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generally corroborated the previous witness regarding the burning of 

 the papers, and said he did not see any stones thrown at Martin. In 

 answer to Mr. Anderson, he said he was a son of Alexander Finlayson, 

 one of the prisoners, and brother of Malcolm Finlayson, another of 

 the prisoners. Martin did not seem to be in the least afraid. 



James Mathieson, on being asked to take the oath in English, declined. 

 He said Oh no. All the speaking in this case has been done in 

 Gaelic, and I am not going to interpret Gaelic into English. (Laughter.) 

 The oath having been administered in Gaelic, he said he resided at Bal- 

 meanach, and was at Gedentailler on the I yth April when Martin came 

 to serve the summonses. When the people came up Martin held out 

 some papers in his hands. He held them out in the direction of Donald 

 Nicolson, and said, "There they are, take them ". I don't know whether 

 he said this to Nicolson or to the rest of the people. Nicolson, how- 

 ever, took them. He did not snatch them from Martin, and Martin did 

 not endeavour to keep them from him. In answer to other questions, 

 witness said Martin did not appear to be frightened, and had no occasion 

 to be so. 



What occurred near Murchison's schoolhouse ? I saw him with more 

 papers there. When I arrived he had them in his hand as at first. He 

 was offering them to anyone who would receive them. I don't know 

 where Robertson was. He went along before them. I don't know if 

 they were following him at that time, but they were before that, and 

 some children. 



Was Martin quite sober at that time? Well, I don't know. I would 

 think him like a man that would have a little. 



Did you hear Martin ask for a match ? Yes. He said, Was there no 

 one there had a match? They replied that they had a burning ember 

 for lighting his pipe. After this Martin asked where it was. They said, 

 It was here. I was standing at the side of the road, and I saw him go 

 over by the papers. I saw him point to them and say, ' ' Lads, 

 there is a fire, stand back and don't choke it ". I saw the papers on fire 

 after that. I saw him drink at the well. He was inclined to bend at 

 the well, but they told him there was a pail. He asked, Have any of you 

 a pipe till I smoke ? Alexander Nicolson went to give him his pipe, but 

 it was broken. Nicolson then went to get another man's, and after 

 cleaning it so (here the witness made a movement as if wiping a pipe 

 clean) he handed it to Martin, and Martin smoked it. He (Martin) was 

 in the very middle of the crowd smoking it. 



Was he talking to them and smoking ? Yes, smoking and talking. 

 I did not see any appearance of fright about him. There was no 

 occasion for his being frightened. 



