what is your crime tom asked the prisoner.
they say taht i killed an old man with poison sir. he went into a house in islington to visit a man who was ill sir said one of the officers, and an hour later the man died.
and did they find poison in the dead man room or in this man pocket tom asked the officer.
no sir
so we don't know that this man had poison or that the old man really died of poisoning tom said angrily and then he turned to the prisoner. what do you say he asked.
i was not in islington that day the man said. i was not taking a life i was saving one. i saved a boy who fell in the river
when did the crime happen tom asked an officer.
on new year morning sir
stand up and go tom told the prisoner you are free.
when tom turned to the officers his face was red.
why were you sending this man to the tower? he said.
you found no poison so you do not know that he killed anybody.
they say that our king is mad one of the lords in the room said quietly to another but he does not sound mad to me.