Mason watched Borge wiping his moist forehead with a handkerchief. “How many men have you ever fingerprinted, Mr. Borge?” he asked.
“I can’t see that this is material,” Scudder objected.
“It goes to his qualifications,” Mason insisted. “You’ve qualified him as an expert, I certainly am going to cross-examine him, to show his qualifications.”
“I think the question is perfectly proper,” Judge Romley ruled. “Counsel did not stipulate to the qualifications of this witness, and he has a right to ask any reasonable number of questions touching upon his qualifications as an expert. The objection is overruled.”
“I couldn’t say,” Borge said. “I’ve fingerprinted thousands.”
“Who was the first man you ever fingerprinted?”
Borge smiled and said, “Why, I couldn’t remember.”
“When was it?”
“I can’t even tell you that — it was probably fifteen years ago. I can’t remember.”
“Who was the last man you fingerprinted?”