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429. Have you been intimate with him during the whole of that time ?—Yes. 430. You have been to school with him ? —Yes. 431. You came over on the boat with him ?—Yes. 432. I suppose the subject-matter of this inquiry has been talked over between you ?—Yes. 433. Did you not speak about it coming over on the boat? —Yes. 434. And discussed the evidence that you were going to give to-day? —Yes. I suppose we mentioned points. 435. I suppose, after the lapse of time you have forgotten a good many of the little details? —Yes. 436. You left work at 9.30 on that evening?— Yes. 437. So you do not know what Bannehr had been doing before that hour ?—No. 438. Do you know whether he had any drink before you met him ? —I do not know. 439. How many drinks do you say he had when you were present ?—I should say, about three or four. 440. Are you certain about that ?—lt would not be more than four. 441. He announces the limit of his drinks on that day as not more than seven ? —That is likely. 442. You do not know how many he had ?—No. 443. What was the name of the hotel that you left when you were coming along to this spot where the fracas happened? You had left the hotel, had you not?—No ; the supper-room. 444. What hotel had you been to before the supper ?—The Wakatu. 445. And what hotel before that ?—The Exchange. 446. You were coming along from the Exchange Hotel in the direction of some other hotel when you got near this row ?—Oh, no ; we were coming from the tea-rooms. 447. You were coming from the direction of the Exchange Hotel when you met this crowd ? —> No; we were not coming from any hotel at all. 448. Not from the direction where the Exchange Hotel is ?—No; we were coming down Trafalgar Street. 449. Where was Constable Durbridge when you approached this crowd?— There was the ring, and he was on the other side. 450. He was away from this ring altogether, was he not ?—ln the middle of the ring, on the other side Of it. 451. What did you do, then, when you came up with the crowd? —We were just walking past slowly. 452. Did you not cross the road to see what was wrong ? —No ; we were going up to another tea-room. 453. Did Bannehr go ahead of you?—l think he was a little bit behind. 454. You said that he went up to the constable or to the crowd ?—No; we were just passing together. We were not close. 455. Whom did he speak to when he said, "What the hell is happening here"?—To nobody. 456. Then, that was to nobody in general ?—Yes. 457. Did he say anything to Constable Durbridge?—Not that I remember. 458. Do you know what was happening in the crowd ?—-No. 459. Did he know what was happening?—No, I do not think so. 460. Do you not remember him making this statement? Did he not say to Durbridge r " What are you ill-treating that man for " ?—No, he did not. 461. Will you swear that he did not say that?— Yes. 462. There is a man named Henry Frank that has given a statement here : do you know a, man called Henry Frank ?—I know a Freek. 463. He says, on page 18, that " Bannehr was asking him (Durbridge) what he wanted to knock this person about for." You say that statement in that paragraph is false. Will you swear that he did not say that ?—I did not hear him. That is, as far as I have heard he did not say that. 464. You have not any recollection of it. So he might have said that? —I do not think he could have said that. 465. So, in all probability, this statement is incorrect altogether?— Yes. 466. Are you sure he (Bannehr) was not under the influence of drink that day ?—Yes. 467. You had a conversation with a man called Kohn who was present or about the streets that night—after the whole thing was over : do you know a man named Kohn ?—Yes. 468. Do you remember having a conversation with him over this incident ? —I might have spoken to him. 469. Do you not remember speaking to Kohn, and Kohn saying that he (Bannehr) was drunk that night and that it served him right ?—No. 470. Do you not remember now that when you approached the crowd on this evening Bannehr got ahead of you people and ran round on the other side to Durbridge?—No, he did not do that. 471. Just describe what he did do ? —There was a crowd, and Bannehr might have been a little bit behind, and he went up, and just as he was passing the crowd he said, " What in the hell is wrong here ? " Durbridge came out from the other side and went against him and said, " What in the hell has that got to do with you, Bannehr? " 472. Did not Durbridge just shove him away ?—I think he did. 473. Did he fall down then ? —No, I do not think so. 474. Are you quite sure? —Yes, he did not fall down then.