_Q._ Did you see what he did with the cockades?

_A._ He put them into his pocket and took the coats in his hand, and
went out saying he must be at Billingsgate to go down to Gravesend by a
quarter before two.

_Q._ What did he do with the hats?

_A._ He put them into the bundle.

_Q._ He then went away, did he?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ When did you see Mr. M'Rae again?

_A._ About the same time the next day, about half-past one, or a quarter
before two, I met him in Cursitor-street.

_Q._ Did he say any thing to you?

_A._ He gave me a shilling and asked me to go to the cook's shop for his
dinner.

_Q._ Did any thing else pass in Cursitor-street between you?

_A._ No, not then, I went for his dinner.

_Q._ How was he dressed then?

_A._ Just the same as he went out--in his own cloaths.

_Q._ Had he any thing with him?

_A._ A bundle.

_Q._ Was that the same bundle he took out with him apparently?

_A._ He brought home one coat and one hat.

_Q._ Did you see the contents of that bundle when he got home?

_A._ Yes, the best coat and the best hat he brought home with him.

_Q._ Did he tell you where he had been?

_A._ He said he had slept at Northfleet, but he had the appearance of
not having been a bed at all.

_Q._ He appeared tired?

_A._ He appeared very tired.

_Q._ Did he bring the cockades back?

_A._ Yes, he brought the cockades back in his pocket, the ribband was
taken off.

_Q._ By whom?

_A._ By his wife; and the paper they were quilled on was thrown into the
fire and the ribband made use of for strings, they had not buckram, and
they made up the cockades on paper.

_Q._ Was any thing done with the coat?

_A._ They took the white lining out of the coat, and carried it to the
Dyers to be dyed black.

_Q._ They said they should take it to the Dyers to be dyed black?

_A._ I know they took it out of the house to the Dyers, and the coat he
wore.

_Q._ Before this how long had Mr. M'Rae lodged with you?

_A._ He lodged there before I went, he went about a week before me, I
went in September.

_Q._ From September to February had you lodged together in that house?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Had you been acquainted with him and his wife?

_A._ Never before that, but at that house we kept but one fire; coals
were very dear, and we lived a good deal together there.

_Q._ Had you any means of judging Mr. M'Rae's circumstances as to
poverty or wealth?

_Q._ He was poor, he never had a