body that you saw him on the 20th?
_A._ I told my wife that night.
_Q._ Your wife is here?
_A._ Yes, she is.
_Q._ How soon did you tell any body besides William Smith, the servant,
any thing about him?
_A._ I told no body but William Smith, and my wife.
_Q._ Not to this moment?
_A._ Yes, I did, when I was sent for.
_Q._ When was that?
_A._ Last Monday week.
_Q._ Then you were seen by the attorney, and examined about this matter?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Was any body so particular as to ask you how this gentleman was
dressed, when you saw him on this Sunday?
_A._ No.
_Q._ Now I am so particular; will you tell me how he was dressed?
_A._ He had a black coat, and black waistcoat, and grey pantaloons or
overalls, but I will not say which.
_Q._ You have seen your old acquaintances, the two Smiths, here this
morning?
_A._ I have seen one of them this morning.
_Q._ Which was that?
_A._ William, the servant.
_Q._ Had you any conversation with him about the dress on this Sunday?
_A._ No.
_Q._ You know Mr. De Berenger very well?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Did he wear whiskers on that Sunday?
_A._ No, he was close shaved upon that Sunday, I am certain.
_Re-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ When you saw Mr. Smith, on the 6th of March, what question did you
ask him?
_A._ I asked him, whether his master was out of the Rules of the Bench?
that I had seen him on the Sunday fortnight, that he called at our yard,
to know if the coach was gone; that I told him, the six o'clock coach
was gone, but the seven o'clock coach would go in three quarters of an
hour.
_Q._ You related the circumstance that had passed on the 20th of
February, and then asked him, whether his master was out of the Rules of
the King's Bench?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What did he answer?
_A._ That his master was not out of the Rules, and that if he was at
Chelsea, it was more than he knew of.
_Lord Ellenborough._ You were struck with seeing him out of the Rules?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ You thought it a very wrong thing of him?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ And being shocked at it, you had a mind to enquire of his servant,
whether he was within the Rules?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ You did not say to him, Good God, Sir, how is it you are out of the
Rules on this Sunday?
_A._ He did not stop to have any conversation.
_Q._ If he had stopped long enough, you would have told him so?
_A._ I do not know that I would.
_Q._ Where was h
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