Old Bailey,
when the accusation against Messrs. Barter and Steinberg came to be
heard.

'You, Barter,' said the learned Recorder, 'appear to have been drawn
into this by the influence of an intelligence stronger and abler than
your own. You appear, in a moment of weakness, to have been led away
by that stronger intelligence from the paths of rectitude. But you have
displayed so clear a sense of the enormity of your conduct, and have,
by your complete disclosures of the crime committed by you and your
companion, and, by your evidence in Court to-day, shown so complete a
repentance for it, that I do not think that it would be politic or just
to lay a severe term of imprisonment upon you. Nevertheless, the law of
the land must be justified, and I feel a pleasure in believing that in
justifying the law I am affording you an opportunity for reflection, for
the formation of good resolutions for the future, and for a confirmation
of those better desires which I believe--in spite of your association
with this criminal enterprise--to animate your mind.'

Now, to my fancy, this has a distinct element of comedy in it; but the
learned Recorder resembled some of his unlearned brethren, in respect to
the fact that he could not be expected to know everything.

Mr. Barter thrives again, but he is even now awaiting, with the
uneasiest sensations, the liberation of the man who betrayed him into
crime.

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