Part 214

Q. You were a hatter, in business at one time, and are not now?

A. Yes; I sell a great many hats now, though I have no house.

Q. Perhaps though you do not take notice of a man's whiskers, you take notice of his coat; what coat had he on?

A. A black coat.

Q. That you did take notice of?

A. Yes.

Q. It was so remarkable he should wear a black coat, you took notice of that?

A. No; I do not know that it is remarkable; but I know he had a black coat.

Q. Was his head powdered?

A. I cannot say; I did not see his hat off.

Q. He staid half an hour with his hat on?

A. He went into the back part of the house.

Q. Do you mean to say, he staid half an hour in the house with his hat on?

A. I do not mean to say, he stopped the whole time in house; he went into the garden.

Q. On the 20th of February he went into the garden?

A. Yes.

Lord Ellenborough. Did he stand ancle-deep in the garden, or how?

A. I cannot say, indeed.

Mr. Gurney. Was not there a good deal of snow at that time on the ground?

A. I cannot say, indeed.

Q. At what time was this?

A. Between eight and nine in the evening.

Q. And they took a walk in the garden?

A. Yes; it was in consequence of some alteration they were going to make in the premises.

Q. So that they went at ten o'clock at night to survey this alteration in the premises?

A. No; it was between eight and nine.

Q. It is just as dark then as it is at ten o'clock; they went to make a survey in the morning, did they not?

A. They had made a survey in the morning, I saw them pacing the garden.