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Did he offer them back to Martin ? I did not see that. I was close 

 to Martin all the time and I did not see that. I was very close behind. 



Might they have been offered to Martin without you seeing it ? 

 They could not, and I did not see them offered. He tore the sum- 

 monses. I could not see Nicolson put them on the ground. 



Were they torn then ? No, they were not torn when he put them on 

 the ground. 



How long after you first saw them on the ground did you see them 

 torn ? I could not say. It was some little 'time. 



Did you see them in anybody's hand between the time you saw them 

 on the ground untorn and when you saw them torn ? No. 



The whole crowd was walking over them. I cannot say if that 

 would account for the tearing of them. The band which bound the 

 summonses was off when I saw them on the road. It was torn off 

 about the time they were dropped upon the road. Nicolson took the 

 band off and threw it upon the road. By the time I went down to the 

 school-house, I was struck with stones and clods by some women not 

 by men in the crowd. 



Did you hear anything said by Mrs. Nicolson there as to the character 

 of the women of Gedintailler ? I did not. 



Did not you hear her say, "Now, come, women of Gedintailler, and 

 hear your character from Angus Martin?" I did. I heard her also 

 say that he should burn the summonses. I heard her say that he was 

 saying some words to her in Portree about the character of the women 

 of Gedintailler. She told words to me herself at that time. 



At what time ? At Olach. Not in the presence of Martin. It was 

 said to me near Murchison's school-house. Martin was not there at the 

 time. 



She complained of the language Martin had used ? I cannot remem- 

 ber what words he had used. It occurred after the meeting of the 

 Disaster Committee in Portree. I did not hear anything about the 

 language till she told me there that day. 



Is it not a fact that you and Lachlan Ross checked him for the 

 language in Portree ? I can't remember of it. Was it filthy language? 

 Yes, very filthy. 



And she referred to it this day at Gedintailler ? Yes. 



After you got down to near Murchison's school-house the principal 

 summonses were produced by Martin ? Yes. He was asked if he had 

 any more of them, and he took them out of his pocket. He caught 

 them in his hand and told me to bring them back to Portree. He did 

 not offer them to Malcolm Finlayson. He said, " I have them here, 



