"Didn't you know the penalty attached to theft in the mining-camps ?" "No," faltered Hogan, alarmed at the stem looks of his captors.
"What is it ?" "Death by hanging," was the terrible reply.
Hogan's face blanched, and he sank on his knees before them.
"Don't let me be hung!" he entreated.

"You've got the nugget back.
I've done no harm.

No one has lost anything by me." "Eight of us have lost our time in pursuing you.

You gave up the nugget because you were forced to.

You intended to carry it away." "Mercy! mercy! I'm a very unlucky man.