DIRECT
EXAMINATION
by David Nissen:
Q What occurred with regard
to the use of your Xerox machine?
A Dan and
Tony used the Xerox machine.
Q Did you see
them?
A Yes.
Q On how many
occasions did they use it?
A I'm not
quite sure because I wasn't there all the time.
Q How many
occasions were you there when they used it?
A At least
four, maybe seven, eight. You know, I'm not clear. . . .
Q And over
what period of time did these copying sessions occur?
A Ten days,
two weeks.
Q Can you
place for US precisely in time when those ten days or two weeks
occurred?
A I can't; I
thought it was after the 4th of July or I felt it was after the 4th of
July, of
1969; but I'm not-I've never been sure, as you know, of exactly the
date or the
dates.
Q How did the
documents arrive at your office? Who brought them?
A Dan.
Q How did he
bring them?
A In a
briefcase.
Q Will you
describe it for us, please.
A It was shaped
like that (pointing to an accordian-style file, and like this, like
that black one that
you-just like that, only it was beige. . . .
Q Did you
receive
any payment for the use of your Xerox machine?
A Yes.
Q From whom?
A Dan.
Q What was
the amount of payment, as you recall it? . . . .
THE COURT:
Before you turn to that, what did that payment represent? Was it a cost
to you?
THE WITNESS:
Yes.
THE COURT:
For the paper?
THE WITNESS:
Cost, yes, paper, and whatever overage of copies on-you only get a
certain
amount on your Xerox, you know, for rental, and if you go over that,
they charge
you for overage.
THE COURT: It
was a charge strictly for cost; no profit?
THE WITNESS:
That is right.
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