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Show THIRD DISTRICT COURT. The Fruits or Ganiuling.-Allcsed Forgery o'f a Clifqic J. 11. Daly, who Ii-iJ previoiuly pleaded guilty to a cliargo of forg-in- a cheque, carde Up for sentence. In answer to the Court, the prisoner said thit he lost whit little meney he had at the game of faro, and thought lu might raise a maH amount to keephlm goin by forging forg-ing this cheque. He, however, realized lioUilug, having been arrested ar-rested while In the act of cashing It. He admitted having lost altogether alto-gether soaioUiIng Iiko $003 lu garn- Tae prisoner, who Is a married mm with two or three chllJren, was sentenced to two years In the penltenUary.Judge Zano reniarklng that there was no sympathy for him uuder the circumstances which ho hlmsVIf had admitted. On hearing tho sentence Uio prisoner pri-soner Inquired very anx!ou!y about his watch and chain, which ho said w ere taken from him at tho Unieof bis arrest. Marsha! V.ung came forward, said he had the watch in his losses-lou, and tliai he would take good care of It" uutil Daly had occasion to use it again. William Thompson.wbout twctity-eigbtjears twctity-eigbtjears of age, was next placed non trial on a charge of forging a cheque upon McCcrnlck fc Co.'s bauk fur the sum of 3ft1, by endorsing endors-ing it with the mme of A. L. Williams, on Augu't I3th. Mr. Harris appeared for the defense. The evidence for the prosecution prose-cution went to sLow that when the prboccr was taken to the jollce -uitlon under arrest fur the alleged stealing of jewelry belonging to Mrs. Major Erb, of tho Walker Houe, and searched, Uie cheque In question ques-tion was found lu ilia i.oseaaloii. There was no proo', however, tiiat he liad made any attempt to pass Uio cheque. Tne prisoner' liantl-wriUng liantl-wriUng was compared with that on the back of thu bjgtu cheque and found to correspond. Mr. Williams, who is a coal merchant merch-ant of this city, was called, aud said that ho banked with Mesers-McCor-notfc, but denied positively Uiat the endorsement on the cheque w as In his handwriting'. Mr Harris objected to theln-truducUon theln-truducUon of the cheque In evidence, evid-ence, and contended that as the only leitimony against the prisoner was the facttfut the cheque was found upon lilm, the charge of forgery for-gery could not be sustained. Manila. Young ftS among the wltuesscs examined, iud as one who had liad jnldcrab!o expert once in liaodwriti ig was questioned ques-tioned as to the writing ou the cheque nnd that in a letter written by thu prisoner. As something of an expert lie gave it as his opinion that Die same hand wrote both. The l;nalu re on" tlio bogus check did uot corrrssnud In any particular with that of Mr. Williams on one of his checks which Was produced hi the prosecution. Mr. Lvnn, from the bank of Jones A. Co., held that the handwriting on the check aud in the letter was not thesame. Mr. Willi, tcll-r In Uie Union XatioiMilUaok, t xnrts'.eJ an xactly ojfio'ile opinion. So witnesses were called for the defense. Counsel on either side addressed thu jury, who, after a brief summing up by Uie judge, retired to cocUder their verdict. Margaret A. Harmon, who gave lands to apjar before the grand jury to give evideuce against ber liusbjiil, Gjore Ilnriuou, on n charge of unlawful cohabiU-tion. cohabiU-tion. failed to npear wheu Cdld, awl Mr Crttchlow now moveit Ihf Court to eslrci.1 the f untie. The mnktof the pat-lies pat-lies hiving been thrice calU-d witL-out witL-out ru-poiiM-, Judge Zino directed that Uie revvmiizaiKe be estreated. Charles Kelly tvas brought up for sentence, having liecn convicted of placlrg an obstruction on the Union Pacific RiilroaJ track, near Garfield Heath, thereby endangering the lives of avengris and jUiers. Mr. IVrgussou reminded thejujge of the jury's reconunendatlcn of the piisouer to the mery.f the Court. Judge Zine "olnted fit the enorinityof the prisoner's offense, and sentenced lilm to t ro years lu tlie penttc utiary. Tne caw of John FiUjntilefc, charged under mi Indtctmsiit t.r burglary, was proceeding thlsaftc-noon. |