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fire. I saw Gunga’s mother crying she said she’d lost her child.
Mony ram slept at home when he went out in the night I don’t know.
I did not see him gather up the straw.
I know the pace where Prisoner kept his straw, but I don’t know whether any heap or stack remained at the time when the child was lost.
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Prisoner being called upon for his Defence ---- says –
When the child was lost
I