I am confident that they merely obeyed orders, and that the scandalous abuse of a public trust must be charged upon the district postmaster, who probably thinks any weapon is legitimate against Freethinkers.

As Mr.Fawcett refused to censure the postmaster for exceeding his duty, or the letter-carrier for committing perjury, I cannot hold him altogether guiltless in the matter.
In opening my defence I took care to accentuate my appreciation of Judge North's kindness, as the following passage will show: "Gentlemen of the Jury,--I stand in a position of great difficulty and disadvantage.

On Thursday last I defended myself against the very same charges in the very same indictment.

The case lasted nearly seven hours, and the jury retired for more than two hours without being able to come to an agreement.

They were then discharged, and the learned judge said he would try the case again on Monday with a new jury.