4 |
| No. 332. | The Rev. Henry Curwen, Son of the Proprietor of the Workington Colliery, examined August 3, at Workington |
| No. 333. | Joseph Parin, Esq., Surgeon. Examined August 4, 1841, at Whitehaven |
| No. 334. | — Dickenson, Esq., Surgeon, Workington. Examined August 5 |
