The Attorney-general. "Do you know the prisoner?"
Witness. "Yes; he was my master."
The Attorney-general. "In what capacity were you employed?"
Witness. "I was lady's-maid to his wife, my poor dead mistress."
The Attorney-general. "Were you in her service before she was married?"
Witness. "Yes."
The Attorney-general. "What was her maiden name?"
Witness. "Agnes Beach."
The Attorney-general. "When you first entered her service were her parents alive?"
Witness. "Both of them."