You know, in fact, that Mr. Cook had had no substantial food?—He had some coffee and cocoa, and something like that.
You say that on the Monday evening you saw Palmer between eight and nine o’clock going upstairs. Are you sure it was before nine o’clock?—I am not quite certain.
Are you sure it was before half-past nine o’clock?—No, I did not pay particular attention to what the time was.
Are you quite sure it was before ten o’clock?—Yes, I knew he had been to London.
Did you know what hour the train came back from London?—I did not. An omnibus goes from the hotel to the station, starting from the hotel about half-past seven. It is not one mile from the station. I can give no notion of what time the express train comes into Rugeley from London, nor do I know if it stops at Rugeley.
Do you persist that it must have been before ten o’clock that you saw Palmer come in?—I think it was.
May it not have been a quarter past ten o’clock? You can easily have been mistaken about an hour; are you quite certain it was before ten o’clock?—I cannot remember now.
You have stated that when Palmer left on the Monday evening he gave Cook something to drink in a glass; he snapped at the glass, and you said, “I cannot remember who gave it to him”; did you see the glass in Mr. Cook’s hands?—I cannot remember whether I saw the glass in Cook’s hands.
L. Barnes
Did you see his hand up to the glass?—I think I did. I think it was as if he was going to catch hold of it, but somebody else was holding it.