government asked, "Did you see anything else there, sir?"  Medley responded, "Well, Mr. Henderson was there that day."  Second, the government asked, "What was Mr. Henderson doing there?"  The reply was, "Well, he was in the basement once."  Those two statements were essentially all that was elicited by the government on direct from Medley concerning Henderson.2


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On cross-examination Henderson's counsel asked Medley, "Was he (Henderson) alone or with someone else?"  Medley responded, "It seemed like he was with the men in the basement."  In contradistinction, Henderson's counsel elicited from Medley that the only time Medley could place Henderson in the basement was when Henderson had accompanied Medley to the basement.  Medley testified that at no time did he see Henderson unload thehis conclusion.  He testified that Henderson did not talk to the men in the basement, did not aid them at all in unloading the truck, did not move or touch the goods either on the truck or in the basement, and did not mention the goods in any way to Medley.  Also, there was no evidence that Henderson arrived with the men who were delivering the stolen merchandise or departed with them.  The government never asked Medley either on direct or redirect what he meant by "It seemed that he (Henderson) was with the men in the truck" or on what facts Medley based his conclusion.  With no factual basis for Medley's conclusion present in the record, the government's evidence concerning Henderson boils down