The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

difficulty succeeded in opening it, and in doing no my hands
were severely burned. I had to pass Mr. Woolley's room,
and there was no appearance of a firo in it at that time.
A Juror inquired of the witness whether he saw Mr.
Woolley, or whether he attempted to give any alarm to him.
The witness replied that he did not, he was in great suffer-
ing and very much bewildered.

The Juror remarked that notwithstanding he still repre-
sented that he had looked into the room and had ascertained
that there was no fire there.

The witness said that was the fact; but he could give no
explanation, only he had not called out to Mr. Woolley.
He then proceeded to state that having got upon the leads,
he succeeded in making his way into the house of Mr. Egg,
and shortly afterwards he found that his wife had jumped
out of the window and had been taken to Mr. Stevens's, and
that his son was also there. He said his attention was first
called to the subject of the fire about six weeks afterwards,
when Mr. Randall, the solicitor to the Sun Fire-office
called upon him and showed him a statement of the articles
that were represented to have been destroyed in the fire.
The witness was then examined at very considerable length
with reference to the different items contained in the claim ;
and it will be sufficient to state that the effect of his evi-
dence was to show that a great many of the articles that
were claimed for were not in the house at all, and that with
regard to others for which large sums were claimed, they
were comparatively of insignificant value. He also said
that during the whole time he was making his escape from
the house in the way he had described, he heard no shriek-
ing or crying fur assistance, and the first thing he remem
bered hearing was the sound of the policeman's rattle.
This witness was then cross-examined very severely by
Mr. Bovill. In answer to the various questions put to him
he said that the list or statement he referred to might have
contained altogether as many as a thousand items, Mr,
Randall, the solicitor to the Sun Fire-office, when he called
upon him, showed him the list, and he looked over it with
him for about two hours and a half, and he gave him all the
information he could, and he took the list away with him.
He believed that a gentleman named Freeman called upon
him, in reference to the fire, about three days after it hap-
pened, but he had no communication with hfni, as at that
time he was blind, Mr. Teesdale, the plaintiff's solicitor,
called upon him after Mr. Randall, and he also showed him
a list, and he had some conversation with him respecting it.
He informed Mr. Randall that Mr. Teesdale had called upon
him, but ho did not tell Mr. Teesdale anything about Mr.
Randall having been there.

Mr. Bovill asked the witness how it happened that ho
should have informed Mr. Randall that Mr. Teesdale had
called upon him, and had not informed Mr. Teesdale of Mr.
Randall having done so.

The witness appeared confused, and hesitated, and it was
some time before ho gave an answer. He then said that he
could not tell why he did not say so to Mr. Teesdale.
Mr. Bovill still pressed the question, and the witness ap-
peared either unable or unwilling to answer it.
Baron Bramwell told him it was no use detaining the
Court in that manner—everybody could see what his rea-
son was, and he had better avow it. He thought, no doubt,
that he was to act in the interest of ene side only.
The witness then admitted that this was the reason.
He was then further cross-examined by Mr. Bovill with
regard to his evidence respecting the furniture, and shortly
after five o'clock the case was adjourned, the cross-exami-
nation of the witness not having been completed.

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