The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane Part 118

_Q._ I believe you are ostler at Smith's livery stables, at the Cross Keys yard, Chelsea?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Were you acquainted with the person of Mr. De Berenger?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Was he in the habit of frequenting your master's stables, or that neighbourhood?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Were you well acquainted with his person in the month of February last?

_A._ Yes, I was.

_Q._ Do you remember seeing him upon the 20th of February?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ On a Sunday?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ What makes you remember the day?

_A._ I remember the day perfectly well, on the account that I knew him to be in the Rules of the King's Bench.

_Q._ How does that enable you to recollect the particular day?

_A._ Upon account, that I determined in my own mind, that I would ask his servant the next time I saw him, whether he was out of the Rules.

_Q._ Before that time had he ever lived at Chelsea?

_A._ Yes, he had.

_Q._ And so you became acquainted with his person?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ On this 20th of February, at what time did you see him at Chelsea?

_A._ At a quarter past six.

_Q._ Where did you see him?

_A._ At Mr. Smith's stable-yard gateway.

_A Juryman._ A quarter past six in the morning or the evening?

_A._ The evening.

_Mr. Park._ Did any thing pa.s.s between you?

_A._ Yes; he asked me whether the coach was gone; I told him the six o'clock coach was gone, but the seven would be ready in three quarters of an hour.

_Q._ What further pa.s.sed?

_A._ He made no more to do, but turned round and took his way to London.

_Q._ Did he say any thing more?

_A._ He said it would not do to wait for the seven o'clock coach.

_Q._ And he set out on foot for London?

_A._ He did.

_Q._ This was about a quarter past six, you say?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Are you confident as to the day?

_A._ I am.

_Q._ And as to his person, you have no doubt about it?

_A._ No, not the least.

_Q._ Did any circ.u.mstance occur to call this to your recollection?

_A._ Yes; I mentioned it to my wife, when I went home that night.

_Q._ What induced you to mention it to her?

_A._ That I had seen Mr. De Berenger on that evening, at a quarter past six.

_Lord Ellenborough._ You mentioned the time to her?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ You mentioned particularly to her, that you had seen him at a quarter past six?

_A._ I did.

_Mr. Richardson._ What induced you to mention the circ.u.mstance to your wife?

_A._ Knowing that he was in the Rules of the Bench, and not having seen him that way, from the time that he was in the Rules before.