'I dragged the well.'
'And what did you find?'
'A workman's shovel.'
The Crown Prosecutor took up a shovel from a heap of articles lying upon the table before him and handed it to the witness, who examined it.
'Is that what you found?'
'Yes! It is!'
'How do you recognise it?'
'By the brand upon the handle.'
'Very good. Now step down for one moment.'
The Sergeant did as he was ordered, and Timothy Cleary was called and took his place in the box. When he had been sworn, the Crown Prosecutor looked at him for a moment, and the examination proceeded as follows,—