A. "No, I was never convicted of no such thing."
Q. "I am not asking you that. You know what I mean. I ask whether it is part of your profession."
A. "No, it was not."
Q. "You never do such things?"
A. "What should I do it for?"
Q. "I cannot tell you. I ask you whether you do it, not what you do it for."
A. "I may choose to resolve whether I tell you or not."
Q. "I will not press you if your conscience is tender. You will not tell me whether you do a little stroke in the Fair trade upon the coast? You will not answer me that question?"
A. "I am telling the truth."
Q. "Will you answer that question?"