Are you of the firm of Aguirre Solarte and Murrieta, merchants of London?—Yes.
Do you know the gentleman who stands in the dock?—Yes.
How long have you known him?—About eighteen years.
What is the reputation which he has borne for honour, veracity, uprightness of conduct, and humanity, during the whole of the time you have known him?—The highest in both ways.
You mean the highest in all ways?—Yes.
Mr. Charles Dodd, Jun., sworn. Examined by Mr. Clarkson.
You are the son of the gentleman who has been just examined?—I am.
Have you formerly been at school with the prisoner at the bar?—No, I have not been at school with him; I have known him since the year 1831.
What opinion have you formed as to his character for honour, veracity, and integrity of conduct?—I do not believe a more honourable man exists. I have felt the greatest pleasure in his acquaintance since when I first left school; and when I was forming those acquaintances which would conduct me through life, there is no man whose society I regretted losing more than Pedro de Zulueta’s when he left Camberwell.