“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?”