Royal Commission
Nevertheless, public opinion quickly turned against the verdict, particularly noting the behaviour of Windeyer, who was already known as a "hanging judge" as a consequence of the Mount Rennie rape case. As a result, in May the Government appointed a commission of enquiry of Francis Edward Rogers QC, Dr Philip Sydney Jones and Dr Frederic Norton Manning to consider the case. Paddy Crick and Dean's lawyer, Richard Meagher presented abundant evidence that Seymour had been a procuress, brothel-keeper and pickpocket. The doctors found that the evidence was compatible with self-administration by Mrs Dean, presumably to incriminate Dean, while Rogers dissented strongly. As a result the Government released Dean on a free pardon at the end of June and Dean was put in charge of a bigger ferry, the Wallaby.
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