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

by Francis L. Wellman

Attorney-General. "Did you sometimes sleep at his mother's?"

Smith. "Yes."

Attorney-General. "When you did that, where did you sleep?"

Smith. "In a room."

Attorney-General. "Did you sleep in his mother's room—on your oath, were you not intimate with her—you know well enough what I mean?"

Smith. "I had no other intimacy, Mr. Attorney, than a proper intimacy."

Attorney-General. "How often did you sleep at her house, having an establishment of your own at Rugeley?"

Smith. "Frequently. Two or three times a week."

Attorney-General. "Are you a single or a married man?"