Part 164

A. He is returned "sick present" on the 25th of January.

Lord Ellenborough. That return did not reach you on the 25th of January?

A. No.

Lord Ellenborough. When did it reach you?

A. I do not know; it was received in the regular course, but I cannot state the day.

Mr. Brougham. Over what space of time did that return extend?

A. From the 24th of December to the 24th of January.

Thomas Dewman sworn.

Examined by Mr. Scarlett.

Q. Are you a servant of my Lord Cochrane's?

A. Yes.

Q. Have you been an old servant in the family?

A. I have been so for about seventeen years.

Q. Do you remember carrying his lordship a note any morning in February, to Mr. King's lamp manufactory?

A. Yes, I do, perfectly well.

Q. Do you remember a gentleman coming to Lord Cochrane's house in a hackney coach?

A. Yes.

Q. Did you know the gentleman?

A. I had never seen him in my life before that time, nor yet since.

Q. Did the gentleman send you with a note to my lord?

A. Yes, he did; he first asked me where he was gone to, and I told him, he was gone to Cumberland-street to breakfast, because his lordship told me so.

Q. That was to his uncle's?

A. It was.

Q. Did you go to Cumberland-street after him?

A. I did.

Q. Not finding him at Cumberland-street, where did you go to seek him?

A. I came back to our house in Green-street, with the note; I informed the gentleman who had written the note, that he was not there; and the gentleman said, Pray do you know where he is gone to, or where his lordship could be found? I told him, I thought I could find him, but I thought I might be too late; for when his lordship went out, he said to me, Thomas, after you have got your breakfast, follow me, with that globe glass, to Mr. King's; I had been there.

Q. You had been to Mr. King's before?