_Q._ I believe you are ostler at Smith"s livery stables, at the Cross Keys yard, Chelsea?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Were you acquainted with the person of Mr. De Berenger?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Was he in the habit of frequenting your master"s stables, or that neighbourhood?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Were you well acquainted with his person in the month of February last?
_A._ Yes, I was.
_Q._ Do you remember seeing him upon the 20th of February?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ On a Sunday?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What makes you remember the day?
_A._ I remember the day perfectly well, on the account that I knew him to be in the Rules of the King"s Bench.
_Q._ How does that enable you to recollect the particular day?
_A._ Upon account, that I determined in my own mind, that I would ask his servant the next time I saw him, whether he was out of the Rules.
_Q._ Before that time had he ever lived at Chelsea?
_A._ Yes, he had.
_Q._ And so you became acquainted with his person?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ On this 20th of February, at what time did you see him at Chelsea?
_A._ At a quarter past six.
_Q._ Where did you see him?
_A._ At Mr. Smith"s stable-yard gateway.
_A Juryman._ A quarter past six in the morning or the evening?
_A._ The evening.
_Mr. Park._ Did any thing pa.s.s between you?
_A._ Yes; he asked me whether the coach was gone; I told him the six o"clock coach was gone, but the seven would be ready in three quarters of an hour.
_Q._ What further pa.s.sed?
_A._ He made no more to do, but turned round and took his way to London.
_Q._ Did he say any thing more?
_A._ He said it would not do to wait for the seven o"clock coach.
_Q._ And he set out on foot for London?
_A._ He did.
_Q._ This was about a quarter past six, you say?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Are you confident as to the day?
_A._ I am.
_Q._ And as to his person, you have no doubt about it?
_A._ No, not the least.
_Q._ Did any circ.u.mstance occur to call this to your recollection?
_A._ Yes; I mentioned it to my wife, when I went home that night.
_Q._ What induced you to mention it to her?
_A._ That I had seen Mr. De Berenger on that evening, at a quarter past six.
_Lord Ellenborough._ You mentioned the time to her?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ You mentioned particularly to her, that you had seen him at a quarter past six?
_A._ I did.
_Mr. Richardson._ What induced you to mention the circ.u.mstance to your wife?
_A._ Knowing that he was in the Rules of the Bench, and not having seen him that way, from the time that he was in the Rules before.