A SINGULAR FIND OF BANKNOTES.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1179, 19 October 1882, Page 2

A SINGULAR FIND OF BANKNOTES.

At the Bristol Police-court (before Messrs. W. Spark and D. Macliver), Solomon Major was charged with stealing some valuable securities, the value of which were unknown and the property of some person unknown, from the dwelling-house of Geo. Gadd. Mr Cope defended. William Heles, in the employ of Mr G. Gadd, upholsterer and mattrass-maker, of EUbroad -street, stated Majev was also in the same employ. On a Saturday afternoon a fortnight before Whitsuntide, witness and Major were in the loft emptying two mattrasses. Having emptied one, they were kneeling together gathering up the millpuff that had come out, when witness found a woman’s nightcap. He was about to throw it away, when Majer caught it. The cap was sewn up tightly ; Majer ent it open, and witness saw him put a lot of notes into his trousers pocket. Witness asked to look at them, and the prisoner- took out the roll, and opened a note which had a figure five in one corner and a ship in the middle. Majer said to witness, “Don’t you say anything, or we shall both get sneaked.” On Saturday before Whit Monday he asked the prisoner about the notes, when ire replied that they were only register notes, “marriage lines," etc. One was an American note. The prisoner left his employinsnt at Whitsuntide. Last Saturday morning the defandant’s wife fetched the winesss to go to her husband, and he did so in the afternoon, but Majer was not at home. Witness saw him the next morning ; Majer said, “ 1 will see you about that to-morrow in the open air." Just after that he said te prisoner, “ What about those notes 1” when he "replied, “There were two £5 notes; the rest were no good. Will 30s do you Witness replied, “Oh, no; I will let mother have that.’ Witness then went home, and his mother sent for Majer, and he came. Mr. He&les asked him about the notes, when he repented his statement that there were only two £5 notes, and he asked her if £2 10» would do her. She accepted the money. Witness heard so much “chat" about the notes that he told Gadd, and informed the police. Detective Ettery asked for a remand, which was not objected to by- Mr Cope, who said there was not a tittle of evidence in the rumor which hud gained currency amount the old women of the neighborhood that Majer hail found a roll of notes as thick at his leg. He did find a bundle of marriage certificates and things of that kind. The boy Heley and his mother made such a noise about it, that in order to obtain peace, he gave them £2 Ids. The accused was remanded for a week, being admitted to bail on hit own recognisances.