Justices Court.

Manawatu Herald, 19 January 1895, Page 3

Justices Court.

t Friday, 18th January.

(Before Messrs E. 8. Thynrie and '•'Fv Robinson, J's.P.

DupeiO: : {falyevt ■'■ Mopteifeh was charged that he, .on op about the 2nd day of J^nqary, 1895, at Foxton, did make a. false document, to wit an order vn the Bank of New Zealand, Palme^tcfn North, for the payment of foqif/.pojincls, seventeen shillings i and sixpence, purporting to be' made in favour of J-ferbertoWilson by J. Kebbell, showing the said Duncan Calverfr Monteith intended it should be used tfa genuine. Heqjy' .j&order, . being called, on his oath said as follows— l am a hotelkeeper. residing at Foxton ; I know the 1 aecnSetl ;•• he'-testftef to my nous* * tmf • tile-/ IBtfr, - last Sunday week, at *hTne"o^Tbck' at night ; he knocked at the, \ wicket slide till .ho found,, me, be said. "I have been walking from Ker.eru and I can't get a drink anywhere here ;" I gave him a long glass of beer and he paid me for it ; he only remained long enough to drink, the beer ; he came again the following morning, .called for a giasa of beer, he then produced a cheque ; I asked him where he got the cheque; he said he got it in change for a bigger cheque from the publican at lieyinj I changed the cheque,, and 'gave him four pounds fifteen ..shillings and. sixpence; the cheque- (marked A) is- the cheque changed"; when accused changed the cheque he • leifc ; J paid the cheqne into my account at jfcbjt. Bank of Australasia, Foxton iU'Wf cheque was four pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence ; J^r^ceived a.« : potiee from the Banj^3|^ce4^) the cheque wj^wfip^d ; v l^rwent -to Constable Gil^^sa))d>laid -an information; t]berej4flj^nTy Hofcelat jl^e^iji(^feia name ■ : is Garland. \s ? | i§^.V ; " ".>• ■;• ' Charles A|tnu&l|Kj&3©p, t ojif oath, said^J.__aj^^^hoMkeeper residing at 'iFoxtott.;^! know the ,V accused'^rfis»s^3Sstlc^iJi^viiious^'P<i^' 6T«ning3*j!«^fc«A^4^-;Jiaai^iikeat from K«reru ; he paid- for. Wa drinks but said he had,, no- more change^ and asked for credit for his bed as he had a cheque" in his pocket which he would get cashed in the morning; after tea in the commercial room he produced the Cheque and asked me to cash" it;' the cheque produced (marked, A) is, the. same; I asked him who the cheque Vjras drawn by, he sai^Kebbell v on my wanting to know w&ftjh* he said surely you must know* him >he is a runholder; he said 'he- had come to Foxton to get sopjie^ Bbeajs ; I did not like the appearance of the cheque and not knowing the man I refused to cash it ; aoeaied»qaidMie?er mind I will cash it in tho» morning. -_ ■..■■■,

Frank LeManguaa Garland, on his otfMi^said^-I <am a hotelkeeper residin*ft : ln iCievfa and am the. only one ; X^^l^t^e accused several . times, the last time was on Saturday week to Ac .hp^l he .stayed in, the hotel that jmgfe^gav^him a blank chequfcoqjfre Bank of, Australasia ; I gaveiiiiifctt&'Otber cheques, blank, or otbtewHse t he cashed no cheques at niyjjtip^s^*] 'l; paid 1 hitri no money ; the cheque marggd. na^s never passed through, WkJjwfei ß^^ :: B fc> -JWJ 0^ nothing abouXits»i,.. T ,.. ;-. v ,.•'•'.:: „ v John eU»illaj3je Scott, on his oath, faith as fpll(jvwHhl am manager of the Ban£olrN«w Zealand at Palmerston }ffottft;'sie cheque marked A was presebteda^'roy Bank for 'payment by tnX.Bank' v of Australasia; the answet^^iis 4I no account at T Palmfr^fcn, Nprfti ;" it was returned in the usual 'way on. the exchange; the Big Oft| l ure J oft > he / accused on the prison^r^s- property sheet resembles the wxittbffio the body of the cheque. John Kebbell, on his oa. th said — I am arfiwner- residing: at Ohau ;l do not bMVPtbe 1 accußed ; he has -not been-M'm^empldyy and 1 have not paid him any cheques.; the cheque marked A is oat ,one of my cheques ; J have not -aW^accmrnt at the Bank of New Z.ealaHd^AhiJigatare does T not vmstifamM*£s!® -surname, is. incor^tfx JMI^SW? L 4way^ sign my chrißtiafi name m full ; I have been wpidjng,a> £hau f |aj.enj»y :yfaw ; tbero is no one ej^ v . there.',- of my

— .>»a «. T ham wnf. nnf.hnyiflpri &ny •»• * U ** I »!*^!?!!?T"- - -— -' - --t ' * i one to sign Jny name to cheques ; I nerej»Aii'.ifl;neimeß-bnt,number FrettSHbK'^aifls 1 W&ty, on oath said-rlAm.amoantedjConstable itfttioned* W 'Palbe^Von ' 'North on tbe 10th January I arrested the acwied on ft charge of reoeiv-

ing the sijm of four pounds

seventeen shillings and sixpence from Henry Border by means of a valueless cheque at Foxton J on arresting ithe accused he said it was a mistake as the cheque was given to him by the publican at Levin in change of a larger cheque which he had changed there ; on my way to Foxton with him he said he did not know where he had got the cheque he must have got it on the Otaki race course ; he also admitted this -morning he received a blank cheque from an Italian hawker named Lansberg, at Levin; I saw the accused sigto.D. C. Monteith to the prisoner's *ffri)perty sheet marked C ; the writing appears to be similar to the cheque marked A. The prisoner, being duly oautioned, reserved his defence.

The accused was committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court to be holden at Wellington. Duncan Calverfc Monteith was further charged with making a false document on the Bank of Australasia, Otaki, for £4 17s 6d, purporting to fee signed by John Kibbell. The evidence was very similar to the first case and the accused was committed for trial.