own knowledge, that this is not some other
lady's work?

_A._ I know it is my work because the centre portion of the
mat was left plain, which centre is exactly the size of the
base of my statuette.

_Q._ Is there any other reason which you can give?

_A._ I know it looks like my mat.

_Q._ Certainly, but would it not look like your mat if it had
been wrought by another lady?

_A._ Perhaps so.

_Q._ You say _perhaps_ so; would it not certainly so look?

_A._ I think it would.

_Q._ Have you the statuette now?

_A._ Yes, sir, it is at our house.

At this point of the trial the statuette was sent for and brought into
court by the father of the witness. Mr. Waters took it into his
possession. Considerable discussion arose when the prosecuting
attorney insisted upon being allowed to examine it. Mr. Waters became
almost violent, and declared he would smash the image rather than be
so imposed upon. He was cross-examining the witness with no testimony
for the accused, and he insisted upon his rights without interruption.
The court ruled in Mr. Waters's favor. He, holding the statuette by
the base, walked up to Miss B., and inquired of her if she recognized
it as her own.

_A._ I certainly do.

_Q._ And how do you know it is certainly your own?

_A._ It is just like mine.

_Q._ But are there not other copies so like it as that you
cannot tell the difference, nor one from the others?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ How then can you say for a certainty that this is yours?

_A._ Because my father has just brought it from our house,
and I saw him go for it and return with it. I can give no
better reason.

_Q._ Can you say of your own knowledge, from an examination
of the image, that it is yours?

_A._ No, sir.

_Q._ Have you any more reliable knowledge concerning the mat
being yours?

_A._ Yes, for the space in the middle was made expressly to
fit the base of the statuette.

_Q._ And are you willing to risk your testimony upon that
fact alone?

_A._ I am.

The mat and the statuette were then shown the witness and the jury,
and the base of the statuette overlapped the plain surface in the
centre of the mat half an inch. The witness became faint, and was
carried into the lobby. The jury, without leaving their seats,
rendered a verdict of NOT GUILTY.

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