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think I ever injured him Q. Never intended to did you A. I never tried to. I never intended to. Q. But you think Samson both intended to and tried to A. I didn't treat Haines in any such way as Samson did. Q. You were much more gentle to him than Samson A. I considered it so. Q. Did the other men there use to abuse him A. I never knew Charles Knowles to abuse him in any way. Q. What have you done to Peter that you think now ought not to have been done A. I think I have laughed at Peter in some way and perhaps treated him in a way one gentleman should not another Q. You never did any thing but laugh at him A. no sir. Q. Never did any thing else at all A. No, sir, not that I remember of. Q. That is the only thing your conscience allows you to reprove yourself for, having laughed at him A. That is all I ever did to Peter.