questions
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His Lordship questions the prisoner.
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taken 2.
Do you know what they knocked you down for and held you down?
short-
writer. A. /W.R.D.
I do not know.
Q.
What did you think you were being held down for?
A.
Q.
I did not know why they did that.
Do you mean to suggest that if you were knocked down in the
street as an innocent man, do you mean to say that you would
not have called out?
A.
I could not speak until after I was taken away, until after
I had drawn my breath.
2.
You were taken back to the Praya. When did you first know
that you were accused of the murder of the man?
A.
After I was taken to the Praya. At the Praya people said
that I had killed somebody.
Did you then deny or protest your innocence in any way?
A.
At the Praya I said I did not do so. It has nothing to do
with me.
Q.
Who did pou say that to?
A.
I did not speak to anybody particulary, I mentioned it gen-
erally.
Q.
Who told you you were accused of murdering this man?
A.
I do not know who they were, several men there standing
around me.
Q.
And you do not know whom you protested your innocence to.
A.
4.
You said you did protest your innocence?
I do not know to whom I protested.
Do you know or have you any suspicion as to the two men whom
you saw running away ?
A.
I do not know them at all.
Q.
They are entirely unknown to you?
A.
Entirely unknown to me.
Q.
Does the same answer apply to the other 7 or 8 men you saw
running away?