The Coroner (to the jury): These are letters and memoranda, gentlemen. They are not addressed to anyone—so it is difficult to say what bearing they have on the case. Addressing witness: Did Peace never write to you?—No.
You are quite sure of that?—Yes.
Did he never write asking you to meet him?—No.
The Coroner (to the police): I suppose some one will give evidence as to where these came from?
Mr. Inspector Bradbury: Yes.
The Coroner: It is difficult, gentlemen, to know what to do with regard to those letters; they are not addressed. There is one here. I do not like to read it, because it does not say for whom it is intended. It runs:—“I write you these few lines to thank you for all your kindness;” and so on. It is not addressed to anyone, and might have been written to Mrs. Dyson or not. To witness:
Did you ever write a letter to Peace in your life?—No, I never did.
Not a scrap of paper of anything?—No.
You never wrote a word to him on paper?—No.
Just be careful, please. Do you mean to swear you never have written a word to him on paper?—No.