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_Q._ How much did you purchase for him?
_A._ 20,000.
_Q._ On that Sat.u.r.day?
_A._ Yes, in the morning I speak of.
_Q._ What did you do with that 20,000?
_A._ I received instructions to sell it again, if I could get a quarter per cent profit.
_Q._ Did you get a profit and sell it again?
_A._ In a short time I did get three-eighths per cent profit, and consequently sold it again without waiting for instructions.
_Q._ Did you then by his instructions make any further purchase for him?
_A._ I did in the latter part of that day purchase first 20,000 and then 10,000.
_Q._ On the morning of Monday the 21st did you sell out that 30,000?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ In pursuance of instructions received on the Sat.u.r.day or on the Monday?
_A._ On the Sat.u.r.day, at the time I saw him.
_Q._ At what profit did you sell?
_A._ At three-fourths per cent profit.
_Q._ What was the price?
_A._ 28-1/4.
_Q._ Have you given the account of this to Mr. Baily?
_A._ Yes I have.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Brougham._
_Q._ You were partner with Mr. Fearn, Senior, Mr. b.u.t.ts, broker, were not you?
_A._ Yes, formerly I was.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. b.u.t.t, stating that you had a wife and family, and wishing him to give you some employment.
_A._ Mr. b.u.t.t had been known to me ten or twelve years, and known to Mr.
Fearn, Senior, only as being one of my customers in the book line.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. b.u.t.t yourself to ask him to serve you.
_A._ Not upon this occasion at all.
_Q._ Will you hear the question first, and then answer it. Did you never before this apply to Mr. b.u.t.t to give you some of his business?
_A._ Yes I did.
_Q._ And he did give you some of his business upon this day?
_A._ He did.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ Was any of the Omnium bought for Mr. b.u.t.t, paid for?
_A._ I would rather decline answering that.
_Mr. Francis Baily called again._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ These gentlemen have informed us that they have furnished you with the exact statements of all the purchases and sales; have you drawn out from their statements the purchases and sales, and the daily balances of each?
_A._ I have. It may be necessary to state, Mr. Richardson has not furnished me with a written account, but I have taken it down now from his own mouth.
_Q._ Have you from that made out a general statement of the several accounts containing the daily purchases, the daily sales, and the daily balances?
_A._ I have.
_Q._ For Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane, and Mr. b.u.t.t?
_A._ Yes.
_The account was delivered in and read, as follows;--_
====================================================================== General Statement of A. Cochrane Johnstone's Omnium Account, from 8th to 21st Feb. 1814 ------------------------------------------------------------------- through Fearn through Hichens ------------------------------------------------------------------- Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Purchases Sales Balances Purchases Sales Balances ---------- --------- -------- -------- --------- -------- ------- 1814, Feb. 8 10,000 10,000 9 47,000 10,000 47,000 20,000 20,000 10 78,000 105,000 20,000 150,000 170,000 11 115,000 35,000 100,000 95,000 265,000 12 100,000 265,000 14 96,500 100,000 96,500 200,000 465,000 15 13,500 110,000 465,000 16 18,500 10,000 118,500 200,000 265,000 17 11,000 19,500 110,000 50,000 115,000 200,000 18 38,000 148,000 50,000 250,000 19 18,000 130,000 250,000 21 120,000 10,000 250,000 ======================================================================
====================================================================== General Statement of A. Cochrane Johnstone's Omnium Account, from 8th to 21st Feb. 1814 ------------------------------------------------------------------- through Smallbone. TOTALS. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Purchases Sales Balances Purchases Sales Balances ---------- --------- -------- -------- --------- -------- -------- 1814, Feb. 8 10,000 10,000 9 67,000 10,000 67,000 10 228,000 105,000 190,000 11 210,000 35,000 365,000 12 20,000 20,000 20,000 385,000 14 20,000 40,000 316,500 100,000 601,500 15 40,000 13,500 615,000 16 40,000 18,500 210,000 423,500 17 40,000 61,000 134,500 350,000 18 40,000 88,000 438,000 19 40,000 18,000 420,000 21 40,000 410,000 10,000 ======================================================================
========================================================================= A. Cochrane Johnstone's Lord Cochrane's Consol Account Omnium Account, from 12th to 21st Feb. 1814 from 14th to 21st Feb. 1814 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- through Fearn through Fearn ---------- ------------------------------------------------------------ Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Daily Purchases Sales Balances Purchases Sales Balances ---------- --------- -------- ---------- --------- -------- ---------- 1814, Feb. 8 9 10 11 12 100,000 100,000 14 100,000 100,000 100,000 15 100,000 100,000 16 100,000 50,000 150,000 17 100,000 50,000 100,000 18 100,000 36,000 136,000 19 100,000 20,000 17,000 139,000 21 139,000 =========================================================================
