Part 145

A. No, they were neither of them there then.

Q. Did you see what Mr. Fearn did with those notes?

A. No, I did not.

Q. Did you put your name upon the two L.100. notes before you gave them into the bank?

A. I put Mr. Fearn's name upon them.

Q. Are those the two?

A. Yes they are.

Q. What are their numbers?

A. 19,482 and 19,592.

Mr. Joseph Fearn called again;

Examined by Mr. Gurney.

Q. On the 24th of February did you receive from Christmas two hundred notes of one pound each?

A. Yes.

Q. To whom did you give those notes?

A. To Mr. Butt.

Q. Did you see what Mr. Butt did with them?

A. He gave them to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone.

Mr. John Bilson and Mr. Thomas Northover called again.

Mr. Gurney. Did you on the 24th of February pay a L.100. Bank note No. 19,482?

Mr. Bilson. We paid to Fearn on that day two hundred one pound notes for two notes of L.100. each.

Q. Are those the two notes for which you paid them, [shewing them to the Witness]?

A. Those are the two notes.

A Juryman. What are the numbers?

A. 19,482, the 4th of February 1814, and 19,592 of the same date.

Mr. Gurney. I am now going to put into the hands of the witnesses sixty-seven notes found in Mr. De Berenger's writing desk, for him to see whether they are not part of those he paid for those two L.100. notes?

Mr. Bilson. These are part of the notes we paid to Fearn on the 24th of February.

Lord Ellenborough. The whole sixty-seven?

A. Yes.