By the Common Serjeant.—What further did he say? and give his own words.—He said, “I don’t know: I am not so proper a person as you,” or words to the same effect. I said to him, “What did he (meaning Church) say respecting the report?”
What had the report reference to that you spoke of?—The report respecting this transaction.
What answer did Patrick make to that? What did Patrick say to you when you put the question, as to what Church had said respecting the report?—I said to Mr. Patrick, says I, “what did he say respecting the acknowledging the report”—that is, what did Mr. Church say to Mr. Patrick about acknowledging the report that had gone abroad respecting him. He said, “It was false.”
Do you mean that Church said it was false?—I mean that Patrick said that the report was false.
By Lord Ellenborough.—That is not the answer to the question put by the Gentleman. Did Church say that it was false?—I never saw Church upon the subject.
By the Common Serjeant.—When Patrick made you an answer, did you understand that answer to be, that Church had said the report was false, or that Patrick himself said the report was false?—Patrick himself.
Patrick himself said that the report was false?—Certainly.
Did you then put any other question to Mr. Patrick?—I did.
What other question did you put?—I said, what answer did Mr. Church give respecting its having been reported that he was in liquor—that he made an excuse that he was in liquor?
What answer did Mr. Patrick give to that?—He said it was false. He said there had been a great deal of exaggeration.