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. Chesterton: Thank you.

[Thomas Bazzard Cross-examined.]

Mr. Walters (cross-examining): I think you have said several times that you come from Norfolk?

Witness: I was born in Norfolk.

Mr. Walters: Is that the country where the dumplings come from?

Witness: Some, no doubt.

Mr. Walters: Where you come from also!

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Curious coincidence! You are a farmer’s son?

Witness: Yes.