Before his Honour Judge _Lob-ingler last Friday, Eugene J. Hickey was charged with forging and! uttering a cheque for $39.40 on the American Oriental Banking Corporation, made out to E. J. Hickey, sioned J. D. Donelly, Jr. John M. Nelson, arrested on the same charge, pleaded guilty at the preliminary hearing. The District Attorney, Mr. Leonard G. Husar, prosecuted and Mr. C. S. Franklin appeared for the defendant.
Nelson. appeared as the first witness for the © prosecution, his story running that he was induced to make out the cheque mentioned which was cashed at the Continental Hotel and another for $20° signed with his own name and} cashed at Neumann's Restaurant, by the defendant on the promise that defendant would be able to. take them up in the morning before they could be sent to the bank. He stated that he received no money from the cheques. On being.
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