Those about to plead guilty and throw themselves upon the mercy of the court abandoned their honest purpose and devised some perjury instead.

Criminals almost persuaded that honesty was the best policy changed their minds.

The barometer of crime swung its needle from "stormy" to "fair." But apart from the law-breakers consider the effect of such a miscarriage of justice upon a young, honest and zealous officer.

First, all his good work, his bravery, his conscientious effort at safeguarding the sleeping public had been disregarded, tossed aside with a sneer, and had gone for naught.

The jury had stamped his story as a lie and stigmatized him, by their action, as a perjurer.