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Yollop by George Barr McCutcheon
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floors on a fire escape and pry open my window before I,--"

Counsel: "Now,--now,--now! Please answer my question?"

Yollop: "He complained of being dizzy. He held his hand to his jaw.
That's all I can say."

Counsel: "You were pointing the revolver at him all the time, you
have testified. Is that true?"

Yollop: "Yes."

Counsel: "If he had made an attempt to attack you, you would have
shot him, wouldn't you?"

Yollop: "I would have shot AT him, I suppose."

Counsel, slowly, distinctly, dramatically: "In other words, you
would have been strong enough to do the thing that he was unable to
do,--pull a trigger."

Yollop: "I haven't said he was unable to pull a trigger."

Counsel: "Answer my question!"

The State, bouncing up: "We object to this question. It calls for a
conclusion on the part of the witness that--"

The Court: "Objection sustained."

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