Part 5 (2/2)

_Q._ What is your occupation?

_A._ A bookbinder.

_Q._ Have you an establishment of your own?

_A._ Yes, sir.

_Q._ The men you employ--do they speak English or German?

_A._ Some English--the most of them German.

_Q._ And you transact your business with gentlemen who speak English?

_A._ Yes, sir.

_Q._ How long have you done so?

_A._ Eight years.

_By the Court_:

_Q._ How long have you been in this country?

_A._ Seventeen years.

_Q._ Have you been in business all that time?

_A._ I worked as journeyman ten years, and have been seven years in business of my own.

_By Mr. Smith_:

_Q._ Do you think you can understand English well enough so that you can, from the evidence, form an opinion of your own?

_A._ I think I will.

_By Mr. Larocque_:

_Q._ You read the account of the capture of the privateer Savannah in the newspapers?

_A._ Yes, sir; in some German paper.

_Q._ Did you form or express any opinion as to the guilt or innocence of these prisoners?

_A._ No, sir.

_Q._ Did you form or express an opinion whether the facts charged against them, if proved, const.i.tute the offence of piracy?

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