what was the verdict of the trial?
William Bayliss had been defamed
Brown Dog affair
After retiring for 25 minutes on 18 November 1903, the jury unanimously found that Bayliss had been defamed, to the applause of physicians in the public gallery. Bayliss was awarded £2,000 with £3,000 costs; Coleridge gave him a cheque the next day. The "Daily News" asked for donations to cover Coleridge's costs and raised £5,700 within four months. Bayliss donated his damages to UCL for use in research; according to Mason, Bayliss ignored the "Daily Mail"s suggestion that he call it the "Stephen Coleridge Vivisection Fund". Gratzer wrote in 2004 that the fund may still have been in use then to buy animals.

"The Times" declared itself satisfied with the verdict, although it criticized the rowdy behaviour of medical students during the trial, accusing them of "medical hooliganism". 
what was the brown dog affair? It was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in England from 1903 until 1910. was there a trail involved? Yes - The trial opened at the Old Bailey (Royal Courts of Justice) on 11 November 1903 why did the controversy start? William Bayliss at University College London performed an illegal vivisection on a brown terrier dog before 60 medical students while the dog was conscious and struggling
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Brown Dog affair [SEP] Verdict
Lord Alverstone told the jury that the case was an important one of national interest. He called "The Shambles of Science" "hysterical" and advised the jury not to be swayed by arguments about the validity of vivisection. After retiring for 25 minutes on 18 November 1903, the jury unanimously found that Bayliss had been defamed, to the applause of physicians in the public gallery. Bayliss was awarded £2,000 with £3,000 costs; Coleridge gave him a cheque the next day. The "Daily News" asked for donations to cover Coleridge's costs and raised £5,700 within four months. Bayliss donated his damages to UCL for use in research; according to Mason, Bayliss ignored the "Daily Mail"s suggestion that he call it the "Stephen Coleridge Vivisection Fund".