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Q-No? Never heard any one speaking of it?
A.-I have never heard any one say it to my face, about a squeeze, except the statement in the paper.
Q.-Well, you were very intimate with both the SMITHS?
A. Yes.
Q. Where did they get their information?
A.-I don't know, I understood they accused somebody in the Court. They accused me of receiving $3.
Q.-About what matter?
A.—They did not say what, because the Chief Justice said he held me quite innocent because I had nothing to do with the case, and Mr. FRASER-SMITH did not prove anything of the kind.
Q.-But you have been so intimate with them, going in and out of their house, you must have some idea where they get this information, and what information it is Mr. SMITH is boasting about in his paper now and saying he is going to make use of?
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A. No, Sir, I do not. My business is out of doors all day, except coming home my meals. I never saw any one giving him information since. I think I am the special one accused in Court. I think I am only justified in trying to protect myself and shew you, gentlemen, as Commissioners, I am not guilty of the squeezing. I think I may bring it home. (Produces papers).
Hon. A. LISTER.-We are not going into your character at all.
A.-I must protect myself.
Q-But wait till you are attacked. I don't think any one suspects you of receiving bribes. We want to get at these charges against the department.
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A.-Well, I have never heard of any squeezing myself.
Q-What papers are those you have there?
A. Simply recommendations, and also about a bill I was accused of receiving $3 in connection with,
Q-But I would rather have an ounce of where Mr. FRASER-SMITH got his information from, than a pound of that.
A.-But this is what was stated in Court, that he accused me of.
Q.-Yes, but I don't think we will go into that.
A.-I might help you along as to the source. MILLAR, the man he said gave me $3-this was work I had not anything to do with.
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