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I 3ttbnt*tthntt4hmrttaf. Wed., Xpril 27, I960 18COURTROOM COMEDY.Woman Held For Trial On Bad Check CountsMary Jane Stumer. 42. fumed $90 at the C and D Meat Mar-and stuck out her tongue at the1 ket and the Original Fourth prosecutor during a court hear- Street Liquor Store in San Ra-mg yesterday on bad check fael.charges From the outset of yester-’ .Judge Leonard A. Thomas! day's preliminary hearing Missof Mann Municipal Court ask- Stumer indicated her dislike oed bailiff .John Canziani to the prosecutor by glaring atkeep Miss Stumer quiet, then! Weissich and sticking out herordered her held to answer on tongue Then Inspector Mid-I felony check charges in super-I 8°‘ “L ’iAr rLirt tified he had talked to Miss• _. .. . . . Stumer in the jail Monday andThe moment the hearing was Tuesd Midyett said she ad-oyer. Miss Stumer formed out mittcd writing the checks.of the courtroom, with her bed- pubUc Dcfender Peter Allensheet clothing streaming be-!Smilh dcfcnding Miss Stumer.hind her. Pointing aJl,abusing charged that Midyett had nofinger at Dist. Atty. William 0. r ht ulking to his ciicnt with-Weissich and Inspector Donald I * . . knowiedgeF. Midyett. she shouted: ‘ Mr j M ^ Miss stumer|Midyett is a big liar. I did not | sitting in the audience section, say I wrote the checks.^ I said the flCt ..May , haveI thought I wrote them. a WQrd with Mr Smith?” sheA bailiff and a matron ush- yeued jhe judge asked for ered the 300-pound woman j order and bailiff Canzianl down to her county jail cell. | rushed over to calm Miss Stu-where Miss Stumer will await merher next court appearance Attorney Smith then asked Monday morning in superior Midyett whether he had told court. • l Miss Stumer the information heShe is being held in lieu of got during the jail interview $2,625 bail. I would be used against her.The once-wealthy woman, i Midyett said he had not told who owned a home on Pigeon her that. ..... .Hollow road in San Rafael and | Miss Stumer, ha f rising from had a chauffeur to drive her her seat, nodded her head vig-station wagon, is accused of orously, almost bouncing up passing a series of bad checks and down with glee. She again since February. The district stuck her tongue out at Weis-attorney said he has reason to sich and Midyett. believe’ Miss Stumer passed But her momentary elation about 40 bad checks on the was short-lived as the judge First Western Bank alone dur- ordered her bound over to suing a three-week period. perior court. She told news-Three years ago, she hit men she was “furious. and inheadlines 'when her home be- sisted she did not say she wrote came infested with rats. | the checks. Even if she did, She is specifically charged she maintained that she had no with passing four checks worth intention to defraud. _
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San Rafael Daily Independent Journal
San Rafael, California, US
Wed, Apr 27, 1960
Page 13
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