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Show ATTORNEY ARRAIONEO ON FOM CHARGE Has Served One Term for Offense Of-fense and Must Stand Trial Again. Frank Tfolden Unmniorlon, alias Hamilton, Ham-ilton, pardoned forger, was arraigned in Judgo Lewis's division of the third district court Wednesday morning on a second charge of forgery, to which he pleaded not guilty, and his hearing hear-ing was sot for Friday morning. llanimorton, an ngod attorney, and formerly a prominent club man of San Francisco, is charged with forging tho namo of his benefactor, County Attorney Attor-ney .lob P. Lyon lo throo checks aggregating ag-gregating $110, November 10, 100S. .With tho assistance of Attorney W. L. Dunn, he will conduct his own defense de-fense when his case is called for trial Friday morning. Ilammerton, it is alleged, forged Mr. Lyon's name to six checks, aggregating aggregat-ing j125, but; Lyon was lenient, with Hammcrton on tho first IIitcc forgeries aErPE;it'n 15 and ho was not prosecuted. prose-cuted. Mr. Lyon was also instrumental" in securing a pardon for TIammcrton niter he had been sontenccd to four yenrs' imprisonment in tho stale prison for an earlier forgery. There are no indications that Mr. Lyon will bo particularly par-ticularly lenient this time, however. Jininmcrlon camo hero from Sau Francisco immediately after the earthquake earth-quake aud fire, in which ho lost practically prac-tically everything ho possessed, and took up the practice of law, with office of-fice room in the officn of tho lato Senator Sen-ator Brown on South Main street. Ilammerton, Ilam-merton, who went by the name of Hamilton, Ham-ilton, fell to drinking, howovcr, and became involved in a forgery amounting amount-ing to $180. for which ho was' sentenced to tho state prison. Lyon, who had taken an interest in Ilainmerton, went to work and secured a pardon for him. This was in September Septem-ber of 100S. Out of tho kindness of his heart. Lvon then look Ilammerton in and gave him office room in his office, but drink again got a hold on Jlnm-mnrton Jlnm-mnrton and soon afterwards ho forged Mr. Lvon s namo to throo checks for $15. Lyon paid tho chocks and gavo Hammertou still another chance. In about three weeks irammertou forged , Air. Lyon's name to three moro checks, aggregating $110, one of which Mr. Lyon headed off before it reached tho bank, but the other two wero cashed at Gray Bros.' store. Tho present prosecution pros-ecution of Ilammerton is on tbeso forgeries. |