The Art of Cross-Examination / With the Cross-Examinations of Important Witnesses in Some Celebrated Cases

by Francis L. Wellman

Counsel. "Did you put it in the form of an affidavit?"

Witness. "Yes."

Counsel. "And that was the very night that you were discharged from the hospital?"

Witness. "Yes."

Counsel. "Every occurrence was then fresh in your mind, was it not?"

Witness (hesitating). "What?"

Counsel. "Were the occurrences of the hospital fresh in your mind at the time?"

Witness. "Well, not any fresher then than they are now."

Counsel. "As fresh as now?"