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On being sworn, George Beecham gave evidence substantiating the general result of the inquiry on the supposed suicide of the deceased. He identified the male prisoner, who had made himself very prominent in the matter of the supposed suicide of the deceased, and at the time was reputed to be interested personally in the late Raymond Ballantyne's will.
The defence allowed this witness to pass out of the box without cross-examination.