" Judge Babson turned ferociously upon Mr. Tutt: "This acquittal is a blot upon the administration of criminal justice; a disgrace to the city!
To these people the acquittal of Holymead was a foregone conclusion.
His acquittal in the blasphemy prosecution of Saturday was but the latest of a number of encounters in which he has succeeded in turning the tables upon his opponents in the most decisive fashion.
But in regard to the other, an acquittal is a matter of personal prowess, of professional triumph, and possibly of well simulated feeling.