"Oh, quit that!" shouts the district attorney. "Tell me what
you saw in your own words."
The "cop" blushes and stammers:
"Aw, well, on the morning of the twenty-second of July, about
3.30 A.M."
"Look here!" yells the prosecutor, jumping to his feet and
shaking his fist at him, "do you want to be taken for a d--n
liar? `Morning of the twenty-second of July, about 3.30 A.M.,
while on post I' You never talked like that in your life."
By this time the "cop" is "mad clear through."
"I'm no liar!" he retorts. "I saw the ------ pull his gun and
shoot!"
"Well, why didn't you say so?" laughs the prosecutor, and the
officer mollified with a cigar, dimly perceives the
objectionable feature of his testimony.
About this time one of the sleuths comes in to report that
certain much-desired witnesses have been "located" and are in
custody downstairs. The assistant makes immediate preparation
for taking their statements. Then one of the experts comes in
for a chat about a new phase of the case occasioned by the
discovery that the defendant actually did have spasms when an
infant.
Pages:
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72