twenty-five minutes to one
Why ? No answer . _ Is it because the game is up , gentlemen ? _ ... '' His lordship , who in his time had seen many juries befooled , summed up rather wearily , and at twenty-five minutes to one Mr. Morgan was found `` Not guilty . '' That the latter should greet the verdict with a gesture of derision verged , all things considered , upon indecency . It is good to think that the warder who hustled him from the dock , and played full-back for the prison , made this as clear as daylight . * * * * * Valerie left the court in some annoyance .