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H olden, who was on the top of the coach, rammed 

 his hat over his eyes and pulled his hair. A police- 

 man came and I gave him in charge, but he said, 

 "You must come too, sir, to the police-office," and 

 we walked off. When we got to the place where 

 the gipsies throw at the sticks, he said, " I ain't 

 going any further ". He was rather a bigger and 

 stronger man than the policeman. I took hold of 

 his wrist in my right hand, made a poker of his 

 arm, took his collar in my left hand and shoved him 

 forward: "Now then, march on". The policeman 

 walked by his side. The carriages were three and 

 four deep up the side of the course, and we had to 

 get into and through them, but I never let go. The 

 course was just cleared for the race, and we marched 

 up in front of the grand stand among the jeers and 

 laughter of many fellows who knew me, and landed 

 him in the police-office. The inspector took down 

 the charge, and said, " You must leave your watch ". 

 I said, "It has never been in the hands of the police, 

 I rescued it myself," so he allowed me to keep it. 

 When I got home, I said to myself, " I have got 

 my watch, I spoiled that chap's Derby by getting 

 him locked up, so I won't do any more ". But two 

 days after I found a policeman waiting at my lodging 

 with a " subpoena" to attend at Epsom next morning. 

 On arriving there three or four gentlemen were 

 sitting in judgment. One of them said, " It will be 

 some time before your case comes on, you may come 

 and sit in here," so I heard several cases tried. Most 

 of them for gambling, thimble-rig, etc. Several of 



