Witnesses for the prosecution were then examined, of whom the first was Lambert, whose evidence was similar to that given at the inquest, and who testified to the execution of the search warrant in Dick's lodgings. Mr. Pallaret asked him but few questions.
"You have been engaged in getting up this case?"
"Yes, under instructions."
"From time to time you have come into communication with Mr. Richard Remington?"
"Yes."
"Has he assisted or retarded you in your inquiries?"
"He has been of material assistance to me."
"At whose suggestion were photographs of his boots taken?"
"At his. Since his arrest I received a message from him saying that he had a communication to make to me. He then related the circumstances of his breaking into the house in Catchpole Square, and gave me his boots. He also showed me traces of a scar on his hand, caused by a wound he received when he broke the window at the back of the house, from which the blood had dropped as he walked through the passages and rooms."
"Did it appear to you as if he wished to conceal anything?"