Part 151

A. I am a druggist and agent to the Durham bank.

Mr. Gurney. How long had Mr. De Berenger been at Sunderland?

A. I had known him there from the 7th to the 21st of March. I apologized for not being able to send more Bank of England paper in exchange for the Durham bank notes; the waiter having been to request that I would send him Bank of England paper, I gave him a message to Mr. De Berenger.

Q. You made him an apology for not having sent him more bank paper in exchange?

A. Yes.

Q. In exchange for the note you had at first received; for that note?

A. Yes.

Q. What did Mr. De Berenger say, on your making the apology?

A. I apologized for not having sent him more Bank of England paper, and he acknowledged having received the whole of the notes I had sent him from the waiter.

Q. By what name did Mr. De Berenger go there.

A. Major Burne; he gave me his name.

Q. Is that the gentleman you have been speaking of? (pointing to De Berenger.)

A. Yes.

Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson.

Q. How do you know that L.40 note to be the note you received?

A. By a copy that I made at the time.

Q. Have you got that copy with you?

A. This is a copy of my waste book--the waste book is at Sunderland.

Q. You identify it by means of the copy which you have made from your waste-book, which book you have left at Sunderland.

A. Yes; and also from my initials on the back of the note.

Q. Made at the time?

A. A day or two afterwards.

Lord Ellenborough. Before you parted with it?

A. Yes.

Mr. Richardson. You are the agent of the Durham Bank?

A. Yes.

Q. You have a great many notes passing through your hands?

A. Yes.