To-day he is forced to admit that he would not know a case of acute gastritis from one of mumps.

But the druggist was convicted.
Yet it is not enough to prepare for the defence you believe the accused is going to interpose.

A conscientious preparation means getting ready for any defence he may endeavor to put in.

Just as the prudent general has an eye to every possible turn of the battle and has, if he can, re-enforcements on the march, so the prosecutor must be ready for anything, and readiest of all for the unexpected.

He must not rest upon the belief that the other side will concede any fact, however clear it may seem.