Q.  Where  were  you  ?     A    I  was  staying  dov\'n  at  my  LTncle
Bill's.
^  Q.  Where  were  you  at  that  hour  i     A.  I  was  at  Uncle  Bill's.
Q.  Were  you  sitting  up  ?  A.  'No,  sir,  I  was  done  gone  to
bed.
Q.  State  all  that  occurred,  and  what  was  said  ?  A.  I  didn't
hear  anything,  only  they  came  and  took  me  out  and  whip-
ped me.
Q.  They  came  into  the  house  before  they  whipped  you  didn't
they  ?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  How  did  they  get  into  the  house?  A.  They  opened  the
sfloor  and  let  them  in.
,  Q.  Then  what  ?     A.  They  took  me  out.
(^.  Did  they  tie  you  ?     A.  No,  sir,  they  never  tied  me.
q\  They  just  ordered  you  out?     A.  They  led  me  out.
Q.  Where  did  they  carry  you  ?  A.  They  carried  me  about
three  hrimdred  yards,  I  reckon,  from  the  house.
Q.  TcK  what  place  ?  A.  Not  far  from  the  big  road,  close  to
Mr.  White's.
Q.  Was  it  in  this  road,  or  in  a  house,  or  in  a  yard,  or  in  the
woods?  A.  Out  in  the  edge  ol  an  old  field,  just  beside  the
big  road.
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Q.  AVere  you  dressed  ?     A.  Yes,  sir.
Q.  Did  jou  have  on  your  clothes'^  A.  Yes,  sir,  I  had  on
my  clothes  when  tliey  carried  me  out  there.
Q.  Did  they  do  anything  witli  you  before  they  whipped  you  ?
A.  Ko,  sir.
Q.  They  whipped  you  with  your  ch:>thes  on  ?  A.  They  took
my  clothes  oft'.
Q.  You  pulled  your  clorhes  oft'?     A.  Yes,  sir.
