Mr. Cooper.—I do think it material, to show the sort of agents that this honourable society employs. (To witness.) And what did you do before you suppressed vice and libels?—I got my living honourably as an officer in his Majesty’s customs.
And are you still an honourable officer, &c.?—No; I have lost my situation.
Retired upon a pension?—No.
How old are you?—Fifty-four.
No pension, eh?—None.
Re-examined by Mr. Gurney.—I have been in the employment of the Society for the Suppression of Vice for a year and a half; I have been paid by them for my services. In this instance, and in several others, I have made some purchases for the Constitutional Association.
Horatio Orton was then called. A general murmur ran through the Court, which was crowded to excess; and all persons most deferentially gave the witness way.
Examined by Mr. Gurney.—I was a witness before the Grand Jury. On the 10th of March I purchased another copy of the pamphlet in question from Mary Anne Carlile; I had it from her own hand.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cooper.—How came you to purchase this on the 10th of March?—I was directed by Mr. Murray, the solicitor, to purchase it.
This is the gentleman? (pointing to Mr. Murray, in court)—Yes.