TRIAL OF JOHN JASPER
TRIAL
OF JOHN JASPER
Lay Precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County
of Kent, for the
MURDER
OF EDWIN DROOD
Engineer.
Heard by
MR. JUSTICE GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON
sitting with a Special Jury, in the King’s Hall, Covent Garden,
W.C., on Wednesday, the 7th January, 1914.
Verbatim Report of the proceedings from the Shorthand Notes of
J. W. T. Ley.
LONDON
CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD.
1914
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KING’S HALL, COVENT GARDEN
JANUARY 7th, 1914.
The Trial of John Jasper for The Murder of Edwin Drood
Under the Auspices of The Dickens Fellowship (London Branch)
Frank S. Johnson, Hon. Sec.