His client was actually dying of his injuries, but his wife hoped for justice.
But the detectives had taken care to be present, and so they put in their word.

They said that they were prepared to prove, at a proper time, that the wounded man was really the person who had been heard by Mrs.Walter Clifford to bribe Ben Burnley to fire the mine.
"We have nothing to do with that now," said the magistrate.

"One thing at a time, please.

I can not let these people murder a convicted felon, far less a suspected criminal that has not been tried.

The wounded man proceeds, according to law, through a respectable attorney.