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 Attorney-General. "Didn't you know that he was an uncertified bankrupt?"

Smith. "I know that he had been a bankrupt some years before, but I did not know that he was an uncertified bankrupt. I know that he had an allowance from his mother, but I do not know whether he had money from any other source. I believe that his brother, William [the prisoner], gave him money at different times."

Attorney-General. "Where, in the course of 1854 and 1855, were you living—in Rugeley?"

Smith. "In 1854 I think I resided partly with William Palmer, and sometimes at his mother's."

Attorney-General. "Did you sometimes sleep at his mother's?"

Smith. "Yes."

Attorney-General. "When you did that, where did you sleep?"

Smith. "In a room."

Attorney-General. "Did you sleep in his mother's room—on your oath, were you not intimate with her—you know well enough what I mean?"

Smith. "I had no other intimacy, Mr. Attorney, than a proper intimacy."

Attorney-General. "How often did you sleep at her house, having an establishment of your own at Rugeley?"

Smith. "Frequently. Two or three times a week."

Attorney-General. "Are you a single or a married man?"