Show witness exerted himself A bit to put it nicely during the progress of a lawsuit a witness was cross exam ined regarding the habits and character of the defendant has mr M a reputation tor for being abnormally lazy asked counsel briskly well sir its this way 1 will you kindly answer the question asked struck in the irascible lawyer well sir I 1 was going to say its this way I 1 dont want to do the defendant an injustice and I 1 wont go so far as to say hes lazy exactly but if it required any voluntary work on his part to digest his food hed die from lack of nourishment |