HAMILTON R M COURT. Thursday, 4th May, 1876. Before W. N. Searancke, Esq, R. M

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 618, 6 May 1876, Page 2

HAMILTON R M COURT. Thursday, 4th May, 1876. Before W. N. Searancke, Esq, R. M

-Criminal Sittings. « John Milton was brought up-ichorged #ith Forgfin^ and uttering a cheque for xJ2 10s, purportipg to be, .signed by G x'eale. 'G >nstai)le Had lock conducted the ■ r.»s«suti'Ui> and called' Juaepli. 'FTinton, .ha deposed— lam a- a*wy\)i' reMding in , Intnilboii.l I saw ithe prisoner in.Gwynne's' on Saturday. evempg...Jostji hoi-askfcdi.jmej to ch*ngo a chpquoifoiiiihun. i

ijuuguottou/, «uoi'e to get it cashes. Mr Longfcottom refused to oaah it. He aske4 me nt J could &ud the m^n that gaT£ it to me. 1 said yes, and went and brought him. Prisoner is the iiiud. WherA th» prisoner ,canae to Mr Lonofbo,ttom's, hf said I am the man that owns the cheque.. Prisoner did not jjay whe.i;e Jje gof .tjbe cheque from. By the Court— l did wot 'know the amount of the cheque. I cannot read or write. I had no interest in the cheque. J h Loogbo^toin, storekeeper^ Hamilr ton West, deposed — I irpin.em'b.er seeing prisoner in my shop on Saturday evening last. TUe .-phegue produced .was fought me by Joseph. Hinton, the amount was JI2 10, and the signature was-" G Neale." I refused to -cash it because I doubted the signature. J asked Hinton where he got it. He said a, man had given,it to him at the Hotel to get it cashed. j[ aa}ced biro to fetch the m^n. He brought the prisoner. I asked prisoner if the cheque b&.longed ,to him, he^aid yes, tb*t Neale had paid it to him the previous night.for work done. Jacked him \what work /I and he g,\id on^he road. I asked him to jvait ia ,the shop while I found Neale. £ found iCeale iv the chemist's shop. I showed biro, the, cheque, he said it wae not signed by him. J then handed the cheque J;o <;Cop.stable Haddock. -George is T (M.le deposed — if am # conbitfclOi 1 residing in Haniilton. I know the prisoner. He was in ray employment on Vhe.22nd Ap.il. 1 was called op by Air Jbojig-bo torn, be asked ipa if ,1 had uia'le a , cheque out in favour of a map. lamed Baker for £% 10a. I rold him no. lie asked mo to sjo over to the & ore with .urn. Q i the roaji we mut prisoner. Lo'isj. OuOQi him. Prisoner denied u.iviug been in the J3oore an i said he had only jusc crossed the river. He accom>anied us to iht» st>re. J asked to spo the oliegue, it.3T"*s shewn to me. Tlie cheqfw iH'odujced is the cheque. It is not my -iirn-iture. il have ( the block wii|v the .onvspondi.ig number of thi<i IJlook produced is tjje block. ,1 .Jiaudeji he block to ConstdMe Haddock at hiB •equest. /I Jost eight blank cheques op. he _22nd April — tjhe blocks were not ikon. T know the number gf the blank <ib.eq.ue9 .sfcoleu, -cheques produoed ,ar« some of, them. tßy the Cwirfe— 'l hav-6 oever iauttor.«e|(i ajiyone to sign cheques ijti ray ,joame. ,1 disiAQCily swear the writing iv the cheque is^iot, iniue, the G and N in,th.e,pignuiiuse are aiicilar to my wricin^. Countable Haddock deposed — flxenjieniber v )aDtfr,day,.evening, 2)9th April, .about 8 o'clock I received a message to 'go "to U." Lojigbottamls. Og ..arrival ;I founji .trisoner , deta,ine 1 there. Longbottom. •javei.mert ohe<]«e purporting be signed oy G Neale, he said Joseph Hinton ha(d .jrefieutad the cheque to be cashed l( iflrhic,b. ne declined to do. Neale had , previously told me some blank cheques, had bwp >tok j n from him. I asked him if he nad be .block of the,. cheque in , quee^ion ; he -.aid he hi^d, and gave it to jfae. The block he gave me is <he correaponding number with the qheque. 'I aruested the prisoner and c»utioAed him -in the usual manner. On se.irching him sin the Lockup I foand v ,five .blank , -cheques in his possession. .1 'drew his attention to one H"ed up in favour of Mr Milton for .£2 10s. Htf said be had done it 'but he w.is owly lar lcing. ' The blocks with .corresponding nu nbers to the cheques were given .me by Geo Neale. Prisoner, on, being .cauMona^, suid he had nothing to.say, £vnd wag , committed for trial at the. ne^ct sitting ,ofl&Q.S upraise Court to/ ( be held in Auckland.