Read the following quotation from the excerpt above and decide if it contains explicit evidence: “The question in this case, if there be a question of fact about it at all, will, in my judgment, be rather a question of law than one of fact.”

A. This statement contains explicit evidence because it states a verifiable fact.

B. This statement contains explicit evidence because it includes a date and an action.

C. This statement contains no explicit evidence.

D. Both A and B