Anyway, the panel
didn't seem to notice. He had established handwriting analysis
as nearly infallible--not by evidence, not by proof, but solely
because he said so.
He was pleased when cross examination by Diana was continually
broken into by the panel. As a result of this, the question
of the dates when these things happened was never really established.
As things stood, Lyle, Randy and now Mark had all given conflicting
dates concerning when these documents were sent out for analysis,
when each received them and what each received.
However, under tenacious questioning by Diana, Mark divulged
that the `strange' note, apparently sent as an afterthought,
had only been looked at by the examiners the day before coming to testify.
That was why he had only seen a copy of it since the original was given
to them on their arrival by Henry. Their opinion was not conclusive,
but they thought it probable that Diana had printed it. They were wise
to vacillate on this, Mark observed, since their supply of printing
standards was very limited.
Because of the way Mark presented this, the panel was left
with the impression that had there been enough standards,
the document examiner would certainly have found that Diana
had printed it.
Pages:
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206