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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.