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known to be an honest and _ trust-worthy
man, and he could not be mistaken about
these facts.

“‘¢'Then, gentlemen, Captain James is per-
fectly sure that he saw the prisoner prowling
about Mr. Stone’s house, the very night
when the robbery must have been com-
mitted. It was very late, and the hour, the
place, and the man’s guilty looks and move-
ments all seem to show that he was there
for no good purpose.

“<P inally, gentlemen, Mr. Case, a very
respectable watchmaker from a neighboring
town, tells you that this very man came and
offered these very spoons to him for sale, all
broken and battered, and with the mark
scraped off. It seems he did not dare to
offer them for sale so near, and so he carried
them twenty miles away, thinking that that
would be so far that there would be no
danger of his detection.

“<¢But Mr. Case was not to be deceived
so easily. He saw through his story at once,
and had him immediately arrested. And
now, the only evidence which his counsel
can offer in his favor is Mrs. Lane’s; and all
she knows is, that he went out, as if he was