The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane Part 126

_A._ No, I do not.

_Q._ At what time did he come in the morning?

_A._ Between nine and ten.

_A Juryman._ That might be any other Sunday morning, as you were in the habit of indulging on a Sunday morning?

_A._ No, but I know the time; it was the Sunday after I let my house; I have it impressed upon my mind that it was on the 20th of February I saw him at this house in York-street, Westminster.

 

_A Juryman._ Then the lying in bed in the morning had nothing to do with it?

_A._ No.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Have you ever been bail?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Have you ever justified in any action?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ What action was that?

_A._ A fifteen-pound action.

_Q._ How long was that ago?

_A._ Five or six months.

_Q._ Is that debt paid?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Did you ever justify in any other action?

_A._ Yes, I have.

_Q._ Is that satisfied?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ You are clear as to that, that these debts are paid?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Were you never bail but twice?

_A._ I do not recollect that I was; I might be, but I do not recollect; but I have not been in the habit of being bail for people.

_Q._ You have not been in the habit, but you have been twice:--what was the other sum besides the fifteen pounds?

_A._ I do not exactly know what the money was; but the other was more than that, a good deal.

_Q._ That is only within a few months?

_A._ I dare say that is five months back.

_Lord Ellenborough._ You may go away, and let me advise you not to be either a bail or a witness again. If the master had been here with the book, I have no doubt you might have gone much further with him.

FOOTNOTE:

[417:A] The Witness, at the commencement of the cross-examination, had affected not to hear; Mr. Gurney gradually sunk his voice, and at last spoke in a very low tone, and the Witness heard, notwithstanding.

_Mrs. Tragear sworn._

_Examined by Mr. Park._

_Q._ Are you the wife of the last witness, Mr. Doyle Tragear?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Do you know the Defendant, Mr. De Berenger?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Have you seen him often?

_A._ Yes, I have.

_Q._ Were you at Mr. Donithorne's house in the month of February last?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ At what time did you and your husband go to stay there, after having given up your house?

_A._ The day we gave up our house was the 17th of February.

_Q._ And then you went down to Mr. Donithorne's?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ What day of the month was it after you had gone there, that Mr. De Berenger called there?

_A._ On the Sunday.

_Q._ That would be on the 20th?