_Q._ From the observation that you made upon that person, could you
point him out?
_A._ Certainly.
_Q._ Look round the Court, and see whether he is here?
_A._ The gentleman is below me, (_pointing to De Berenger_,) this
Gentlemen, who is writing here.
_Q._ Have you any doubt of it?
_A._ Not in the least.
_Q._ Had you seen him before that day?
_A._ This is the third time I ever saw him.--I saw him by accident in
Westminster Hall, passing through the Hall.
_Lord Ellenborough._ Did you recollect him when you saw him there?
_A._ Immediately.
_Mr. Bolland._ By what accident was it that you saw him there?
_A._ I went down there.
_Q._ And there by chance saw him?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Were you desired by any body to go down?
_A._ A friend of mine asked me to go down. The fact is we were going to
Newgate; having heard that he was gone to Westminster Hall, I went down
there.
_Q._ Was he walking about the Hall, or where was he when you saw him?
_A._ I first saw him in the court.
_Q._ Was he alone, or were there other persons about him?
_A._ There were many persons about him.
_Q._ You have no doubt of the person?
_A._ I have no doubt.
_Q._ You recollect nothing of any letter?
_A._ No, I do not.
_Cross examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ You told my learned friend you had seen this person three
times;--once at Dover, and to day, and another time; by accident that
was so--was it?
_A._ It was.
_Q._ Did you go to Newgate by accident?
_A._ No, I did not, I went there accompanied by a friend to see him; it
was mere by chance that I went down to Westminster Hall.
_Q._ Do you call that an accident in your vocabulary?
_A._ I had no intention of going there ten minutes before.
_Q._ You did not go with your friend for the purpose of looking at him?
_A._ I went alone, I went with a friend to Newgate.
_Q._ You did not go to Westminster Hall for the purpose of looking at
him?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ Do you call that an accident?
_A._ No.
_Q._ Did you not follow him to Westminster Hall for the purpose of
looking at him?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Who was the friend who went with you to Newgate?
_A._ Mr. Oakes of the Stock Exchange.
_Q._ That was the day you knew he was to come to Westminster Hall for
the purpose of pleading to this indictment?
_A._ I did not know any such thing.
_Q._ Were not you so informed when you got to Newgate?
_A._ I was.
_Q._ And t
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