[SPAM] N who had committed some very

Rougham tells the following story. It is a curious instance of the
elucidation of facts in court.--During the assizes, in a case of assault
and battery, where a stone had been thrown by the defendant, the
following clear and conclusive evidence was drawn out of a
Yorkshireman.--"Did you see the defendant throw the stone?" "I saw a
stone, and I'ze pretty sure the defendant throwed it." "Was it a large
stone?" "I should say it wur a largeish stone." "What was its size?" "I
should say a sizeable stone." "Can't you answer definitely how big it
was?" "I should say it wur a stone of some bigness." "Can't you give the
jury some idea of the stone?" "Why, as near as I recollect, it wur
something of a stone." "Can't you compare it to some other object?"
"Why, if I wur to compare it, so as to give some notion of the stone, I
should say it wur as large as a lump of chalk!" Questioning.--Sir John
Fielding gave a curious instance in t

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