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would use it in paying her expenses to the country, and that she intended taking him along with her. He found a key which unlocked the wardrobe, stole the money, and carried all to her, except five dollars, which he spent for himself. Patrick S. Britton, belonging to the Confederate States Navy, was charged with stealing a gold watch from Charles E. Powell. While under the influence of liquor, the accused (Powell) and another man, named James A. Cain, visited a restaurant near the Second Market on Thursday afternoon to get something to eat. Sitting around the stove, waiting for then dinner, Powell went to sleep, when Britton remarked to Cain that he would show him how easy it would be to steal a watch; and, suiting the action to the word, reached over and took Powell's watch from his pocket. Soon after taking it out, he pretended to put the watch back, but did not do so. --He then started for the street, and was followed by Cain. After running around the square, pursued by Ca