Sub-Inspector Montgomery's arraignment for the murder of Mr. Glass, the
bank manager at Newtownstewart, has ended for a second time in the disagreement and discharge of the jury. The legal advisers of the Crown, however, intend to put him again on his trial, but the probability of obtaining a verdict is, of course, weaker now than ever. The evidence against Mr. Montgomery was very strong, and was welded into a forcible argument by Mr. Serjeant Armstrong, the lead- ing counsel for the prosecution ; but it was altogether circumstantial. If Mr. Montgomery be put on his trial again, the result will be doubtless another disagreement. But if a conviction should be obtained, will the capital sentence be carried out ? It should be remembered that very possibly a numerical majority of the three juries taken together may have been convinced of the prisoner's innocence, though the last jury were agreed in finding him guilty.
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