Putnam patriot., 1925-04-03
Holds Alfred St. Onge, IS, For Superior Court On Own
 RecoRnizance
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Al special sesssa af tbe Fatnaa5 city eaurl. sg a HHF 55a. ag g H Geisslar held Alfred St OEeet the eighteen year old hg+ school boy. a bands af $500 for ths next taFw of the superior court but allowed hum his liberty under his own reeosfiz- ance.
 h making lis decisi1r gadge Gsiss- l ter admitted that be had never had ! jurisdiction over a similar case and { appeared perplexet. He eFidenced this when ne sad that In view Of ine ' testimony he did not feel like finding ] the boy guilty On the other hand in view gf the evidence gwen af me | trial he did not feel justified n ais- l charging the defendant on fndlnK ef not guilty. h finding probable cause and holding the boz for tne i superior court Judge GelssIeF szl that t would give further time Tor i investigation of the case ard that the ] states attorneys offsee and the s1= persor court have recourse to ways and means ef investigation that the city court does not possess.
 Case Involves g Bi8 1 The case came % in the city cont ] Thars2ay afternoon. March 5. et i 0nge waa charged wish trying ta pass two dollar bIil which bad been tampered aIth g au attempt tn make 5 # look like a twenty dollar asil. Ihis had been done in a crude gay by past isg cipher gut from paper after each aGaFe z aapearlHE 0n Che rlIl St OnEa uaz not represented ia court by counsel Probation officer. Peter A Gardner na appointed guardian aa Htem for the boy and 6 plea of not guilty was entered Tw8 llftie boys. one SIX and the ] other eleven years old, told how st. 0nge came up e them on Providence street, handed them the two dollar bill in question: and asked them to purchase g haf dozen oranges for him- They went te store and made l the purchase and rendered the bill. l 4 woman in charge was unable To make change and took the bill Q a nearby store Co get it changed. This store keeper immediately discovered the fact that tho bill vas not a twenty but a two dollar bill
 st 0nRe emphafcaliR denied that be had done as fne tW8 aoss testified and further he denied that he had ever seen The bl5 before
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 + was also brought our at the trial that at ose gime 8 bill had come iHIo tHe sf eHee home. taken Hs goo ! bili from 1meWheEe. Whien turned out ta teFe been raised ln manner similar fl the fNa dollar hll thaf g. 0nae Was aeeaze5 with raising
 After Hhe teHHuv was euuctud- ed Judge GeIssIer continued the case for further iHFezfIzHt5oa FHa fed- eral autharifies became interested in the eaze and sent au inspector here 10 make an investigation bat no ac. ton has been taken by the Federal authorities up Eo The present Hme.
 Those who are in daily contact with St 0nRa at the school and fh8se 3hf kuos him express confidence "a his innocence. Closely questioned ht sdheres t1 his story Of never having seen the bin before The tsgo boz witHesses. who have also been sub. jected Co close questioning are equ. ally as emphatic in adhering Go theiI story.
 4 it Is highly improbable that it can be 6 case of mistaken identity on the part of the witnesses against St Onge az they have been his plaYmates That boys SO young as they could have
 'framed" the defendant also seems highly improba bic. On the other hand S. Onge bears a good repufa- tian. has never been in trouble be. fore. Is intelligent. and has the con. fideHee of those who best know him All law enforcement officers who have had anything to do with the case pro. nounce it one of the strangest eases in their experience
 A Saturdays hearing st Onge was represented by Attorney Irving Fl Miron No testimony was offered and the courts decision was based on the testimony taken when The case first came to trial. March 5th.