They walked beside him."
"In your testimony, taken at the time and entered in the ship's
log, you say you 'judged by the sounds.' Here you say you 'opened
the door and saw them.' Which is correct?"
"I saw them."
"You say that Mr. Singleton said he wished to 'get at' the captain.
Are those his exact words?"
"I do not recall his exact words."
"Perhaps I can refresh your mind. With the permission of the court,
I shall read from the ship's log this woman's statement, recorded by
the man who was in charge of the vessel, and therefore competent to
make such record, and signed by the witness as having been read and
approved by her:--
"'Mr. Singleton said that he hoped the captain would come, as he and
Mr. Turner only wanted a chance to get at him . . . . There was a
sound outside, and Karen thought it was Mr. Turner falling over
something, and said that she hoped she would not meet him. Once or
twice, when he had been drinking, he had made overtures to her, and
she detested him . . . . She opened the door and came back into the
room, touching me on the arm. "That beast is out there," she said,
"sitting on the companion steps. If he tries to stop me, I'll call
you."'"
The reading made a profound impression. The prosecution, having
succeeded in having the log admitted as evidence, had put a trump
card in the hands of the defense.
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