"You have talked with none of the witnesses, Mr. Broadwell?"
"Oh, no, sir," said Broadwell, smiling at the absurdity.
"The accounts you read were not stenographic reports of the evidence?"
"No, sir; abstracts, rather, I should say."
"Exactly. Were the conclusions you came to opinions, or mere impressions?"
"Mere impressions I should say, your Honor."
"They are not to be dignified by the name of opinions?"
"Hardly, your Honor."
"If they were, you could lay them aside and try this case on its merits, basing your judgment on the evidence as it is adduced, and on the law as the court shall declare it to you?"
"Certainly, your Honor."