Mr.Dubourg had the double advantage of securing the services of the leading barrister on the circuit, and of moving the irrepressible sympathies of the jury, shocked at his position and eager for proof of his innocence.

By the end of the first day, the evidence had told against him with such irresistible force, that his own counsel despaired of the result.

When the prisoner took his place in the dock on the second day, there was but one conviction in the minds of the people in court--everybody said, "The clock will hang him." It was nearly two in the afternoon; and the proceedings were on the point of being adjourned for half an hour, when the attorney for the prisoner was seen to hand a paper to the counsel for the defense.
The counsel rose, showing signs of agitation which roused the curiosity of the audience.

He demanded the immediate hearing of a new witness; whose evidence in the prisoner's favor he declared to be too important to be delayed for a single moment.

After a short colloquy between the judge and the banisters on either side, the court decided to continue the sitting.
The witness, appearing in the box, proved to be a young woman, in delicate health.