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[page 692] ascertained that you had discharged him. Ans. The patient had him by the throat and was choking him, he resisted and kicked him in order to get away from the patient. Mr. Hall: I think the rule as to hearsay violence is a little strict sometimes, it is well enough to enforce such a rule in a court of justice, but it is a rule which I think ought to be waived under some circumstances and this is one of them. I only raise the point at this time for the sake of taking advantage of it when I am placed in the same position, and want to do it. Mr. Baker: I do not produce to introduce any hearsay testimony, but the council raised this question, a collateral one that in this particular case, Dr. Harlow discharged a man and then unemployed him; now it is proper and by no means hearsay evidence for me to ask Dr. Harlow himself the grounds on which he discharged the man, and the grounds on which he re-employed him. Ques. What were the grounds that influenced you when you re-employed him. Ans. Being satisfied that I was a little hasty. Ques. Was the ground on which you re-employed Mr. Luce, that you were satisfied that he had acted at that time in self defense in getting himself loose from an