ore. I made an
affidavit; I saw nobody on the subject of that affidavit; I saw Mr.
Tahourdin a few days after making the affidavit. Mr. De Berenger wore
whiskers sometimes; I do not know whether he wore whiskers then or not,
I did not see much of him. I had not seen the bed on Monday morning till
after his return."
Then the ostler at Chelsea, and his wife, are called to prove, that he
was at a late hour in town. John M'Guire says, "I am the ostler at
Smith's livery-stables, at the Cross-keys yard, Chelsea. I am acquainted
with the person of Mr. De Berenger; I remember seeing him on the 20th of
February; it was on a Sunday. I remember it perfectly well, because I
knew he was within the Rules of the King's Bench; and I determined to
ask his servant, how he was out of the Rules. He had lived at Chelsea
before. It was a quarter past six in the evening that I saw him at
Smith's stable-yard gate; he asked me if the coach to London was gone; I
told him the six o'clock coach was gone, but the seven would be ready in
three quarters of an hour; he said, it would not do to wait for the
seven o'clock coach, and he turned round and took his way to London.
When I went home that night, I mentioned to my wife, that I had seen Mr.
De Berenger at a quarter past six. I was induced to mention it, from
knowing he was in the Rules of the Bench, and not having seen him that
way for some time before; he went from the lodgings he had at Chelsea,
to the King's Bench."
Upon cross-examination, he says, "I have known him three years and a
half, I knew him to be an officer in a corps of Riflemen; that day
fortnight I saw his servant, on the 6th of March, and he said, he was
not clear of the Bench then. Last Monday week I was examined by the
attorney. He had on, when I saw him, a black coat, a black waistcoat,
and grey overalls or pantaloons. I have seen William Smith this morning.
De Berenger wore whiskers when I knew him before, but when I saw him on
this Sunday he was close shaved, he had none then; it was three miles
and a half from the Asylum." Now it appears, that De Berenger was three
miles and a half from the Asylum at a quarter past six, where he had
dined; if he had dined any where, we have not heard. He says, "he
thought it was wrong to be out of the Rules, and he was shocked at it."
Then Mr. Hopper says, "I am an architect. I saw Mr. Cochrane Johnstone's
premises at Alsop's Buildings two nights ago." He is shewn the plan and
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