CROSS-EXAMINATION OF JEREMIAH SMITH
ory in an abstract sense, but having your memory refreshed by a perusal of that document, have you any doubt that you were applied to?"
Smith. "I have no doubt that I might have been applied to."
Attorney-General. "Have you any doubt that in January, 1855, you were called on by William Palmer to attest another proposal for £13,000 on his brother's life in another office? Look at that document and tell me."
Smith. "I see the paper, but I don't know; I might have signed it in blank."
Attorney-General. "Do you usually sign attestations of this nature in blank?"
Smith. "I have some doubt whether I did not sign several of them in blank."
Attorney-General. "On your oath, looking at that document, don't you know that William Palmer applied to you to attest that proposal upon his brother's life for £13,000?"
Smith. "He did apply to me to attest proposals in some offices."
Attorney-General. "Were they for large amounts?"
Smith. "One was for £13,000."
Attorney-General. "Were you applied to to attest another for the like sum in the Universal Office?"
Smith. "I might be."
Attorney-General. "They were made much about the
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