The Judge.—“The witness has answered that he will say nothing.”
M. Labori.—“It is to you that I speak. I wish to induce you to direct the trial in a manner that I am about to point out. Do you give me the floor for that purpose?”
The Judge.—“No.”
M. Labori.—“Very well. It is not the court that is judge, but the whole country.”
General Gonse was then called, and asked by M. Labori at what date the hydraulic check was introduced into the service.
General Gonse.—“I am not in charge of the artillery service, and cannot answer.”
M. Labori.—“Will you permit me to comment upon the testimony of the witness, to say regarding it that which is indispensable to the truth, according to Article 319?”
The Judge.—“Ask questions only.”
M. Labori.—“Really, I ask myself if it would not be better to quit this court-room than to suffer myself to be thus gagged and placed in a strait-jacket.”
The Judge.—“Come, Monsieur Labori, say serious things.”