People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — Jameson's Trial Begins. [ARTICLE]

Jameson's Trial Begins.

London, March 10. —There was a large and pronouncedly jingo crowd in Bov/ street police court this morning. The occasion was the formal arraignment of Dr. Jameson and the leaders c.f the expedition from the South African company’s territory into the Transvaal. Sir John Bridge, the chief magistrate, presided. Sir Richard Webster opened for the crown. He dwelt in forcible language upon the gravity of the charge against the prisoners, contending the South African republic was a friendly state, within the meaning of the foreign enlistment act, and holding Bechuanaland, from whence most of Dr. Jameson’s troops came, was undoubtedly part of the British dominion. There was no startling developments during the examination of the witnesses. After the formal evidence had been submitted 'he examination was adjourned for a week.