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319. Or Mr Henderson, or anybody el S e?-No; I asked Mr. Henderson once to lend me £40 —to discount a bill for me for £40; but I never asked for remuneration 320. Did he do it ?—No ;he did not. 321. You never asked to have the amount of remuneration fixed ? No 322. Neither Mr. Henderson, nor Mr. Eitchie even mentioned the amount ?-I once said to Mr. Henderson m an interview I thought the thing was giving me a great deal of trouble tnd I should require to be well paid for it. I remember saying that to Mr. Henderson 6A6. But it was always understood you were to be paid ? Yes. 324. Although the amount was never mentioned between you ?—Yes not W orTas'nT ™"* St °° k ™ g ° Q ** °° ? ~ No ' J the t0 tHe C ° mpany W6re rUnning **°* the ™ at 327. When did you find out that ?—I never found it out at all th P r?,n 8 ■ y ° U f rSt ll ear lit?_l1 it?_I did DOt knOW an y thin 8 about what has been done with thing SaW S tO - da y- 1 mean > as t0 stock, and all that sort of read ?-Ye N s° W, *** **** Henderson came over and dicfc ated a telegram which has been 330. You say Mr. Henderson dictated that letter ?—Yes. 331. Are you sure of that ?—I am pretty confident. 332. If Mr. Henderson says he did nothing of the kind, will you still swear to it ?—Yes; I 333. Was it dictated to you, that telegram ?—To Mr. Logic. I was about the room The telegram is in Logic's writing. That is my signature; and I remember Mr. Henderson coding in and sitting clown to dictate the telegram. I told Logic to take it down S JIeJSLZZtZv-Yel thOTe dat6d the Same day - 26th 1891 — hich J°* *» say Mr. 335. Did Mr. Henderson dictate both letter and telegram ?—I think so Yes T:B Th iL7 h T h :::iJZ%%T ey t0 Messrs - Perry and Perry ? - The draft is there - 'f 7 n^ r l Ha 9tV ° n th , e 6th Of July {t was - How lon 8 was that before you paid the policeman -Oh it would be a week or so. I forget. Look at the policeman's receipt. ? P Mr Chapman ; The 2nd July the policeman was paid. The policeman was paid first. 338 \Mr. Haggitt] Very well; Messrs. Perry and Perry drew upon you for this £5 5s very shortly after you paid the amount to the policeman—four days after?— Yes 339. Did you take that draft to the National Mortgage Company when you got it ?—I really fee n costs e P **' anyW * Went ° Vert 0 Bee them aboUt h > and the y told me to pay 340. Who did you see ?-I saw Mr. Henderson about the account, and intimated that I had Deen drawn upon. and StolS me" to pj S" Hendei ' S ° n t0 Pay ** ? ~° h ' * CamiOt the exact Worfs " 1 sh -ed it, 342. Will you swear that you showed Mr. Henderson that bill until months after you had P ?i~™ m ° c m tha ! J lnt ™ a ted.to him ;I am quite positive I always took everything oveT 343. Then, you are not speaking with reference to any recollection you have with regard to this particular document, but only because you always took everything over ?-I am quite certain I did 344. But you have no recollection of taking this over?—l cannot say I have 345. Did you ever ask the company to pay that amount ?—Yes 346 When?— When I spoke to Mr. Eitchie I told him there was Perry and Perry's costs some telegrams, and £15 3s. to the policeman. y y ' 347. And Mr Eitchie said?-No. I said, "Perhaps it would be better to let the matter lay over; better not to let any money pass just now till afterwards;" and he said "Oh yes- all right —assented to what I said. ' '•> ' 348. No. Mr. Eitchie said first, "You had better go and get the money "'-Yes- he first offered me the money. J ' ' 349. You are sure of that ?—Yes, he did. 350. I put another alternative of that interview to you just now ? Yes ■ 35 1 1, Wl i a l WaS i he Other 7 ersion? - All that was said at that time. I met Mr. Eitchie at the explanSions at all UP ' a " that W&S Said ' There were no statements or 352. You are speaking now of the interview you had with Mr. Eitchie about the payment of this money, after you had paid it : that took place at the door of Mr. Eitchie's room ?-No at the door at the top of the stairs in their office ; there is a door there ' ,v ' cU, UIB 353. It was not in his own office at all?—No; at the door at the top of the stairs. 304. His Honour.] When you told him of Perry and Perry's costs and telegrams and the policeman, was that the occasion you saw Mr. Eitchie at the door?-Yes, at the door of the bie office ; not at the door of his room. g —Yet ss ' Mr ' That Was the interview y° u had with Mr. Eitchie after you paid the fine ? 356. You are sure of that ?—Yes. 357 And that interview took place at the top of the stairs leading into the company's office ?- Yes. I told him I had paid that money I did not go to see him on that business, but happened to meet him, and told him 1 had paid, and he said at once, '.' Oh, go and get the money "