text:  How then could the jury with this instance of mistake before their eyes and which they themselves had condemned as a mistake by acquitting Guesno--how could they place such firm reliance on those self-same testimonies when applied to Lesurques? If they could convict Lesurques upon such evidence why not also convict Guesno on it? Guesno proved an _alibi_--so did Lesurques; but because one foolish friend perjured himself to serve Lesurques the jury hastily set down all his friends as perjurers; they had no evidence of this; it was a mere indignant reaction of feeling and as such a violation of their office