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Q. Do you know if from that corner of Sauvageau and Bagot Street soldiers fired from that place or not ?


A. I heard no firing there and I dont think I was far enough away to have missed it if firing had taken place.


Q. At that time after you left the cabstand after having said to cease fire …


A. Yes sir.


Q. Did you see a big crowd again after that or any crowd at all on the streets, Valier, St. Joseph or Bagot Streets ?


A. After my ordering the troops to cease fire, as I say, I proceeded on up to this street, Bagot Street …


Q. Towards Demers Street.


A. At that time there was no crowd in that direction. They had dispersed. And it was not for some time after that that I again returned to St. Joseph Street.


Q. There was nobody ?


A. I was in other words paying attention to our left flank.


Q. The fact is, as much as you can remember, after that there was no crowd at all in any street, you did not see any ?


A. To our left, no sir.


JUROR LESAGE : Were you the officer who gave the order to the soldiers to fire ?


A. I beg your pardon.


Q. I would like to know if you have ordered the soldiers to open fire ?


A. If I gave the order ?


Q. Yes.


A. I did not give any actual order to open fire. I did give the troops an order to clear that street.


Q. Had any other officer the right to order them to