They who would, and perhaps did, subscribe to benevolent institutions for the relief of suffering among the lower animals, would willingly have paid a far higher rate to observe the suffering of a man.

He was so interesting; he was so young and good-looking; what a depraved monster he must be.

And that little package in tissue paper which the judge brought in and laid on the bench! The black cap, was it not?
That showed what the judge thought about it all.
How thrilling! Counsel for the Crown, opened the case, and in a speech grimly devoid of all emotional appeal, laid before the court the facts he was prepared to prove, on which they would base their verdict.
The prisoner, a young man of birth and breeding, had strong grounds for revenge on the murdered man.

The prosecution, however, was not concerned in defending what the murdered man had done, but in establishing the guilt of the man who had murdered him.

Godfrey Mills, had, as could be proved by witnesses, slandered the prisoner in an abominable manner, and the prosecution were not intending for a moment to attempt to establish the truth of his slander.