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A. Yes.
Q. You know Ching Hok pretty well?
A. Yes.
Q. He shipped from your boarding house, the Hop On, did he not?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know whether he was well acquainted with the first clerk or not?
A. He was not well acquainted with him.
Q. Was that the reason why you paid the first clerk $65?
A. Yes.
Q. You received $1260 did you on behalf of Ching Hok?
A. Yes.
Q. Out of that $1260 you took $65 which you paid Mr. Cutterres?
A. Yes.
Q. Had you any dealings with Ching Hok in the Hop On?
A. Yes.
Q. Was this $65 government fees or was it not?
A. It was not.
Q. Was it a present to the first clerk?
A. Yes.
Mr. Sercombe Smith: That is as far as the first charge is concerned. I propose now to proceed with charge "C".
Q. If a seaman's wages contained odd cents what happened to these odd cents when his wages are paid to him?
A. It did not use to be paid. It is now.
Q. Since when?
A. I saw them being paid at the end of last year.
Q. In previous years have you seen these odd cents deducted and not paid over to the seamen?
A. They have not been paid in former years!
Q. Have you often seen this deduction of odd cents made by the first clerk?
A. I have.
Q. Supposing three cents were owing to one man and two cents to another man, have you ever seen the first clerk hand five cents to one man and tell him it was to square up?