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Brewer in the ' Prince Regent,' and walking with him to 

 Laverstoke, a distance of two miles. Brewer told him he 

 wanted him to take some Bank paper to Burnett. This 

 was about six weeks before Christmas. About a fortnight 

 after Christmas he returned to Laverstoke from Ports- 

 mouth, and met Brewer at the ' Red House ' Tavern at 

 Whitchurch. Brewer said he wanted him to take two 

 parcels of paper — one to Burnett, and one to a woman in 

 black whom he should meet at the Waterloo railway 

 station. He would write and describe what sort of a chap 

 he (witness) was. The woman would be wearing a hat. 

 He gave him two parcels, one for Burnett and the other 

 for the woman. He opened them on the way to London, 

 and found 100 sheets of ' plain ' Bank paper in the one for 

 her, and in the other 100 sheets of ' fives' and 76 sheets 

 of ' tens.' Further evidence related to obtaining more 

 paper from Brewer, and receiving from him a key to take 

 to London and get one made like it. Also to waiting for 

 Burnett outside Buncher's butcher's shop and receiving the 

 key he had previously given the former. About a month 

 before the reward came out witness went to Portsmouth. 

 Brewer gave him 61. to take to Burnett and 3/. for himself. 

 He stayed at Portsmouth one day and then went to 

 Laverstoke, where he saw Brewer and gave him the key, 

 telling him that Burnett had taken an impression of it 

 and would get another key made. Subsequently Brewer 

 supplied him with more paper, which he took to Burnett's. 

 The latter took it to Buncher's shop. In cross-examina- 

 tion witness said he did not communicate with the Bank 

 authorities until six weeks after the reward came out. 

 Then he made a clean breast of it at the chief police office 

 in the Old Jewry. Ellen Mills, who had lived with Burnett 

 as his wife, gave corroborative evidence. It was she who 

 first tempted Brown to get some paper. He hesitated at 

 first, but about a week afterwards he consented. The 

 evidence of John Moss, detective officer, disclosed an 

 ingenious method of running Buncher, ' the honest broker,' 

 to earth. c From information and instructions 1 had 

 received,' said Mr. Moss, ' I went to the lodgings of a Mr. 

 and Mrs. Campbell, at 1 3 North Kent Terrace, New-cross, 

 on Saturday, the 6th of September last, about five o'clock 

 in the morning, accompanied by two other police officers. 

 We went first into the front parlour and removed two 



