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Read in the Wunder reader — freeQ. Was it No. 10 or No. 86, about the 12th of February?
A. I believe it was No. 86.
Q. Had Mr. Butt an office?
A. He had somewhere about that time an office in Sweetings Alley.
Q. From the 12th of February to the 19th of February, did you see Mr. Butt daily?
A. I think I did.
Q. At your office or at his?
A. Both.
Q. Did you generally see him alone, or in company with either of the other persons?
A. Frequently all three together.
Q. You mean Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane, and Mr. Butt?
A. Yes.
Q. When you did business for Lord Cochrane, did you in all instances take orders from him or from any person for him?
A. Sometimes from him, and sometimes from Mr. Butt.
Q. After you had acted for him upon the orders of Mr. Butt, did he recognize those orders?
A. Always.
Q. From the 12th till the 19th, did you make various purchases and sales for them?
A. I did.
Q. On the evening of the 19th, what balance had he in his hand; Lord Cochrane's transactions I believe were only in omnium?
A. No.
Q. The amount was L139,000, was it not?
A. Yes.
Q. That is to say, that he had that balance of omnium?
A. Yes.
Q. What balance of omnium had Mr. Cochrane Johnstone on that day?
A. L120,000.
Q. One hundred and twenty, or one hundred and thirty thousand?
A. I have not drawn out the balance here.
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