Judge. It is a very unlucky combination for you that these balls, which went, you say, from the same pistol, should have taken two different directions.
Prisoner. I can’t dispute about the various combinations of fire-arms—professional persons will be heard.
Judge. According to your statement, your wife said to you, ‘My poor husband, take your pistols.’
Prisoner. She did.
Judge. In a manner quite distinct?
Prisoner. Yes.
Judge. So distinct that you did not fancy she was hit?
Prisoner. Yes; that is the fact.
Judge. Here, again, is an impossibility; and nothing is more precise than the declaration of the medical men. They affirm that your wife could not have spoken—their report is unanimous.
Prisoner. I can only oppose to it quite contrary opinions from professional men, likewise: you must hear them.