And, in his opinion, the handwriting is that of the prisoner.

No letter was found in the deceased man's room corresponding to this envelope, but the jury will observe that what I have called the negative of the letter on the blotting-paper was dated June 21st, the day that the prisoner suspected the slander that had been levelled at him.

The suggestion is that the deceased opened this before leaving for London, and took the letter with him.

And the hand, that for the purposes of misleading justice, robbed him of his watch and his money, also destroyed the letter which was then on his person, and which was an incriminating document.

But this sheet of blotting paper is as valuable as the letter itself.