It threatens--threatens a man who was murdered, supposedly by the prisoner, on June 23d.

Yet this threatening letter was not written till June 24th, after he had killed him." Quiet and unemotional as had been the address for the Crown, these few remarks were even quieter.

Then the examination continued.
"You searched also the flat occupied by the deceased, and you found there this envelope, supposedly in the handwriting of the prisoner, which has been produced by the prosecution ?" "Yes, sir." "This is it ?" "Yes, sir." "Thank you.

That is all." Again there was no cross-examination, and the superintendent left the witness box.
Then the counsel for the defence took up two blank envelopes in addition to the one already produced and supposedly addressed in the handwriting of the prisoner.
"This blue envelope," he said, "is from the stationery in Mrs.
Assheton's house.

This other envelope, white, is from the flat of the deceased.