▁The ▁Sunday ▁Te legraph ▁was ▁" de pl or able "; ▁Scott ▁was ▁a ▁fra ud , ▁a ▁sp ong er , ▁a ▁wh iner , ▁a ▁par as ite — " but ▁of ▁course ▁he ▁could ▁still ▁be ▁telling ▁the ▁truth . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁question ▁of ▁belief ." ▁Newton ▁was ▁character ised ▁as ▁a ▁per j urer ▁and ▁a ▁ch ump , ▁" det erm ined ▁to ▁milk ▁the ▁case ▁as ▁hard ▁as ▁he ▁can ." ▁The ▁mystery ▁surrounding ▁the ▁£ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁that ▁Thor pe ▁had ▁obtained ▁from ▁Hay ward ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁an ▁irre lev ance : ▁" The ▁fact ▁that ▁a ▁man ▁obtain s ▁money ▁by ▁dece it ▁does ▁not ▁[ pro ve ] ▁that ▁the ▁man ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁a ▁consp i racy ." ▁W augh ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁judge ' s ▁lack ▁of ▁even - hand ed ness ▁could ▁well ▁prov oke ▁a ▁counter action ▁against ▁the ▁accused ▁from ▁the ▁j ury . ▁The ▁sum ming - up ▁became ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁sc ath ing ▁par ody ▁by ▁the ▁sat ir ist ▁Peter ▁Cook . ▁ ▁Ac qu itt al ▁and ▁after math ▁ ▁The ▁j ury ▁retired ▁during ▁the ▁morning ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁June . ▁They ▁returned ▁just ▁over ▁two ▁days ▁later , ▁and ▁acqu itted ▁all ▁four ▁defend ants ▁on ▁all ▁charges . ▁The ▁judge ▁awarded ▁costs ▁to ▁De ak in , ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁Hol mes ▁or ▁Le ▁Mes ur ier ▁who ▁he ▁thought ▁had