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Show A CASE FOH THE tlKAXD JIKY. A Wonmu Charged Willi raisins Forged 1'lieck. Yesterday afternoon a woman of a benevolent be-nevolent and ladylike exterior and about forty years of age was before J ustico Laney charged with passing a bogus check in payment for a small amount of groceries, receiving good money in change to tho amount of about $40. She gave the name of Stella Martin Eddv and stated that she received the check from her husband who hud since disappeared. disap-peared. The story was considered of too thin a texture to hold water, nnd Mrs. Eddy will bo required to substantiate substan-tiate it to tho satisfaction of the grand jury, meanwhile being held iu 1000 bail. Tho woman was before Justice L'iney again this morning on a similar charge, there being two transactions involved in the case. The evidence iu tho second ehargo was cor.clusivo that she passed a check purporting to bo signed by llyruni Smith and drawn on the ion Savings bank for $20.50, which turned out to bo a forgery. Delia was held in if 1000 to await the action of toe grand juiy. |