Show breaking up a in no way can barristers bar better display their acuteness than by seeing at a glanca fae character af the witnesses they are about to examine and by treating them accordingly brakina was famous ai this in a case in which he was engaged a commercial traveler came int the witness box dressed in the height of fashion and wearing a starched white necktie folded in the fold in an instant erskine knew his man though he had never seen him before and said to him with an air of ca relesa amuso ment you were born and bred in manchester I 1 perceive greatly aotoa dished at this opening remark the man admitted that he was exactly observed the great cross examiner in a conversational tone 1 I knew it from the absurd tie of your the roars of laughter coming from every person in the court with the single exception of the unfortunate witness which followed this rejoinder completely effected erskines Ersk inea purpose which waa to put the witness in a state of agitation and confusion before touching on the facts concerning which he had como to give evidence london news |