Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-01-18
ANOTHER ScALPEB TICKET CASE
The Ticket Vendor and His Victim Arrested
Examination in the City Court-Ths Vic.
tim Turns States Evidence and the
"ssalp,r" In Quod.

In City Justice Adsms's Court
yesterday Albert s. Diekey and
w. D. Mack were arraigned on the
charge of false personation. Dep
uty District Attorney Morgan and
f. H. Howard, Esq appeared on
behalf OF the people aud q. NJ.
Holton, Esq,, for the defendant
Mack, Diekey tating that he did
not desire counsel By consent OF
all parties the examination was
proceeded with at once, the offence
charged being of that class of
misdemeanors for which the pun.
ishment is greater than, under the
law, can be imposed by a Justice
of the Peace aud are, therefore,
triable only Ia the Superior Court.
Several witnesses were examined
and the defe; dante were both held
to answer.
The circumstances of this Gaze,
as shown by the proof, are as fol-
lows: Dickey, on the 18th Instant,
went to Nittinger's employ ent
Office in the Post office building
and asked Mack, who was there, If
he had u railro ad ticket to Sscra-
mento for sale. Mack replied that
ne did not have ticket IL Sacra-
mento but had one to San FRAN
cisco, which he would Sci TO MIN
Dickey said that he would take it.,
as he would just as soon go To San
Francisco as to Sacramento. Mack
then took him into a back hall
way, showed him the ticket aud
told him that, in order TO get
through on it, he would have to
personate NJ. H. Smith, whose mana e
appeared on the ticket; and, if ask ed
by the conductor, or other rail-
road officials, if that was his name
and his ticket, he must say yes;
and, if required, he would also have
10 sign Smiths name as his own.
Dickey bought the ticket; and, on
showing it, when presenting his
baggage for checking at the rail.
road depot, was asked by the bag.
gage master IL that was his name
and his ticket, and he answered yes.
The ticket was retained and he WAS
arrested, as was also his accom-
plice, Mack During the exam.
nation it was proved that the
ticket sold to Dickey by Mack was
the same one exhibited by e. Nit
finger on the occasion of bis recent
trial in the same Court for obtain.
Ing money on false pretences.
1t may be we'll TO note here that
the Judge had fixed the amount of
bail of the defendants at $500 each,
but on the representations of Nit
finger, who was present, and took
deep interest in the proceedings,
at times making suggestions as TO
the proper course to be taken by
tue defendants, that Mack was q
stranger and poor, he reduced the
bail to $500, Mr.. Nittinger agree
ing to deposit that sum in cash for
Mack's appearance. District At
torney Brown at once filed an In.
formation In the Superior Court
and both defendants were taken
before Judge Hines, who, at Mr..
Brewn's suggestion, released Dick
ey on his own recegaizsnce, he
having turned States evidence,
and committed Mack TO Jail in de-
fault of 5000 bail, Nittinger, at the
last moment, refusing to deposit
the bail as he had agreed The
punishment for false personation
is fine not to exceed five thous-
and dollars or inn prisoDment not TO
exceed two years in the county
Jail.
We have been thus circumstsn.
tial in reporting this case for the
reason that we wish to put our
readers on their guard against be-
ing victimized by the irresponsi-
BILE and designing men who make
a business of dealing in "scalped"
tickets. which, being In all cases
special contract tickets, sold at q
reduced rate and for Q specified
time by the railroad companies,
cannot be legally used by any per-
son other than the enc to whom
originally issued.