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The trial was concluded In the High Court

The trial was c0ncluQoQ IN me dlR4 SOuE
Of Justice before Lord Chief Justice Russell
Baron Pollock and Mr.. Justice Hawkins
The defendants were charged with violating
the Foreign Enlistment Act OF 1870 In tha'
! they took part In an armed expedition
against State with which Great Britain wa:
at peace. Counsel for the defence and the
prosecution submitted their cases and Lore
Chief Justice Russell summed up the case
Interest In the case reviving as 1t drew 10
close. Among those present were many
well-known society women.
In summing up Lord Russell emphasized
the importance Of the trial. He said that tht
crime with which the defendants was charged
might entail consequences which nobody
could foresee.~ Continuing, the Lord Chic
Justice said that II such things as the de-
PENDANTS were charged with had been done
by the Queens authority they would have
amounted to an act OF war. Done by the
Queens subjects, without her authority
they amounted to an illegal f1libusterine
raid.
Lord Russell concluded his summing up al
l2O O'Clock and the case was then given tc
the jury, who at once retired to consider
their verdict. All the defendants were
found guilty.
The Court sentenced DR.. Jameson to Fl.
teen months imprisonment MajorSir John
Willoughby was sentenced to ten months,
Colonel d. r. White to seven months. and
the other defendants to three months i'm
nrisonment each, None Of the prisoners
will be compelled to do hard labor during
his incarceration.
A large crowd hnd gathered outside the
courtroom to await the exit OF the prisoners
and cheered vocifsrously when they made
their appearance. Many shouts Of "God
bless YOU" were heard as the prisoners were
brought out on their way to HollaWay jedi
where they are to be- confined temporarily.
jameson and his sfellow-prisoners were placed
In cells In the Holloway Jail, where they were
dressed in the garb of ordinary convicts ane
received the common prison fare. Their
treatment will differin' no way from that o.
other prisoners unless their appeal for. first
class treatment be granted.
The Jameson trial was trial at bar; q
form OF criminal inquiry which differs from
any other in British Jurisprudence. II must
take place before a jury and more than one
Judge, generally three. Another difer
snce Is that the proceedings "at bar
are not final, and a rehearing may
be- applied for, and held, by reason OF evi-
dence improperly admitted or rejected, .ol
because heverdict Is against the weight OF
It.. or on account Of some informality or IN.
correctness In the proceedings Tue sem
tences are extremely light, considering the
gravity of the offence. but are probably
severe enough to satisfy the exact demands
of Justice. A marked change of sentiment
has taken place in the six months since the
facts OF the Jameson raid became known, and
there are very few nowwho do not believe
that the raiders really deserve to be made ar
example OF. The incursion into the Trans
vaxl was perpetrated atthe very end OF tht
last year, between Christmas, 1895, and New
Ysar's Day, 1895, and the new year daWnet
ON the defeat Of the raiders, after the failure
Of the Uitlanders In Johannesberg to rist
and hook to their assistance. The story o
the prisoners since that has been anvthins
but cheerful, and the fitting result Of thei
errar has been reached.