_A._ Yes, he did.
_Q._ Both these times you saw him in Mr. Donithorne"s house?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ How long did he stay when he came in the evening?
_A._ It might be somewhere about half an hour; I cannot exactly say; it might be an hour, or it might be less.
_Q._ Was it thereabouts, as nearly as you can remember?
_A._ Yes; it was, as nearly as I can remember.
_Q._ You are sure it was somewhere thereabouts?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Was he a visitor of Mr. Donithorne"s, or did he come on business?
_A._ I have seen him frequently talking to Mr. Donithorne, about drawings, designs of furniture, and things of that sort.
_Q._ What is Donithorne?
_A._ He is a cabinet maker.
_Q._ You had seen him before that time?
_A._ Yes; Mr. Donithorne has shewn him to me.
_Lord Ellenborough._ What are you yourself?
_A._ A hat manufacturer by trade.
_Q._ You have been out of business since that time?
_A._ Yes, I have; not entirely out of business; but I have not a house at the present moment; I went there to reside, till I saw a house that would suit my purpose.
_Q._ He was talking with Mr. Donithorne?
_A._ Yes, he was.
_Mr. Richardson._ Was any body else present?
_A._ Yes; there was my wife, Mr. Donithorne and Mrs. Donithorne; we were in the parlour in the evening, when he came.
_Q._ Did he sit down?
_A._ He said that he would not come into the parlour to disturb the company; Mr. Donithorne went to the back part of the house with him, into the garden.
_Q._ Did he come into the parlour?
_A._ Yes, he did just come into the parlour; but he said he would not disturb the company.
_Q._ Did he afterwards come in?
_A._ I do not know whether he came in afterwards or not.
_Q._ But you saw him there?
_A._ I saw him in the house.
_Q._ You are well acquainted with his person?
_A._ Yes; I had seen him repeatedly before that.
_Q._ You did not see him after that?
_A._ No, I did not.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ Do you remember being struck with any alteration in his appearance that night?
_A._ No.
_Q._ How long before that time had he left off wearing the large whiskers he used to have?
_A._ I cannot say.
_Q._ He had not them on that night?
_A._ I cannot say that I saw any alteration.
_Q._ He had no whiskers on that night?
_A._ No.
_Q._ He had never been used to wear whiskers?
_A._ That I cannot say.
_Q._ You knew him well, and had seen him often?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ And you mean to say, you do not remember whether he wore whiskers on not?
_A._ He might or might not, I do not look so particularly into a gentleman"s face, as to see whether he has whiskers or not.