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was killed? _A._ Yes. _A Juryman._ Were those gentlemen with you at the time the news arrived? _A._ They were--not my Lord Cochrane. _Mr. Gurney._ Had the good news an immediate effect upon the funds? _A._ Yes, it had. _Q._ After the funds had begun to rise, did you sell? _A._ I began to sell before the rise took place. _Q._ What was the first price you sold at? _A._ Omnium at twenty-nine and a quarter. _Q._ That was the first price you sold at? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Do you mean to say that omnium opened that morning at twenty-nine and a quarter? _A._ I rather think it did. _Q._ However, the first price you sold at was twenty-nine and a quarter? _A._ Yes. _Q._ What was your next price? _A._ L29-3/8, 29-1/2, and 30-1/2. _Q._ At what did you sell the consols? _A._ Beginning at 70-5/8ths, 71-1/4, 71-7/8ths, 72, and 72-1/4. _Q._ In what manner did you receive instructions for these various sales; they were sold in different parcels? _A._ Yes, I came frequently to my office from the Stock Exchange to Mr. Butt and Mr. Cochrane Johnstone. _Q._ And you reported to them and received orders? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Did you receive notes likewise? _A._ I was in the constant habit of doing so. _Q._ Did you do so that morning? _A._ I am not quite certain; but I am in the constant habit of receiving notes from them. _Q._ Do you remember hearing in the course of the morning, of a post chaise coming through the city? _A._ I did. _Q._ Did that occasion a still further rise in the funds? _A._ I do not know. _Q._ Before business left off, the funds fell again? _A._ They did. _Lord Ellenborough._ About what o'clock did the funds fall? _A._ I believe about two. _Mr. Gurney._ It was discovered at that time that the good news was not true? _A._ It certainly was not believed. _Q._ Have you an account of the different purchases from the 12th to the 21st, taken from your books? _A._ I have. _The Witness delivered in the Accounts._ _Mr. Serjeant Best._ From what are those taken? _A._ From my books. _Mr. Gurney._ Have you carried those accounts down to the 5th of March? _A._ I have. _Q._ Has Mr. Baily, also had access to your books, to take the different balances? _A._ He has. _Mr. Gurney._ The reading of this would not be very intelligible, a sight of it perhaps would be the best thing. _Lord Ellenborough._ We must have the sum total or the
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