ute such a commission as that to that extent.
_Q._ How much did you purchase for him?
_A._ L20,000.
_Q._ On that Saturday?
_A._ Yes, in the morning I speak of.
_Q._ What did you do with that L20,000?
_A._ I received instructions to sell it again, if I could get a quarter
per cent profit.
_Q._ Did you get a profit and sell it again?
_A._ In a short time I did get three-eighths per cent profit, and
consequently sold it again without waiting for instructions.
_Q._ Did you then by his instructions make any further purchase for him?
_A._ I did in the latter part of that day purchase first L20,000 and
then L10,000.
_Q._ On the morning of Monday the 21st did you sell out that L30,000?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ In pursuance of instructions received on the Saturday or on the
Monday?
_A._ On the Saturday, at the time I saw him.
_Q._ At what profit did you sell?
_A._ At three-fourths per cent profit.
_Q._ What was the price?
_A._ 28-1/4.
_Q._ Have you given the account of this to Mr. Baily?
_A._ Yes I have.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Brougham._
_Q._ You were partner with Mr. Fearn, Senior, Mr. Butts, broker, were
not you?
_A._ Yes, formerly I was.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. Butt, stating that you had a wife and
family, and wishing him to give you some employment.
_A._ Mr. Butt had been known to me ten or twelve years, and known to Mr.
Fearn, Senior, only as being one of my customers in the book line.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. Butt yourself to ask him to serve you.
_A._ Not upon this occasion at all.
_Q._ Will you hear the question first, and then answer it. Did you never
before this apply to Mr. Butt to give you some of his business?
_A._ Yes I did.
_Q._ And he did give you some of his business upon this day?
_A._ He did.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ Was any of the Omnium bought for Mr. Butt, paid for?
_A._ I would rather decline answering that.
_Mr. Francis Baily called again._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ These gentlemen have informed us that they have furnished you with
the exact statements of all the purchases and sales; have you drawn out
from their statements the purchases and sales, and the daily balances of
each?
_A._ I have. It may be necessary to state, Mr. Richardson has not
furnished me with a written account, but I have taken it down now from
his own mouth.
_Q._ Have you from that made out a g
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