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

by Francis L. Wellman

Smith. "I do."

Attorney-General. "Now I will turn to another subject. Were you called upon to attest another proposal for £13,000 by Walter Palmer in the Universal Office?"

Smith. "I cannot say; if you will let me see the proposal, I shall know."

Attorney-General. "I ask you, sir, as an attorney and a man of business, whether you cannot tell me whether you were applied to by William Palmer to attest a proposal for an assurance for £13,000 on the life of Walter Palmer?"

Smith. "I say that I do not recollect it. If I could see any document on the subject, I daresay I should remember it."

Attorney-General. "Do you remember getting a £5 note for attesting an assignment by Walter Palmer to his brother of such a policy?"

Smith. "Perhaps I might. I don't recollect positively."

Attorney-General (handing a document to witness). "Is that your signature?"

Smith. "It is very like my signature."