t previous to
death, which you say that you yourself observed?"

"I should say yes."

"I will only detain you another minute, Doctor." Mr. Bliss then asked
for and obtained the aluminum hypodermic case and handed it to Dr.
Fisher. He asked:

"Doctor, do you recognize that?"

"Yes, it is mine."

"How long has it been out of your possession?"

"I missed it on the day of Miss Sloane's death. I think now that I may
have left it there by accident."

Mr. Bliss then yielded the witness, and Mr. Munson began a re-direct
examination, which was practically a cross-examination, because this
witness, though technically for the prosecution, was in effect a
witness for the defence. The lawyer tried with all his cunning to
confuse the old doctor, but the longer he continued the more he
damaged his own cause. About the only thing which he brought out that
might help him, was the following in relation to the hypodermic case.

"How do you know that this case is yours?"

"Because it is made of aluminum. I had it made to order. I do not
think that such another is yet on the market, though the house that
made mine for me, has asked permission to use my model."

"So this is certainly yours?"

"Yes, sir."

"If you did not make any injections, as you have testified that you
did not, how is it that you could have left this at the house?"

"I probably took it out of my bag, when getting out my laryngoscope
and other instruments to treat the throat."

"I see that this case not only contains the syringe, but also some
small phials filled with tablets. What are those tablets?"

"They are various medicines used hypodermically."

"Was there any morphine in this case when you last saw it?"

"Yes, sir."

"How much?"

"There was a phial filled with tablets. Altogether eighty tablets, of
one eighth of a grain each."

"Please count the tablets remaining, and state how many there are?"

"I find forty-eight."

"That is to say thirty-two pellets have been taken out?"

"Yes, sir."

"Now, then, supposing that this is the identical syringe which the
nurse saw Dr. Medjora using, and deducting the four pellets which she
found in the bed, how large a dose must have been administered at that
time?"

"I object!" said Mr. Bliss.

"It seems to be a mere matter of arithmetic," said the Recorder.

"No, your Honor. That question supposes that the tablets missing from
the phial were administered to the patient. Now there is no evidence