Should you have objected to give Palmer more time for payment if you had been asked?—I hardly know; probably I should not. I was not hostile to him. I never accommodated Cook. I had offered to do so, but the transaction never assumed completion. (A laugh.)
Re-examined by the Attorney-General: These bills were discounted at 60 per cent. per annum, and would have been renewed probably at the same rate of interest.
Mr. Strawbridge proved that the acceptances produced by the last witness were not in the handwriting of Mrs. Palmer.
Cross-examined: They are a bad imitation of her hand.
The Attorney-General said that Mr. Weatherby was the only remaining witness for the prosecution, and, as he was not now in court, he hoped their Lordships would allow him to be examined in the morning, before his learned friend opened the defence.
Mr. Sergeant Shee asked the Court to permit the witness Mills to be recalled, in order that he might examine her as to where she was now residing.
The Attorney-General: She was cross-examined upon that point.
Lord Campbell: We are of opinion that there is no ground for recalling her.
Mr. Sergeant Shee asked permission to put some further questions to Dr. Devonshire with regard to his having been pushed by Palmer during the post-mortem examination.
Lord Campbell: By all means.