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.

_Q._ What sort of a person was it that came in the chaise?

_A._ It was a tall person rather thin than otherwise.

_Q._ Dressed how?

_A._ He was dressed in a pepper and salt great coat, with a scarlet coat
un