THE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINATION
Attorney-General. "Will you swear that it isn't?"
Smith. "I believe that it is not."
Attorney-General. "Did you apply to the Midland Counties Insurance Office in October, 1855, to be appointed their agent at Rugeley?"
Smith. "I think I did."
Attorney-General. "Did you send them a proposal on the life of Bates for £10,000—you yourself?"
Smith. "I did."
Attorney-General. "Did William Palmer apply to you to send that proposal?"
Smith. "Bates and Palmer came together to my office with a prospectus, and asked me if I knew whether there was any agent for that company in Rugeley. I told them I had never heard of one, and they then asked me if I would write and get the appointment, because Bates wanted to raise some money."
Attorney-General. "Did you send to the Midland Office and get appointed as their agent in Rugeley, in order to effect that £10,000 insurance on Bates's life?"
Smith. "I did."
Attorney-General. "Was Bates at that time superintending William Palmer's stud and stables?"
Smith. "He was."
Attorney-General. "At a salary of £1 a week?"
Smith. "I can't tell his salary."
Attorney-General. "After that did you go to the widow
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