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

Witness: No, no; oh no. The faults of an undisciplined boy.

Mr. Walters: Has he any good qualities?

Witness: Many, which appear to me to far outweigh the others.

Mr. Walters: Suppose Neville Landless had a little quarrel with another young man. Would you attach much importance to it?

Witness: No, I think not: very little, I think. Hot-tempered youth—soon over. He would be the first to regret it.

Mr. Walters: Did you know Edwin Drood?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: And you heard of a quarrel between him and Neville Landless?

Witness: Yes.

Mr. Walters: Who told you about that quarrel?