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Q. And St. Joseph Street ?


A. I referred to no crowd at the corner of the Boulevard and St. Joseph Street.


Q. There had been some shooting ?


A. There had been some shooting.


Q. There war no crowd when you got there ?


A. No crowd ; still there was shooting, individual shots were being fired in my direction.


Q. You moved further up ?


A. I beg your pardon.


Q. You moved further up with your troops ?


A. Further than the Boulevard ?


Q. Yes.


A. There were some troops stationed at the Boulevard who continued to carry on. There I proceeded, as I stated …


Q. You proceeded you say with your regiment ?


A. Proceeded with my adjutant, Captain Hind accompanied me. I proceeded up to the corner that we have been referring to, St. Joseph, St. Valier and Bagot.


Q. Was there a big crowd there ?


A. There were two crowds there.


Q. One on your left and one on your right ?


A. One on my left up Bagot and another which I stated some few minutes ego was at this corner, St. Valier Street and Laviolette Street.


Q. Would you mind telling how big a crowd, the one you saw from very close quarters, walked up to them ?


A. I saw them at reasonably close quarters.


Q. How big a crowd was there ?


A. I would not venture to say, quite a number ; there were more people there than I had, a good deal than I had soldiers at the time, a good many more. There were