r himself?

_A._ Yes, he did.

_Q._ And the room being taken in this manner, you put up your name
"Fearn, Stock Broker."

_A._ On the Monday.

_Q._ Did you do that at your own idea or was it suggested to you by any
body?

_A._ It was the same transparent blind I had at my former office, which
I removed and put in the window.

_Q._ Your name in gold letters?

_A._ In black letters.

_Q._ You took your furniture?

_A._ The rooms were furnished.

_Q._ I believe after thus finding your Customers liked the situation,
you desired Mr. Johnstone to purchase the lease of the house for you.

_A._ Yes, I did.

_Q._ Was that before or after the 21st?

_A._ I think after.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Then that does not apply.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ You had taken it before the 21st and got into
possession on the 21st.

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ One of your reasons for taking it was that some of your customers
were particularly pleased with it.

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ That was on the Thursday in the week before.

_A._ I believe it might be.

_Q._ You have told us you did not see Lord Cochrane on that morning, how
many days previously to that had you seen him?

_A._ I think I saw him on the Saturday.

_Q._ You are not quite certain of that?

_A._ No, I am not.

_Q._ Does it appear whether he bought any thing on that day.

_Mr. Gurney._ It appears from the account that he bought 20,000 and sold
17,000.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ You have told us that all those three persons, Mr.
Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane, and Mr. Butt, were very large
speculators; did they always speculate the same way, or on the contrary,
when one bought did not the other very often sell?

_A._ It has been the case.

_Q._ Has not that happened often, several times?

_A._ Yes it has, several times.

_Re-examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ On that day they all sold?

_A._ Yes they did.

_Q._ They all acted together on that day.

_A._ Yes they did.

_Q._ Where did Lord Cochrane reside on the 21st of February?

_A._ I do not know.

_Q._ How soon after did you know his residence in Green-Street?

_A._ Not at all until the printed paper of the Stock Exchange came out.

_Q._ Did you know that Lord Cochrane resided at the time in
Green-Street?

_A._ Only by report.

_Q._ Not from Lord Cochrane?

_A._ No.

_A Juryman._ You say they did not sell any stock but what they had
before purchased, do you mean such as they had bought and paid