“You are not willing to swear positively. Then, you are not willing to swear positively, I take it, that Mrs. Peixada’s crime did not belong to that category which ’can not philosophically be extenuated on the ground of mental aberration?’.rdquo;
“Not positively—no, sir.”
“It is your opinion?”
“It is my opinion.”
“How firm?”
“Very firm.”
“So firm, doctor, that if you were on this jury, you would feel bound, under any and all circumstances, to acquit the prisoner?”
“So firm that I should feel bound to acquit her, unless evidence of a highly damaging character was forthcoming.”
“Well, suppose that evidence of a highly damaging character was forthcoming, would you convict?”
“I might.”