[3] 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.
Paddy Crick and Dean's lawyer, Richard Meagher, presented abundant evidence to the Royal Commission that Seymour had been a procuress, brothel-keeper and pickpocket.
[4] As a result, the Government released Dean on a free pardon at the end of June and he was put in charge of a bigger ferry, the Wallaby.
Although Dean's confession to his lawyer was a matter of solicitor-client privilege, Salomons found himself compelled to pass on this information to the Attorney General, Jack Want.
On 24 September, Dean petitioned Parliament to clear his name and next day Want read Salomons' account of Meagher's conversation to the House.
Although Meagher, who had meanwhile been elected as the member for Sydney-Phillip, vigorously denied the conversation in the House, Smith admitted giving Dean arsenic.