LYTTELTON.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 654, 12 February 1859, Page 3

LYTTELTON.

£ ? Tuesday, Februaby 8, 1859. j> begina by thomas gee v. James c. webb. '-' The accused, appeared to answer a charge of s having obtained money from Thomas Gee under ;. false pretences. {' The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect • - that, on Saturday morning last the accused came : into his (Gee's) shop, and asked for change for a %. oheque, which he produced, and which he was rp anxious to have changed, as he he was going off in ff a hurry. Seeing the name of Webb on the cheque, r witness asked if it.was Webb.at the Quay, to which •££. he received answer " No! lam Webb, and you i;£jr will find it right as the Bank of England." The 4'"'c, money, £6 2s. 6d. was then given for the cheque, h- r which on being presented at the Bank was returned '$£; with the intimation that there were no funds'. f»- Prosecutor then went in search of Webb, whom he p1" found in a state of intoxication in a stable; on v being asked for, the money back again,' he rolled himself over on to his back and replied emphatically j "I have not got a blessed pound." J|' Andrew D. M. Allan said he was teller at the I' Union Bank of Australia, Lyttelton. Thought he fl knew the accused. He had had an account at the

f* Bank, but it was now closed. The account was I; opened,by the payment of money to meet a parti- !< cular cheque, which absorbed the whole amount. |§ The Bank had never allowed the accused to overly draw. The endorsement on the-cheque in question p "no account*" was his (Allan's) writing. Since !'' the last closing of the account, another cheque b drawn by the, accused was presented, but refused. jf Several chequeß which had been, found upon the '-$ accused were then shown to the. witness, Avho '•/. thought they had riot been presented at the Bank. -*l Police- Corporal Rutledge said he arrested the #, accused at Heaphy'sstable, about noon, on SaturX day -'.last. He was /under the influence of liquor, f*Three cheques were found upon him. arid a prpinisI sory note, in favour of< George Giggs; but only '- 12s. in money. Accused said there were cheques r' on him and he would wnh them taken care of. ■ The defendant then made a statement that he 1 had given the cheque to Mr. Gee in the conscieng tious belief that he had £20 in the bank ; and ac- . counted for not knowing the state of his account

by,bis having when tipsy about three months ago given a cheque to John Anderson of Akaroa which ' was gashed by Armstrong, and not recollecting i' that it" had been drawn. It would not have been on account of a paltry £Q that he had done this, be- ' * cause be was possessed of £1500 or £1600 in cash

and property. At the request of the accused the case was then, remanded till Friday riext, to give him an opportunity to obtain professional assistance. William WiUonwos fined £6 for being drunk, and for riding on a public footpath after having been warned to the; contrary. ' William Gibbs was fined 10s. for drunkenness. J. T. PEACOCK V. THOMAS PEAKE. The demand in this case was for £19 10s. for rent of promises in defendant's occupation, on the bridle path. Plaintiff said there was a verbal agreement between them that defendant should pay at the rate of £45 per annum quarterly in advance. Defendant had been in the house two quarters and a part of a third, and had paid £14 ss. on account. There remained due £19 10s. Plaintiff admitted a setoff of £3 10s. Bd. for carpenter's work done by defendant. Defendant admitted the agreement, and that plaintiff had allowed him, in consequence of his not receiving money which was expected, to pay the rent as he best could. Judgment for plaintiff for £15 19s. 4d. and costs. ItEGINA (BY POLICE) V. BUTCHEK. . This was the case of robbery of passengers' goods in the Indiana in which the preliminary investigation has been for some time pending. There being no more witnesses to call for theprosecution, the accused was brought up for the last time; and on being asked in the usual terms if he desired to make a statement, replied that he was innocent. He was then committed to take his trial at the ensuing assizes.