Mr. James Cook, sworn. Examined by Mr. Bodkin.
Do you reside in London?—Yes.
Are you a colonial-broker?—I am a colonial-broker under the firm of Truman and Cooke.
How long have you known the prisoner at the bar?—From ten to fifteen years.
What character has he borne during the time you have known him?—A very high character: I consider Mr. Zulueta to be one of the most honourable men in the City of London. It falls to my lot to be acquainted with a very large circle of the mercantile community. I am in close connexion with most of the large houses—Messrs. Baring, Messrs. Rothschilds, and houses of that stamp—and if I were put in a position to make any exception as to honour and integrity among the houses I have named, including Mr. Zulueta, the young man at the bar, I should put my finger upon him as the exception, as the most honourable and most straightforward man I ever knew.
Is that the mode in which you have heard him spoken of among mercantile men?—I believe I may say, without exception, it is generally understood to be so.
[Adjourned.
THIRD DAY.
MONDAY, 30TH OCTOBER, 1843.
The names of the Jury were called over.—All present.