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The day following upon the trial the Chief Commissioner of Police was furious, for it had become known that but for the dissension of two of the jurymen the verdict would have been guilty upon both charges, without any hesitation. One of the dissentients, too, was a crank who ought never to have been empanelled, for he objected to capital punishment upon principle, and the other had taken the stand that although things certainly looked very suspicious, yet he would never hang a dog upon circumstantial evidence alone.
Larose, however, was still bright and smiling. "Never mind, sir," he said trying to hearten the Commissioner, "we'll be more careful in challenging the jury next time, and may get him after all."