“Cross-examination is beyond any doubt the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. ... Cross-examination, not trial by jury, is the great and permanent contribution of the Anglo-American system of law to improved methods of trial-procedure.” LawDoubtDiscoveryCrossesMethodTrialsPermanentContributionEnginesExaminationProceduresJuryTrial By Jury Book:A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the Statutes and Judicial Decisions of All Jurisdictions of the United States and Canada Source: A Treatise on the Anglo-American System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the Statutes and Judicial Decisions of All Jurisdictions of the United States and Canada
“Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. You can do anything with a bayonet except sit on it. A lawyer can do anything with cross-examination if he is skillful enough not to impale his own cause upon it.” IfsEnoughCausesCan DoDiscoveryCrossesLawyerEnginesExaminationSkillfulBayonets Book:Evidence in trials at common law Source: Evidence in trials at common law