"You can swear to that?"
"Certainly."
"Then I think we can manage this matter without much difficulty. We can admit the facts but deny the fraudulent intent, in affidavits of our own, and get discharged on that ground. I think we can easily overthrow the theory of fraud by showing that you actually had the money in bank and swearing that you drew against it in good faith."
"Pardon me; but in doing that I should be bound, should I not, in honor if not in law, to state all the facts of the case in my affidavit? The theory of the proceeding is that I am putting the court in possession of all the facts and withholding nothing, is it not?"
"Well—yes. I suppose it is."
"Then let us abandon that plan forthwith."
"But my dear sir——"
"Pray don't argue the point. My mind is fully made up. Is there no other mode of securing my release?"
"Yes; you might schedule out under article 5 of the Non-Imprisonment Act, I think."
"How is that?"