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"A very interesting circuer was ers have on sundry occasions been detached fros on them But in such cases the object has been to secure a valuable ring uninjured If this hand was the hand of John Bellingham, there was no such object The purpose was to prevent identification; and that purpose would have beenthe ring, by filing through it or breaking it off the finger The appearances, therefore, did not quite agree with the apparent purpose

"Then, could there be any other purpose hich they agreed better? Yes, there could

"If it had happened that John Bellinghaer, and especially if that ring fitted tightly, the reer would serve a very useful purpose It would create an ier had been re, to prevent identification; which impression would, in turn, produce a suspicion that the hand was that of John Bellingham And yet it would not be evidence that could be used to establish identity Now, if Mr Jellicoe were the ue suspicion would be precisely what he would desire, and positive evidence what he would wish to avoid

"It transpired later that John Bellingha fitted very tightly Whence it followed that the absence of the finger was an additional point tending to implicate Mr Jellicoe

"And now let us briefly review this mass of evidence You will see that it consists of a multitude of items, each either trivial or speculative Up to the tile crucial fact, nor any clue as to ht as the individual points of evidence were, they pointed with impressive unanimity to one person--Mr Jellicoe Thus: "The person who had the opportunity to commit the murder and dispose of the body was Mr Jellicoe

"The deceased was last certainly seen alive with Mr Jellicoe

"An unidentified human body was delivered to the Museum by Mr Jellicoe

"The only person who could have athe deceased was Mr Jellicoe

"The only known person who could possibly have done so was Mr Jellicoe

"One of the two persons who could have had athe scarab was Mr Jellicoe The person who found that scarab was Mr Jellicoe, although, owing to his defective eyesight and his spectacles, he was the most unlikely person of those present to find it