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Show Searching Cross-Esamination. Scene in court. Attorney. Where were you on the .Id of July, 1S70 ? Ana. Prospecting in Big Cottonwood. Atty. Ah 1 Did yo have a pick ? Aus. Of course. Question What were you doing? Ai a. Picking around. Q. Are you sure you had a pick ? A. Yes, certain. Q. Well, what were you doing ? A. Picking around, all over, I tell you. Q. Did you pick in the snow around I he Root? A.' No. Q. Then you were picking in the ground? A. No, sir I I didn't say so. I had just had breakfast. O,. (Confidently) Now then, sir, you say you were picking, but not in the snow, nor iu the ground. What were you picking? A. (Composedly) Didn't I just tell you I had breakfast break-fast there ? I was picking a a beef bone ! I w;s prospecting for gruo ! Atty. Ah I eh ! You can stand aside, eir ! Court. Mr. Marshal adjourn court! Exeunt Omncs I |