half after three before
I 'll put you where you belong ! '' But the officers haled him back and he was forced to restrain himself until the could tell his story to the judge . This , it so happened , was not to be for several hours , and during this interval Gottlieb mysteriously vanished and as mysteriously reappeared . It was half after three before the judge announced that he would take up Toby 's case . Now , the judge looked even more of a rascal than did Gottlieb , which was paying his Honor a high compliment , and I suspect that it was for this reason that the complainant had in the meantime sent round for his own lawyer to represent him . We were now pushed forward and huddled into a small space in front of the rail , while the lawyers took their places upon the platform before us . `` Your Honor , '' began the lawyer for the hotel man , `` this fellow here has swindled my client out of six hundred dollars by inducing him to cash a worthless check . ''