Taylor said the bandit wore a silver belt-buckle. This he could not have
seen, for he stated: ‘As the robber passed through the door, he
unbuttoned his coat and slipped the revolver in his back pocket.’
It would have been impossible for Taylor to have seen the man’s
belt-buckle when his coat was buttoned.
As this statement was false, the rest of his account was disregarded by
the Professor.
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity
Finer than the staple of his argument.
Shakespeare.