A. CONAN DOYLE THE CASE OF OSCAR SLATER BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE AUTHOR OF “THE LOST WORLD,” “SHERLOCK HOLMES,” “THE WHITE COMPANY,” ETC. HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY...

IT is impossible to read and weigh the facts in connection with the conviction of Oscar Slater in May, 1909, at the High Court in Edinburgh, without feeling deeply dissatisfied with the proceedings, and morally certain that justice was not done. Under the circumstances of Scotch law I am not clear how far any remedy exists, but it will, in my opinion, be a serious scandal if the man be allowed upon such evidence to spend his life in a convict prison. The verdict which led to his condemnation to