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London, England, 1820-10-19 00:00:00

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TRIAL OF-THE iiirktm

HOUSE OP Ltonps. OCTOBER is.
DEFENCE—FOURTEEN TH 11) .1 Y.
(Za eon/inuotionfrons the first Milan of yenterdeks STAR.)
• Creee-earietiosed by the SOLICITOR-G[N[RAL.
• Ding were you in the service of Cottazzi?—A year and
a half.
Were you his Clerk all that time?—Always.
Dews to the present time?—No, to the 27th of.ltily.
Then on the 27th July Codaszi turned you out of his service?
Mr. Wrens objected that this was assuming what the witness
had not stated.
Well, did he turn yon out of his service?—He
Have you ever been in his employment since?—No.
Do you mean to swear that from the 97th of July dawn to
the present time you have never been in the employ of Co-
&sail's-I can swear it a thousand times.
With whoa slid you come over here?—With Count Vassali.
Were you alone. or was there anybody else?-There was
another person.
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DM you enter the serviceMoaftt:t Varian ?—No. • '
•al not ccette"ovas the servantuf Coma Vanish I—l
amwthsramrsiat' if Count Vassal:
T ask you if you did net come over in Oh charade! of ',pert
vant to Vassal! ?—No ;he had a servant: ' " ' "
Did•you never represent yourself, on any.oecasion, asfite sm.
vast of Vassali ?—No, never.
Did Count Vassali never represent you to be his servant, in
your pregenee?—Never.
When was it that you first went to the AdvocateVilmacarti?
—September of last year.
Can you tell us the day of the month?—l don't know the day.
Toll us about the time?—lt was towardi the end of the month.

Did you know Vilmacarti before?--I did.
Did you go to Vilmacarti,of your own accord, or what made
you go to him ?—The employer with whom 1 was before bad
some money due to him
I ask whether you went of your own accord, or what induced
you to go there ?—There was a person who urged me twice to
go, and then he took me himself then.
Did that person tell you what you were to go to Vilmacarti
for 2—He told me that I ought to go, because be wanted to
Speak to me, and I should be made a Gentles.nan of if I went.
Did he tell you how you were to be made a Gentleman'--Ile
told me so much—no more—to go, he would take me.
Did you know at that time that Vilmacarti was employed In
the process about her Majesty?—When I went I knew it.
De you mean that you did not know so till you saw Vilma-
card ?—I- knew it.
At the time you saw the person who asked you to go to Vil-
macarti?-IVhat?

At •the time that penult *spoke to you did you know that
Viimacarti was employed in the process of her Hoye! High-
ness?-1 knew it."

Was your master Codazzi employed at that time for her
Royal Highness?—He was not employed in the affairs of her
Royal Highness in Ragland, but in there of Italy.
Did you know Codazzi was in possession of papers of her
Royal Highness ?—I had them in my own desk.
Did you not, as an honest man, communicate this request to
go to Vilmacarti's, to your master?—No.
Did you not conceive it your duty to do so ?—I thought at
the time that I could do no harm.
Do yOu mean to say there was no harm in delivering to
macarti, the letters, papers, and other documents you have
mentioned?—Documents I did not give • I gave letters.
Well, that there was no harm in banding over letters to Vil-
Inward, without the consent of your master, Codazzi?—Yet.,
I thought it would do no harm.
Did you think it your duty to tell your master, that he might
judge whether there was no harm ?—I thought it was my duty,
but I neglected it.
Now, pray tell us who the person was who called upon you
twice to go to Vilmacarti ?—I don't know the person, if I did,
I would telL
Tell us where you met him the first time?—ln the street of
St. Victoire, near the Theatre.
Did you meet hint by accident?—By accident; I did not
know him, nor do litiow him; he stopped me.'
Did you not ask him his name, or who he was?—l did ask
hint, but he told me it was no business of mine to know that.
Where was it you saw him the second time ?—At the ---
Did you meet him also by accident this second time ?—Yes.
Was it at the same hour of the day as on the first occasion?—
Yes, I was coming from the office.
Did he rcp.at the same question he bad- asked you the first
time ?—He asked me whether I had thought on what he had
told me the day before.
What was your answer ?—That I had thought upon it, but
would not do it.
Did you meet him a third time ?—No; I went to Vilmacertrs.
So after telling him you would not go, you did go to Vilma-
cartrs?—Yes.
'Did you ask his name the second time you saw him ?—I did;
but be would not tell me.
Did zou go alone, or with him ?—He took me as far as Vll-
macarti a door.
Have you ever seen him since?—Yes, once; but I could not
see him In the face.
Was be young or old?—He was middle-aged.
Was he of a light or dark complexion 2—Dark, black.
Was he stout or how?—A little stout.
How was be dressed?—l am not a painter to draw his picture.
I ask you in what clothes be was dressed ?—I don't remem-
ber. He was in a coat, but I don't remember the colour of It.
Has anybody told you to be careful not to say Noss eti ricentu?
—(A istegit).—l have heard it said about the town, and I asked
the meaning of it.
Has•fot Count Vassal told you to be particularly careful not
to say Non sit ricordo ?—No.
Has nobody told you rather to say Kos so, than Non ash
reared° know it by myself, without being told by anybody.
Did Vilmacarti pay you anything for the papers you delivered
the first time?—He gave me three double golden Napoleons,
and told me they were for me to take a chop with.
What did he pay you for the second parcel you gave him?—
Four single Napoleons.
When you took the third parcel what did be. pay yon?-1/11-1
paid me for them at another time.
Having carried papers for so long a period, and having been
paid by Vilmacarti, did you ever communicate the circumstance
to Codazzi?-1 never said anything to Codazzi.
Do you mean to say, that from the month of September to
the month of July following, Codazzi never spoke to you about
the papers?—Never. He never asked me for tL.:nl on any occa-'
sion. I was the confidential clerk of Codazzi.
Did yonnot think that you were acting a most infamous part
in selling those papers to Vilmacarti ?—I did not at the begin-
aing--(-1 16'0)-
How long was it before this light broke in upon your under-,
standing?
Mr. AMMAN suggested, for the sake of regularity, that the
question should not be put. The Learned Counsel had assumed,
what did not appear to have been stated, that a light bad broken
in upon his understanding !—(if lorgh).
When did you discover that this conduct was base and bias.
mous?—:About the beginning of this year —(A latish).
Was it a discovery of your own that this conduct was bale
and infamous, or were you told it by another person ?—Theso '
are many who act basely and infaniouely, and afterwards repent,
and so have I—(Laughter).
Then having dlscoitered at the commencement of the year
that your conduct was base and infamous, did not you think it
your duty to discover it to your master ?—1 thought it better
I to be silent—(A/aQh).
I now ask you whether you did not think that the best thing
you could do, as the fruit of your repentance, was to mention
lit to Codazzi?—l could not foresee all these things. ,j-t.
Now, you told us it was about the beginning of the year
eepenteti--when was It you carried the last parcel to V' a.
tarti ?—I do not rememberivhieber it was at the- end of is-
vatuber, or the beginain of December.