A CHARGE OF FORGERY

Evening Star, Issue 14964, 26 August 1912, Page 7

A CHARGE OF FORGERY

AGAINST A 1>1".\"!-'D1N -MAX. Frederick V";ii:u::i S. bUa.-i. it >ouug man. of lhii.-Jim w.,--, ;ii.iij.-id :n *-"<■' Police fomt tU:, i Mr J. It. Bartholomew. S.M.. !::;•; uK the sth August, at Hum-din, !'. did lVrge_ and issue a valueless i-hetjiic i'.u- £6 4s to Ernest Cecil Branson. imt.M'.-.iH 1 v;. Chief -deter t ; vo HeiV.t cxi'lnmed that as ychluter -.vas am >ied by i.'eieit.ws L'onl.olly and LilLn- o:dy on Satmday night, and* in view of the fact that " further charges of a similar nature would be preferred against him, a remand ms necessary. When arrested, Schiuui hud in his possession a loaded revolver, and lie hud Been cruising around the hills for some days while the polic? had been looking lor him. A remand lor a wetk would serve. The chief detective concluded with remarking that the case teemed one in which bail might with reason be lefused. His Worship asked how many more charges against the accused were pending. Mr Herbert replied that there would be six or seven charges practically similar to the one before the Court. Schluter had threatened to use his revolver on some persons. His whole conduct, as a matter of fact, in connection wifh the case was quite unaccountable, when viewed from the standard of wasonableiiPis applied to ordinary individuals, and oven to criminals. He had been practising at a target for some time. He hud shown the detectives a coin which, he had paid, he hit at 50 yards. That showed he was a pretty good shot. He was a married man, with two children, but was not living with his wife. K.-hluter said tint he was last employed at Ushenvood's. From debt and one thing and another lis had got into difficulties. His wife had <mt an order against him for maintenance, but since the issue of •that order tluy had rosde it up. As for the statement that he carried a loaded revolver, he would say that he had constantly carried a loaded revolver since 1907, "but he did not think that he had at any time threatened to shoot any person. He desired to be allowed bail. His Worship said that he could not allow bail in the circumstances. A remand for a wjek would be granted.