{"title":"Francis L. Wellman","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-art-of-cross-examination-paperback","title":"The Art of Cross-Examination - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The issue of a cause rarely depends upon a speech and is but seldom even affected by it. But there is never a cause contested, the result of which is not mainly dependent upon the skill with which the advocate conducts his cross-examination.\" This is the conclusion arrived at by one of England's greatest advocates at the close of a long and eventful career at the Bar. It was written some fifty years ago and at a time when oratory in public trials was at its height. It is even more true at the present time, when what was once commonly reputed a \"great speech\" is seldom heard in our courts, -because the modern methods of practising our profession have had a tendency to discourage court oratory and the development of orators\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101591408863,"sku":"9781515157564","price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/TkdpNUtpUFF0R2drbmhIL3cxNHhNdz09.webp?v=1781071785"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/francis-l-wellman.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}