▁sick ▁dog . ▁The ▁court ▁learned ▁that ▁B ess ell ▁had ▁a ▁contract ▁with ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Te legraph , ▁which ▁was ▁pay ing ▁him ▁£ 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁for ▁his ▁story . ▁Din sh aw ▁gave ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁£ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁he ▁had ▁received ▁from ▁Hay ward ▁and ▁passed ▁to ▁Hol mes , ▁and ▁of ▁subsequent ▁attempts ▁by ▁Thor pe ▁to ▁obsc ure ▁the ▁details ▁of ▁these ▁transactions . ▁Newton ▁test ified ▁that ▁Hol mes ▁had ▁wanted ▁Scott ▁killed : ▁" He ▁would ▁prefer ▁it ▁if ▁[ Sc ott ] ▁van ished ▁from ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁the ▁earth ▁and ▁was ▁never ▁seen ▁again . ▁It ▁was ▁left ▁to ▁me ▁how ▁to ▁do ▁it ". ▁Scott ▁gave ▁clin ical ▁details ▁of ▁his ▁alleg ed ▁s edu ction ▁by ▁Thor pe ▁at ▁Thor pe ' s ▁mother ' s ▁house ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 1 ▁and ▁on ▁other ▁occasions , ▁and ▁also ▁rec ount ed ▁his ▁or de al ▁on ▁the ▁mo ors ▁above ▁Por lock ▁Hill . ▁Scott ▁cont ended ▁that ▁hom osex ual ity ▁was ▁an ▁in cur able ▁disease , ▁with ▁which ▁Thor pe ▁had ▁inf ected ▁him , ▁and ▁that ▁Thor pe ▁therefore ▁should ▁be ▁held ▁responsible ▁for ▁Scott ' s ▁lif el ong ▁care . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁hearing ▁the ▁pres iding ▁magistr ate ▁committed ▁the ▁four ▁defend ants ▁for ▁trial ▁at ▁the ▁Central ▁C riminal ▁Court , ▁commonly ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Old ▁Ba iley . ▁ ▁In