Police Court 26th March 1866

Arthur Taylor being duly sworn on oath deposeth and saith

I have heard my information dated the 14th inst, read it is true.

I now produce in Court the bag, it does not contain any rags, it contains some small pieces of silk they are identical pieces I found in the bag and are similar to those I produced in Court and which I found in the fern in the house.

I found the bag in the house where the prisoner lived with some others. I was present when the prisoner made a statement for Constable Wilmer that he had found the pieces of silk outside a blacksmith shop.

(Signed) Arthur Taylor

BC Archives GR-0419 Box 5 File 1866/3 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.