The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-29
BARNES WAS REMANDED.
THE ONTARIO BANK R0BBER g
HABEAS CORPUS.
His Appearance in the Superior Court,
There Was No Defeoe In the
Warrant.

C. B. Barnes, the alleged Ontario bank robber,
appeared yesterday morning at IL o'clock be-
fore Judge Van Dyke, in the custody of De-
tective Goodman, on habess corpus proceed
ings
Barnes is very tall, slim young man. with
greenish yellow hair, th5- back OF which still
shows little of the dye which he used to color
it, his eyelashes are white. The face is not
prepossessing, but firmly accentuated, aud the
massive chin and jsw indicate resolution.
There was nothing dudish about the c.othe, of
this young nan, who has been reported to be
such high roller and spendthrift of other PEG
PIES money, but his clothing looked decent A
few days spent in the nasty city Jail are not
conducive 10 the Improvement OF mans per-
sonai appearance, and the lack OF shaving ma
teriei Was painfully apparent on the stubby
cheeks and chin of unshaven Mr.. Barnes.
Attorney j. M. Lucas, who appeared on behalf
OF .he petitioner. alleged that his client was
nniawiully restrained of his liberty by Chief of
Police ]. M. Glass
Assistant District Attorney Williams proved
oy documentary evidence that Barnes was held
unuer warrant issued by o. X. Hurry, justice
OF the peace of San Berlarofno, charging the
prisoner with robbery, and that said warrant
n ,, been Endorsed by township Justice Young.
diiowlng 1t to be served within the county oil
Los Ang sles
This d scument had SO been endorsed little
while before the prisoner was brought into
court, and Immediately after having been
served upon him ne was conveyed from the
city jail to the court house.
Aetofucy Lucas ODlecteu 10 tnes va loyty OF
the warrant because it had not at the time 1t
was forwarded to this city been accompanied
by an affidavit of the comfy clerk of San Ber-
nardino county, certifying that Hardy was a
Ju.tice of the peace within that county.
IL Was not good day for technicalities yes
terday, and Mr.. BarEss of Ontario. who had
been reading an paper to give him elf n
countenance, difficult task under the circum-
stances. had to fold il up and return ii to the
tail pocket of his williehoy garment and follow
Detective Goodman back TO dursuce vile, In
obedience to the order of the court Diminishing
the writ and remanding the prisoner.
Barnes was taken to San Bernardino in the
afternoon where he Will be confined in the
county jail pending exam in alton at Ont trio.
In the afternoon, before Judge CLARK.
motion was argue. TO dissolve the attachment
brought by this Ontario bank against the
$l9S4.40 which was found in Barnes vaise
alter h s arrest. Mr.. Lucas attended to Barnes
interests and sheldon Borden represented the
bank The former sreusd that this was case
In which an attachment, under the statutes of
the state OF CaifoCnia, cou d not lie, because
the suit OF the bank was not bis I'd upon con-
tract, express or implied, for the rect pay
ment OF money. Counsel read number OF
decisions 10 sustain his position.
Sheldon Borden argued that the attachment
was o1 an &C ion for debt, implied by law, and
clted authorities. The case was taken under
advisemsnt.