The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-05


hear there has been robbery committed
within the last few minutes. and as il will
be proper to search every one in the house,
isurely you. who are on the point OF de-
parture, will have no objection TO be search
ed first and then be at liberty TO CO.,
There was something so perfectly reason
able in all this, that Harvey stepped into
an adjoining parlor, and threw open bis
trunk for inspection never doubling but that
his innocence would be Immediately mani
fest.
The waiter. whose mean rapacity had
been the cause OF the detection, acted as
examiner. He pulled one article after
another out of The trunk, and at length
horror of horr,rs!--held up the missing
watch with look of triumph and scorn.
who put that there?' cried Harvey in
an agony OF mind which can be better
Imagined than described. WHO has done
me this greviou, wrong? | know nothing
as TO how the watch came into my trunk.
No one answered his appeal. All pre-
sent stood for moment in gloomy silence.
Sir, said the landlord to Harvey, on re-
covering from his surprise, Il am sorry for
you. For the sake OF a miserable trihe,
you have brought ruin and disgrace on
yourself. This is matter which concerns
the honor Of my house, and cannot stop
here. However much it is against my
feelings, you must go before magistrate.
by all means, added No. II, with the
importance Of an injured man. "A pretty
thing that ones watch is not safe in house
like this
John, send Boots for a constable, said
the landlord.
Harvey sat with his head leaning on his
hand. A deadly cold perspiration trickled
down his brow. His heart swelled and
beat as If it would burst. What could he
do? His whole prospects were in an in
slant blighted, oh God do not desert a
frail and unhappy being give me strength
to face this new and terrible misfortune,
was prayer he internally uttered A little
revived, he started to his feet, and addressing
himself to the landlord he said. Take me
TO magistrate instantly, and let me have
this diabolical plot unraveled. | court in.
Iquiry into my character and conduct
1t is no use Of saying any more about
it, answered the Landlord; here is Boots
with constable, and let US go away to-
lgether to the nearest magistrate. Boots,
carry that trunk. John and Sally, you
can follow u.s.
And so the party, trunk and all, under
the constable as conductor, adjourned to the
house Of magistrate in an adjacent street
There the matter seemed so clear case OF
felony-robbery in dwelling house--that
Harvey, all pretension to the contrary, was
fully committed TO trial. at the ensuing
March assizes, then but few days distant
At the period at which these incidents
occurred, was young man going on my
first circuits. ~Fhad not as yet been honor
ed with perhaps more than three or four
briefs, and these only in cases so slightly
productive Of fees, that was compelled to
study economy in my excursions. Instead
of taking up my residence at an inn when
visiting -, a considerable seaport, where
the court held its sittings, dwelt in lodg-
ings kept by a widow lady, where, at a
small expense, | could enjoy perfect quiet
ness, free from interruption.
On the evening after my arrival on the
March circuit of the year IL, was sit
ting in my lodgings perusing new work
on criminal jurisprudence. when the land
lady, after tapping at the door, entered my
room.
4 am sorry to trouble you. sir. said she;
but lady has called to see you about
very distressing law case-very distressing,
indeed, and a very strange case il is too
Only, if you could be so good as to see
herr?
who is she?'
tAll | know about it is this; She is a
Mrs. Harvey. She and her husband and
children were to sail yesterday for Boston.
All were on board except the husband; and
he, on leaving the large hotel over the
way, was taken up for robbery. Word
was in the evening sent by the prisoner to
his wife to come on shore with all her chill |
dren and the luggagG and so she came back |
in the pilot boat, and was in such state
Of distress, that my brother, who is on the
preventive service, and saw her land, took |
pity on her, and had her and her children
and things taken to a lodging on the quay.
As my brother knows that we have Lon
don lawyer staying here, he advised the
poor woman 10 come and consult you about
the CASE
We'll. I'll see what can be done. Please
desire the lady to step in
A lady was shortly shown in. She had
been pretty, and wa, so sill, but anxiety
was pictured 10 her pale countenance. Her
1ress was plain bu. not inelegant, and alto
yether she had NEAT engaging appearance.
BE so good as ID sit down, said /, bow
ng, 'and tell Inc all you would like to say
The poor woman burst into tears, but
afterwards recovering herself, she told me
pretty nearly the whole of her history and
hat of her husband. {
Lawyers have occasion to see so much
Implicitly, that did not all at once give s
ssent to the ides, of Harvey being in. J
locent of the crime with which he stood q
harged. IL
There is something perfectly inexplica- I
lie in. the ease,' observed /, 'and it would 9
equire shifting. Kou husband, | hope, 6
as alwsys borne go,d character "
Perfectly so, He was no doubt unfor- ?
mate in business, but he get his certificate |
n the first exarlinalion; and there are many c
Who would testify to his uprightness.' And s
ere again my ellen. broke into tears, as i'll t