THE ART OF CROSS-EXAMINATION
Smith. "I believe that he ultimately did get something for it."
Attorney-General. "Don't you know that what he got was a bill for £200?"
Smith. "Yes; and he had a house furnished for him."
Attorney-General. "Don't you know that he got a bill for £200?"
Smith. "Yes."
Attorney-General. "And don't you know that that bill was never paid?"
Smith. "No, I do not."
Attorney-General. "Now, I'll refresh your memory a little with regard to those proposals [handing witness a document]. Look at that, and tell me whether it is in your handwriting."
Smith. "It is."
Attorney-General. "Refreshing your memory with that, I ask you were you not applied to by William Palmer in December, 1854, to attest a proposal on the life of his brother, Walter, for £3,000 in the Solicitors and General Insurance Office?"
Smith. "I might have been."
Attorney-General. "Were you or were you not, sir? Look at that document, and say have you any doubt upon the subject?"
Smith. "I do not like to speak from memory with reference to such matters."
Attorney-General. "No; but not speaking from mem-
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