He would have looked in his place near the throne of a queen, or, on the back of a war horse, leading a forlorn hope; but no one could understand his being prisoner in a dock.

Mr.Kent looked at him, wondering with what he was charged.

Surely, with that noble face and gentlemanly bearing, he had never been guilty of a common assault.

Magistrate as he was, Mr.Kent listened to the recital of the charge, with some curiosity.
Jules St.Croix, Count of the French Empire, charged the prisoner at the bar with having broken into his rooms for the purpose of robbery.

He had been discovered in the count's drawing-room, where he had forced open an ivory casket and stolen the contents, which were an ancient and valuable gold watch and a gold ring, also of considerable value.