They emerge into the crowded Court, all eyes upon them, and he goes on up into the dock for the last time, while she walks round to the witness bench, where Dr. Maclean has preceded her.
The jury are all in their places. They have evidently had no difficulty in arriving at their verdict.
Then the clerk of the Court calls out:
“How say you, gentlemen—guilty or not guilty?”
The foreman of the jury, looking very pale, answers in a firm voice:
“Not Guilty.”
THE END
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling.
- Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.