The Art of Cross-Examination: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of Cross-Examination, credited to Francis Wellman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Art of Cross-Examination by Francis Wellman. Read in English by Joanne Turner A classic text on cross-examination of witnesses, including many examples of techniques used in celebrated cases by such notable attorneys as Abraham Lincoln and future Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo. Wellman sprinkles the text liberally with background facts and explanations of the cases and just plain gossip about the participants. Useful listening for anyone who occasionally feels the need to dig a bit deeper for the truth in any conversation. - Summary by Joanne Turner

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of Cross-Examination
• Author credits: Francis Wellman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 6:40:59

Catalogue topics

• cross-examination
• techniques of cross-examination
• legal cases
• Lincoln
• Cardozo
• law
• lawyers
• courtroom testimony

Track guide

1. 01 - Ch. 1. Introductory — 14:16
2. 02 - Ch. 2. The Manner of Cross-Examination — 23:58
3. 03 - Ch. 3. The Matter of Cross-Examination — 27:28
4. 04 - Ch. 4. Cross-Examination of the Perjured Witness — 40:22
5. 05 - Ch. 5. Cross-Examination of Experts — 33:08
6. 06 - Ch. 6. The Sequence of Cross-Examination — 13:38
7. 07 - Ch. 7. Silent Cross-Examination — 10:44
8. 08 - Ch. 8. Cross-Examination as to Credit, and Its Abuses — 21:15
9. 09 - Ch. 9. Golden Rules for the Examination of Witnesses — 14:34
10. 10 - Ch. 10. Some Famous Cross-Examiners and Their Methods — 48:16
11. 11 - Ch. 11. Cross-Examination of Richard Pigott by Sir Charles Russell — 29:36
12. 12 - Ch. 12. Cross-Examination of Dr. ____ in the Carlyle Harris Case — 27:10
13. 13 - Ch. 13. Cross-Examination of Thomas J. Minnock in the Bellevue Hospital Case — 49:12
14. 14 - Ch. 14. Cross-Examination of Jeremiah Smith by Sir Alexander Cockburn in the Wm Palmer Case — 25:49
15. 15 - Ch. 15. Cross-Examination of Russell Sage by Joseph H. Choate in the Laidlaw-Sage Case — 21:33

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