14,834. Was that money paid to you at the Custom House?-Yes.
14,835. How much of it?-The whole of it; and then I went down and paid what I was due at the shop after I had been paid off at the Custom House.
14,836. Who went down from the Custom House with you?- There were a good many more than me going [Page 374] down,- men who had been settled with at the same time.
14,837. Did you all go down together to Mr. Leask's?-Yes.
14,838. Who settled with you there?-Mr. Robertson.
14,839. Did you go down with him?-No. One of Mr. Leask's men came up to the Custom House and paid us there, and when we came back Mr. Robertson settled with us at the shop. The person who settled with us at the Custom House was either Andrew Jamieson or John Jamieson, I don't remember which.
14,840. Did he not go down to the shop with you?-No.
14,841. Did he say anything to you about going down to the shop?-No.
14,842. Had you seen Mr. Robertson or any of Mr. Leask's people before you went up to the Custom House?-Yes, one of them told us we had to go there, and that he would be there to settle with us.
14,843. Did he tell you anything else?-He did not tell me anything.