증거는 충분했지만 정황 증거였고, 변호인인 A. C. 핸론이 지적했듯이 두 가지 해석이 모두 가능했습니다. 왕실은 사망이 계획적이었다는 사실을 입증하지 못했습니다. 미니 딘은 증인석에 나타나지 않았습니다.

The evidence was full but circumstantial and, as the defence counsel, A. C. Hanlon, pointed out, was open to two vastly different interpretations. The Crown was unable to establish that the deaths were premeditated. Minnie Dean did not appear in the witness box.