Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-09
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tested by the party at Tranby Croft, was Il not
natural that with such monarchical institutions
rs ours such a wish should have existedf
II must be remembered that such inch
dents were brought before q hard judging
world. not before the loyal and subserytens
world OF the Tudors. but before world whose
sense and Judgment had 90 be consulted
Surely Il was not 10 be said against man that
under these circumstances he was anxious 70
keep the scandal quiet"
SUMMING Up RESUMED.
After luncheon the lord chief justice resumed
his summing mp. While admitting the i'm
probability OF a man Of Sir William Gordon
Cummings position and wealth lowering him
self TO cheat and 60 cheat his friend the
Prince Of Wales. too. Lord Coleridge made .
a strong point against the plaintiff in calling
the jurys attention TO his failure 10 face hn
accusers. Lord Coleridge then said;
We have now come 60 q very important
point. in my mind have carefully searched
Tor but have been unable 20 find any contra-
ciction of tie statement that Sir William
Gordon Cumming was informed OF Mr.. Lycett
Green's desire 20 be confronted with him. III
am wrong" added the lord chief justice, turn
ing TO Sir Edward Clarke, Il desire to be cor
rected."
TILT BETWEEN COUNSEL
Sir Edward Clarke. for the plaintiff. al once
rose TO his feet and said that there Was no evi-
dence that Sir William Gordon Cumming had
been informed OF Mr.. Iycet, Green's desire 10
be confronted with him, the plaintiff.
Thereupon Sir Charles Russell. for the de-
fendant. promptly arose and read from Gen.
Williams testimony that the latter had said
in court that he had informed Sir William Cor
don Cumming Of Mr.. Lycett Green's desire 20
be confronted with him.
Lord Coleridge. when both Sir Charles Rus
sell and Sir Edward Clarke had said all that
they wished 20 say on the above point. dwelt At
length upon II, his remarks not being In favor
Of the plaintiff.
CONDUCT OF THE AUDITORS.
The audience, especially the fashionably
dressed ladies in the galleries. paid but little at
tention to the summing up and charge Of the
lord chief justice. On the contrary. the ladies'
chatted together continually, occasionally rais-
ing the lorgnettes or opera glasses IN order TO
obtain another good look at the principals in
the Iranby Croft Developments.
On the other hand Sir Mm. Gordon Cum
ming and all the defendants gave their un-
divided attention to every word uttered by the
lord chief justice.
When the case was finally given 70 the Jury
everybody seemed relieved.
JURY OUT ONLY FIFTEEN MINUTES.
From the time the jury returned to deliberate
on their verdict until the moment they re-
turned to the court room only fifteen minutes
elapsed showing apparently that they were Of
one opinion as to the merits Of the case. Dur-
ing the few minutes that the jury were out the
plalnun sat quietly in his usual scat
reading a big batch Of letters, in the
contents Of which he seemed much interested.
His brother-inllaw. Lord Middleton, and other
friends who sat near Sir VIM. Gordon Cum
ming were very nervous and clearly showed
II by their actions and continuous hurried
whispering.
The five defendants we're also nervous and
chatted in low tones with their friends, evi-
IDENTIFY being most anxious TO hear the result
and to get away from the scene Of their seven
days Of torture.
When the clerk Of the court suddenly an
nounced that the Jury was ready 10 report there
was a movement OF surprise throughout the
packed audience present Then the chatter
ing was resumed on all sides. the short absence
OF the jury being regarded as decidedly un-
favorable to the plaintiff. Everybody may be
said TO have been in breathless state when the
jury re-entered their box, looking rather
frightened and very nervous.
After the clerk of the court had polled the
jury the lord chief justice addressing the jury
said:
.'Gentlemen Of the jury, have you agreed
YES" almost whispered the foreman stand
ing up and bowling toward Lord Coleridge.
lis il for the plaintiff or the defendants?"
asked the lord chief justice.
''FoR TEE DEFESDASrs."
"For the defendants" answered the foreman
in low voice.
The announcement of the verdict was re-
ceived with slight kissing from the galleries
where the ladies congregated and upon the
part OF some OF those in the body Of
the court who were in sympathy
with the plaintiff. The court officers had
| some diihculty for some tune in
suppressing these marks Of principally fenli-
nine disapprobatiou Of the verdict They were,
however, eventually suppressed, and, as the
court soon began to be vacated by the deeply
interested, chatting audience, the curtain may
be said to have been lowered over the Tranby
Croft drama
SIR WILLIAM UNMovED.
When the verdict was announced 20 he
against Sir William Gordon Cumming, the lat
ter, to all appearances. was che 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 least
trace Of emotion. Lady Middleton, however,
flushed scarlet and then turned very pale.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Mrs. Lycett
Green were also noticed TO turn
pale when the verdict was rendered and were
evidently badly frightened when they heard
the misses which greeted 1T. The two ladies
mentioned stood for several minutes whisper
ing earnestly with their counsel and then, ac-
companied by their respective husbands, they
passed slowly out of court, with bowed heads
nobody speaking TO them and to all appear
ances the objects of much dislike. In TACT SO
frightened and downcast was the bearing
of the defendants, unless Mr.. Berkeley Devett
be excepted. that anybody would have taken
them for people who had just had a crushing.
whitening verdict rendered against them
instead Of being, according to the Law, victors
| in long series of well-contested legal battles,
in which the honor of an entire family WAS
pitted against the honor of the man who had
Just been non-suited.
1.-THE WILSON'S WIN"
"The Wilson's win, had, as il by magic,
spread from the court room TO the crowd out
side and from there all over London, and it
was again mado evident as the defendants
drove away, by the chilling manner in which
they were regarded. that popular sympathy was
with the guest of Tranby Croft, whose future
was now as black looking as that of a man con-
demned to a long term Of imprisonment for
some heinous crime.
In the meanwhile how different was the
greeting extended to the defeated litigant-to
the unsuccessful plaintif-Sir William Gordon
Cummingl The latter all this time, while the
defendants were with sinking hearts leaving
the court room, had remained calmly seated in
his usual place. When the Wilson's had disap-
peared the baronet stood up and CRATE
fully, smilingiy 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 beyond all hope. The soldierly
form Of Sir William, instead of shrinking be-
pea.h the blow which had been dealt him.