The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane Part 83

_Q._ By whom were you sent?

_A._ By Mr. Fearn.

_Q._ Where did you go to change that note?

_A._ To Messrs. Bond & Pattesall.

_Q._ Look at that bank note (No. 634), is that the bank note which you changed?

 

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ What did you receive in exchange for it?

_A._ Two notes of .100. each.

_Q._ Did you take those two notes of .100. each to the bank?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ For what did you change them there?

_A._ Two hundred notes of one pound each.

_Q._ What did you do with those two hundred notes of one pound each?

_A._ I gave them to Mr. Fearn.

_Q._ In whose presence?

_A._ Two or three gentlemen in his office.

_Q._ Who were those gentlemen?

_A._ I do not recollect.

_Q._ Were Mr. b.u.t.t or Mr. Cochrane Johnstone there then?

_A._ No, they were neither of them there then.

_Q._ Did you see what Mr. Fearn did with those notes?

_A._ No, I did not.

_Q._ Did you put your name upon the two .100. notes before you gave them into the bank?

_A._ I put Mr. Fearn's name upon them.

[_Mr. Miller produced two .100. notes._]

_Q._ Are those the two?

_A._ Yes they are.

_Q._ What are their numbers?

_A._ 19,482 and 19,592.

_Mr. Joseph Fearn called again;_

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ On the 24th of February did you receive from Christmas two hundred notes of one pound each?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ To whom did you give those notes?

_A._ To Mr. b.u.t.t.

_Q._ Did you see what Mr. b.u.t.t did with them?

_A._ He gave them to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone.

_Mr. John Bilson and Mr. Thomas Northover called again._

_Mr. Gurney._ Did you on the 24th of February pay a .100. Bank note No.

19,482?

_Mr. Bilson._ We paid to Fearn on that day two hundred one pound notes for two notes of .100. each.

_Q._ Are those the two notes for which you paid them, [_shewing them to the Witness_]?

_A._ Those are the two notes.

_A Juryman._ What are the numbers?

_A._ 19,482, the 4th of February 1814, and 19,592 of the same date.

_Mr. Gurney._ I am now going to put into the hands of the witnesses sixty-seven notes found in Mr. De Berenger's writing desk, for him to see whether they are not part of those he paid for those two .100.

notes?

[_The Witnesses compared them._]

_Mr. Bilson._ These are part of the notes we paid to Fearn on the 24th of February.