The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane Part 49

_Q._ Was there any letter, or any writing of Mr. Holloway's produced at the time?

_A._ I really cannot fix my memory.

_Q._ Have you any recollection of any letter of his having been produced at the time?

_A._ Certainly none that I can recollect.

_Q._ Do you not know that Mr. Holloway had written a letter to the Committee of the Stock Exchange upon this business?

_A._ I really do not know it; it may possibly have been.

_Cross-examined by Mr. Park._

_Q._ This person Holloway was asked whether he had any connection with Lord Cochrane, Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, and Mr. b.u.t.t, and he denied it?

_A._ He did.

_Q._ Did he not, in the same conversation, deny that he had any connection, not only with those persons, but De Berenger also?

_A._ Certainly.

_Q._ That you dropped?

_A._ Yes, I did not mean to drop it.

_Cross-examined by Mr. Alley._

_Q._ At the time this conversation pa.s.sed between you and Holloway, M'Rae was not there?

_A._ He was not.

_Q._ It was all in his absence?

_A._ It was in his absence, it was in Mr. Lavie's office.

_Lord Ellenborough._ The evidence of course can operate only against Holloway and Lyte, who were there.

_Mr. Joseph Fearn sworn._

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ You are a stock broker?

_A._ I am.

_Q._ How long have you known Mr. b.u.t.t?

_A._ Several years.

_Q._ Were you introduced by him to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone and to Lord Cochrane.

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ In the month of February last, were you employed either by Mr.

b.u.t.t or Lord Cochrane, or Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, to make any purchases for them in the funds?

_A._ Yes, I was.

_Q._ At that time where was your office of business?

_A._ No. 10, Cornhill.

_Q._ Was it No. 10 or No. 86, about the 12th of February?

_A._ I believe it was No. 86.

_Q._ Had Mr. b.u.t.t 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.

b.u.t.t 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. b.u.t.t?

_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. b.u.t.t.

_Q._ After you had acted for him upon the orders of Mr. b.u.t.t, did he recognize those orders?

_A._ Always.