He was acquitted in part because a jury could not believe that a man who could lug the heavy and cumbersome photographic equipment of the time up into the Yosemite Valley could be entirely sane.

他被判无罪，部份的原因是，一个陪审团成员认为，他不可能是完全心智健全的。因为他能够把当时相当笨重的摄影设备拖进约涩美地山谷。