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retained Dr. Frankland's services, and being 

 prepared, as far as possible, to carry out any 

 improvements he could suggest, he considered 

 Dr. Frankland had no right to side with the 

 prosecutors against him. To say the least, 

 it was an unfortunate circumstance, and we 

 are not surprised that it gave rise to very 

 bitter reproaches from Sir Frederick Thesiger, 

 Dr. Angus Smith and Professor Grace Calvert, 

 who were called by Mr. Spence. 



Scientific witnesses have too often justified 

 the severe judgment that has been pro- 

 nounced against them ; it is with satisfaction we 

 find Baron Channell, referring to the scientific 

 witnessess that gave evidence in this case, 

 saying : " I think, when you come to sift and 

 examine for yourselves the evidence of those 

 whom I have called scientific witnesses, 

 you will not find a great discrepancy between 

 them. There are a great many points upon 

 which they agree, and the difference will 

 really be with reference to those whom I 

 have ventured to call the non-scientific 

 witnesses." 



The verdict went against Spence, but only 

 on one count out of three ; the jury found 

 that a disagreeable smell emanated at times 

 from the works, but that it was not proved 



