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The prisoner had been arrested in consequence of the discovery, in his room, by Detective Inspector Japp--a most brilliant officer--of the identical phial of strychnine which had been sold at the village chelethorp on the day before the murder It would be for the jury to decide whether or not these da proof of the prisoner's guilt

And, subtly i that a jury which did not so decide, was quite unthinkable, Mr Philips sat down and wiped his forehead

The first witnesses for the prosecution were mostly those who had been called at the inquest, the ain taken first

Sir Ernest Heavywether, as faland for the unscrupulous manner in which he bullied witnesses, only asked two questions

"I take it, Dr Bauerstein, that strychnine, as a drug, acts quickly?"

"Yes"

"And that you are unable to account for the delay in this case?"

"Yes"

"Thank you"

Mr Mace identified the phial handed hilethorp" Pressed, he adht He had never spoken to hilethorp was called, and denied having purchased the poison He also denied having quarrelled with his wife Various witnesses testified to the accuracy of these state of the as taken, and then Dorcas was called

Dorcas, faithful to her "young gentlemen," denied strenuously that it could have been John's voice she heard, and resolutely declared, in the teeth of everything, that it was Mr Inglethorp who had been in the boudoir with her mistress A rather wistful smile passed across the face of the prisoner in the dock He knew only too well how useless her gallant defiance was, since it was not the object of the defence to deny this point Mrs Cavendish, of course, could not be called upon to give evidence against her husband

After various questions on other matters, Mr Philips asked: "In thefor Mr Lawrence Cavendish from Parkson's?"

Dorcas shook her head

"I don't remember, sir It may have done, but Mr Lawrence ay fro for him whilst he hat would be done with it?"

"It would either be put in his room or sent on after him"