"You did not examine the blotting-book in any way?"
"No, sir."
Counsel opened the book and fitted the torn out leaf into its place.
"We have here the impress of a letter dated June 21st, written in a new blotting-book that did not arrive at Mrs. Assheton's house from the shop till June 24th. It threatens—threatens a man who was murdered, supposedly by the prisoner, on June 23d. Yet this threatening letter was not written till June 24th, after he had killed him."
Quiet and unemotional as had been the address for the Crown, these few remarks were even quieter. Then the examination continued.
"You searched also the flat occupied by the deceased, and you found there this envelope, supposedly in the handwriting of the prisoner, which has been produced by the prosecution?"
"Yes, sir."
"This is it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Thank you. That is all."