In his coat pocket were found a watch and chain.
"Is that yours?" asked the officer, holding it up.
"Yes. I will swear to it. Besides, my name is on the case. It was a present to me. Oh! the ingratitude of some people!"
"Shall I arrest the thief?"
"Yes; lock him up. I will follow and make the complaint."
Jack was dragged rudely from the room to the police court, which was not far off.
Captain Moreland hastily settled the bill and followed his victim.
A magistrate was sitting on the bench, and Jack soon had a specimen of how swiftly justice is administered in Brazil.
Moreland told his story, stating how he had given the prisoner a passage from San Francisco, and how he had returned his kindness by stealing his watch, while under the influence of liquor.
"He is drunk now," he added, "or perhaps he would not have done it."