"A.—I am sorry to decline that again!
"Q.—Can you tell me where Captain Tuckett lives?
"A.—I must decline answering the question!
"Q.—Has he a house in London?
"Sir William Follett.—He 'declines to answer the question.'
"A.—I have already said that I decline answering the question.
"Attorney-General.—Where did you last see Captain Tuckett?
"Sir William Follett.—We [the counsel for the prisoner] have no right, my Lords, to interfere in this case;[57] but, the witness having several times declined to answer the question, I apprehend that it is not regular for the Attorney-General, by circuitous questions, to endeavour to get him to answer.
"Attorney-General.—I have never pressed him in any question I have put. [To Sir James Anderson.]—Do you decline answering any question whatever respecting Captain Tuckett?
"A.—Any question which may 'tend to criminate' myself.