popular institution. They punished severely even trivial offences,
and this case would have been considered a very serious one; while
a sentence of seven years' transportation was almost as good as an
acquittal.

_Herts.
No. 10_.
Michaelmas Sessions,
1844.
Regina
_v_.
Elizabeth Norman.
Brief for the Prosecution.
Mr. Hawkins.
I Gua.
_H. Hawkins_.
Plea--Guilty.
H.H.
Oct. 14, 1844.
Transported for 7 years.
H.H.
_Cobliam_.
Ware.

These are my notes:--

_Sep_. 20.
Mr. Page.
Silk shawl.
Apprehension.