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A. That is why I had started the gun, moral effect.

Q. The gun you said was aimed at what?

A. Our gun, the machine-gun?

Q. Yes.

A. To the building.

Q. What building?

A. Back of the cabstand.

Q. How high was it?

A. Well, I got down myself ..

Q. On the tripod?

A. It was a little tripod; I think it would hit about that high, a couple of feet.

THE CORONER: Three feet?

A. Not Three.

MR. LAVERGNE: From the box. How was the tripod fixed?

A. The tripod just stands on the ground.

Q. Very flat?

A. Very flat. You see the tripod is stationary and it works on the tripod.

Q. The tripod can be flattened, can it not?

A. Just sit down, just goes out to the full extent.

Q. You fired about 36 ..

A. About 36; there are 48 in a chamber.

Q. At the building?

A. At the building.

Q. Satisfied that there was not anybody in front of it?

A. I walked up immediately afterwards. I walked up immediately before and I walked up immediately afterwards.

Q. As far as the building?

A. As far as the building.

Q. You felt satisfied that everything was over?

A. I felt satisfied that everything was over and