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IN INTERESTING CISE DEVELOPS IN COURTAn Inton sting examining trial was held before Justice of the Peace Mike Brady yesterday afternoon, the defendant bcnig Cad Dobson, a white man about thirty-five years old, who has figured several times in the courts. The preliminary examination was on a lt;barge of forgery. Last Saturday evening after banking hours a negro went into one of the banks and presented a cheek for $80 which , was draw n in favor of lt;\ P. Bowen I and which purported to have been' drawn by W. H, Ledford. The nc-! gro who had it cashed was supposed to have been the payee and he endorsed it in the name of C. P. Bowen.Nothing further transpired in regard to the transaction until Monday when Mr. Ledford, who expects to leave today for his old home in North Carolina on a visit, went to the bank to get his account balanced before leaving. In examining the returned checks that had been paid by the bank he came across the one for $80, and at once reported it to the bank as a forgery.The bank officials began to make an investigation, and while they did not learn who the negro Bowen was or whether he came in possession of the check innocently or not, they decided that Cad Dobson was the one who perpetrated the forgery of Mr. Ledford’s name. The bank had had transactions with Dobson and knew his signature; and Dobson had borrowed money two or three times from Mr. Ledford and knew his signature, the loans having been in the form of chef ks.Complaint was sworn out against Dobson for forgery and he was arrested and denied the charge. When arraigned for preliminary examination lie was not represented by counsel, but conducted his own defense, and the cashier and bookkeeper of the bank appeared as witnesses for the prosecution. At the conclusion of the tiial the defendant was held in a bond of $H00 to await the action of the grand jury.3
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Paris Morning News
Paris, Texas, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1917
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