ten was there not at the said time and place any blow or stroke given by the defendant or any of them to the hurt of Robt Read or any other the workmen labourers or carriers of wood and timber and whether did not Finnett Ive then give any blow or staff with any staff stone or any other thing whereby Read was hitten or striken and had she not then a heap of stones provided of purpose to withstand Read and the other carriers of the wood and timber