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SUPREME COURT.

. II«i' ,H .aimSTT— O.I i;*,. ,! 1 ■ . i T CRIMINAL SITTINGS. ’ GoTOhEiJ t2;‘ ; 1 ,(Before His Honor Mr Justice Chapman and a Common Jury.) MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES : Sydney George Alexander was indicted for having, at Dunedin, on August 26, obtained jche sum of Lls by means of false pretences. Me was iindHiended, i The fasts, stated are these : Prosecutor, a man named~Cooper, and prhoner iWMefeliew-passengeys jby jthei Sam ) MtfifdeV Iwhich arrived here about three months agc| but became moredntjimnuely aGtjuaiated alter Arrival. Prisoner, who represented himself as being possessed of meau§, told Cooper that he was going to’purchase the Star and GarterHotelatpanjs.ru, and prohiised him the situation of billiard, .narker, at a salary of 1 2 10s a-wcek. Alexander aid go to 1 athaYu fer the purpose, of purchasing- the .aud. while there wrote,and telegraphed, td Cooler that purchased it. On returning tb ‘ tdWn ‘ he again satv 'hooper, showed, him a receipt which purported to ’ ’ 4how, had; purchased .tne house for Xi 3,400, and ) representing that ha was racher short id cohhriquetice, asked Cooper to le d him some money. The latter, believing that he had purchased the hotel, drew and ■gave him a cheque lor Lls, The story of (,‘Urchasiag the hotel was false, because when he got to Oatnaru it had beeu already sold. The witnesses examined were the prosecutor, Mr Payne," wfio'pwned the Star and"Garter Hotel in August, Aud Defctgtive SHury, w’Boi , arrested the prisoner. The prosecutor, An l Ifia «i^idfe^ab.l,dbsated'p6sitilrely IhSvhb.nisA . in (need to give prisoner-the-money solely on t,he lattef-’g >^pbeaenfing that' 'Be - had pur- ; chased, ;,tbe-ihotel. ■ In • cross-anamination hfe admitted .that vyhen he - was: about tb> give ’the.cheque prisoner said it owouldebe-all right when hia. .money ;from 1 Ldridom [ the pr addressing the Jury, argued that .there; was. no,false -pretence; .-Hfe had-' ; merely obtained.the Ld& as a loapu - x Ji ~ - d'he jury, after being absent for about half-an-hour, returned into Court, andvthe’ Foreman asked his potior prosecutor ! had given the moiieyon the strength of'being : promised the positiod- of billiard-maker at tfie Star and Garter Hotel, jamaru. His Honor replied that that whh the whole point fori ther jury-to determine j-,whgth'fY .they believed that the prosecutor had given the mobay- bh the strength of‘lthb f meats by the prisoner 3 the one directly 1 strengthened the -other, a, Fi x s yji’o I Tim jury again retired, and, after.being absbnb for ever anhour. a viordidt' t'of guilty against the prisoner. • Hia Honor, on sentencing prisoner,'yrhb-" igave his age as thirty-two, said he concurred in the verdicts ‘‘gujlty ’’r thatybad been Ireturned. In each case he would be sen tenced to twelve 'months’ ifapidson'ment: one sentence to take effect on the expiration of the r btbeF.>r *■ -■ " - : .... , • , from the person. ; r. William. Williams (on bajl) ,was .changed "with stealing, on July ‘2O,‘ one watch, and ■.chain, from the person of Thpmaa George r Mr Stout aefended. • • 1 ’■ < facts, W stated by Mi* flaggitt, are ■these :—Prosecutor laboi'er residing at Green Islqpd. . Pr^ao'er..he. were acquainted, add came iti from' Green island pn July. 20., Prosecutor got-drunk,, .aud on arriving 'iu town’ prisoner took Sim I "to the G.iobe iiot d and asked that, prosecutor be allowed to lie He Was put hpoa-,aj bed/ and prisoner; camei back ,a\ iiiOßfc'i t ! me after and bis watch, ch tin, and otner things. He was fitUnd offering them to Mr Myers, pawnbroker, end xnakiug representations. ,j ; : .hio witnesses were called for the defence, , arid. Mr, Stout eputended that the fa :ts were ■ inconsistent with the theory set up by th eCrown Prosecutor that the prisoner.;, Stole the watch. Ha.i he been a thief he would; not have given his own name, address, and occupation, aa had been done. I

The jury returned a verdict of “Not guilty.” UTTERING A FORGED DOCUMENT. Wm. Bartlett pleaded guilty to uttering a forged instrument with the name of Albert Beck, fur the payment of money.—Mr Joyce, who for prisoner, said he had mg heavily for some time, whpn he utieied the forged document he. if&t the worse for liquor. Prosecutor who ywas present, would say that he svoulH^hiV&ygvveqj the guarantee if he had been oalmdTupon io * do so. His Honor interjected that this was not the first instance in which a man had com mitted a useless forg. ry. Mr Joyce tnen mentioned that prisoner’s wife was m the ospitM, and that family to dlnhk.' ' His Honor said that, unfortunately for prisoner, tuero was a previous conviction against him.

r. 'Mr-Joycei'That'was eifice thif erims was' j committed. .S.JA? ;y-i “ - -Hris--Honor added that it was a paltry forgerylaiid.a'vei’y.foSUsh' loicauae prisoner have .known, .thajt’»it) would certainly bare been found-out within twentyfour if ~nos; w-ithm - -rThp li-OSDital feHould have foesii ,Xor him A cril^-.S^ heavily upon the family than dn fne culprit. Prj-ihhat ‘adhtehce I'to tivelfa months’ iaoriaonment-withhard-labor. ' ■ aI’A ■ Siii fti^SGßkSAUiij.He: Yi V Jl’ . John Pairgieaves-(*24), who was indicted i for - hav <wlg ! Usaail'tsd W ttu i>N osl 3n Odiclfel 1 4%0 thereby giebiisianiog bodily ; har-fe, ; plbaf:ied-“ - gailMiidi , < : - fiihevfaicis'df this jcaset as oliei¥ed in ihtfhfl q iry before the lower Court, were fulljcgObl listed iu our is-ue of MohdjdjTlkdt. Pri- > ft*Wi^-m;°s^ufcprf« l t the Immigt4m o t the' ith bit a piece oat,of his,right eaj% n .„ ~ ” PrrlbMr neither addrfesseii nor called .witudsaesi ani Jkhe - ijutyi iwebitoud vleaying:tne box returned a>Verdiat r ofguiKy.” . 'Prisoner ■saitip timhad never- bhen in .-a‘ga6l bef fjja,.vand beggHd tmbe., ealt Lahientiy with asl/he i <badri alwayS had- and twd s»teraito(Sappof)tn; n. 1 .nuii. His Honor said that so ferocious. ; awl* | l ' npt-bet Qver with- | a deterrent I ‘-übliius. ihere was a similar casebefor ; the Court some Tittle time when a man i hie a ' Prisoner’s very i manner led him to behave from the first that hpiiaflanfrio ftak« aonti- ptoifo dM the 3ttes-T ! which was av ided by the man slewiw i round, .ifimtainly * diqtigdreteentobf Aha eaifi i was net so bad as a disfigurement of the j nose. Prisoner was sentenced W eighteen months’ imprisonment. S till Wednesday mnrnipg, _ , __ J

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Evening Star, Issue 3631, 12 October 1874, Page 2

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SUPREME COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3631, 12 October 1874, Page 2

SUPREME COURT. Evening Star, Issue 3631, 12 October 1874, Page 2

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