Smith. "I will not swear either that I was not applied to for that purpose or that I was. If you will let me see the document, I shall recognize my writing at once."
Attorney-General. "In January, 1855, were you applied to by Palmer to attest a proposal of his brother for £13,000 in the Prince of Wales Office?"
Smith. "I don't recollect."
Attorney-General. "Don't recollect! Why, £13,000 was a large sum for a man like Walter Palmer, wasn't it, who hadn't a shilling in the world?"
Smith. "Oh, he had money, because I know that he lived retired and carried on no business."
Attorney-General. "Didn't you know that he was an uncertified bankrupt?"
Smith. "I know that he had been a bankrupt some years before, but I did not know that he was an uncertified bankrupt. I know that he had an allowance from his mother, but I do not know whether he had money from any other source. I believe that his brother, William [the prisoner], gave him money at different times."
Attorney-General. "Where, in the course of 1854 and 1855, were you living—in Rugeley?"
Smith. "In 1854 I think I resided partly with William Palmer, and sometimes at his mother's."