CHAPTER XVII.

THE DEVONPORT CASE, 1861 175

The speech in Devonport Park--Opening a fortnight's campaign--Arrest-- Imprisonment--The Guildhall--A marine adventure--The case against Superintendent Edwards--Mr Robert Collier, Q.C., M.P.--Mr Montagu Smith, Q.C.--An unjust judge--The Court of Common Pleas--Lord Chief Justice Erle--Mr Justice Keating--The Court of Appeal.