Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, jun., on a Charge of Slave Trading, under 5 Geo. IV, cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th of October, 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London / A Full Report from the Short-hand Notes of W. B. Gurney, Esq.

by Pedro de Zulueta; William Brodie Gurney

Are you a clerk in the bank of Messrs. Glyn, Mills, & Co.?—Yes.

Are they the bankers of the prisoner Mr. Zulueta?—Yes, they are.

Did you pay any sum of money of 650l. for him upon his account, in August 1840? (The Witness referred to a book).—On the 29th of August.

Was there a cheque?—A cheque or bill; I cannot say which.

Mr. Kelly. I presume that is kept by yourself, and in your handwriting?—Yes.

Mr. Serjeant Bompas. You return the cheques?—Yes, we do.

Mr. Serjeant Bompas. We have given them notice to produce any cheque of that date.

Mr. Kelly. Now, what is it you call for?

Mr. Serjeant Bompas. For that cheque for 650l.

Mr. Kelly. Does it purport to be a cheque signed by the defendant?—I cannot tell that, it might be a bill made payable upon our house on their account.