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

by Francis L. Wellman

Baron Alderson. "Did you ever make such an attestation?"

Smith. "I don't recollect, my Lord."

Attorney-General. "Look at the other signature there, 'Walter Palmer,'—is that his signature?"

Smith. "I believe that is Walter Palmer's."

Attorney-General. "Look at the attestation and the words 'signed, sealed, and delivered'; are they in Mr. Pratt's handwriting?"

Smith. "They are."

Attorney-General. "Did you receive that from Mr. Pratt?"

Smith. "Most likely I did; but I can't swear that I did. It might have been sent to William Palmer."

Attorney-General. "Did you receive it from William Palmer?"