"There were no books in my room when I left it," said he.
"But we found them there."
"Let me call the customhouse officers."
The court refused the request.
"Let me summon the owner of my room."
The court refused the request.
"The witness against me is a convict, a spy, and a perjurer."
The court found him guilty.
He was sent into exile. The injustice of the trial was a flame of liberty; the British consul protested against it, and riots broke out in Cavite against the officials that countenanced such a mockery of justice.
He went again to Hong Kong. Weyler had left Luzon, and had been succeeded by Despajol.