Smith. "A single man."
Attorney-General. "How long did that practice of sleeping two or three times a week at Mrs. Palmer's continue?"
Smith. "For several years."
Attorney-General. "Had you your own lodgings at Rugeley at the time?"
Smith. "Yes, all the time."
Attorney-General. "How far were your lodgings from Mrs. Palmer's house?"
Smith. "I should say nearly quarter of a mile."
Attorney-General. "Explain how it happened that you, having your own place of abode within a quarter of a mile, slept two or three times a week at Mrs. Palmer's."
Smith. "Sometimes her son Joseph or other members of her family were on a visit to her, and I went to see them."
Attorney-General. "And when you went to see those members of her family, was it too far for you to return a quarter of a mile in the evening?"