Pretty Jane and the Viper of Kidbrooke Lane by Paul Thomas Murphy

Author:Paul Thomas Murphy [Murphy, Paul Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784081881
Publisher: Head of Zeus Ltd.

*1 Jane Prosser’s stunning revelation of Jane’s pregnancy and Edmund’s paternity, on the other hand, would not be a part of the prosecution’s evidence. Either because the Treasury had found cause to discount her claims, or because they had decided that no judge would admit them, they had dropped Jane Prosser from their list of witnesses.

*2 To encourage a fair verdict, and because of the civil split the case had provoked south of the Thames, no one from either Kent or Surrey was allowed to sit on this jury. [T July 13, 11.]

*3 Griffin’s bafflement was very likely justified, for his testimony at the inquest may have been mistranscribed. According to the Telegraph’s transcripts of Griffin’s testimony at Jane Clouson’s inquest, Griffin did not claim that Edmund said “It is not true”; rather, he stated much the same thing he did at trial: “he made no answer.” [T May 12, 1871, 3.]

*4 Crosland did make one “striking” exception: “The Solicitor-General was equal to the occasion, and worthy of his high vocation. He was dignified, fair, and able.”

*5 In 1871 there was in England no public prosecutor with personal power to take on fully the investigation and prosecution of important criminal cases—although the Treasury solicitor did, at least partially, take on that role. Efforts to create a public prosecutor had long been afoot and were given impetus by cases such as this one. The office of Director of Public Prosecutions was created in 1879. [Kurland and Waters 550, 570.]

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