Q. “Point him out.”
A. “I would not like to say——”
(After some pressure and argument she pointed to Slater, who had been led past her in the corridor between two officers, when both she and Barrowman had exclaimed: “That is the man,” or “I could nearly swear that is the man.”)
Q. “Didn’t you say you did not see the man’s face?”
A. “Neither I did. I saw the walk.”
The reader must bear in mind that Lambie’s only chance of seeing the man’s walk was in the four steps or so down the passage. It was never at any time shown that there was any marked peculiarity about Slater’s walk.
Now take Helen Lambie’s identification in Edinburgh, May 9th, 1909.
Q. “How did you identify him in America?”
A. “By his walk and height, his dark hair and the side of his face.”
Q. “You were not quite sure of him at first in America?”