There, he was told that his father was in jail, and came here to ask us to let him see him." "You should have refused and have detained the boy.

Well ?" "I was moved by the little chap's tears," said the constable, abashed, "so I let him go into the cell." "Were you with him ?" asked the inspector sharply.
"No, sir.

We left them alone for a few minutes.

As the boy was so sad and cut up, I thought there would be no harm in doing that.

Well, sir, the boy came out again in ten minutes, still crying, and said he would get a lawyer to defend his father.