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Q. Did you have any trouble at first ?


A. Very little, at all right there at the square, no further we did not go, I should not think one hundred yards.


Q. I mean in the square then ?


A. Right at the square no.


Q. No trouble at all ?


A. No. They asked if there were a crowd to disperse and they dispersed.


Q. So the trouble began further up near the Boulevard ?


A. Well, this party coming around the square on the side streets ; of course, they could not get on the square.


Q. The square was …


A. They could… we let all traffic go, we did not interfere with traffic at all.


Q. You mean traffic…


A. Foot traffic and the cars were running.


Q. Cars and carriages ?


A. Yes, carriages and also people walking on the sidewalk.


Q. Whilst I think of it. When you left the Headquarters or wherever you left, your barracks, to when you got to the square, were any civil magistrates supplied to you to take command of the troops in accordance with the King’s Regulations ?


A. I looked around for some, I could not find any.


Q. None were given to you by superior authority either ?


A. No magistrates no.


Q. And these patrols and detachments which were under your command, you are satisfied there were none with them either ?


A. No, there were no magistrate.


Q. I forgot whether you told the Court when the firing