THE GREEN HARP CASE.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVII, Issue 3550, 15 July 1872, Page 3

THE GREEN HARP CASE.

There was an immense crowd at the Police Court yesterday morning, in consequence of the preliminary hearing of the Greeu Harp case, to which we alluded yesterday. The men Thomns Howe, Eugene O'Reilly, William Walsh, Thomas Sheehan, James Cummins, and James Gleeson wore brought up, charged on the information of W. J. Hnnt, sharebroker, with conspiring, by false representations concerning the Green Harp mine, to defraud the public. Messrs M'Cormick and Hesketh appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs Rees and Sheehan for the defence. The prosecution asked for an adjournment in order to afford time to procure evidence from Coromandel, and it was agreed to adjourn the case uutil Saturday, to be then further adjourned. In the meantime defendants were admitted to bail, each in his own bond for £200, and to find two good sureties of £100 each. The following are the names of the bondsmen : — For Howe, Joseph Trimble and Jobn Buckland ; for O'Reilly, Martin Donohoe and E. Foley ; for Sheehan, George Lend rum and Samuel Young; for Cummins, Michael Corcoran and Patrick Gleeson ; for Gleeson, Florence Sullivan and Morris Sullivan ; for Walsh, Lawrence Pidgeon and Henry Carrol. The cake of metal, supposed to be retorted gold, left at the Bank of New Zealand yesterday for amalgamation has been assayed by Mr Rapson, with the following result : — Base metals 61.9 Silver 9 4 Gold 28.7 100 The base metals consist of copper, with a trace of iron, and a little lead. The legal manager of the Green Harp Company has sent for the remainder of the metal, which has been deposited at the branch bank at Coromandel, and it is intended lo have tho whole tested in a similar manner. In connection with the above we may mention that the usual loss from Thames gold during tbesmelting process is about four per cent. — N.Z. Herald, llth inst.