Originally posted by Herlock Sholmes View Post
No, I’m just saying that it’s impossible to prove something using an unknown. We can speculate and there’s nothing wrong with that but it doesn’t add weight to a particular idea or theory.
>It is impossible to prove that Mrs Long saw JtR on Hanbury street. It will always remain an unknown. Therefore, we can speculate and there’s nothing wrong with that but it doesn’t add weight to a particular idea or theory.<
Marshall’s description of the type of person that the man appeared to be was just his impression of course. Perhaps he didn’t have a local accent which led him to believe that he was more middle class?
>Or perhaps he did?
Whatever the case, we can speculate and there’s nothing wrong with that but it doesn’t add weight to a particular idea or theory<
As I said, there’s nothing wrong with speculation, we all do it at times.
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