Q. Did you not apply to Mr. Butt, stating that you had a wife and family, and wishing him to give you some employment.
A. Mr. Butt had been known to me ten or twelve years, and known to Mr. Fearn, Senior, only as being one of my customers in the book line.
Q. Did you not apply to Mr. Butt yourself to ask him to serve you.
A. Not upon this occasion at all.
Q. Will you hear the question first, and then answer it. Did you never before this apply to Mr. Butt to give you some of his business?
A. Yes I did.
Q. And he did give you some of his business upon this day?
A. He did.
Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson.
Q. Was any of the Omnium bought for Mr. Butt, paid for?