Gentlemen, I ask you to close this discreditable chapter of persecution once and for ever, and associate your names on the page of history with liberty, progress, and everything that is dignified, noble and dear to the consciences and hearts of men." When I sat down there was a burst of applause, which the court officials were unable to suppress.

Mr.Ramsey followed with another written speech, well composed and very much to the point.

I noticed some of his auditors outside the jury-box choking down their emotion as he touchingly referred to his sleepless nights in Newgate through thinking of wife and child.

His Lordship, I observed only smiled bitterly.
Judge North's summing up was a fraudulent performance.

He told the jury that the consent of the Attorney-General had to be obtained for our prosecution, as well as that of the Public Prosecutor, which was a downright falsehood, unless it was a piece of sheer ignorance.