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[page 592] was he there? A. A good many years, I don't remember. Q. Do you know what his condition was when he left? A. Yes, sir Q. What was it? A. He was a demented patient all the time he was there Q. Was he discharged by the trustees? A. Yes, sir Q. Why did the trustees discharge him? A. Because of his coming under the law of 1874, requiring the imbiciles and demented to be sent home Q. Is that law kept strictly? A. As near as we can. Q. Are ^there not those who are imbecile and demented there now? A. Not those who are considered safe. Quite a number have been sent home and returned as unsafe Q. But quite a number who would be called demented by a strict diagnosis of their cases? A. Yes, but they are unsafe and more or less dangerous and troublesome. Q. Isn't that man down in the coal-shed really a demented man? A. He is a demented man. Q. Is he dangerous? A. No, sir, I dont know that he is.