The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-29
JAMESON GUILTY.
SENTENCED TO FIFTEEN MONTHS
WITHOUT LABOR.
His Fellow Raiders Given Shorter
Terms-It Was an Unlawful Expe-
dition Against Friendly State.
LONDON, July 2S.-The attendance

LONDON, July 2S.-The attendance
at The trial of Dr.. Jameson and his as
sociates were never so large as today
ana the greatest interest was manifest
ed in the proceedings. The opening
part of Lord RusselIs summing up
however, and his two hours recapitula-
ton of the evidence was uninteresting
and even Dr. Jameson and the other
defendants dozed at times. Sir Edward
clark showed no signs of nervousness.
AS for the jury, composed, with two
exceptions of elderly men, there was no
doubling they were bored.
The ladies, of whom there were a
great number in the court room, famed
themselves YEARLY while trying to
catch glimpSes of the defendants. The
latter, while the jury was out. retired
TO the tea room, where they held a re-
ception of their lady acquaintance and
relatives, all of whom had
HIGH HOPES OF THE ACoUITTAL
of the prisoners. The jury, after hav-
ing retired at about 4:30. returned at
about 5:24 and the defendants were
hastily summoned to take their places.
the judges came in five minutes later
and the Jurymen gave an affirmative
answer to all the questions which had
been propounded to them by the chief
justice, but they added a. rider to the
effect that the disturbances ait Jo-
hannesburg were provocative.
Lord Russell then directed that their
answers were equivalent to a verdict
of guilty. The foreman said that they
were not unanimous upon that point,
but his lordship repeated his explana-
ton and the jury retired together for
about thirty minutes and rendered a
verdict of guilty. DR.. Jameson and his
co-defendantS were apparently unmov-
Sir Edward Clarke asked the courts
disposition to move for new trial.
When the judges returned Sir Edward
Clarke said that in view of the verdict
rendered the defendants refused to in
struct for a new trial, and expressed a
desire to settle the case now. In passing
sentence Lord Russell said that the
verdict was given on evidence which
no reasonable man would be able to
disregard
AN the defendants, he added, were
men of position and intelligence, hold
ing positions under the queen, and their
crirc-a
HAD THE GRAvEsT CoNsE-
OUENCES,
including death to some, injury to 9th
erS and what the future consequences
of their crime might be, no one was
yat able to foresee.
Continuing, the lord chief justice said
that of all who took part in the raid,
the court must distinguish between 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
Willoughby to ten months; Major R.
White to seven months, and Captain
Henry F. Coventry (son of the Earl of
Coventry Colonel R. Grey and Colonel
F. H. White to five months imprison-
ment
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
Soon after the sentencing formalities !
had been completed. the wardens of
Holloway prison appeared and took up
positions on each side of the prison |
ers.
A BITTER MOMENT.
This was the bitterest moment of all
for the raiders, as up to that time they
had been treated with the grea test |
and had in fact, been made |
heroes, to a certain degree. But when |
the elbows of the prison wardens touch
ed those of the ariStocratic free-booterS
they seemed co realize that the strong
arm of the law had knocked all the
romance 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 the law and the
eyes of society, TO say nothing of the
authorities. who, it is believed,
must now take action, looking to de-
priving the prisoners of their commits
sions in the British army. Then also
fed the last chapter in the trial of
Doctor Jim" and his associates.
The court was ordered cleared, the
audience filed slowly out into the street,
and the prisoners were escorted to Hol-
loway prison.
There was absolutely no demonstra-
ton in the court room when the pris-
oners were taken away, or outside,
when they were escorted to the jail.
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