7951. And 4 lbs. of oatmeal for which you paid 81/2d.?-Yes.
7952. You have now delivered these articles over to the clerk?-I have.
7953. Were these all the articles you purchased?-Yes.
7954. Are they exactly in the same state now as when you bought them?-Yes.
7955. They are contained in the same parcels as when they were put up in the shop?-Yes.
7956. Have you any reason to believe that the prices which you paid for the articles are different from those which are charged for the same qualities of articles at other times in that shop?-There is no difference, so far as I know.
Brae, January 13, 1872, JAMES BROWN, examined.
7957. Have you a shop?-Yes; a small one.
7958. Where?-At Brough, in North Delting, about two miles from Mossbank.
7959. What do you deal in?-Groceries; nothing else.