Part 39

Q. In the month of February?

A. I did not take particular notice of the time.

Q. Was it early in the morning?

A. Yes.

Q. In a chaise and four?

A. Yes.

Q. At what o'clock in the morning might it be?

A. It might be somewhere about four, or between four and five I believe. I did not take particular notice, for I had no watch with me, it was dark.

Q. Where did you drive him to?

A. I drove him to the Crown at Rochester.

Q. That is Mr. Wright's house?

A. Yes.

Q. At what time in the morning might it be when you got to Rochester?

A. I cannot say, we were not much above an hour going with the gentleman--it might be an hour and ten minutes at the outside.

Q. Did the gentleman get out there?

A. Yes, he did.

Q. What present did he make you?

A. He gave us a Napoleon a piece; he gave me two, one for my fellow-servant and one for myself.

Lord Ellenborough. You had no opportunity of seeing his person?

A. I did just see him in the house when he paid me, but I did not take any particular notice of him.

Lord Ellenborough. He had no luggage, had he?

A. I do not know.

Lord Ellenborough. I thought he had changed chaise?

Mr. Park. No, he did not change chaise, only got out and in again.

A Juryman. Did you observe his dress?

A. He had a kind of a pepper and salt coat on, and a red coat under that I perceived, and a cap he had on.

Mr. William Wright sworn.

Examined by Mr. Adolphus.