And yet it was not till about six or seven weeks after that, you went to the justice?—No.
Lord Ellenborough.—Did you communicate with Mr. Patrick upon the subject before you went to the Justice.—No, my Lord.
Mr. Patrick sworn. Examined by Mr. Bolland.
You are a potter at Vauxhall?—Yes.
How long was the boy, Foreman, with you?—Ever since I have been in the pottery business, between five and six years.
Did he sleep in your house?—Only occasionally.
Upon what occasion is it that he does sleep in your house? Whenever I leave town; and then he has the key of the pottery, there being no other male in the house.
Were you absent from home on the 25th September last?—Yes.
Was the boy on that occasion to sleep in your house?—Yes.
Where had the bed been put up for him?—It was a chair-bed in the front parlour; a temporary bed for a nurse occasionally.