:44:02
Sean Nokes had no enemies.
:44:03
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.
:44:16
And your function was what,
at this juvenile facility?
:44:19
Standard stuff.
Keep the boys in line,
:44:22
make sure they got
to their classes on time,
:44:24
keep an eye out for trouble,
put them down for the night -
:44:27
nothing exciting.
:44:28
As guards, were you and Mr Nokes
allowed to use force
:44:32
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?
:44:39
No. Of course not.
:44:40
Were any of the boys hit
by any of the guards
:44:43
at any time
at the Wilkinson Home?
:44:46
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.
:44:52
Sure. Let's narrow
the place down, then.
:44:54
Did you or Mr Nokes ever hit
any of the boys under your care
:44:58
at the Wilkinson Home for Boys?
: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...