In general, however, women's testimony differs little in
quality from that of men, all testimony being subject to the
same three great limitations irrespective of the sex of the
witness, and the conclusions set forth above are merely the
result of an effort on the part of the writer to comment
somewhat upon those small differences which, under close
scrutiny, may fairly be said to exist. These differences
are quite as noticeable at the breakfast-table as in the
court-room; and are no more patent to the advocate than to the
ordinary male animal whose forehead habitually reddens when he
hears the unanswerable reason which, in default of all others,
explains and glorifies the mental action of his wife, sister
or mother: "Just because!"
AS COMPLAINANTS AND DEFENDANTS
The ratio of women to men indicted and tried for crime is,
roughly, about one to ten. Could adequate statistics be
procured, the proportion of female to male complainants in
criminal cases would very likely prove to be about the same:
In a very substantial proportion, therefore, of all
prosecutions for crime a woman is one of the chief actors.
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