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from rifles.


Q. And aimed high or low, can you tell ?


A. As I say I cannot answer as to the aim the men take or took at that time ; but I should say they displayed considerable judgment in carrying out the work as they did.


JUROR LEVASSEUR : You said that the shooting had been done towards Bagot Street ?


A. I beg your pardon.


Q. You said that the shooting had been done towards Bagot Street ?


A. Towards ?


Q. Yes.


A. It was up Bagot.


Q. In what direction ?


A. It was up Bagot Street, the shooting by the soldiers.


Q. That is ?


A. The soldiers shot up Bagot Street in reply to shots fired by the mob previous to that down Bagot Street.


Q. The only question I want to ask you is, how, if the men shot towards Bagot or up Bagot Street, you state that one man was killed on St. Joseph Street ?


A. One man killed on St. Joseph Street ?


Q. Yes, off Valier Street.


A. Wait till I get located. I did not hear of a man being killed up St. Valier Street. I heard that one man had been hit in the leg up that street. It was not …


THE CORONER : The man hit on the leg on Valier Street ?


A. This is the street he was hit on.


Q. You never heard of that one that was killed right here on St. Valier Street beyond Laviolette Street, a little further up ?


A. This is the first I have ever heard of a man being