"You call yourself Dr. Do you hold a diploma?"
"I do not. I am called Dr. by courtesy."
"Whose courtesy?"
"General courtesy. It has grown into a fashion. I regard it as a compliment."
The Magistrate: "Are these questions relevant, Mr. Pallaret?"
Mr. Pallaret: "Quite relevant, as your worship will see farther on. I shall not ask a question which does not affect the issue." (To the witness.) "I understand that you volunteered to give evidence at the inquest in the interests of justice?"
"Simply that."
"And had no personal interest to serve?"
"None."
"Are you acquainted with a person of the name of Ezra Lynn?