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larged to about five feet in length. Another magnified 

 copy of the same words taken from the standards was 

 also made, magnified to the same size and both were 

 mounted on boards and used in the case, thus afi'ording 

 an unexampled opportunity to compare the standards 

 with the contested clause. 



The attestation clause was written in an unusually 

 good hand for Mr. Hulett, and this was one of the ob- 

 jections which was made to its genuineness. One of the 

 witnesses for the defence was the cashier at the bank 

 where Mr. Hulett kept his account, and another was the 

 vice-president of the same bank, both of whom testified 

 that the signature was forged. The trial lasted a week 

 and the jury returned a verdict in favor of Mrs. Pomeroy, 

 holding that the signature and the attestation clause 

 were genuine. 



The time occupied in making these copies of the attes- 

 tation clause was about eight days, and they are proba- 

 bly the largest camera lucida drawings ever introduced 

 in a court on a trial. Their accuracy was proved by a 

 preliminary examination of the witness, and as the de- 

 fence somewhat singularly, did not make any exceptions, 

 they were admitted in evidence and allowed to go to the 

 ji^ry. 



The validity of the use of camera lucida drawings by 

 a witness has been questioned a number of times, but 

 the right to use them is as well established in the courts 

 as the use of prints or diagrams or photographs in il- 

 lustration of a witness' testimony. They have, however, 

 never been admitted in evidence as documents where ob- 

 jection has been made, though on principle they are 

 equally admissible with photographs. Indeed, accord- 

 ing to the sworn testimony of Mr. Tolman on the stand, 

 they are more correct than an enlarged photograph can 

 be, owing to a radical deficiency in the ordinary photo- 

 graphic lens. 



