Part 107

Cross-examined by Mr. Park.

Q. You are not under the same restraint as the other persons are, can you tell us whether these were real transactions, or only fictitious ones which daily take place at the Stock Exchange?

A. The accounts which were given in, I think were given in for time, but I have only taken out the figures.

Lord Ellenborough. I should imagine the witness would say that from the magnitude of the accounts he would think they were for time?

A. Certainly.

Mr. Park. I want to know, for I have never had Omnium in my life, whether you are not competent to say from your knowledge of these accounts, that these are all what they call time bargains?

A. There is nothing stated upon the face of these accounts as to what days the purchases are made for; possibly they may be for time.

Q. I ask you whether from your knowledge of these accounts and the investigations you have made, they are not time bargains?

Lord Ellenborough. He has no personal knowledge of them, he can know nothing but from the magnitude of the sum, he may suppose they must have been time bargains.

A. Certainly; there is nothing upon the face of the accounts to lead to any such conclusion.

Mr. James Wetenall, sworn.

Examined by Mr. Gurney.

Q. I believe you are employed by the House to take the prices of the day at the Stock Exchange?

A. I am.

Q. At what price did Omnium leave off on Saturday the 19th of February?

(The Witness referred to a paper.)

Mr. Serjeant Best. Where do you get those accounts from?

A. I collect them from the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Gurney. Do you go about all day long taking the prices?

A. I collect them at different times in the course of the day.

Q. You go about taking an account from all the persons who are there?

A. I take them from different persons who are in the market.

Mr. Serjeant Best. This is a printed paper?

A. Yes.

Mr. Gurney. It is printed under your directions, I believe?

A. Yes.

Q. Is your original paper destroyed?

A. It is.