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Show WATT IS FOUND GUILTY . Jury Believer He Conspired to Have Wife Murdered. LONDON; Le- 21: The trial of Hugh Watt, tin former member of Pai llament. changed with Inciting hired agents to murder his divorced wife, Julia 'Watt, and Sir Reginald Beuuchamp. ended today with a verdict of guilty Watt was .s. n-tenced n-tenced to rive years' penal servitude. Most Extraordinaiy Case. The Judge In summing u; said it was the most extraordinary case of modern times Improbable as was the whole lory, he thought it waa eduajty as lm-probable lm-probable that any one could concoct and -wear to such charges The question of the sanity of Walt had not been raised, s . the )nr had nothing to do but find a verdict of. guilty or not guilty Tha Judge pointed out that the death of the former Mrs Watt WOUld place Watt ii. exdCt I J the position he desired, as It ould enable him to legalize his marriage ,,, L.ad Violet Peuii. hamp hlch at present pres-ent was Illegal because Mrs Watt had di ' lined to hav her divorce made abeb-Utc abeb-Utc Her dCAlh would also annul the deed of settlement between Watt and Mrs Watt, Whlo)l Mr Watt dc-slrcd |