who did the shooting — if these men were used to a gun or if it was the first time they were shooting with a gun ?
A. All of the men that I know of had all fired on the ranges before.
Q. All of these ?
A. All I know personally. These men that were under some of the others, I would not say. But I mean, the men that I brought here with me all had fired ; they had followed a course of musketry over the ranges.
Q. Were these men at the corner of St. Valier and St. Joseph Streets ?
A. These men were at the corner of St. Valier and St. Joseph Streets.
Q. So, these men are the ones that shot that night ?
A. No, I don’t know. Some of the others shot that I did not bring down with me. I don’t know what musketry they had after I left.
Q. Some of the men that had shot ?
A. Some of the men under Captain Rothry.
Q. These men had not been under a course ?
A. Oh yes, some of the men. I don’t know about the others.
MR. BARCLAY : He is asking you if there were some men who never had any course ?
A. I could not say.
JUROR SCOTT : Are you accustomed to the use of a machine gun ?
A. I am.
Q. What was your object in using that machine gun ?
A. Moral effect.
Q. To frighten them ?
A. Yes.
Q. You did not intend to kill anybody ?
A. I did not.