'It was a debt due to an estate placed in my hands.'
'The prisoner denied the debt: said that the instrument was given to him by the owner, did he not?'
'Perhaps.'
'But you put him in prison and kept him there?'
'I did, acting for my clients, the executors.'
'The next time you called upon him and offered to buy his share was about six weeks ago?'
'It was, acting on instructions from my client.'
'He refused. You then threatened him again?'
'I did not.'
'Two days afterwards the alleged robbery took place at which you were an accidental observer?'