"It is for you to weigh the evidence that I shall put before you, and I submit, finally and for the last time, that, when you have heard that evidence in all its details, you can come to but one conclusion—which is that James Selby, alias Robert Eldridge, killed those six persons fully aware of what he was doing, fully cognizant of the significance of his act. It will then be your duty, however painful it may seem, to pronounce him guilty, and thereafter it will be for the law to take its course."
The Attorney-General had ceased. A stir ran round the court. He sat down for a moment and sipped a glass of water.
Mr. Douglas Sanderson, his Junior, rose from the seat behind him.
"Call Dr. Simms," he said.
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MR. DOUGLAS SANDERSON, the Attorney-General's Junior, was speaking.
"And in your
