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Show 3. A SECTION OF THE BEECHER c. TRIAL. j Q. Do you drink tea or coflae at ip breakfiist? A. Sometimes one, sometimes some-times the other, sometimes both. Q. What did vou drink for breakfast break-fast April 1st, 1S01? A. I do not re-member. re-member. Q. Oh, you don't remember. Now, do you not know you drank coffee at I breakfast that morning' A. I do not. Q. Well, do you think you drank coffee and have torgotlen it? A. If I J; drank coffee on that occasion, I certainly cer-tainly have forgotten it. Q. Can you swear it was not coffee? cof-fee? A. I can swear I do not recollect. recol-lect. j Did you use sugar and cream? A. I may have used one or both, or , neither. Q. Ah, ha yes; did you lick the 3poon after sweetening your drink? 3t A. Can't say positively. Qr Urn can't say; did you stir it wilh a spoon or your finger; and ifso, which finger? A. Have no recollec-r recollec-r tion of any such circnmslance.sir. (J. Haven't? A. Have not no.sir; not the slightest. I Q. Be careful, sir. Perhaps I can refresh your memory? A. Perhaps you can. Here another juror tumbled tumb-led ofl' his seat, with teeth Bet, and frothing at the mouth. Ke cess. |