"A peculiar case came up in Justice Pelham's Court yesterday. Otto Fischer, a young man twenty-five years old, was arraigned upon the charge of burglary. He was arrested Thursday night by Officer Ma-loney as he was leaving the rear door of Burton & Hooker's dry goods store, 263 West Third Streer, carrying with him several bolts of silk dress goods. His novel defense was the statement that he had been for two days under the control of a hypnotist, who had paid him a dollar a day for the privilege of experimenting upon him. He said he had called upon the hypnotist two hours before he was arrested and had allowed himself to be hypnotized, after which he could recollect nothing until awakened by the shock of arrest. He could not give the name or address of the hypnotist who had induced him to commit the crime. His case was given a continuance until next Thursday, in order to afford him an opportunity to recall the events and places that could enable him to prove his claim of innocence and fix the guilt upon the party who hypnotized him."