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making a statement to Sgt. Malone. I told them what
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happened because of questioning.
for how this happened.
standing in a court.
I have no explanation
This is the first time I am
I do not have many friends.
My male friends in this island are Atwell and Ed. I
used to communicate with Franzel now and again. I
smoked marijuana, have smoked marijuana for the past
5 years. I had smoked marijuana on the 17th January.
Three of us usually smoke it, and on that day we
I do not know why I was
smoked about 6 to 8 cigarettes.
lying on the floor in the cel1",
He was cross-examined by Counsel for the Crown and
in answer to Mr. Archibald, "I got along fine with
Dr. Thomas when he visited me in the prison. I heard
Dr. Thomas this morning. I vomited more than once and
I feel he knew about it. After I took the bacardi and
coke I felt a kind of drunkish. It is true I went to a
house on Beef Island and asked for water. I don't
remember the time. I heard the rumour at the airport
that Miss Rabsatt was dead. This is after I came off the
plane. I then went towards Beef Island area.
sister called me Robert, she said "look at him no", and
I saw that my finger was bleeding.
where I got that blood from. I can recollect now what
happened between me and Miss Rabsatt.
When my
She did not ask me
I told Sgt. Malone I took the rope out of my pocket
and put it around her heck. That is true. At that
time I was standing in the door way between the pool
room and grocery. The door is very near to the street
door. I do not know if I got in the kitchen, when I
stabbed Miss Rabsatt I was in the grocery store. I told
Sgt. Malone that she did not say anything when I stabbed
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