The prosecution, on the other hand, had been most ably conducted.

It had been shown that Mrs.Brenton was chiefly to profit by her husband's death.

The insurance fund alone would add seventy-five thousand dollars to the money she would control.

A number of little points that Stratton had given no heed to had been magnified, and appeared then to have a great bearing on the case.

For the first time, Stratton admitted to himself that the prosecution had made out a very strong case of circumstantial evidence.