The Judge acquiescing with a nod, Mr. Orcutt sat down.
Mr. Ferris went on.
"Did you meet any one on the road during any of these three runs which you made?"
"No, sir. That is, I met no one in the woods. There were one or two persons on the highway the last time I ran over it."
"Were they riding or walking?"
Here Mr. Orcutt interposed.
"Did you say that in passing over the highway you ran?"
"Yes, sir."
"Why did you do this? Had you not been told that the prisoner was seen to be walking when he came down the road to the station?"