The Jury's decision was received in many different ways. Jem was devastated, he had not realized how a case with no evidence could be validated by a jury. Though towards the end he began to be filled with apprehension. Aunt Alexandra new that it would turn out that way. Dill new before the case had adjourned that what was going on wasn't right.
Ms. Maudie expected Tom Robinson to be charged with , it was inevitable. She's been around Maycomb for a long time, and she new what Maycomb's people would do. But she was surprised, and quite pleased that it took them that long to deliberate, which was improbable, as she sat waiting for Atticus, Dill, Jem, and Scout to come home from the courthouse.
Finally, and maybe most or least importantly, depending on how you see it. Bob Ewell was happy. He was of course glad that he won, that Tom Robinson went was charged guilty, that was the result he was pursuing. But he was also angry, because the last shred of respect he held in Maycomb was now gone. Because no matter what the ruling was, they all knew what kind of person Bob Ewell was, and what really happened that night. Hypocrites.
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