Q. I give you notice he is here?
A. I know he is.
Q. Now I ask you, did you not on Monday the 21st, tell Mr. or Mrs. Davidson, or both, that coming home, and not finding your master at home, you had left the key for him at the usual place in the area, that he might let himself in?
A. I did not tell them so, upon my oath.
Q. Neither of them?
A. No, neither of them.
Q. Did you tell Mr. or Mrs. Davidson that on any other day; did you ever tell them so?
A. No, not to the best of my knowledge.
Q. To the best of your knowledge?
A. I never told them so.