15,458. Is not all that he has done merely to keep part of the money that was already due to him for supplies which you had got?-He said he would not pay it all in money. That is all I have got to say about it.
15,459. Did he not say that he would not give it all to you in money because you were due him something for supplies you had already got?-I was never due Mr. Greig anything.
15,460. Had you not got supplies from him before he said that?-I had got supplies, but they never ran up to the sum which I had to get payment of from him. There was always money due to me.
15,461. Were you ever due Mr. Greig anything at all?-I was not.
15,462. Did you not owe him money for the supplies you had got?-We never sought supplies that would run up to the sum which we had to get. There was always something in his hand.
15,463. Do you understand what it is to be due a man money?- Yes.
15,464. Do you understand that you are due a man money when you have got goods from him and not paid for them?-I know that.
15,465. Were you not due Mr. Greig money when you had got these goods and had not paid for them?-I was.
15,466. Was it not at the time when you were due him money for these supplies that he said he could not give you the money which was due for the paupers?-He said, first of all, that we were not to ask all money when we were due him for goods.
15,467. Is there anything else you wish to say?-Nothing.