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The jury have taken a certain view of your case.

The judge, Mr. Justice Charles, is astounded by the verdict just delivered in his court.

And I want to make it perfectly clear that it is the view of the jury and not mine.

He tells the defendant a serviceman standing in the dock before him.

Mr. Justice Charles has sent many a killer to the gallows,

and he seems utterly incensed that today he won't be pronouncing the death sentence

for this man. The jury has stunned the venerable judge by finding the serviceman

not guilty of murder. Mr. Justice Charles doesn't seem to delight in sending criminals

for execution. Indeed, it's been noted at previous sentencing that he's visibly affected

when telling convicts that the law offers him no other choice than to send them to be hanged

by the neck until dead. But today, the judge is wrathful.

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