Trial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer

by England) Dickens Fellowship (London

Mr. Walters: Don’t you think you would forfeit that esteem if you stood there on your oath, and told a tissue of falsehoods?

Witness: I should.

Mr. Walters: Is there not every reason why you should tell the truth?

Witness: There is.

Mr. Walters: Have you anything to gain by telling lies?

Witness: I have all to lose.

Mr. Walters: Have you not been working entirely for others throughout?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: You would not have taken this part if you could have helped it?

Witness: No.