An interesting article from the Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal of 1 March 1866 describing the cross-examination technique of 19th century Irish barrister and politician Isaac Butt QC, MP, who favoured bombarding a witness under cross-examination with extremely rapid, quickfire questions.

Butt regarded this approach as the best way of ‘testing a liar,’ but, as shown above, not everyone agreed. Would any barrister get away with such a cross-examination in the Four Courts of today?

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