The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-29
And With His Associates Is
Sentenced to Imprisonment.
DOZED THROUGH SPEECHES
But Woke Up in Time to Hear
the Sentence.
A Reception of Lady Friends and Then
a March With the OIL
GERS TO Jail.

London, July 28.-Dr. Jameson and
his associates, in the famous Trans
yaal raid, were found guilty to-day and
sentenced to various terms of impris-
onment The court was packed with
people in anticipation of the conclu-
sion of this celebrated case.
The greatest interest was manifested
IN the proceedings. The opening part
of Lord Russells' summing up. how
ever, and his two hours accumulation
of the evidence was tiresome and even
DR.. Jameson and the other defendants
dozed at times. Sir Edward Clarke
alone showed any signs of nervousness.
AS for the jury, composed with two ex-
ceptions of elderly men there was
no doubt that they were bored. The
Ladies, of whom there were a great
number in the court room, famed
themselves wearily while trying to
eaten gllmpses of the defendants. The
%atter while the jury was out, retired
10 the tea room, where they held a
reception Of thir lady acquaintance
ana relatives, all of whom had hopes
OF the acquittal of the prisoners. The
jury, after having retired at 4:30 re-
turned at about 1924 and the defen-
dants were summoned to take their
place. The judges came in five min
utes later and the jury, rendered a
verdict of guilty. DR.. Jameson and
MS co-defendants were apparently un-
moved. Sir Edward Clarke said that
fAN Z h.or Js..A.. I II
PENDANTS refused to move for a new
trlal and expressed a desire to settle
the case now. In passing sentence
Lord Russell said that the defendants
were men of position and intelligence.
holding positions under the Queen,
and their crime had the gravegf conse-
quences, including death to some and
injury to others while the future con.
sequences of their crime no one was
yet able to foresee.
his Lordship then passed sentence
upon the prisoners. DIR. Jameson was
sentenced to fifteen months imprison-
ment without labor; Mai. Sir John
Willoughby to 10 months; Major r..
White to seven months and Capt. Hen
ry f. Coventry-~(a son of the Earl of
Coventry, Col. r. GREY and Col. Z. Fl.
White to five months imprisonment.
DIR. jameson who had hitherto hung
down his head, looked up proudIY
when the sentence had been passed
and the other defendants stared hard
at the Lord Justice.
Very soon after the sentencing. for
maliies had been completed, the war
dens of Holloway prison appeared and
took up positions on each side of the
prisoners. This was the bitterest mo
ment of all for them, as up to that
time they had been treated with the
greatest courtesy, and had. in fact.
been made heroes of, to a certain ex-
tent But, when the elbows of the
wardens touched those Of the aristo-
cratic freebOoters, they seemed to re-
alize that the strong arm of the law
had knocked all the romance out OF
the Transvaal tiasco.
Then was enacted the last chapter
in the trial of DR.. Jim and his asso-
Ciates. The court was ordered cleared.
the audience filed slowly out into the
streets, and the prisoners were escort
ed Ito Holloway prison
There was absolutely no demon
stration in the court room when the
prisoners We're taken away. or outside
of it when they were escorted to jail.