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

by Francis L. Wellman

Court. "Excluded."

Counsel (with a sudden change of manner, and in a loud voice, turning to the audience). "Is the chief of police of Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the court room? (Turning to the witness.) Mr. Minnock, do you know this gentleman?"

Witness. "I do."

Counsel. "Tell the jury when you first made his acquaintance."

Witness. "It was when I was arrested in the Atlantic Hotel, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with my wife."

Counsel. "Was she your wife at the time?"

Witness. "Yes, sir."

Counsel. "She was but sixteen years old?"

Witness. "Seventeen, I guess."