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"State, if you please, what you know about it." "It was given to me in payment for a fowling piece." "When?" The witness gave the date. "Can you swear to the bill?" "I can; I wrote my name and the day of the month on it at the time; here they are." STATE IF YOU PLEASE WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT IT WAS GIVEN TO ME IN PAYMENT FOR A FOWLING PIECE WHEN THE WITNESS GAVE THE DATE CAN YOU SWEAR TO THE BILL I CAN I WROTE MY NAME IN THE DAY OF THE MONTH ON IT AT THE TIME HERE THEY ARE
opened the case for the defence. His address was very short, but very pointed and forcible. The first witness was Mr. Doolittle, the store-keeper, who testified to the facts concerning the twenty dollar bill. "Is that the bill you marked?" asked the lawyer, handing him a bank-note. "It is," replied the witness, after examining it. "You are willing to swear that is the bill?" "I am." "Please state to the court and jury the means by which you identify it." The witness exhibited his shop-card upon the back of it, and pointed out several other peculiarities which he had observed while stamping it. "Mr. Stevens," said the lawyer. "That will do, Mr. Doolittle." The person called took the stand. He was a stranger in Rippleton, and the audience wondered what he could possibly know about it. "Your business, Mr. Stevens?" continued the lawyer, scratching furiously with his pen. "I keep a hardware store in Boston." "Did you ever see this bill?" and Squire Benson handed him the bank-note. "I have. ON TO THE DISCREPANCIES TONY'S COUNSEL THEN OPENED THE CASE FOR THE DEFENCE HIS ADDRESS WAS VERY SHORT BUT VERY POINTED AND FORCIBLE THE FIRST WITNESS WAS MISTER DOLITTLE THE STOREKEEPER WHO TESTIFIED TO THE FACTS CONCERNING THE TWENTY DOLLAR BILL IS THAT THE BILL YOU MARKED ASKED THE LAWYER HANDING HIM A BANK NOTE IT IS REPLIED THE WITNESS AFTER EXAMINING IT YOU ARE WILLING TO SWEAR THAT IS THE BILL I AM PLEASE STATE TO THE COURT AND JURY THE MEANS BY WHICH YOU IDENTIFY IT THE WITNESS EXHIBITED HIS SHOP CARD UPON THE BACK OF IT AND POINTED OUT SEVERAL OTHER PECULIARITIES WHICH HE HAD OBSERVED WHILE STAMPING IT MISTER STEPHENS SAID THE LAWYER THAT WILL DO MISTER DOOLITTLE THE PERSON CALLED TOOK THE STAND HE WAS A STRANGER IN RIPPLETON AND THE AUDIENCE WONDER WHAT HE COULD POSSIBLY KNOW ABOUT IT YOUR BUSINESS MISTER STEVENS CONTINUED THE LAWYER SCRATCHING FURIOUSLY WITH HIS PEN I KEEP A HARDWARE STORE IN BOSTON DID YOU EVER SEE THIS BILL AND SQUIRE BENSON HANDED HIM THE BANK NOTE I HAVE
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