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evidence, that it has been proved that two of the respondents, Macpher- 

 son and Morrison, have been guilty of a breach of interdict, in allowing 

 their sheep to go on to the Waterstein pastures, and that all of the 

 respondents have been guilty of breach of interdict, in respect that they 

 interfered with and obstructed the shepherds of the complainers in the 

 performance of their duty, and that their acts in doing so were, in some 

 instances, accompanied by serious violence ; and I am of opinion that 

 the respondents should receive punishment accordingly. 



Lords Mure and Deas concurred, and the Lord President, 

 after a few remarks passed 



Sentence of Two Months' Imprisonment 



On each of the accused, who were removed from the bar 

 amid the applause of a crowded court. 



THE MARTYRS IN PRISON. 



They were conveyed in a cab to the Gallon Jail, where 

 they were at first treated as common criminals, put in prison 

 garb, two of them, MacLeod and Morrison, having had 

 their hair cropped. Macpherson pleaded that his hair 

 might be left untouched until the following morning, as he 

 expected then to get out. This was agreed to, and, although 

 Macpherson was disappointed regarding any expectations 

 he may have formed as to getting out of prison, he was per- 

 mitted to retain his hair ; for the prison officials discovered 

 before morning, that they had committed a serious error in 

 treating the Glendale " martyrs " as common criminals. 

 The prison regulations provided that for Contempt of Court 

 that of which they had been found guilty they were to 

 be treated in quite a different manner. The officials could 

 not replace the hair so unwarrantably cut off on the pre- 

 vious evening, but to the mens' great satisfaction their own 

 clothes was returned to them next morning. They were 

 told that, according to the regulations, friends would be 



