Attorney-General.—“But the gentlemen who examined the body say there was no congestion after death.”
Witness.—“But Dr. Bamford says there was.”
Attorney-General.—“You stick to Dr. Bamford.”
Witness.—“Yes; because he was a man of experience and could judge much better than younger men, and was not so likely to be mistaken.”
Attorney-General.—“But Dr. Bamford says that Cook died of apoplexy. Do you think it was apoplexy?”
Witness.—“No; it was not.”
Attorney-General.—“What then do you think of Dr. Bamford, who certified that it was?”
Witness.—“That was a matter of opinion, but the existence of congestion on the brain he saw.”
Attorney-General.—“The other medical men said there was none.”
Lord Campbell.—“That is rather a matter of reasoning than of evidence.”