date?

_A._ Yes, I did; it was not sent by the post, I believe; I cannot charge
my memory, whether it was or not?

_Q._ I see there is a lady alluded to, Lady Mary Crawford Lindsey; was
she a tenant to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone?

_A._ No, she was not a tenant; she had purchased a house of his.

_Q._ There was a business to settle with her?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Do you know the fact, that in consequence of this correspondence
which has been read, Mr. Johnstone did pay Mr. De Berenger any sum of
money?

_A._ Only from the parties having acknowledged, the one the having paid
it, and the other the having received it.

_Q._ You were not present when the money was paid?

_A._ No, I was not.

_Q._ Was there any receipt taken for the money?

_A._ Yes, there was.

_Q._ Did you take the receipt?

_A._ No, I did not.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Did you see it at the time of the receipt?

_A._ There were two receipts at the time.

_Q._ Do you know of its existence, by seeing it at the time when it
purports to bear date?

_A._ A little afterwards; a few days afterwards.

_Q._ When did you first see it?

_A._ A few days afterwards; I really believe the L.50 receipt I handed
myself to Mr. Johnstone, but I cannot charge my memory with it.

_Lord Ellenborough._ You saw it in the month of February, or when?

_A._ The L.50 receipt, which was in September or October, I believe I
handed over to Mr. Johnstone myself; the other I did not.

_Mr. Scarlett._ When did you first see the other receipt; was it in
February?

_A._ I think within two or three days after it was given.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Have you both the receipts there?

_Mr. Scarlett._ We have, my Lord.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Then hand them in, if he proves that he saw them
about the date?

_A._ This receipt of the 20th of September 1813, I handed myself over to
Mr. Johnstone.

[_It was read, as follows._]

"London, Septr 20, 1813.

"Received of the Honble Cochrane Johnstone, the sum of fifty
pounds (by the hands of Gabl Tahourdin, Esq.) on account of
large plans, &c.

"_C. Random De Berenger._"

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_Mr. Scarlett._ You have another receipt in your hands, that bears date
the 26th of February?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ That money did not pass through your hands?

_A._ No.

_Q._ When did you first see that receipt?

_A._ In three or four da