And the right and the reason should bring conviction to every honest human mind.

That is all I have to say." The crown attorney made a perfunctory reply.

The judge's charge was brief, and, if anything, a little in favour of the prisoner--very little, a casuist's little; and the jury filed out of the room.

They were gone but ten minutes.

When they returned, the verdict was given: "Not guilty, your Honour!" Then it was that a woman laughed in the gallery.