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: And did you ever happen to meet him anywhere near the Cathedral?

Witness: Yes; Durdles met Mister Jarsper near the Cathedral.

Mr. Walters: Perhaps you met him more than once?

Witness: Twice.

Mr. Walters: You met him twice. What did you go with him to the Cathedral for?

Witness: Well, sir; he——

Mr. Walters: Yes: speak up, please.

Judge: I must interpose. The witness cannot possibly know what Mr. Jasper went to the Cathedral for.

Mr. Walters: My Lord, with respectful submission to you, the prisoner might have told him.

Judge: But for that purpose you must examine the prisoner in chief.