"Doctor, do you recognize that?"
"Yes, it is mine."
"How long has it been out of your possession?"
"I missed it on the day of Miss Sloane's death. I think now that I may have left it there by accident."
Mr. Bliss then yielded the witness, and Mr. Munson began a re-direct examination, which was practically a cross-examination, because this witness, though technically for the prosecution, was in effect a witness for the defence. The lawyer tried with all his cunning to confuse the old doctor, but the longer he continued the more he damaged his own cause. About the only thing which he brought out that might help him, was the following in relation to the hypodermic case.
"How do you know that this case is yours?"
"Because it is made of aluminum. I had it made to order. I do not think that such another is yet on the market, though the house that made mine for me, has asked permission to use my model."
"So this is certainly yours?"
"Yes, sir."
"If you did not make any injections, as you have testified that you did not, how is it that you could have left this at the house?"