Guards, said he had occupied Roo 601, The deceased was witness boy and the prisoner had been wit ness's batman for 18 months. On December 1, witness had four or five people to dinner in the flat and decease! waited on them. The prisoner left between 6.90 and 7 barm. After dinner, the party went out and, when "they returned, the Acotased had gone home.
In the fat, witness kept a shot~ run, which was dissembled, and, in draw in his writing table, he had two automatic pistols, a "45 Colt and a 38 Colt. "He had only had the 48 three days. He had ammunition for it, but it was not kept loaded. The Smaller weapon he had had over two yours, but he never had fired it, though he had envied it when on duty. The pistol always was empty except when he wore it, the magazine being. kept Separate in the drawer. It was Robertson's business to clean the pistols and the deceased had no Authority to touch them.
On returning to the flat December I, witness took out the 38 Colt to show it to a friend, and hho personally put it back. Tt! was empty when he took it out and also when he put it back. It wae slightly oily' at the time.
Deceased attended to his usual duties the next morning and seemed normal. Robertson also. did his usual work and witness left. ther together in the fat when he went out. He did not "instruct the ceased to tell Robertson to clean' the pistols. There was not a key to the writing table and so the pistols were not locked up and bott the men would know where the weapons were,
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