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[page 321] Q. Was it your habit to obey or disobey the instructions you received in reference to patients under your charge? A. My habit to obey Q. Some times you didn't? A. I didnt in such cases as that- Q. When you thought it was proper you disobeyed did you? Dr. Butler: Finish your answer. Witness: When I thought giving a patient clothes enough would keep him warm and not any would about freeze him to death, I would give him clothes. Q. In other words, you substituted your judgement for that of those in charge of you? A. I did in some such cases as that Q. Did you make known to your superiors the fact that you had disobeyed your instructions? A. I am quite sure I have said such things to the supervisor Q. Hodgkins? A. Yes, sir. Q. Before or after you did it? A. After I think Q. In those respects were you acting by his instructions? A. No, sir not his particularly. He used to say that Dr. Harlow told him to have a man just in the lodge, in such a way.