Chapter 10

"The one who is considered to be the most likely to have committed the crime is then arrested, and all the available evidence is so arranged as (if possible) to prove his guilt. But strict proof is not necessary for a conviction in such cases, the practice being that the degree of proof required is in an inverse ratio to the repellent nature of the crime committed. "I suppose that the great majority of those who are convicted are guilty, although, owing to the way in which these trials are conducted, and the natur…