Beyond that he could tell them nothing.
Then there was a conference between the magistrates and Mr.Walker, in which Mr.Walker submitted that the magistrates had no alternative but to commit the gentleman.

To this Lord Lufton demurred, and with him Dr.Thorne.
"I believe, as I am sitting here," said Lord Lufton, "that he has told the truth, and that he does not know any more than I do from whence the cheque came." "I am quite sure he does not," said Dr.Thorne.
Lord George remarked that it was the "queerest go he had ever come across." Dr.Tempest merely shook his head.

Mr.Fothergill pointed out that even supposing the gentleman's statement to be true, it by no means went towards establishing the gentleman's innocence.

The cheque had been traced to the gentleman's hands, and the gentleman was bound to show how it had come into his possession.

Even supposing that the gentleman had found the cheque in his house, which was likely enough, he was not thereby justified in changing it, and applying the proceeds to his own purposes.