The jury were absent from Court only for a few minutes, returning with a verdict of not guilty against all three of the prisoners, on hear-jing which there was a noisy demonstration of joy amongst the majority of the large number of sikhs present, ich the Judge made i very little effort to quell. Addressing the jury he said it was needless for him to say that, whatever their verdict had been, he would have considered it correct, because it was so essentially a case for a Jury. To the prisoners "You now are free to go. I think you ought to be very much obliged to your Counsel for the way he has defended you and the manner which he has put your case before the jury. Iam sure they must thank you, Mr. Wing."
The Judge then thanked the jury for their attendance and exempted them from service for three years,
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