He was a very respectable young tradesman.

The Salvation Army had engaged quarters next to his store, where they disturbed him and his customers a good deal by playing on the drum and other similar religious services.
But that was not all.

They used to come out on the sidewalk and beat a large drum and sing and kneel in prayer just before his door, much to the disturbance of his customers and the aggravation of the young grocer.

One day he purloined and hid the large drum.

He was detected and indicted for larceny.
The Attorney-General, for the Government, maintained that everything that went to constitute the crime of larceny existed there.