The San Francisco call., 1897-05-21
SOME QUEER BAIL BONDS
Chief of Pole. Lees Reads a
Lesson to the Police
Judges.
Warned to Be Careful of Bonds That
Represent Property in San
M lteo County.

Chief of Police Lees extended an inv-
tation to the Judges and prosecuting at
torneys of all the Police Courts TO meet
him in conference yesterday morning in
regard to bail-b bond matters and particu-
larly in regard to the case of Mabel Keat-
ing, the notorious pickpocket.
judges Joachimsen and Conlan and
Prosecuting Attorneys Graham and Ho-
gan, also Clerk Foley of Conlan's court,
met the Chief
Judge Low is away on his vacation and
Judge Campbell did not appear ON ac-
count of illness.
The recent order issued by the Chief to
his off GERS on Jail duty not 10 Ii liberate any
prisoner on an order from any Judge ex-
ceptlng the one who committed him W as
discussed and the first opportunity will be
taken to test its legality. When this com es
the prisoner will be brought before the
Superior Court on a writ of nabeas corpus
and decision obtained.
The Chief cautioned the Judge in rega ard
to accepting bail bonds where the prop
erty represented lay on the boundary line
of San Mateo Coun ty, as there were any
mum ber of bogus eeds to such lands on
the nj market.
At the sugge stion Of the Chief Judge
Joachlmsen issued q bench warrant for
the arrest of Mabel Keating and Minnie
Moran. These women were held on a
charge of vagrancy few days ago. and, as
the Chief was unaware that felony
charge was pending against the Heating
woman, he did not oppose the request of
her attorney to allow her to go on her own
recognizance, providing she leave the
State. She failed to appear in court yes
terday morning. and the bench warrant
was issued.
The felony case still hangs over the
paying $500 cash bail. She subsequently
produced straw" bonds in the sum of
$4,000, and they were accepted by Police
jude Campbell
Judge Conlan, however, refused to ac-
cept the bonds and Captain Lees has in
structed Clerk Foley of Conan's court not
to pay over the $500 cash bail. 1t is this
money that forms TIE bone OF contention
now between Attorney Arthur Mack, the
Heating womans counsel, and Clerk
Foley, who is threatened with suit Tor
$10, 600 damages.
Another suggestion made to the prose-
cuung attorneys by the Chief was the ad.
visibility OF carefully reading documents
Cor Cases appealed to the Superior Court.
AS rule they are drawn by the attorneys
Tor the defense, who wedge in bug or two
somewhere not in accordance with the
record OF the cases. These are discovered
when the cases are heard on appeal and
thrown out OF court.
I'm my Judgment" said the Chief, .it
should be the duty OF the Police Court
Prosecuting Attorneys TO follow up to the
Superior Court all cases sent there on ap-
peal from their respective departments"
As an illustration of the ruses practiced
by some of the alleged attorneys who i'm
pose upon the Judges of the Police Courts,
it was mentioned that in order to save the
arrest of notorious woman named Min
ME Moran, her legal representative de-
clared that she did not appear in court TO
be tried on the vagrancy charge because
he had every reason to believe she had
been drowned recently off the end of Pow
ell-street wharf.
a bench warrant, however, has been
issued.