FOOTNOTES:
[1] In the Borough of Manhattan at the present time thirty-three per cent of the cases tried are appealed, and forty-two per cent of the cases appealed are reversed and sent back for re-trial as shown by the court statistics.
[2] "Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers," G. J. Clark, Esq.
[3] "Memories of Rufus Choate," Neilson.
[4] "Memories of Rufus Choate," Neilson.
[5] "Life of Lord Russell," O'Brien.
[6] "Reminiscences of Rufus Choate," Parker.
[7] This occurrence was at the time when the actress Anna Held was singing her popular stage song, "Won't you come and play with me."
[8] "Curiosities of Law and Lawyers."
[9] "Hints on Advocacy," Harris.
[10] As a matter of fact, father and daughter wrote very much alike, and with surprising similarity to Mr. Ellison. It was this circumstance that led to the use of the three letters in the cross-examination.
[11] In Chapter XI (infra) is given in detail the cross-examination of the witness Pigott by Sir Charles Russell, which affords a most striking example of the most effective use that can be made of an incriminating letter.
[12] "Curiosities of Law and Lawyers."
[13] "Extraordinary Cases," H. L. Clinton.
[14] "Irish Law Times," 1874.
[15] Sir James Stephen's Evidence Act.
[16] "Life of Lord Russell," Barry O'Brien.
[17] "Reminiscences of Rufus Choate," Parker.
[18] "Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers," Gilbert J. Clark.
[19] "Curiosities of Law and Lawyers."
[20] "Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers," Clark.
[21] "Reminiscences of Rufus Choate," Parker.
[22] Extracts from the daily press accounts of the proceedings of one of the thirty days of the trial, as reported in "Modern Jury Trials," Donovan.
[23] "Extraordinary Cases," Henry Lauran Clinton.
[24] "Life Sketches of Eminent Lawyers," Gilbert J. Clark.
[25] The reports of six thousand cases of morphine poisoning had been examined by the prosecution in this case before trial, and among them the case reported by Professor Taylor.