A. Yes, it was.

Q. 5. Did Lieutenant Morrison, after you had delivered him that letter, give you any, and how many letters to take back to Hexham ?

A. I brought back one.

Q. 6. To whom was that letter addressed, and to whom did you deliver it?

A. I do not know to whom it was addressed, but I gave it to Serjeant Keys.

Q.7. Did you see Major Hedley when you were at Shafto with the letter which you took to Lieutenant Morrison, and had you any communication with him relative to the pay of the party at Hexham? If you had, state to the court the nature of that communication.

A. I saw the Major, and he asked me how we got our pay there. I said I always got my pay on the pay-day; and he fell a laughing, saying, Well, if you do not get your pay, write to the Secretary at War.

Cross examined.

Q. 8. By the Prosecutor.-Will you take upon you to swear positively that you did not bring back two separate letters from Lieutenant Morrison?

A. I cannot say positively, but I think there was but one; but what there was I gave to Serjeant Keys.

CAPTAIN JAMES THAIN, of the Northumberland regiment, being called on, and duly sworn, is examined as an evidence by the Prisoner.

Q. 1. Do you remember that Lieutenant Morrison at any time, and when, in the month of September last, gave you a letter addressed to Captain Dale, with a request that you would send it to him by an orderly?

A. I recollect Lieutenant Morrison giving me a letter to go to Captain Dale; I said I had an orderly going over in a few days, and it might go by that orderly, but I cannot say at what period.

Q. 2. How did you happen to propose to Lieutenant Morrison to forward this letter for him?

A. I recollect no other reason than I have already given; and, perhaps, it might be to save postage.

Q. 3. Did you send such letter to me by orderly, and how long after you had received it from Lieutenant Morrison?

A. As far as I can recollect the letter was sent by orderly; and, possibly, two or three days after I received it.

Q. 4. Did Lieutenant Morrison communicate to you the contents of that letter?

A. I remember Lieutenant Morrison communicated to me

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the contents of a letter to Captain Dale, but I cannot say it was that letter?

Q. 5. What were the contents of the letter Lieutenant Morrison so communicated to you?

A. I cannot really speak with certainty at this distance of time; but, as far I can recollect, it was an application for money to Captain Dale.

Examined by the court.

Q. 6. Have you any mode of knowing that Lieutenant Morrison was invited to meet you at Captain Dale's, in the month of August?

A. Yes; Captain Dale mentioned it to me, either verbally, or by letter. The meeting was to be about the 24th or 25th August.

ENSIGN GEORGE DALE, of the 37th Regiment, being called on, and duly sworn, is examined as a witness by the Prisoner.

Q. 1. Did you on Thursday, the 7th September last, spend the day at my Father's house, at Cleadon; and were Lieutenant Morrison and myself of the party?

A. I did; yourself aud Lieutenant Morrison, were of the party.

Q. 2. Whether, on that day, I made any appointment with Lieutenant Morrison, in your presence, to meet and settle an account, and when, and where, was such meeting appointed to be held?

A. You told Lieutenant Morrison, that if he would meet you the next day, at Forster's Inn, at three o'clock, to dine with you, you would settle his account.

Q. 3. Did Lieutenant Morrison agree to this proposal?
A. Yes; he did.

Q. 4. Whether, when Lieutenant Morrison was about to leave Cleadon, in the evening of the 7th September, you accompanied me to the door to see Lieutenant Morrison set off, and whether I then reminded Lieutenant Morrison of his engagement 2

A. I did accompany you to the door, and the last words you said, were to remind him of the appointment, and Lieutenant Morrison's reply was, he would certainly be there at three o'clock. Q. 5. Whether you did not also engage to dine with us the next day at three o'clock?

A. I did.

Q. 6. Whether the dinner was delayed, and to what hour?
A. It was delayed until four o'clock.

Q. 7. Did you dine with me at Forster's, and how long did we remain there after dinner?

A. I did dine with you at Forster's, and we remained there until near six o'clock.

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Q. 8. Did Lieutenant Morrison come to me at Forster's, during the time we remained there?

A. No; he did not.

Q. 9. Whether I made any enquiry of the waiters after Lieutenant Morrison, and whether I made such enquiry, when I was about to leave Forster's, and what answer was given to such enquiries?

A. You did enquire of the waiters after Lieutenant Morrison, and the answer received was, that Lieutenant Morrison had not been there.

Cross examined.

Q. 10. By the Prosecutor.-Did the waiter tell Captain Dale that Lieutenant Morrison had not sent there?

A. No.

QUARTER MASTER THOMAS COCKBURN, of the 84th Regiment, being called upon, and duly sworn, is examined as an evidence by the Prisoner.

Q. 1. You were, I believe, my pay serjeant, from the time of my entering upon the recruiting service in Northumberland, in 1809, until the 16th October, in that year?

A. Yes; I was.

Q. 2. State to the court how much money I advanced to you for pay and bounties, and to the officers commanding the different parties to enable them to carry on the service, previously to the 28th June?

A. To the different officers £120. to myself £90. which £90. was expended in pay and bounties; in all £210.

Q. S. Did you keep my account with all the parties under my command, during the time you acted as my pay serjeant? A. I did.

Q. 4. How much of the £90. advanced to you for pay and bounties, was expended previously to the 28th June?

A. £61 14s. for bounties.

Q. 5. Whether you recollect Lieutenant Morrison sending me in the mouth of July, an erroneous' account, containing a charge for money paid to Serjeant Walton?

A. Yes; I do.

Q. 6. Did I give you any, and what, directions, in conse quence of receiving sucli erroneous account?

A. You informed me that from an erroneous account you had received from Lieutenant Morrison, that you would not advance him any more money on account when the £40. was expended; desiring me, at the same time, to make out a pay list for Lieutenant Morrison's party, and send it, so that he might account for his expenditure in a regular way. It was sent back to Lieutenant Morrison, filled up with the exact expenditure from the 25th June to the 24th July, inclusive.

Q. 7. Do you remember seeing any other account from Lieutenant Morrison?

A. I do not.

Q. 8. After the officers on detachment had expended the money which they had received in advance, and settled their accounts, were you the the person who transmitted the money from head quarters to the officers on detachment ?

A. Yes; I was.

Q. 9. Whether you remember being sent by me to Newcastle with recruits, about the latter end of August, and how long remain there?

did you

A. I was sent, and remained there until 3d September.

Q. 10. Did you, upon that occasion, obtain from me an authority to draw upon Mr Elder for whatever money you might want for the service?

A. Yes.

Q. 11 Whether you exercised that authority, by drawing upon Mr Elder, for any, and how much, money?

A. Yes; I drew upon Mr Elder for £40.

Q. 12. Did you, when at Newcastle, receive any application from Corporal Dowson for pay for Lieutenant Morrison's party at Hexham ?

A. I did not.

Q. 13. Did you, at any time, receive a letter from Serjeant Keys, on the subject of the pay of the Hexham party?

A. I did not,

Q. 14. When did Lieutenant Morrison first, to your knowledge, send to head quarters for money, either for pay or bounties? A. On the 25th September last.

Q. 15. Who made the application, and did you send any, and how much, pay in consequence?

A Matthew Chicken, private, by order of Lieutenant Morrison. I sent £12 17s. 6d. that sum being the pay from 25th September to 24th October, inclusive.

Q. 16. If Lieutenant Morrison, or any of his party, had previously applied to you for pay or bounties, would you not, instantly, have sent the money?

A. Yes,

Q. 17. Did you ever experience any difficulty, delay, or trouble, in obtaining money to send to the parties when required? A. I did not.

Q. 18. Whether, in the month of July, you made any representation to me respecting the recruits receiving their full half bounty at the place of inlistment, and state to the court what that representation was?

A. Some time about the middle of July, I stated to Captain Dale, that some of the recruits from the different stations joined at Alnwick, which had spent the whole of the half bounty at the

place of inlistment, and were very much in want of necessaries; and I thought it would be better to advance but a small proportion of that bounty, so that they might be provided with necessaries on their arrival at Alnwick.

Q. 19. Whether you ever heard of any complaints, either from officers or recruits, of the regulations which I made in consequence of your representations?

A. I did not.

Q. 20. Whether, with the exception of Lieutenant Morrison, there was any difficulty or delay, in settling the accounts of the officers for money advanced, or in remitting them money afterwards, as they required it?

A. There was not.

Cross examined.

Q. 21. By the Prosecutor.-Will you take upon you to swear positively, that you never received any application from Corporal Dowson, about pay or bounties for Lieutenant Morrison's party?

A. That I have already done.

Q. 22. About the 24th August, the time when Serjeant Keys sent a letter to you, were you not absent from Alnwick, so that it would have been impossible for you to have received any

letter?

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A. I left Alnwick on the 25th August, and am confident any letter come there, it would have been forwarded to me. Q. 23. You have spoken of several large sums advanced to the officers by Captain Dale, previously to the 28th June. Do you know if Captain Dale advanced any large sums to the officers in the months of August and September?

A. I do not.

Q. 24. As you were in the habit of transmitting the money to the parties, after the original advances were expended, why you make no remittance to Lieutenant Morrison's party?

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A. I had a regular application from all other parties but Lieutenant Morrison's.

Q. 25. You have said that you yourself remitted the money to the other officers. Do you mean to say the commissioned officers wrote to you, as Captain Dale's serjeant, when they wanted money, or did you send money to their serjeants, week by week, as you calculated that the pay would be expended?

A. To the non-commissioned officers, sometimes by orderly, sometimes by letter; I generally sent fourteen days pay at a time in consequence of their application.

Q. 26. Will you swear that no application was made to you from the 13th August to the 19th September, by any non-commissioned officer of Lieutenant Morrison's party, by letter, by verbal request, by message, or in any other way?