"Did you strike the prisoner?"
"I gave him one with the lash of my crop."
"Under what circumstances?"
The witness explained.
"Did you say the words attributed to you?"
"I did not."
"Did any words pass between you?"
There was a pause.
"After I struck him, while he was messing about with his knife, he said: 'I'll do time for you!'"
"Did you say anything?"