neither, if he can find e'er a beast that dare but be bail for him; but he will seal i' th' afternoon? BOY.

From them the colonists inherited the right of freedom from arbitrary arrest; of giving bail in ordinary offenses; of a speedy, public trial by jury, near the place where the crime was alleged to have been committed; of the writ of habeas corpus; of established rules of evidence; and, indeed, of nearly all the rights mentioned in the first ten amendments to the constitution of the United States.

They then proceeded to indict capitally, and demand bail of each of the persons who had been the promoters of the disorder and riot.

" "Didn't you have your hat with you to bail with?"

Walker objected to bail on the plea that his life would be in danger if they were allowed at large.

They owned three dog-carts among them; a parcel by railway would bring them down bail to any amount; they tossed their money away at the public- houses, like gentlemen; thanks to the Game Laws, their profits ran high, and when they had swept the country pretty clean of game, why, they would just finish off the season by a stray highway robbery or two, and vanish into Babylon and their native night.

"I shall have my old friend to bail out of the round-house," said Garrick when he heard of this queer alliance; and he told Johnson that he would be in the Chronicle for his frolic.

They would certainly, he said, be arrested for breaking their bail at whatever port they might reach,and why should they go, seeing that the money had been paid to them on the distinct understanding that they were not pledged to abandon the prosecution.

By sheer audacity I got into the police-court, addressed the magistrate, too astounded by my profound courtesy and calm assurance to remember that I had no right there, and then produced bail after bail of the most undeniable character and respectability, which no magistrate could refuse.

By 8 p.m. the tide had risen sufficiently to admit of Captain Dixon's return to the Dolphin, while I remained with a portion of my own party to make further examination in the morning; the leaky state of the cutter keeping one of us bailing through the night.