A Whim, and Its Consequences / Collection of British Authors Vol. CXIV

by G. P. R. James

Witness.--"To attend the coroner's inquest, I believe. I know he went there."

Counsel.--"Voluntarily?"

Witness.--"Yes, I believe so."

Counsel.--"Pray did you measure the shoes of any one else besides those of the prisoner?"

Witness.--"No, I did not."

Counsel.--"Were you informed that one of the men who accompanied Mr. Tracy on the night before had gone down to the haw-haw, to see if there was any one concealed in the ditch?"

Witness.--"No, I never heard it."

Counsel.--"That is a pity. I have done."

Judge.--"Where are the clothes? for by the notes of the inquest they are important."

Witness.--"They are in the hands of an officer of the rural police. I belong to the parish of Northferry: it is not in the same county. Mr. Tracy's house is in this county, but Northferry is not." All the counsel wrote rapid notes, expecting, probably, some nice points of law.