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Chapter 31

           Finally,theofficers,withouttroublingthemselvesverymuchaboutOliver,lefttheChertseyconstableinthehouse,andtookuptheirrestforthatnightinthetown;promisingtoreturnthenextmorning.

           Withthenextmorning,therecamearumour,thattwomenandaboywereinthecageatKingston,whohadbeenapprehendedovernightundersuspiciouscircumstances;andtoKingstonMessrs.BlathersandDuffjourneyedaccordingly.Thesuspiciouscircumstances,however,resolvingthemselves,oninvestigation,intotheonefact,thattheyhadbeendiscoveredsleepingunderahaystack;which,althoughagreatcrime,isonlypunishablebyimprisonment,andis,inthemercifuleyeoftheEnglishlaw,anditscomprehensiveloveofalltheKing’ssubjects,heldtobenosatisfactoryproof,intheabsenceofallotherevidence,thatthesleeper,orsleepers,havecommittedburglaryaccompaniedwithviolence,andhavethereforerenderedthemselvesliabletothepunishmentofdeath;Messrs.BlathersandDuffcamebackagain,aswiseastheywent.

           Inshort,aftersomemoreexamination,andagreatdealmoreconversation,aneighbouringmagistratewasreadilyinducedtotakethejointbailofMrs.MaylieandMr

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