A. Because I thought they might be working round my way.
Q. Whom do you mean by “they”?
A. The party as was out shooting. I made sure at first it come from them.
Q. What made you alter your opinion?
A. I see them, as I went up the hill, afar off nigh Asholt wood.
Q. Now, tell me: why didn’t you mention all this at the Inquest?
A. Because I weren’t asked.
Q. Or was it because you feared having to confess to what made you bolt, and from what occupation, when the shot startled you? (No answer.) Very well. Now attend to this. You have heard it propounded, or assumed, that the murder took place some time between 3.15 and 4 o’clock. Do you still adhere to your statement that it was just after three when you heard the sound of the gun?
A. Aye.
Q. You are on your oath, remember.