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The Trial of Charles Random De Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commonly Called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for a Conspiracy · Unknown — chapter 187 of 245 · ~198 words · public domain

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A. Yes, I did.

Q. Who made his bed?

A. My wife.

Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney.

Q. Did you let him in?

A. Yes.

Q. You opened the door to him?

A. Yes.

Q. At a little after eleven, that night?

A. Yes, thereabouts, it might be a little before, or a little after.

Q. He gave a good loud knock at the door, in his usual way?

A. He rapped as usual.

Q. And his usual rap was a loud one?

A. Not over loud.

Q. Not very gentle?

A. Between.

Q. Between loud and gentle?

A. Yes.

Q. And he slept at home that night?

A. I cannot say that he slept, he went to his bed-room, and the bed when I went in the morning looked as if he had slept in it.

Q. Did you see him in bed the next morning?

A. No, I did not, I heard him go into the bed room.

Q. You did not see him the next day till three o'clock?

A. No.

Q. Did you write that letter to Lord Yarmouth? (shewing a letter to the witness.)

A. I did.

Q. Of your own head?

A. Yes.

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