_William Crane sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Adolphus._
_Q._ Do you drive a hackney coach?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What number.
_A._ 890.
_Q._ On a Monday morning in February do you remember taking up a fare at the Marsh Gate?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What day of the month was it?
_A._ The 21st of February.
_Q._ Where did the fare come from?
_A._ From Dartford.
_Q._ Out of what?
_A._ A post chaise and four--a Dartford chaise.
_Q._ Where were you directed to drive to?
_A._ To Grosvenor Square.
_Q._ Where to there?
_A._ He did not say where in Grosvenor Square.
_Q._ Where did you set him down?
_A._ I drove him into Grosvenor Square, and then the gentleman put down the front gla.s.s and told me to drive to No. 13, Green Street.
_Q._ Did the gentleman get out there?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Did you hear whom he asked for?
_A._ He asked for Colonel or Captain somebody, I did not hear the name, and they said he was gone to breakfast in c.u.mberland Street.
_Q._ What did the gentleman say then?
_A._ The gentleman asked if he could write a note to him.
_Q._ Did he go in?
_A._ Yes, he went into the parlour.
_Q._ Were you discharged then?
_A._ Yes, the gentleman gave me four shillings before he went in, and I said, I hoped he would give me another shilling: he took out a bit of a portmanteau that he had, and a sword, and went in, and came out into the pa.s.sage and gave me another shilling.
_Q._ What sort of a portmanteau was it?
_A._ A small leather one, big enough to wrap a coat up in.
_Q._ What sort of leather?
_A._ I think black leather, as well as I can recollect.
_Q._ Have you seen that person since that you drove that morning?
_A._ Yes, I saw him in King Street, Westminster.
_Q._ At the messenger"s house?
_A._ At Mr. Wood"s house.
_Q._ Do you see him in court?
_A._ I think this is the gentleman, here, (_pointing to De Berenger_.)
_Q._ Were you of the same opinion when you saw him at Mr. Wood"s?
_A._ When I came down stairs he looked very hard at me.
_Q._ Did you know him then?
_A._ Yes, it was something of the same appearance, but he had altered himself very much by his dress.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ You went to Wood"s for the purpose of seeing him?
_A._ Yes, I did.
_Q._ Wood is a messenger of the Alien Office?
_A._ He lives in King Street.