I can prove that I was in Smeaton's study when this thing happened; and I daresay, if Hawley is to be cross-examined, he'll be able to show that he was somewhere else at the time.

With professional caution he assured Mr. Finnis, who briefly cross-examined him, that it was impossible for him to state how long Sir Horace Fewbanks had been dead.

"I have been occupied, sir, in taking the lad's moral measurement: and I have pumped him as successfully as ever I cross-examined a rogue in my court.

The witnesses had been cross-examined by me, and nothing had been elicited that cast the least doubt upon their character or credibility.

" Grimston gave his evidence, and was severely cross-examined by my friend, J. Fitzjames Stephen.

Coleridge acknowledged that the Claimant cross-examined him instead of his cross-examining the Claimant.

I've been a witness in a case For seven long mortal hours, And, cross-examined, had to face The counsel's keenest powers.

Mr. Tutt hardly cross-examined Fong at all, but with Mr. Burke he pursued very different tactics, speedily rousing the wrestler to such a condition of fury that he was hardly articulate, for the old lawyer gently hinted that Mr. Burke was inventing the whole story for the purpose of assisting his friends in the On Gee Tong.

He took command; he cross-examined landlord and postboys, pooh-poohed their objections, extracted from them in half-a-dozen curt questions more information than, five minutes before, they were conscious of possessing, to judge from the scratching of heads which produced it; finally, he handed Dorothea into the chaise, sprang in himself, and closed discussion with a slam of the door.

"The first point was the question of time, John O'Neill, cross-examined by Oranmore, stated without hesitation that he had given the will to Mr. Percival at eleven o'clock in the morning.

After the direct examination by the plaintiff's attorney, the witness may be cross-examined by the attorney for the defendant.

"When?" I felt as if I were being rather severely cross-examined, but I answered as civilly as I could, "The night before the battle.

They were cross-examined by him, and everything was conducted in such a manner as to afford him no reasonable cause of complaint.

Then Mr. Llewellyn, the lawyer for the defense, cross-examined me.

By a cleverly worked-up case on his opponent's side, Kit is so cross-examined as to be found guilty by the jury, and is sentenced to be transported for a term of years.

Again I was cross-examined, and my papers were carefully passed upon one by one.

When Friend Hopper had cautiously examined them, and cross-examined them, he became perfectly satisfied that Etienne was free.

By the time she had cross-examined Mr. Chalk her wildest suspicions were confirmed.

The claimant was taken into a room alone with the commissioners, was asked to submit a written and sworn statement as to his losses and services, and was then cross-examined both with regard to his own losses and those of his fellow claimants.

He took objections, insisted on discrepancies, cross-examined as to credibility, and came to the conclusion that the case for the supernatural was not made out.

I was fully alive to the interest of this evidence, and cross-examined her so far as her age allows of it, and I find that she adheres to her statement with all firmness.

He cross-examined the men with keenness and authority.

The counsel for the crown, cross-examined the witness, but his efforts only brought out her evidence in, if possible, a still clearer and more trustworthy light.

He examined, and cross-examined them several times, and apart from each other.

As we came away I cross-examined my mother much as to the subjects of his talk.