Tenants at New Inn have to furnish two references.

The references that the deceased gave were his bankers and his brother, Mr.John Blackmore.

I may say that the deceased was very well known to me.

He was a quiet, pleasant-mannered gentleman, and it was his habit to drop in occasionally at the lodge and have a chat with me.

I went into his chambers with him once or twice on some small matters of business and I noticed that there were always a number of books and papers on the table.