“Can you read?”

“Yes, but haven’t a habit of it.”

“Have you heard of this case?”

“I think so—but it might be another. I have no opinion about it.”

Dist. A. “Tha—tha—there! Hold on a bit? Did anybody tell you to say you had no opinion about it?”

“N—n—o, sir.”

“Take care now, take care. Then what suggested it to you to volunteer that remark?”