"Russell. 'Do you think that these letters, if genuine, would prove or would not prove Parnell's complicity in crime?'
"Pigott. 'I thought they would be very likely to prove it.'
"Russell. 'Now, reminding you of that opinion, I ask you whether you did not intend to refer—not solely, I suggest, but among other things—to the letters as being the matter which would prove complicity or purport to prove complicity?'
"Pigott. 'Yes, I may have had that in my mind.'
"Russell. 'You could have had hardly any doubt that you had?'
"Pigott. 'I suppose so.'
"Russell. 'You suppose you may have had?'
"Pigott. 'Yes.'
"Russell. 'There is the letter and the statement (reading), "Your Grace may be assured that I speak with full knowledge, and am in a position to prove, beyond all doubt and question, the truth of what I say." Was that true?'