The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-08-31
FROM THE DIST JOHNSON.
THE BAD BOY CASE.
THE STATE OF KANsAsl

make the record Of decided at the March term
1s76 of the District Court of Atchison County. That
term be it remembered is which the jury celebrate
by high flown resolutions the ceverness of the Court
and his ability attention the very matter in dis
pute Peter Paul was indicted forgery He had been
arrested at du jon having in his possession
| five checks. One of these checks signed Thomas
Metcaf 1t drawn the Exchange Bank of Atchi-
son. Thomas Metcalf, Esq. called, and swOre the
signature not his The check ayable to Peter
Paul-wOrs of negotiability being wanting Peter Paul
could not write He got couple of tonsoral gamins to
write tor him. and they did the writing Peter Paul did
not care whose signed to check but finally read
| off from the Champion the of Thomas Metcaf
Peter Paul said he wanted this check to fool his girl and
make her think he had money He went to the bagnio
but the gamins had bowed his operations and the police
had spotted him They set it up with the bagniO folks
that Peter Pau should be asked to endorse this Mee
check, and offer it for n nights lodging. Peter Paul
showed his paper his girl She took it to Madam
get the change Madam pretended willingness to take
it, if he Peter Paul would endorse it, Peter either could
not pretended he could not write and did not endorse
it. But Madam having the cue it had to be endorsed
before the oense complete endorsed herself Then
Peter Paul asked to make his mark This he did by
making small the back the check inches
below Matlams scrawl. The police at called
n and Peter Paul mOrazed for the rest OF the night
the uncertainty Of human affairs the County Jail and
was brought morning to the crime of
forgery.
Hon Vim. Redwood Smith not being at home that
| uorn;r,, The dr.,ss or p.,sr p.Dl TN ,Don Ih n
,r1n-,r I'D ~ w IaL..ou a. a. NJ. -. !,
Informed against in a sort of promiscuOus way by
Hon Charles T. Griffin County Attorney, upon a charge
of forgery in forging the of each of parties
whose signed to each of the five checks with
nent to defrand each of them and each and every one
of IN. harks r,on ,bi.b ,h,, .r. IT,, a., I'll, :;
,apt IN 5.fr,ud all of tb.ss hont h - oL,,. g,
each ba,l b, all IN. .ha.Ls and nth ;n,an, a., dfd
each and ever, D.soD ,wbos. n,r,o ,,, ;l q, ~ :,
them and with ;n,sr, 20 dfr5 EI;.h0,h Ir;,.,., -
each and arar,- a., ~, .r, and an ., ..iJ aIeot
motion 70 ouasb Wa. ovsr,uIsd . ,,o,;on % ..,.I.
tat and npmber tbss ssv.I .;. no., -
The trial proeeeled The Conrt did no, is ,hs MI.
opsr n smeII Fiybtasn i,s,rpc,;ons ,,or. s.La H. A.
fendapt all were r.fusaa Inn, ,hre .na ,ha ,t -,
those least likely to do him any GOOD III. I, 49,
CHARGED down nn.n p.,.r. Phi LII - ,ha, -.
"toadv,, or bi in,i.s without Mn. ~, - -
have been eomp.lIsd IN bri,r in a r.rI;o, s ILL.,, -
less thew wholly ignored the .a .s I,id Iosn h. ta
Cmrt The ;nrv tto,n5 IN. I.fi,.n, Ill, =, -:
all he checks pron all the ,,ao,s ,i,h n.a, ., -,
evsrvholv nv n ,or.r,I ,.rI;c, a, ,;,,,, a. -
A moton for navv trioI ,ros ,.do ,it "a -
three w..ks 1,I. c,.. ,,s ,arLod o. -, ,ta
-, A., -, - - =, :,
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for =, h,w,I,, ho,sa ,,I; i'll Oh, - -, = = ~. ;,
. ,no., vror,h, hantr ,.., ,L; -, a. H. IL,
barring i,s sls,e,on =, nro ofri,,, rI o,;o o., -
trial came n, CIV ihn.on ;,t . ;,haI -,
look stated he had no,hiDr f,r,h.r a, uraa :,
law in the progress of the trial was all the round he h..
IN ass;r, tbas. h.d ha.r ur1 a, a.. -, - - |
.h;li,r H.. corIa Ia ,,;, n. -, ,rl -
AL .d The uo, n n c,;sEu :, no II ,,L;- -.
IT, uo Ch.,.. 80, :, g.. -, ,I.. -
had hsan coun,, .,,orn. .r go. oId :, d., |
a. No., Ct.-i.. -. -. II; H. =, ~
sbor,d ,rant i. n ,;I c.idb
.T,'. .Lana :. - ,I;- ho,, - A.. .,,,,.,.,.-
lb,ling hi. head s.y.r.lr =, r. ~ IT. had NO. Ln-;
mes. 20 he fonrd a, hon.. of nro.,i,r,,on nooLin,,
we're at several ,,s,hsrs n, the bar, 7, 4 M, crJ, q,
him that he wanted IN fooI ,oor inmate of n bro,b,
Gookiuc into snsce y,.,,Ir :, and he ongb, 10 bavs
SOM. Dnpisbm.,t Pm, am ss,;6s,; n. ,.vs- iD,sn1.a
10 co,nui, ,ho o;.. =, ,,.r- 7, ld h. . -. =.
snd him N the ,.,,,.n,i,r .b, ran, n., 80, -
Vacancy now settled upon the eounenances Of c. W.
oS. - L u,i'n' anu refer IAul Johnson mad
"cen pouna' :" O',i " rnA"S ior Sis
Court to be leneut in the sent enc ON of vonb
and not give the bov over seven or eiybt vss, pe,a
Paul was thinking Of his hOme-his mother-his baby
sisters and Of the great that to shut them
ont ard ,vondsr;,o bsrs they vrould n. r. r. e..
was out
The County Attorney stated that the Court might just
as well turn Peter Paul loose have produeed all the
evidence and all the law points have been fully argued
Is they can be hereafter III this verdict cannot stand
none that could get would stand Per Cram trOcking
his head up and down.; Il am aware of that and
said befoe the Defendant Is not guilty Of forgery But
bad boy shaking head at the prisoner firmly
and o,,b, ,o he nu,ishad T ,.o.,5 -, .Lx |
-, A'1''' '"efe'ore'
that no nolle be entered this term he deserves few
months in the County ja.'
Tbe cas-. had ooeapi.d tvro d,v. i'm II. trial .u,t
A"e V'1 ""' P1 "" "ASs III "S 'rlA al the
iacts which could nave operated upon the Judicial mind
came ont early in the case If the Court had "a, ,h
cba,g.. s.Lsd IN. iurv ,r,,IJ h.v. ,.a,;,,I r.. ~
-. "a, - ,Ls, - -, ~ nut ,ne
granted new trial on th. gound that he did not believe
n, - = i,- o, -. =. -, :, =, :, -
'ne ooy was gS vi i"Ieery' a. ur-erioed IN the stat
nte Peter Panl was capped into jail and kept the
until the Jun, term Is76 at considerable exp-nse In the
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