It was during the examination of Mrs.Fitzpatrick that O'Hara got his first opening.

It was a master stroke of strategy on his part that Mrs.Fitzpatrick was made to appear as a witness for the Crown, for the purpose of establishing the deplorable and culpable indifference to and neglect of his family on the part of the prisoner.
Day after day Mrs.Fitzpatrick had appeared in the court, following the evidence with rising wrath against the Crown, its witnesses, and all the machinery of prosecution.

All unwitting of this surging tide of indignation in the heart of his witness the Crown Counsel summoned her to the stand.

Mr.Staunton's manner was exceedingly affable.
"Your name, Madam ?" he enquired.
"Me name is it ?" replied the witness.

"An' don't ye know me name as well as I do mesilf ?" Mr.Staunton smiled pleasantly.