7031. Have you been asked to do so?-I was summoned once.
7032. Did you go to court about it?-I did not.
7033. Did you hear nothing more about it?-Of course, I paid a little of it after I got the summons.
7034. How much did you pay then?-About 12s.
7035. How long ago is that?-It will be three years ago now.
7036. Are you going to pay the rest of it?-I don't know. I would never have refused to pay it if I had been able to pay.
7037. Do you live with your father?-Yes; but my father is a poor man, and I am the same, and I have not made much money.
7038. Is it a common thing for a man to leave the employment of a merchant when he is a little bit in his debt, and cannot get supplies?-Of course I had to leave Mr. Anderson.
7039. But is that a common thing?-I don't know.
7040. Have you known many men who have done it?-No; there are not many that I know of. I could not live, and for that reason I had to leave Mr. Anderson. I gave myself up to fish for him next season if he wanted it, but he told me as much as that he would not have me, and that I must look out for myself, and I did so.