Part 204

Q. Where did you see him?

A. At Mr. Smith's stable-yard gateway.

A Juryman. A quarter past six in the morning or the evening?

A. The evening.

Mr. Park. Did any thing pass between you?

A. Yes; he asked me whether the coach was gone; I told him the six o'clock coach was gone, but the seven would be ready in three quarters of an hour.

Q. What further passed?

A. He made no more to do, but turned round and took his way to London.

Q. Did he say any thing more?

A. He said it would not do to wait for the seven o'clock coach.

Q. And he set out on foot for London?

A. He did.

Q. This was about a quarter past six, you say?

A. Yes.

Q. Are you confident as to the day?

A. I am.

Q. And as to his person, you have no doubt about it?

A. No, not the least.

Q. Did any circumstance occur to call this to your recollection?

A. Yes; I mentioned it to my wife, when I went home that night.

Q. What induced you to mention it to her?

A. That I had seen Mr. De Berenger on that evening, at a quarter past six.

Lord Ellenborough. You mentioned the time to her?

A. Yes.

Q. You mentioned particularly to her, that you had seen him at a quarter past six?

A. I did.

Mr. Richardson. What induced you to mention the circumstance to your wife?

A. Knowing that he was in the Rules of the Bench, and not having seen him that way, from the time that he was in the Rules before.