6786. Did you ask him how much was due at the time when he stopped the supplies?-No.
6787. Then, the sum you have mentioned was due after he had allowed you credit for all the fish of that season?-Yes.
6788. So that, at the time when he stopped the supplies, there would be a larger sum than that due by you?-There may have been.
6789. Were you asked to engage to fish to him after that?-No.
6790. What was his reason for summoning you?-I don't know. I was not asked to fish to him again, so that I had to look out for myself some other way, and I went to Smith and got supplies from him.
6791. Was there a decree against you in the action in which Mr Anderson summoned you?-No, I have not got any yet.
6792. Was the case not decided against you?-I don't think it. At least I left it unsettled in the hands of Mr. Spence, the lawyer, when I left the town.
6793. Is the case not at an end yet?-I don't know. Mr. Spence was to give me notice but I have got none yet.
6794. What was the nature of your defence in that case?-I was not able to pay, and therefore I was forced to appear in Lerwick before the court. Very likely, if I had been in a good boat the last season I fished for him, I would have done somewhat better.
6795. But was the debt really due for which you were summoned?-I did not have any pass-book, and got no copy of my account, so that I could not say whether it was due or not.