Mr. Gurney submitted that this was not a proper mode of cross-examination.
Mr. Cooper.—I think it is, and I shall persist in it until I am told by my Lord that it is irregular.
Mr. Justice Best.—I don’t think any part of the cross-examination is approaching to anything like regularity.
Mr. Cooper.—If your Lordship says I am not to be allowed the same latitude which is allowed to counsel on other occasions, I shall not persevere.
Mr. Justice Best.—I have no objection to your taking your own course, but I think this course of examination ought to have been stopped long ago. I think every fair and reasonable indulgence ought to be allowed to counsel in such a case, but if this was a mere civil case I should have stopped you long ago.
Mr. Cooper.—Then I shall proceed in my own way, with your Lordship’s permission. (To witness.) Is this the first job you have been employed in?—I don’t recollect any other of this kind.
Are you sure you have been employed upon no other job of this kind?—I cannot bring to my recollection whether I have not been employed on any other. I may have been, but I am not aware of any.
Do you know a man named King?—Yes, perfectly.
Do you recollect doing a job in which he was concerned?—I don’t recollect doing a job of this kind against King. I might if I saw the paper before me with my mark upon it. There are so many of them that I cannot recollect any in particular.
Have you not made an affidavit in the job against King?—Yes; but that is since this. I cannot recollect whether I have done any other jobs. I have been in the employment of the Association about six months. I