:45:08
Would you like me to repeat
the question, Mr Ferguson?
:45:10
No.
:45:13
Then answer it, please.
And remember, you're under oath.
:45:16
A few boys who we considered
to be discipline problems
:45:19
uh, were hit on occasion.
:45:21
And, uh, how were they hit?
:45:23
I don't know what you mean.
:45:24
A fist? Open hand?
:45:26
A kick?
:45:28
Baton, maybe?
:45:29
It depended on what
the situation called for.
:45:31
Who determined that situation?
:45:33
The guard on the scene.
:45:35
That's a lot of power
to have over a boy, isn't it?
:45:37
It came with the job, sir.
:45:39
Did torture come with the job?
:45:50
Boys were tortured,
weren't they, Mr Ferguson?
:45:52
Define torture.
:45:55
Well, let's define torture.
:45:58
Uh, cigarette burning...
:46:01
Random beatings...
:46:04
Solitary confinement
with no food and no light.
:46:09
Would you say that took place?
:46:11
On occasion.
:46:12
Who tortured them?
:46:14
Guards.
:46:15
Which guards?
:46:18
I don't...I can't remember
all of them.
:46:22
Remember one.
:46:25
Mr Ferguson, remember one.
:46:32
Remember one.
:46:36
Aah!
:46:37
Let me ask you this,
Mr Ferguson. Was there ever...?
:46:40
Counsel,
this line of questioning
:46:42
better lead somewhere
having to do with this case.
:46:44
It will, Your Honour.
:46:45
For your sake.
:46:46
Yes, sir. Uh, Mr Ferguson,
:46:48
was there ever any sexual abuse
:46:50
at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?
:46:54
Was there ever any sexual abuse
:46:57
at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?