[49] This statement is a mistake, and is changed in the final draft.
Mr. Parris on no occasion was employed to examine the accused. At
the request of the magistrates he took down the evidence, he being a
rapid penman and stenographer. On the occasion mentioned in the next
paragraph, Danforth put the questions, and the record is, “Mr. Parris
being desired and appointed to write out the examination, did take the
same, and also read it before the council in public.”