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: There is only one body in that tomb at present?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Did you tap the Sapsea tomb with your hammer, and did it sound surprising there?

Witness: It sounded more solid than usual.

Mr. Walters: Since then, you have tapped it lately, and it sounds a little more solid?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Chesterton: This is contrary to an understanding. This is a formal witness, not to be cross-examined.

Mr. Walters: Very well, I will go on. (To witness.) Did you meet him at another time?

Mr. Chesterton: This is only formal evidence.

Judge: What is the point?