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Trial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer

JUDGE, WITNESSES, COUNSEL AND JURY

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Judge Mr. G. K. Chesterton

Counsel for the Prosecution Mr. J. Cuming Walters

and

Mr. B. W. Matz

Counsel for the Defence Mr. Cecil Chesterton

and

Mr. W. Walter Crotch

John Jasper Mr. Frederick T. Harry

(Lay Precentor at Cloisterham Cathedral)

Anthony Durdles Mr. Bransby Williams

(The Cloisterham Stonemason)

The Revd. Septimus Crisparkle Mr. Arthur Waugh

(Minor Canon at Cloisterham Cathedral)

Miss Helena Landless Mrs. Laurence Clay

(Ward of Mr. Honeythunder)

“’Er Royal Higness Princess Puffer” Miss J. K. Prothero

(The Opium Woman)

[Thomas] Bazzard Mr. C. Sheridan Jones

(Clerk to Mr. Grewgious)

The Clerk of Arraigns Mr. Walter Dexter

The Usher Mr. A. E. Brookes Cross

Police Officers Mr. H. H. Pearce

and

Mr. C. H. Green

The Jury will be chosen from among the following:

Mr. George Bernard Shaw (foreman) Mr. Coulson Kernahan

Sir Francis C. Burnand Mr. Edwin Pugh

Sir Edward Russell Mr. William de Morgan

Dr. W. L. Courtney Mr. Arthur Morrison

Mr. W. W. Jacobs Mr. Raymond Paton

Mr. Pett Ridge Mr. Francesco Berger

Mr. Hilaire Belloc Mr. Ridgwell Cullum

Mr. Tom Gallon Mr. Justin Huntly McCarthy

Mr. Max Pemberton Mr. Oscar Browning

Mr. G. S. Street Mr. Wm. Archer

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