Question. Was you a teacher in the Christ Church Sunday-school?
Answer. For the white children I was, and the school was held in the church.
Q. Did you never visit the lecture room?
A. I had nothing to do with the school that was kept there.
Q. Did you never distribute books to the negro children of that school?
A. I attended the library of the school for white children.
Q. Did you not instruct colored children to read from those books?
A. I did not.
Mr. Taylor was not cross-examined by the Prosecuting Attorney, and I allowed him to take his seat, and called Mr. John Williams, Attorney, and Clerk of the Court. This gentleman took the stand with a pallid countenance, and quivering lip, evidently extremely troubled by the position in which he found himself placed. My benevolent feelings would not allow him to convict himself or his amiable daughter, and I therefore asked him a few unimportant questions, and dismissed him. I then called Lawyer Sharp, who testified as follows:—
Q. Were you a teacher in the school for colored children, held in Christ’s Church Lecture room?