FORGERY BY A WOMAN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4997, 29 March 1877, Page 3

FORGERY BY A WOMAN.

At the Melbourne City Court; recently, a respectahle-looking woman, who gave the name of Annie James, was placed in the dock, charged with forgery. There were, three different charges against the prisoner; and .she pleaded not guilty to'; each. Mr.-arteher appeared! for the defence. The first, charge in,' vestigated was that of forging an acceptance for £BO. Aaron Waxman, money-lender, deposed that ion the 28th November the prisoner, with whom he had had previous dealings,' came to his office with a bill payable at the National Bank for £BO, endorsed by Sarah S. Mutchell, 1, Lancaster-terrace, LeicesterBtreet, ! Carlton. He' said he would sooner have Mrs. Mutchell's acceptance. Prisoner left, and shortly returnad with the acceptance;' He gave her £SO, deducting £3O for an old debt. jWhen the acceptance became due it was not paid; and it was then discovered that itwasia forgery. Mrs. Mutchell was called and <*ave evidence that the signature to the acceptance was not hers. She knew the prisoner, who after this admitted that she had forged jthe name,, which waß,incorrectly spelt. Detective Williams'gave evidence of the arrest of the prisoner.' '•' •..-.' . . # , . She was then charged with uttering a forged cheque' to Buckley and Nunn for, £lO. John Whitehome, in'the employ of the firmreferred to gave evidence that the prisoner, on the 24th January, purchased goods; to the amount of 19s: She gave ,a cheque for £lO, arid received the balance in cash. The cheque was in favor ef ' Mrs.' Gunst, and was signed by "Ellenor Simson." The signature was afterwards found to be a forgery. 1 Eleanor Haidee Simson, widow, living at East Melbourne, deposed that the signature to the cheque produced was not hers. It was a forgery, and the name Had not been correctly-spelt. - She did not know the prisouer. The same prisoner was then charged with uttering. and forging a cheque, for £5. This cheque was presented by prisoner to Maggie Nolan,' an employe of the firm of Ball and Webm, drapers, Carlton. Prisoner.. presented the cheque in payment of lis. 9d. for goods she purchased, and she received the balance in cash. This cheque also purported to have been signed by " Ellenor Simson," and the signature was proved to be a forger 3. The prisouer was committed to take her trial on all three charges at the Central Criminal. Court.—Melbourne paper. . '