Counsel (looking at the jury somewhat triumphantly). "Then it all comes down to this: you have had the experience of one case of morphine poisoning in the last twenty years?"
Witness (in a low voice). "Yes, sir, one that I can remember."
Counsel (excitedly). "And are you willing to come here from Philadelphia, and state that the New York doctors who have already testified against you, and who swore they had had seventy-five similar cases in their own practice, are mistaken in their diagnoses and conclusions?"
Witness (embarrassed and in a low tone). "Yes, sir, I am."
Counsel. "You never heard of Helen Potts until a year after her death, did you?"
Witness. "No, sir."
Counsel. "You heard these New York physicians say that they attended her and observed her symptoms for eleven hours before death?"
Witness. "Yes, sir."
Counsel. "Are you willing to go on record, with your one experience in twenty years, as coming here and saying that you do not believe our doctors can tell morphine poisoning when they see it?"
Witness (sheepishly). "Yes, sir."