that jewellery to a large amount was stolen recently from
Mr. Folliard?"

"I am not."

"You are not? Now, is it not a fact, of which you were an eye-witness,
that the jewellery in question was found upon the person of the prisoner
at the bar, in Mr. Folliard's house?"

"I must confess that I saw him about to be searched, and that a very
valuable case of jewellery was found upon his person."

"Yes, found upon his person--a very valuable case of jewellery, the
property of Mr. Folliard, found upon his person; mark that, gentlemen of
the jury."

"Pardon me," said the sheriff, "I saw jewellery found upon him; but I
cannot say on my oath whether it belonged to Mr. Folliard or not; all I
can say is, that Mr. Folliard claimed the jewels as his."

"As his--just so. Nobody had a better right to claim them than the
person to whom they belonged. What took place on the occasion?"

"Why, Mr. Folliard, as I said, claimed them, and Mr. Reilly refused to
give them up to him."

"You hear that, gentlemen--refused to surrender him the property of
which he had robbed him, even in his own house."

"And when you searched the prisoner?"

"We didn't search him; he refused to submit to a search."

"Refused to submit to a search! No wonder, I think! But, at the time he
refused to submit to a search, had he the jewellery upon his person?"

"He had."

"He had? You hear that gentlemen--at the time he refused to be searched
he had the jewellery upon his person."

The sheriff was then cross-examined by Fox, to the following effect:

"Mr. Sheriff, have you been acquainted, or are you acquainted, with the
prisoner at the bar?"

"Yes; I have known him for about three years--almost ever since he
settled in this county."

"What is your opinion of him?"

"My opinion of him is very high."

"Yes--your opinion of him is very high," with a significant glance at
the jury--"I believe it is, and I believe it ought to be. Now, upon
your oath, do you believe that the prisoner at the bar is capable of the
theft or robbery imputed to him?"

"I do not!"

"You do not? What did he say when the jewels were found upon him?"

"He refused to surrender them to Mr. Folliard as having no legal claim
upon them, and refused, at first, to place them in any hands but Miss
Folliard's own; but, on understanding that she was not in--a state to
receive them from him, he placed them in mine."

"Then he considered that they were Miss Folliard's personal pro