"It did not. He was quite frank and open with me."
"In pursuance of your duties you served subp[oe]nas upon certain witnesses?"
"Yes."
"Among others, upon Dr. Pye?"
"Yes."
"In an interview with him you asked him to show you the flashlight device by means of which, according to his statement, he saw a man come from the house in Catchpole Square in the middle of the night?"
"Yes."
"What was his reply?"
"That it was under repair, and he could not produce it."
Then followed the evidence of the reporter of "The Little Busy Bee," and that of Constable Applebee, neither of whom was cross-examined by the defence.