the hour
of 5 P.M. on Tuesday, August 16th
I advise you , however , as attorney for Barker , not to inquire too deeply into that matter , because I am convinced that if he is n't guilty of this crime -- as of course he is not -- he has n't the cleanest record in the world . He has bad written on every line of his face , and there were one or two things connected with our meeting with him that might n't be to his taste to have mentioned in court . '' `` I do n't need advice , thank you , '' said the attorney , dryly . `` I wish simply to establish the fact of his presence at Keswick at the hour of 5 P.M. on Tuesday , August 16th . That was the hour at which the murder is supposed -- in fact , is proved -- to have been committed . At 5.30 , according to witnesses , my client was seen in the neighborhood , faint with loss of blood from a knife-wound in the shoulder . Barker has the knife-wound , but he might have a dozen of them and be acquitted if he was n't in Frewenton on the day in question . ''