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The Advocate- Depute declared that he thought it fair to 

 the panel, and that it would be satisfactory to the Jury, to 

 state his conviction, that if those witnesses who were re- 

 jected on account of errors in their designations, had been 

 examined, the result of the trial would have been the same. 



Lord Pitmilly then addressed Mr. Sellar. 



His Lordship said, " Mr. Sellar, it is now my duty to 

 dismiss you from the bar ; and you have the satisfaction of 

 thinking, that you are discharged by the unanimous opinion 

 of the Jury and the Court. I am sure that, although your 

 feelings must have been agitated, you cannot regret that this 

 trial took place, and I am hopeful it will have due effect on 

 the minds of the country, which have been so much, and so 

 improperly agitated." 



The Court then pronounced an interlocutor, in respect of 

 the verdict of the assize, assoilzieing the panel simpliciter, 

 and dismissing him from the bar. 



The trial lasted from ten o'clock on Tuesday, till one 

 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and the Court-Room was 

 crowded to excess. 



