Part 127

A. I cannot say.

Q. You were merely a servant attending at table?

A. Yes.

Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson.

Q. From the conversation that passed, did you understand whether Baron De Berenger was going to America to serve under Admiral Cochrane.

A. I did not.

Mr. Barnard Broochooft sworn.

Examined by Mr. Bolland.

Q. You are Deputy Marshal of the King's Bench?

A. I am clerk to the Marshal of the King's Bench.

Q. Do you know Baron De Berenger?

A. Yes.

Q. Was he, during the latter end of the last year, and the beginning of the present, a prisoner in the King's Bench?

A. Yes.

Q. How long had he been confined there?

A. I think from the latter end of the year 1812.

Q. Till what time?

A. I am not prepared to state the day but till within about six weeks.

Q. Have you the book of rules here?

A. I have not.

Q. Did you miss him at any time?

A. Yes some months.

Mr. Park. I waive the objection to your asking your questions, so far as I am concerned for Mr. De Berenger.

Mr. Bolland. Who were the securities for Mr. De Berenger?

A. Mr. Cochrane, a bookseller, in Fleet-street, and Mr. Tahourdin, the attorney.

Q. You made search for him and could not find him?

A. Yes.

Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Best.