The brief hearing before a police magistrate justified this.
There was no case whatever against young Banks.
The police justice at once discharged him and reprimanded Scott.
The Bradys now decided to act.
Their purpose was to make wholesale arrests. They would scoop the whole gang at once.
They believed they had plenty of evidence to convict all.
They had evidence that Scott had secured the room next to Banks for the purpose of effecting an entrance.
They had the evidence of the chambermaid that he had been seen trying to pick the lock.
They could show complicity between Blood and the Tough Trio.
They could also show a warrantable motive for the crime and altogether quite sufficient evidence to convict the gang.