Q. And you do not believe it to be his hand-writing?
A. I do not indeed; it is not his hand-writing.
Lord Ellenborough. That is the Dover letter?
Mr. Park. Yes it is, my Lord. If your Lordship will look at that and the other letter, you will see a marked difference.
[The witness compared the two letters.]
Lord Ellenborough. The gentleman may look at the two letters; but that furnishes no argument, for a person would certainly write a disguised hand at that time, if ever he did in his life. This gentleman does not go on belief that it is not, but he swears positively that it is not his hand-writing.
Mr. Park. Certainly, my Lord; and there is, on the other side, only Mr. Lavie. This gentleman having seen Mr. De Berenger write a thousand times, and received a thousand letters from him. Do you, in your judgment and conscience believe, that that is a disguised hand of Mr. De Berenger?
A. I do not.
A Juryman. Why did you take the two letters up to compare the two hand-writings, if you had no doubt in your mind?
A. I had no doubt at all of it.