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Good morning, Mr Ferguson.
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Good morning.
:43:10
I'd like to thank you
for coming.
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I realize, for you,
this has been a long trip.
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I'm just sorry it had to be
for something like this.
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You and the victim Sean Nokes
were such good friends -
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your testimony as a character
witness will be very valuable.
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We were great friends. It would
be hard to find a better friend.
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Would you say you were
his best friend?
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I was his closest,
that's for sure.
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How long
did you know each other?
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Uh, about 17, 18 years.
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And did you see
each other often?
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As often as we could.
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Weekends, holidays,
vacations - things like that.
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What kind of man was Sean Nokes?
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He was a good man.
He was too good to be shot dead
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by a couple of street punks.
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Objection. Statement is one
of opinion, not fact.
:43:52
He was asked his opinion.
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Overruled. Please proceed.
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Mr Ferguson...
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were you aware of any enemies
he might have had?
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Sean Nokes had no enemies.
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Thank you, Mr Ferguson.
I have no further questions.
:44:11
What is that, a prison?
:44:13
No, it's a juvenile facility
for young boys.
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And your function was what,
at this juvenile facility?
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Standard stuff.
Keep the boys in line,
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make sure they got
to their classes on time,
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keep an eye out for trouble,
put them down for the night -
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nothing exciting.
:44:28
As guards, were you and Mr Nokes
allowed to use force
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to, as you put it,
keep the boys in line?
:44:35
What? What do you mean "force"?
:44:37
Were you allowed to hit them?
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No. Of course not.
:44:40
Were any of the boys hit
by any of the guards
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at any time
at the Wilkinson Home?
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Yeah, I'm sure that something
like that may have happened.
:44:48
It was a...it was a big place.
:44:50
But it wasn't
the common practice.
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Sure. Let's narrow
the place down, then.
:44:54
Did you or Mr Nokes ever hit
any of the boys under your care
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at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?