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The Confessions of Artemas Quibble

CHAPTER II
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This fellow is guilty of a crime and he ought to be punished.

I ask your Honor to hold him for the grand jury." "Well, Mr.Gottlieb," remarked the judge, "tell me, if you can, why I should not lock your client up.

Did he not falsely pretend, by requesting the complainant to cash the check, that he had money in the bank to meet it ?" "By no means, your Honor," answered Gottlieb.

"The proffering of a check with a request for money thereon is merely asking that the money be advanced on the faith that the bank will honor the demand made upon it.

One who cashes a check does so at his own risk.


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