Prisoner. “My servant was known, and often passed the frontier without a passport.”
Judge. “YOUR DOMESTIC HAD TO ASSASSINATE TWO PERSONS, and had no weapon but a single pistol. He had no dagger; and the only thing found on him was a knife.”
Prisoner. “In the car there were several turner’s implements, which he might have used.”
Judge. “But he had not those arms upon him, because you pursued him immediately. He had, according to you, only this old pistol.”
Prisoner. “I have nothing to say.”
Judge. “Your domestic, instead of flying into woods, which skirt the road, ran straight forward on the road itself: THIS, AGAIN, IS VERY UNLIKELY.”
Prisoner. “This is a conjecture I could answer by another conjecture; I can only reason on the facts.”
Judge. “How far did you pursue him?”
Prisoner. “I don’t know exactly.”
Judge. “You said ‘two hundred paces.’”