verdict of guilty, or your verdict must be one which would be tantamount
to accusing the sergeant and constables of wilful and corrupt perjury;
and I may add, wanton perjury; as there could be no possible reason for
these officers departing from the strict line of truth. Gentlemen I
leave you to your deliberations.

_Foreman of Jury_. My lord, we have already made up our minds. Your
lordship need not leave the Court: we find the woman guilty.

_J. N_. (_gravely nodding his head_). It now remains for me to give
sentence. Prisoner at the bar, you have been convicted by a jury of your
countrymen--

_A Voice_. That's a lie! You convicted her: you were judge and jury
both.

_J. N_. (_in a fury_). Officer, you are a disgrace to your coat! Arrest
that man, I say. I would have had the Court cleared long ago, but that I
hoped that you would have arrested the ruffian if I gave him a chance of
repeating his--his crime.

[_The_ USHER _makes his usual promenade_.

_J. N_. You have been convicted by a jury of your countrymen of stealing
three loaves of bread; and I do not see how in the face of the evidence
they could have come to any other verdict. Convicted of such a serious
offence, this is not the time and place to reproach you with other
misconduct; and yet I could almost regret that it is not possible to put
you once more in the dock, and try you for conspiracy and incitement to
riot; as in my own mind I have no doubt that you are in collusion with