There might be one other motive—displ The jury might think, that ladies are fond of jewellery, but the jury would then say to themselves, "This is_ Shanghai, a very small place. You might steal jewellery in Hampstead and wear it safely in Surbiton or Sudbury, but in Shanghai it would very scon be known that certain jewellery had been missed.'' The property was alleged to have been stolen in October. As carly as January she was accused; she knew she was under suspicion. Yet in June, 4 few months after reports had been made to the police, she reported to them the loss of the geld bags. She went to the police station with the bangle -and deliberately flaunted it and a ring that she wore under the eyes of the police. Was that the conduct of a guilty person? A cynic might say t! she threw up the sponge, but a jury and he himseh? had to weigh the other evidence. He had come to tke conclusion that the case for the prosecution had failed and that-the defendant must be discharged, and he was fortified in this opinion by feeling emphatically that a jury would rave acted in the same manner.
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