Mr. Justice Cresswell observed that he did not think it was a circumstance to which much importance could be attached; he had not taken a note of it.
Mr. Baron Alderson expressed a similar opinion. There was nothing extraordinary in a person who was interested in the examination being anxious to see all that was going on.
Mr. Sergeant Shee, after that intimation of their Lordships’ opinion, would not press his request.
Lord Campbell hoped that the jury would have an opportunity given them of breathing the fresh air that fine evening.
The Court adjourned at half-past 3 o’clock until 10 o’clock Wednesday morning.
SEVENTH DAY, May 21.
The court was even more crowded this morning than it has been since the commencement of the trial. By nine o’clock every available seat was occupied, and a great number of persons waited in the passages leading to the various entrances during the whole day, without being able to obtain admission. Among the distinguished persons who were present we noticed the Lord Chief Baron, the Earl of Denbigh, Lord G. Lennox, Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. L. Gower, Mr. G. O. Higgins, Mr. Forster, and several other members of the House of Commons.
The learned Judges, Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Justice Cresswell, entered the court at about ten o’clock, accompanied by the Sheriffs, Sir R. W. Carden, and other Aldermen.
The prisoner was immediately placed at the bar. He listened with great attention to the address of his learned counsel, and maintained the same calmness and self-possession that he had exhibited since the first day of the proceedings.