Show Drandlng the Innocent. When n witness under cross-oxamln. ' atlon Is admonished to anBwor "Yes" or "No" to all questions and is thon asked "Havo you over Btopjied beating beat-ing your wlfo?" ho feels that booio-thlng booio-thlng is wrong with a systom of court proccduro that puts him in that posl-tlon. posl-tlon. Either "yes" or "no" convicts ' him for beating his wlfo at somo tlmo or othor. Such trick questions are heard In court ovory day and tho wit- ness gets llttlo satisfaction out of tho assurnnco that ho can explain on ro examination if the lawyer on his sldi of tho caso thinks it worth while W give him a chance nnd dot-a not forgo) ' to do so. Now York Commercial. I |