2047. Were you ever obliged to take goods from him?-Yes; many a time.
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2048. Did he tell you he would not give you money?-No; he did not say that.
2049. What did he say?-He just gave me anything I wanted- sometimes money and sometimes goods.
2050. He never told you that he did not want to give you money?-Sometimes he did so. Sometimes he was very unwilling to give money, but he did give it.
2051. Was that pretty often?-No; not very often. My articles were always good.
2052. Did you sometimes ask him to give you money when you did not get it?-Yes.
2053. Is it long since he left the business?-I have never sold anything to him since the month of July.
2054. Who do you sell to now?-I have sent what articles I have made since to my son in the south, and he has sold them in Leith.
2055. Do you get as good a price for them there as you used to get from Mr. Spence?-No.