On Saturday, Mr. Justice Lopes summed up the evidence in
the ease of the abduction of Eliza Armstrong, pointing oat very forcibly the flagrant contradictions in Jarrett's evidence, and the absolute inconsistency of that evidence with the evidence of five other witnesses who had not been discredited ; and the Jury then found both Mr. Stead and Jarrett guilty of the abduction against the will of the father. On the question whether Jarrett, by falsely representing that she wanted Eliza Armstrong to be a servant, induced her mother to let her go, the Jury were not agreed; but they answered the question whether the mother con- sented to her going to be used for immoral purposes in the nega- tive. Finally, they acquitted Mr. Bramwell Booth and Mr. Jacques (Mr. Massabini) of being parties to the abduction. Further- more, they expressed a strong opinion that Mr. Stead had been actuated by the highest motives, and recommended the Govern- ment to secure the efficient administration of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. Sentence was deferred till Tuesday, when the farther trial of Mr. Stead, Jarrett, Mr. Jacques, and Madame Monrey, for an assault on Eliza Armstrong, was to be taken.
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