She is questioned, but informs the court she has nothing to say.

At this stage of the proceedings, a gentleman well known to you as a rising lawyer of this place before the war commenced, and better known since then as a gallant and meritorious officer, appears as her defendant.

You have heard his defense.

The act of taking the money is not denied, but in his defense he claims that it was committed through dire necessity.

It is true that a defense of this nature is a somewhat extraordinary one, and is new in the annals of criminal law.