Part 120 (1/2)

_Q._ Then you were seen by the attorney, and examined about this matter?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Was any body so particular as to ask you how this gentleman was dressed, when you saw him on this Sunday?

_A._ No.

_Q._ Now I am so particular; will you tell me how he was dressed?

_A._ He had a black coat, and black waistcoat, and grey pantaloons or overalls, but I will not say which.

_Q._ You have seen your old acquaintances, the two Smiths, here this morning?

_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 circ.u.mstance that had pa.s.sed 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.