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Q. Did you charge him for using your furniture, and
the gas, the electric, and the telephone?
A. No.
Q. When he gave you that rug later, did he say
specifically, "Here is a rug worth so many dollars,
which I would like you to consider as payment for
that money I owe you for the rent"?
A. No, he didn't say anything specific like that.
Q* Do you consider that rug an overpayment or an
underpayment ?
A* I considered it an inadequate payment.
The prosecutor tried to show that Hiss's story of the transfer of the car was also unbelievable.
Q. Why did you give him your car? A. He said he needed a car, so I told him that I would let him have my old Ford when I got a new car.
Q* So this man to whom you made an oral lease, and made no profit from, and whom you had no idea who he was other than the name he told you—you promised him a Ford when you bought a new car? A* I said he could have it. I don't know whether I would call it an actual promise. Q. As a lawyer didn't you realize that if Mr. Chambers had an accident with your car, you might be sued?
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