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                                                                  DAY 214
 
                                                 DAVID ROBERTS, Examined:
 
 
 
     1        he thinks, will say in addition to what is in his
     2        typewritten statement.  Is it there?
     3        A.  Yes, I have got them.
     4
     5   Q.   Have you had a chance to look at and think about these
     6        additional points?
     7        A.  Yes, I have, yes.
     8
     9   Q.   I would like to go through them with you, if I may?  The
    10        first one -- they are done by asterisks -- under "breaks
    11        and hours" is Mr. Beech's shifts were usually 12.00 or 4.00
    12        p.m. to 11.00 p.m. or 12.00 p.m. -- I think Mr. Morris must
    13        mean a.m., that is midnight.
    14
    15   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  All my life I have wondered whether -- it
    16        should be 12 p.m. because it is 12 hours after midday ---
    17
    18   MR. RAMPTON:  Exactly.
    19
    20   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  -- which is what the "p.m." Means.
    21
    22   MR. RAMPTON:  I know, but it never is.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But different people view it in different
    25        ways, but .....
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  Indeed.  If we assume that the first 12.00 is noon
    28         ---
    29
    30   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, that is fair enough.
    31
    32   MR. RAMPTON:  -- then we can call it midnight.  So, the
    33        assertion seems to be, Mr. Roberts, that he usually ---
    34
    35   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is clear what Mr. Morris means anyway.
    36
    37   MR. RAMPTON:  -- worked either from 12.00 noon to 11.00 or
    38        12 o'clock at night ---
    39
    40   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    41
    42   MR. RAMPTON:  -- or from 4.00 in the afternoon to 11.00 or
    43        12 o'clock at night.  Forgetting the figures in the chart,
    44        from your own recollection, does that accord with your
    45        memory of Mr. Beech's hours and shifts?
    46        A.  I recall him working in the afternoon from 12.00 until
    47        10.00.  I do not recall -----
    48
    49   Q.   At night?
    50        A.  He may well have worked from 4.00 to 12.00, but I do 
    51        not recall it. 
    52 
    53   Q.   Yes.  I was looking, really, at the maximum possibility
    54        there, which is 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight.  Do you
    55        remember him in your time doing any shifts of that length?
    56        A.  I do not recall him being scheduled for it, no.
    57
    58   Q.   Do you recall ------
    59        A.  I do not recall him actually doing it, either.
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