"There is in this statement an element of romance and improbability which renders it impossible of belief, especially when it is placed side by side with established evidence. The prisoner refers to a letter she received from her father, in which he says that when she is prepared to obey him she can return to her proper home. But that letter also contains the words: 'Your guilty desires can only be accomplished by my death.' "We come now to the evidence of another witness, the policeman Tom Barley, which told fatally against the prisoner; which perhaps turned the scale against her, and dispelled any doubts which the jury might have entertained. This man, who receives from his superiors a character in every way satisfactory and honourable, was a servant in Miser Farebrother's house during the childhood of the prisoner. His devotion to the prisoner cannot be doubted; his belief in her innocence is not to be shaken, and yet he gave fatal evidence against her. We append here a resume of the evidence to which we allude, leading up to it by a few questions put to other witnesses, all of them friends of the prisoner. "Mrs. Lethbridge is examined: "'On the day the prisoner left your house secretly for Parksides, what was the colour of her dress?'--'Blue.' "'Did she wear it the whole of the day?'--'Yes.' "'In the evening, when you and your family were sitting at home, the prisoner being with you, had she this blue dress on?'--'Yes.' "'Did she change it at all during the day or night?'-'No.' "'You are positive she left your house wearing this blue dress?'--'I am positive.' "Miss Fanny Lethbridge, the prisoner's cousin, is examined: "'Do you remember the dress the prisoner wore on the night she left your parents' house for Parksides?'--'Yes.' "'What was its colour?'--'Blue. It is her favourite colour.' "'You have no doubt in your mind that her dress was blue?'--'No.' "'Could she have changed it unknown to you?'--'No; she had only one other dress, a grey one, and that was hanging up in our room.' "'Melia Jane, maid of all work in Mrs. Lethbridge's house, is examined: "'You met the prisoner shortly after she left your mistress's house on the night her father was murdered?'-'Yes.' "'She gave you a message to deliver to your mistress?'--'Yes; she said she was going to Parksides to see her father.' "'Did you notice the dress she was wearing?'--'I saw it.' "'What dress was it?'--'Her favourite frock, a blue one.' "'Is there any doubt in your mind upon the point?'--'None at all. She had her blue frock on.'" Tom Barley is examined: "'You were in the service of the murdered man?'--'For many a long year. My grandfather and grandmother were care-takers there before Miser Farebrother took possession.' "'Answer only the questions that are put to you. What age was the prisoner when you entered her father's service?'--'Miss Phoebe couldn't have been more than two. I was there when she first came.'