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Q. After you arrested the Gerring what did you do? A. 

 I put the second officer with 4 or 5 men on board. I waited until 

 she took her fish on the deck, and then took her in tow. 



Q. Where to? A. To Liscombe. 



Q. What did you do the following day? A. I took her to 

 Halifax after she got her fish dressed and below. 



O. What took place after she was brought to Halifax? A. 

 We brought her to the wharf and I reported to Commodore Spain. 



O. She was arrested in this action? A. Yes. 



O. When you were coming from Liscombe to Halifax on the 

 26th May with the Gerring in tow, how close did you pass to 

 Gull Ledge? A. I think we came within a mile and a half of it. 



O. On that day when you came past Gull Ledge was the sea 

 breaking over it? A. It may have been breaking over the low 

 parts of it. 



Q. Was it breaking over the high parts of it? A. It was not. 



O. Perhaps you will give us an idea of the length, breadth 

 and height of it? A. I never was ashore on the island but I judge 

 that it is a quarter of a mile long, in the vicinity of an eighth of a 

 mile wide, and thirty feet high. 



Q. Did you observe when you were passing there on the 26th 

 May whether there was any vegetation there? A. I could see 

 something green on it that looked like vegetation. 



Cross-examined by Mr. MacCoy: 



Q. How many seizures have you made? A. I have made two 

 seizures besides this one, for violations of the fisheries act. 



Q. Were they subsequently released, and given up? A. I 

 understand that they were released on payment of fines. 



Q. Were they not released because you made a mistake? 

 A. No, they were not released because I made a mistake. 



Q. What time was it that you got to where the Gerring 

 was; did you haul up before you got to the Gerring f A. What 

 do you mean by "hauling up" ? 



Q. Did you stop the engines ? A. I stopped the engines when 

 I got there. 



Q. Then you had not taken bearings before? A, I had. 



Q. You can take bearings, can you, when under full steam? 

 A. Yes. 



