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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 473, 16 May 1857, Page 8

The Great Gold RoBBEEYi^Mr. i Baron Martin has made an.■ .order :thati,!tiie Tiirfeh Bonds taken frqm : Pierce by the police at th& time of his*apprehension should be.delivered to Fanny Kay, Agar^'mistress, upon; the groiyjd that, as they, had: been held! in trust by Pierce for Kay ■ and her : child, the prosecutors" hid clearly no right to seize them, asif they had been purchased by Pierce himself. By this decision Agar's-wish will be realized, and the woman thus will become possessed r: about £2,500, a sum vyhich will enable her to. l§ad an easy, and if so inclined; 'a' reputable life.,,-' Had Agar been included in the prosecution and convicted for the'great gold robbery, the 3pu£|iEastern Eailway ' Company would have an'undoubted right to the bonds^butthat not being ithe case, they have -no -claim which is ata'll likely .to be;substantiated in any court of law. •Testex''s friends are very much disappointed lit the result of the trial, since ; it was they whq a<l..viL^ed him .to surrender (contrary to the opinion of his solicitoi-) upon his solemn assurance of his innocence/an assarance so unequivocally given as to lead them to anticipate his acquittal.— -Daily News! ' . ' : ■' ' '■■■>-'

An attorney, on being called to account for having acted unprofessionally in taking less than the usual fees from his client, pleaded that h* had taken all the man had; he jvas thereupon honorably acquitted. , . ■ „,.,.