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to be prosecuted, and you said it was not your business

to come before the Magistrate and prove it, and you

declined to take any steps to ascertain if the man wan

correct or not.

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I would have ascertained from the Land Office.

23.778 You get it from the Land Offics, but the man having

come and told you he was the wrong man, dont you think

you should have taken more trouble to find out if the

man was correct or not?

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Mr Shelton Hooper:-

I should have advised him to go to the office.

Dont you think it was your duty

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I had taken the name from the Land Office.

Do you mean to say, then, that he was the registered

owner of the house in question ?

I could not say for the house in question, but I

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would have taken the name from the Land Office.

Alright, can you tell me why the Magistrate did not

convict him?

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I could not.

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Have you any recollection that the Magistrate

dimissed the case? -

I cannot say I have.

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In fact, you dont remember anything about it ? 2378 Ž.

I dont remember much about it. I remember having

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And do you remember if he was convicted ?

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I do not remember. There would be something on the

records.

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What was your idea in arranging to meet him at the Clock Tower ? Does that seem very unusual ?

I never arranged to meet him that I know of.

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You told him he had better get off to the Police Court He was obliged to go to the Police Court, and he had to get up there, and his case was dimissed because he was