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> [Cross-examination is beyond any doubt the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. ... Cross-examination, not trial by jury,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-wigmore/cross-examination-is-beyond-any-doubt-the-greatest-legal-engine-ever/)

[John Henry Wigmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-wigmore/)

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> [“Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/never-never-never-on-cross-examination-ask-a-witness-a-question-you/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. You can do anything with a bayonet except sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-wigmore/cross-examination-is-the-greatest-legal-engine-ever-invented-for-the/)

[John Henry Wigmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-wigmore/)

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> [I was originally going to be a lawyer, and the only thing I remember from the art of cross-examination is - you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lipton/i-was-originally-going-to-be-a-lawyer-and-the-only-thing-i-remember/)

[James Lipton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lipton/)

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> [Never, never, never on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to, was a tenet I absorbed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/never-never-never-on-cross-examination-ask-a-witness-a-question-you-2/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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> [“Never, never, never, on cross-examination ask a witness a question you don't already know the answer to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee/never-never-never-on-cross-examination-ask-a-witness-a-question-you-3/)

[Harper Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harper-lee/)

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