Sir Hardinge Giffard subjected me to a very stringent cross-examination, doing his best to entangle me, but the perfect frankness of my answers broke all his weapons of finesse and inuendo.
Some of the incidents of the trial were curious; Sir Hardinge Giffard's opening speech was very able and very unscrupulous.

All facts in Mr.Bradlaugh's favour were distorted or hidden; anything that could be used against him was tricked out in most seductive fashion.

Among the many monstrous perversions of the truth made by this most pious counsel, was the statement that changes of publisher, and of registration of the _Freethinker_ were made in consequence of a question as to prosecuting it put in the House of Commons.

The change of publisher was admittedly made in November; the registration was made for the first time in November, and could not be changed, as there was no previous one.

The House of Commons was not sitting in November; the question alluded to was asked in the following February.
This one deliberate lie of the "defender of the faith" will do as well as quoting a score of others to show how wickedly and maliciously he endeavoured to secure an unjust verdict.
The speech over, a number of witnesses were called.