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A.
No.
Q.
In fact, nobody is answerable to him, correct?
A.
Not that I know of.
MR. MERRETT: Nothing further.
 
MR. POPE:
No questions, Your Honor.
THE COURT: All right. You may step down,
ma’am. Thank you very much. Do you have another witness?
 
MR. POPE: I do not have anymore witnesses,
Your Honor.
 
THE COURT: All right. I understand.
 
Mr. Howie?
 
MR. HOWIE: Your Honor, if I may, I would call
Robert Minton to the stand.
 
THE COURT: Mr. Minton, sir, if you would come
forward, please.
 
(The oath was administered to the witness by
the Court.)
 
MR. HOWIE: May it please the Court.
 
ROBERT S. MINTON, called as a witness, having
been duly sworn, testified as follows:
 
DIRECT EXAMINATION
 
BY MR. HOWIE:
 
Q.
Sir, please state your full name.
A.
Robert S. Minton.
Q.
And where do you reside, Mr. Minton?

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