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_A._ Yes.
_Re-examined by Mr. Adolphus._
_Q._ Did you ever receive a Napoleon before?
_Mr. Park._ He did not receive it from that person.
_Lord Ellenborough._ Did all these circ.u.mstances ever concur in any other case. Did you ever drive so early in the morning a single gentleman in a chaise and four, and receive a Napoleon from him?
_A._ No, I never did.
_Michael Finnis sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Adolphus._
_Q._ Are you a post-chaise driver at the Rose at Sittingbourn?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Do you remember the last witness bringing a gentleman in a post-chaise to your house?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ In the month of February?
_A._ I did not take particular notice of the time.
_Q._ Was it early in the morning?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ In a chaise and four?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ At what o'clock in the morning might it be?
_A._ It might be somewhere about four, or between four and five I believe. I did not take particular notice, for I had no watch with me, it was dark.
_Q._ Where did you drive him to?
_A._ I drove him to the Crown at Rochester.
_Q._ That is Mr. Wright's house?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ At what time in the morning might it be when you got to Rochester?
_A._ I cannot say, we were not much above an hour going with the gentleman--it might be an hour and ten minutes at the outside.
_Q._ Did the gentleman get out there?
_A._ Yes, he did.
_Q._ What present did he make you?
_A._ He gave us a Napoleon a piece; he gave me two, one for my fellow-servant and one for myself.
_Lord Ellenborough._ You had no opportunity of seeing his person?
_A._ I did just see him in the house when he paid me, but I did not take any particular notice of him.
_Lord Ellenborough._ He had no luggage, had he?
_A._ I do not know.
_Lord Ellenborough._ I thought he had changed chaise?
_Mr. Park._ No, he did not change chaise, only got out and in again.
_A Juryman._ Did you observe his dress?
_A._ He had a kind of a pepper and salt coat on, and a red coat under that I perceived, and a cap he had on.
_Mr. William Wright sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Adolphus._
_Q._ You keep the Crown Inn at Rochester?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Do you remember a chaise from Sittingbourn arriving at your house on the morning of the 21st of February?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ A chaise and four?
_A._ Yes.
_Mr. Park._ I request that the questions may not be put so leading as to fix the day, for not one witness has proved it.
_Mr. Adolphus._ Have you any particular reason for remembering that day?
_A._ Yes.
