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: Wore trousers?

Witness: Yes, certainly, I believe so.

Mr. Chesterton: Do you understand that the ring was found in the quicklime?

Witness: I believe so.

Mr. Chesterton: Oh! you believe so!

Witness: It was found there.

Mr. Chesterton: Were any buttons found there?

Witness: No, I believe not.

Mr. Chesterton: I suppose Mr. Drood would presumably have on either a belt or braces. Was a buckle or a belt or braces found in the quicklime?

Witness: No.