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  "man was charged in Court with ""alias Scott;"""

Evidence continued
foolish or I'd bring him back again; he was
treated as well in the cell as if he was in an
hotel; he had a pile of blankets in the cell;
never told Doran not to give him anything;
believed him to be the man connected with the
robbery at time of arrest, and after he was
discharged thought so too; did not use un-
necessary violence in the arrest; did not bear
plaintiff any malice; Barnett did not say to
me that I had made a great mistake in ar-
resting plaintiff; Barnett asked me if I
thought I had the right man; I said that I
did not think I had the man Scott, but I was
certain I have one of the party; Barnett said
Silberman is a Jew and a foreigner; there
was no one present at the arrest; plaintiff
never asked me to allow him to see a
solicitor or the doctor; he never complained
to me of his ankle; did not detain any
watches or rings from plaintiff.
By Mr. Power: Did not think his ankle was
sprained; have been in the police nearly 24
years in Queensland; am defending this action
myself, as the Police department refused me;
did not think him to be an Englishman at the
time of arrest; had no idea at all of what value
the deposit slips were; examined the papers
carefully, as was my duty ; but did not remem-
ber seeing documents produced in Court dated
April ; the robbery was on the 7th April; re-
member seeing one dated Cooktown, April 10;
think I saw one dated Townsville, March 28;
also another dated Brisbane, January; remem-
ber seeing a miner's right amongt the papers ;
saw a receipt from Hoffnung and Co. but Sil-
berman did not ask me to send a wire to that
firm whilst he was in the lockup; believe I
saw another receipt from [Hofinung?]. [Several
other documents were read and produced.
some of which defendant remembered seeing.]
Saw so many papers that I did not take notice
of the dates, as it was no interest to me; the
words alia Scott were inserted in the charge-
sheet after Silberman was discharged; I told
Doran to do it; Doran sig[n]ed my name for me
in the char[g]e-sheet; the apprehending con-
stable should sign it; did say at the Police
Court to plaintiff that I had to apprehen[d] him
on suspicion to enable me to have a look at
his jewellery; noticed the date of pawn ticket
was the 6th March; know there are many
robber[i]es in Brisbane; know that it could not
belong to the robbery on the 7th of April; the
reason I sent the wire to the Police Department
about the pawn ticket was for them to make
inquiries about whether these pawned watches
were amongst the stolen property of the 7th;
the reason I underlined the receipt given to
plaintiff about his property was mere pastime;
it is not usual for me to underline public docu-
ments; never said to Barnett that I have found
credit slips to the amount of £2000 in plaintiff's
bag; said I found a hammer and chisel and a
pawn ticket; Barnett said to me "You may
have one of the ring, but not the actual burg-
lar;" it would take seven days to go from
Sydney to Cooktown; it is usual to examine
prisoners whether they are quilty or not; did
not produce hammer and chisel at police court;
only stated I found them.
Cornelius Doran, lockup keeper, deposed:
Was at the lockup on the 10th May between
12 and 1 ; the sergeant brought Silberman to
the lockup, and locked him up, whom I
searched; entered the charge in the charge-
book; the bags and box of Silberman were ex-
amined, and the sergeant made an inventory;
the effects were locked again and I had charge
of the keys; I asked the sergeant should I enter
"alias Scott" to Silberman's name on the
charge-sheet ; he said "do so," and I wrote it
in accordingly ; consider plaintiff was treated
very well in lockup; he had three pairs of
bouble blankets in the cell.
By Mr. Power: Make a return every week to
the sergeant about rations, &c.; heard Silber-
man was charged in Court with "alias Scott;"
if the sergeant said the entry in the charge-
sheet was made after the plaintiff was dis-
charged he was wrong; I said, after examining
the documents with the sergeant, that his
name must be Silberman. as receipts and
other documents go to prove it; the book pro-
duced is the one put before the Bench; plain-
tiff said at the lockup that he missed two gold
watches and a diamond ring; defendant looked
carefully at the papers and documents belong-
ing to plaintiff; did not see anyone underline
the words on receipt; Kenna did not have hold
of plaintiff when I saw him with the sergeant;
plaintiff was not resisting arrest; he com-
plained in the cell on the same day about his
foot being injured; he said he would like to see
Dr Browne; told the sergeant that Silberman
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