CHAPTER XVI 

"NON PROVEN" 

"There is no doubt," continued the man in the corner, "that what little sympathy the young girl's terrible position had aroused in the public mind had died out the moment that David Graham left the witness-box on the second day of the trial. Whether Edith Crawford was guilty of murder or not, the callous way in which she had accepted a deformed lover, and then thrown him over, had set every one's mind against her. 

"It was Mr. Graham himself who had been the first to put the Procurator Fiscal in possession of the fact that the accused had written to David from London, breaking off her engagement. This information had, no doubt, directed the attention of the Fiscal to Miss Crawford, and the police soon brought forward the evidence which had led to her arrest. 

"We had a final sensation on the third day, when Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of High Street, gave his evidence. He said that on October 25th a lady came to his shop and offered to sell him a pair of diamond earrings. Trade had been very bad, and he had refused the bargain, although the lady seemed ready to part with the earrings for an extraordinarily low sum, considering the beauty of the stones. 

"In fact it was because of this evident desire on the lady's part to sell at _any_ cost that he had looked at her more keenly than he otherwise would have done. He was now ready to swear that the lady that offered him the diamond earrings was the prisoner in the dock. 
Who was in a terrible position?
Who had just left the witness box?
On what day of the trial?
Who had a lover?
How was the lover described?
Was Crawford being accused of murder?
Were a lot of people against her?
What profession was Mr. Campbell?
Of what street?
Did a man or woman come into his shop?
In what month?
On what day?
What did she offer to sell him?
Did he buy them?
What had been very bad for him lately?
What was he prepared to swear about the woman?
Were the stones in the earrings ugly?
What word was used to describe them?
What is the title of this chapter?
What is the number of it?
the young girl
 the young girl
David Graham
David Graham
second
second
Edith Crawford
Edith Crawford
deformed
 deformed
yes
guilty of murder or not
yes
 every one's mind against her
a jeweller
 jeweller
High Street
High Street
a lady
a lady
October
October
25th
25th
a pair of diamond earrings
a pair of diamond earrings
no
 he had refused 
Trade
Trade
that she was the prisoner in the dock
was the prisoner in the dock
no
beauty
beauty
 beauty
"NON PROVEN"
"NON PROVEN" 
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