Was anybody else with you?—​No.

Mrs. Redfern, the landlady of “The Stag,” was called into the court, and Mr. Lockwood asked: Was there not a man with you?—​No; I was by myself.

Now (looking at Mrs. Redfern), will you swear that?—​A man followed me in and sat down beside me.

Was that man the prisoner?—​No.

Will you swear that?—​I would almost swear that the prisoner was not the man.

That will not do. On your oath, did not this man go into the “Stag” on that night with you?—​No, he did not.

Did he not follow you in?—​I don’t know that he did, unless he made himself different from what he is now.

On your oath was it not this man?—​To the best of my belief it was not. He seemed a man about thirty-five years of age.

What did you mean by saying just now that you would almost swear he was not the man?—​Because he was so much in the habit of disguising himself.

So it might have been him? Did you speak to the man?—​I don’t remember.