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 Smith. "A single man." Attorney-General. "How long did that practice of sleeping two or three times a week at Mrs. Palmer's continue?"

Smith. "For several years."

Attorney-General. "Had you your own lodgings at Rugeley at the time?"

Smith. "Yes, all the time."

Attorney-General. "How far were your lodgings from Mrs. Palmer's house?" Smith. I should say nearly quarter of a mile."

Attorney-General. "Explain how it happened that you, having your own place of abode within a quarter of a mile, slept two or three times a week at Mrs. Palmer's."

Smith. "Sometimes her son Joseph or other members of her family were on a visit to her, and I went to see them."

Attorney-General. "And when you went to see those members of her family, was it too far for you to return a quarter of a mile in the evening?"

Smith. "Why, we used to play a game of cards, and have a glass of gin-and-water, and smoke a pipe perhaps; and then they said, 'It is late—you had better stop all night;' and I did. There was no particular reason why I did not go home that I know of."

Attorney-General. "Did that go on for three or four years?"

Smith. "Yes; and I sometimes used to stop there