"Not guilty."
"Forgery—eight counts there, Colonel."
"Not guilty."
"Perjury—these banking reports—how about it?"
"Not guilty," repeated Morehead laconically. "And now, your Honour," he went on, adopting a casual tone, "about bail?"
The Court inclined his head toward the Assistant District Attorney.
"Any suggestions?"
"I move, your Honour," said the assistant, "that bail in these cases,—under the new rule laid down in the Mitchell case,—be fixed at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars on each charge."
Colonel Morehead stiffened as with a sudden shock.
"Your Honour," he protested, "this is preposterous! Every defendant is entitled to have bail fixed at a reasonable sum."