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Read in the Wunder reader — freeCross-examined by Mr. Scarlett.
Q. When was it you had purchased the L40,000 for Mr. Cochrane Johnstone?
A. On the 12th and the 14th.
Q. Did Mr. Johnstone send you the order to purchase it?
A. Yes.
Q. Was it upon his own account?
A. No, it was upon his own account, the order was from him.
Q. But not upon his own account?
A. No, it was not.
Q. Was the whole L40,000 purchased at two different times?
A. Yes, it was.
Q. You stated to my learned Friend, that he gave you an order to sell a part of it on Saturday?
A. Yes, he gave me an order on Saturday.
Q. What was it?
A. To sell at a quarter profit if I had an opportunity.
Q. I take for granted that opportunity did not occur on the Saturday?
A. No, it did not.
Q. Otherwise you would have sold it on the Saturday?
A. Certainly.
Q. On the Monday you say he gave you an order as to the other L200,000?
A. Yes.
Q. Had you sold the first L20,000 before you saw him on the Monday?
A. Yes, I had.
Q. At what time in the morning had you sold it?
A. I think about half past ten.
Q. When did you first see Mr. Johnstone?
A. I saw him soon after I had sold out, between ten and eleven.
Q. His order had been confined to L20,000 on the Saturday?
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