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ing outside on the veranda. Grandfather ( Akung ) dragged
me into the room: then he pulled my coat and my trousers:
he told me to lie down: I woul not to su: he saiu "if you
dont I will beat you". When I saw her she was crying and
trembling. She ala not say that Cumming pulled down her
coat and trousers: she only said that he had pulled ( mung)
her coat and trousers, The girl gave me a cent when I came
in and saw her. She said "ine fellow gave me this." I un-
derstand what the girl says: she used a little punti and a
little hakka. The girl's aress was not disturbed: the hair
was in order. She told me "the man put his hand to my
mouth to prevent me calling out and got on to me. He did it
He took down my to users a little. He got on to me. He had
connection with me. "She volunteered all she said. The girl
was u married, I was present when the Doctor examined her.
I saw no sign of violence on her body. I have seen Cum-
ming in the waru: he saw that the people fitters of gas )
aid their work. Sometimes she and Cumming have flirted to-
gether: he would say "miss have you had your rice in En-
glish. She would laugh. I have never heard her speak to
Cumming. I have never seen them together under suspicious
circumstances. Cumming has never made indecent advances to
me. I have never reported Cuming. It was the other Aaah.
I have never seen the girl follow Cumming about:sometimes
she would watch him through the window ana ogle him when
he passed on the verandah. I did not examine the girl's
clothes. The girl can dress herself.
James McKillop: - I am Varamaster in the Lunatic
Asylum. I remember seeing Warmaster Cumming about 7 p.m.:
he was fairly worse for drink at that hour. I saw him again