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Boulevard.

Q. You are satisfied that he could see the crowd very well?

A. Well, no, I could not say that he could see them very well.

Q. Could he see there was a crowd or some individuals around there?

A. It was he that was doing the seeing. I could not say.

Q. You were not there?

A. No, I was not there.

Q. How far were you from there?

A. I was not very far, between there and the railway building.

Q. You walked up to him after you heard the firing or he reported it to you?

A. I went up as soon as I heard firing.

Q. Did he say why he had ordered the firing?

A. Yes.

Q. Why, what was the reason?

A. Because they had quite a lot of shots fired at them.

Q. Did he tell you how many?

A. No.

Q. Any casualties?

A. Yes.

Q. That point?

A. They had casualties.

Q. Immediately before?

A. Immediately before opening fire we had no casualty.

THE CORONER: What kind of casualty?

A. A man hit in the jaw, another one in the leg, another one in the head.

MR. LAVERGNE: Were they hit there? That is precisely what I want? Were the man who was hit in the jaw and