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. Crotch: You have never seen them creeping through the windows of the crypt?

Witness: Might be; when I’ve been sober.

Mr. Crotch: That’ll do. Now, you tell us that you met Mr. Datchery. Is that so?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Crotch: Have you ever admitted Mr. Datchery to the Sapsea vault?

Mr. Walters: This is going far beyond—

Mr. Chesterton: If my learned friend will look at the first paragraph he will see that in cross-examination the formal witnesses may, in response to specific questions, give explanations not expressly contained in the book.

Mr. Walters: Then I must re-examine the witness.

Mr. Chesterton: Certainly.

Mr. Crotch: Now, Mr. Durdles, have you ever admitted Mr. Datchery to the Sapsea vault?