A stout, elderly man, head of the firm of Buckworth & Tompson, notion dealers, came to the stand. After the preliminary questions, the coroner took from a drawer a pistol and handed it to the witness.
"What is that?"
"A thirty-two calibre Woodruff revolver."
"Did you ever see it before?"
"Yes. I sold it on the eighth of May to Jonathan Oldbeg."
"Are you certain of the identity?"
The witness then proceeded to the identification, which was absolute.
"Are the chambers charged?"
"Four are. One is empty and has recently been fired."
"Isaac Trafford will take the stand.
"Do you recognize this pistol, Mr. Trafford, as one you have before seen?"
"I do."
"State the circumstances."
"I found it on the morning of the twelfth of May hidden in the box hedge in the front yard of
