A. Yes, he would.
Q. Then you saw a boy lying on the street ?
A. I did not.
Q. You did not see the boy ?
A. I did not see the boy.
Q. You heard ?
A. I heard there had been a boy wounded and taken into a house.
Q. You don’t know who picked him up ?
A. I don’t.
Q. Was there any report that the men who picked him up were drunk, any report to you ?
A. No.
Q. Do you know whether Major Mitchell fired at a crowd or at individuals ? Probably you don’t know.
A. You could not for the fog tell what he was firing at.
Q. Do you know if any firing was done without orders ?
A. To the best of my knowledge there was not a shot fired without orders.
Q. To the best of your knowledge. Of course Major Mitchell would know probably better than you know ?
A. No, he would not because I was around more than he was that night.
Q. When the firing took place, you don’t know how it was fired or the exact order ?
A. I got there just as the order cease fire was given. I could not be farther than the width of this room away.
Q. When he gave the order cease fire — you could see the men firing ?
A. Yes. There is no collective firing at all, they are not taught to fire collectively.
Q. I understand that, in actual warfare. In a thing of that description the moral effect, might do just as well ?
