Part 207

A. I have seen one of them this morning.

Q. Which was that?

A. William, the servant.

Q. Had you any conversation with him about the dress on this Sunday?

A. No.

Q. You know Mr. De Berenger very well?

A. Yes.

Q. Did he wear whiskers on that Sunday?

A. No, he was close shaved upon that Sunday, I am certain.

Re-examined by Mr. Richardson.

Q. When you saw Mr. Smith, on the 6th of March, what question did you ask him?

A. I asked him, whether his master was out of the Rules of the Bench? that I had seen him on the Sunday fortnight, that he called at our yard, to know if the coach was gone; that I told him, the six o'clock coach was gone, but the seven o'clock coach would go in three quarters of an hour.

Q. You related the circumstance that had passed on the 20th of February, and then asked him, whether his master was out of the Rules of the King's Bench?

A. Yes.

Q. What did he answer?

A. That his master was not out of the Rules, and that if he was at Chelsea, it was more than he knew of.

Lord Ellenborough. You were struck with seeing him out of the Rules?

A. Yes.

Q. You thought it a very wrong thing of him?

A. Yes.

Q. And being shocked at it, you had a mind to enquire of his servant, whether he was within the Rules?

A. Yes.

Q. You did not say to him, Good God, Sir, how is it you are out of the Rules on this Sunday?

A. He did not stop to have any conversation.

Q. If he had stopped long enough, you would have told him so?

A. I do not know that I would.

Q. Where was he coming from, at a quarter past six?

A. He came up from the water-side; I cannot tell which way he came to the stable-yard gateway.