The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-29
INVADERS CONVICTED.
DR.. Jameson and His Associates
Sent to Prison.
WILL LOSE THEIR COMMISSIONS.

The Conviction OF the Military Prisoners
VIII Doubtless Compel the Military hu.
thorities to Have Them Dismissed from
the British Army.
LONDON, July 29-Before the lord chief
justice, Baron Russell Of killowen, Baron
Pollock and Justice Hawkins, in the
queens bench division Of the high court of
justice, yesterday the trial of Dr. Jane
son, Major Sir John Willoughby, Colonel
r. Gray, Colonel II. T. White, Major r..
White and Captain Henry T. Coventry,
charged with violation Of the neutrality
laws in invading the territory Of the South
African republic was concluded.
Lord Russell throughout summed up
adversely to the raiders, and concluded
with submitting to the jury q series of
questions difficult to answer any way but
atfirmatively. After an hours absence
the jury returned and answered all the
questions in the affirmative. Thcreupon
the chief justice said that this finding
amounted to verdict of guilty and d.
rected the jury to SO find The jury added
rider to the effect that the disturbances
ut Johannesburg were provocative.
In passing sentence Lord Russell said
that the verdict was given ON evidence
which no reasonable man would be able
to disregard. All the defendants, he added,
were men of position and intelligence,
holding positions under the queen, and
their crime had the gravest consequences,
including death to some and injury to
others, while the future consequences of
their crime no one was yet able to foresee
Continuing the lord chief justice said
that although they all took part in the
raid, the court must distinguish between
them in the punishment awarded for their
guilt. His lordship then passed sentence
upon the prisoners. Dr. Jameson was
sentenced to fifteen months imprison-
ment without labor, Major Sir John Will
loughby to ten months, Major r. White
to seven months, and Captain Henry f.
Coventry Ia son of the Earl of Coventry,
Colonel R. Grey and Colonel F. H. White
to five months imprisonment.
DR.. Jameson, who had hitherto hung
down his head, looked up proudly when
the sentence had been passed, and the
other defendants stared hard at the lord
chief justice.
Very soon after the sentencing formal
tues nau Deen completed the WardenS OF
Holloway prison appeared and took up
positions on each side of the prisoners.
This was the bitterest moment of oil for the
raiders, as up to that time they had been
treated with the greatest courtesy, and
had in fact been made heroes of to a certain
degree.
But when the elbows of the pri son
wardens touched those of the aristocratic
freebooters they seemed to realize that the
strong arm of the law had knocked all the
out of the Transvaal fiasco and
that come what may, in the shape of easy
treatment in prison, they were convicts in
the eyes Of law and in the eyes of society
1t is recognized that the sentences are
more serious for the military prisoners
than the mere term fixed for their i'm
prisonment since it is expected that they
will be deprived Of their commissions in
the British army.
Then was enacted the last chapter in the
trial of DR.. Jim" and his associates. The
court was ordered cleared, the audience
hled slowly out into the streets. and the
prisoners were then escorted to Holloway
prison