It was his evidence which first introduced that element of sensation into the case which culminated in the wildly exciting arrest of a Duke's son upon a capital charge.
"It appears that on the evening after the Ebor, Terry and Lavender were in the bar of the Black Swan Hotel having drinks.
"'I had done pretty well over Peppercorn's fiasco,' he explained, 'but poor old Lavender was very much down in the dumps; he had held only a few very small bets against the favourite, and the rest of the day had been a poor one with him.

I asked him if he had any bets with the owner of Peppercorn, and he told me that he only held one for less than L500.
"'I laughed and said that if he held one for L5000 it would make no difference, as from what I had heard from the other fellows, Lord Arthur Skelmerton must be about stumped.

Lavender seemed terribly put out at this, and swore he would get that L500 out of Lord Arthur, if no one else got another penny from him.
"'It's the only money I've made to-day,' he says to me.

'I mean to get it.' "'You won't,' I says.
"'I will,' he says.
"'You will have to look pretty sharp about it then,' I says, 'for every one will be wanting to get something, and first come first served.' "'Oh! He'll serve me right enough, never you mind!' says Lavender to me with a laugh.

'If he don't pay up willingly, I've got that in my pocket which will make him sit up and open my lady's eyes and Sir John Etty's too about their precious noble lord.' "'Then he seemed to think he had gone too far, and wouldn't say anything more to me about that affair.