Both Uses

testimony
in
Middlemarch
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Mr. Bulstrode's consultation of Harriet seemed to have had the effect desired by Mr. Vincy, for early the next morning a letter came which Fred could carry to Mr. Featherstone as the required testimony.†
Chpt 2 *

testimony = something that serves as evidence -- especially a statement at a trial or hearing
It would be playing the part of a fool to offer his own testimony on behalf of himself, and say, "I did not take the money as a bribe."†
Chpt 8

Definitions:

(1) (testimony)
something that serves as evidence -- especially a statement at a trial or hearing
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)