, 1891-06-10

remark: Il send you, gentlemen of the
jury, to do your du'y, and, adapting the
noble words of a great man to this
occasion, when you pass your judgment
upon Sir William Gordon Cummings
honor, | pray you recollect your own"
The jury then retired and in a short time
returned with a verdict of not guilty.
When the verdict was announced Sir
William Gordon Cumming, to all appear
ances, was the most unmoved man in
court. He folded his arms and looked
straight at the jury, but otherwise did
not move a muscle, his face not showing
the slightest trace OF emotion. Lord
Middleton, his blood relative, however,
flushed scarlet and then turned very pale.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Mrs. Lycett
Green were evidently badly frightened
when they heard the Kisses which greeted
the verdict. The two ladies stood for
several minutes whispering earnestly with
their counsel and then, accompanied by
their respective husbands, passed slowly
out of court, with bowed heads, nobody
speaking to them, and TO all appearance
the object of much dislike.
The Wilson's win" as il by magic
spread from the court room to the crowds
outside and from them all over London,
and it was again made evident. as the de-
PENDANTS drove away, by the chilling man
ner In which thev were regarded, that
popular sympathy was with the plaintiff.
In the near while how different was The
erecting extended to the defeated litiRant,
to the unsuccessful plaintiff, Sir William
Gordon Cumming. While the defend
ants were, with sinking hearts, leaving
the court room, he renamed calmly seated
IN h.. .ua,ul -l... WA Il VA
had disappeared the baronet stood up
and gratefully. smilinRly. shook hands
with Sir Edward Clarke and with
others who pressed around him with
many cheering words of sympathy for the
man whose career was thus blighted be-
yond all hope. Then. accompanied by
Lord Middleton. he walked out of court
by one of the private exits, followed by
the pitYing glances of the ladies' who still
renamed in the galleries, anxious to have
a last glimpse of the victim of the Tranby
Croft b~accarat playing.
As proud looking baronet and Lord
Middleton left the court there was an
other instance OF the different manner in
which the general public looked upon the
victorious defendants and upon the de-
feated plaintiff. Sir William and Lord
Middleton were no sooner recognized as
they entered the %latter's carriage. than
they we're loudly, repeatedly aud en-
Enthusiastically cheered by dense, excited
crowds.
The effect of the verdict on military
circles, 1t is generally understood, is that
Sir William Gordon Cumming, lieutenant
colonel of the Scots fusilier guards, will
be promptly cashiered from the army and
Just as quickly expelled from the MARI
/ baronoh ,lph nr,rl, LII TT IL
and other social organizations to which he
may belong.
The summing up of the lord chief JUS
tioe during the afternoon was undoubtedly
more strongly against Sir William Cor
don Cumming than were the chief JUS
tees remarks made during the morning.
The afternoon utterances of Lord Coler-
idge may be said to have amounted prac-
tically to instructions to find a verdict
against the plaintiff.
One of the jurYmen who was inter-
viewed after court adjourned said that
there was no doubt. from the first mo-
ment the Jury retired, as to how the YER
diet would go. Each of the jurymen was
asked. as o as they were alone, whether
he was for the plaintiff or for the defend
ants, and each reply was given without
hesitation and Immediately: For the de-
PENDANTS. The juryman frankly admitted
that he sYmpathized with the plaintiff,
but, although he would have liked to have
found for the plaintiff. he could not con-
scientiously do so in the face of the evil
dence. 1t appeared to him hat the Jury
/ made up their minds before the lord chief
Justice summed up an I made his charge.
Sir William Cumming held a consulta-
ton with Sir Edward Clarke, Mr.. Gill
| and HE ap1inttnr - tLa oa,n.a sc H. ,r.,
ing before proceeding home, where he
denied himself to all corners. Tonight
the members ofthe Turf club seemed IN
decided how to act. Personally Cumming
is liked and many are averse to his ex
pulsion. The division of public feeling
upon the verdict will be largely one of
class division. the aristocratic circles sid
ing with the decision. while the mass of
the public sympathize with Cumming and
accuse the judge of gross partially. The
Kissing with which the gallery
of the court saluted the verdict
was repeated outside by the excited
crowd thronging the corridors. Insulting
illusions were addressed to the defend
ants. Mr.. Lewis, their solicitor, had to
fly for safety to the adjacent chancery
court, where he escaped by climbing over
the bench. Sir Edward Clarke's friends
fear that the increased distinction he has
acquired in the trial will not commend
him to court. The line he took in his al
lusions to the Prince of Wales is attended
with considerable social risk. The lobby
report credits certain ministers with tell.
ing Sir Edward that he went too far 10 his
comments on the Prince of Wales.
The Prince of Wales, fresh from his
week at the baccarat trial, was at the As
| oof raaao tndav oann,No-,oJ bv tka Dr,o
cess of Wales and her daughters, the
Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Cambridge
and others. All along the route from
Windsor Castle, the prince was received
with the utmost enthusiasm.