Q. Would you have considered his state compatible with that of a young man of good position and prospects, who had entangled himself with a girl greatly his social inferior, and was threatened by her with exposure unless he, in the common phrase, made an honest woman of her?
Mr. Redstall rising to object, the Bench ruled that the question was inadmissible. It had created, however, a profound impression in Court, which from that moment never abated. Counsel, accepting their worships’ decision, resumed:—
Q. Had you any reason to suspect a woman in the case?
A. It was pure conjecture on my part.
Q. Then you did entertain such a suspicion?
A. Not at that time. Later perhaps.
Q. After the murder?
A. Yes, after the murder.
Q. When?
A. The moment I heard it had been committed. I was told by a groom.