TO-DAY'S EVIDENCE.

Tuesday, September 21. The enquiry was resumed this morning at 11 a.m. Christopher Reidy, jockey, sworn, said he remembered the night of July 9th. He was m the Marlborough Hotel all day. He saw Satherley and Sheridan there about 4.80 p.m. Ted Satherley andE. Morgan also came m. Sheridan " shouted," having leased a horse to Satherley. Witness left at 8 o'clock, and went -io the Criterion Stables ; Satherley was not there, and he then went into the Criterion Hotel. V. Ohlsson, J. Carkeek, Mrs and Mr Browne were there. He stayed three-quarters of an hour. Ohlsson and Carkeek were talking by the bar. When he left the Criterion he went to. the Club. Hotel with Ohlsson. On the way Ohlsaon said, " We will go and see if he's m here" (the Club Hotel.) He was not there, and when they came but Oblsson said, "We will go to the Masonic. He said to Ohlsson, " Harry is a fool when he has a drink or two." Ohlsson replied, " I/gave him a pound or two this afternoon, I expect he is playing it up." They found Satherley m the Marlborough Hotel a little after nine o'clock. Ohlsson said to Satherley, "Well, I've found you ; I've fed your horses and put their ruga on." < (Witness was then directed to leave out the evidence re the drinking.) He last saw Satherley go out of the door and round Olouston's corner with Ohlsson. Ohlsson was away about five minutes. He asked Ohlsson, "Where is Harry ?" He said he had taken him home. He told Ohlsson he had not had time. Ohlsson said, "I'll bet you a quid I have." Witness said, " You've put him m a cab." Ohlsson said, "He's gone home on his own." Ohlsson remained' m the hotel nearly an hour after seeing Satherley out. Ohlsson went away with GiHet when he finally left the Marlborough Hotel. Bush left the hotel just after Ohlsson returned. John Carkeek said he knew the deceased ; lie saw him on Friday, July 9th, at about 5 p.m., between Jackson's and the Criterion Hotel. He had come out of the Criterion with Sheridan and others. He never saw Satherley again. He (witness) was at the Criterion Hotel that evening ; Ohlsson was there also. He went m at seven, and Ohlsson was there then. Witness was neve? out of the hotel again till three o'clock m the morning. He-was not m the hotel earlier m the day. Ohlsson was out somewhere between nine and ten o'clock, and returned about 10 o'clock. Gillet came back with Ohlsson. Sheridan and he played Mr Brown and Oblsson a game of billiards till nearly eleven. Ohlsson then went into the private room off the bar, and the last he saw of him was when he was carried to bed some time later. Oblsson was not able to look after himself. When witness left the Criterion he went to the Royal Hotel. He had not, to his knowledge, had possession of a National Bank note with the number missing. He had presented one but they would not pay, as part of the number was torn and missing. He had no idea where he obtained it. This ocourred about eight or nine days ago. Victor Ohlsson, sworn, said he remembered the night of July 9th. He saw Satherley m the billiard room at 8 o'oloek, he was sober. He next saw him talking to Mr Beattie at the boarders' room door of the hotel. Beattie was sitting on the sofa, and they were talking about the mare lota. He did not think they were there very long as Sathertey soon came into the bar, he did not - see Beattie, he must have remained m the boarders' room. Satherley asked for G. Sheridan, and shouted for two or three who were there. Sheridan oame from the bar parlor and joined him. Witnes changed a £1 note for Satherley and gave him 18s. Satherley went out about 10 minutes to 5 o'clock with Sheridan. Beattie was still m the boarders' room, he seemed allright when witness came m at five to light up. Beattie's purse was laying on the floor, he picked it up at Beattie's request and gave it to him. Beattie thanked him, he never made a complaint till the next morning when he oame into the billiard room and said " Come on, give me that money I gave you yesterday." Witness said " Aren't you going to back the horses m Wellington to-day ?" He said " I don't mean that at all, I mean the £40 I had m my $urse." Witness said "You never gave it to me." Beattie asked if he had seen him m company with anyone that afternoon. He told him Satherley had been speaking to him. Beattie said "I must have given the money to Satherley." Beattie then left. Witness went to the Criterion- stables and enquired for deceased, but he was not there. After Satherley went away at 5 he next saw him at 9.80. He did not feed deceased's horses. If he said so it was only m a joke. He found Satherley at the Marlborough. Hehad looked for Satherley before and had taken him home. He had been told he was drunk. Reidy told him deceased was drunk and slinging money about. They had two or three at the Marlborough. He called Satherley out into the passage and he came out. Satherley had previously told him he expected money from Mr Griffiths, and he said to him, " You've got the money from Griffiths,, don't chuck it away, come away home." Satherley said he wanted a drink and then he would come. After he had the drink he took him by the arm and drew him out and helped him down the steps. When they came outside deceased seemed to walk allright, an^ when they got round Clouston's corner deceased told him to go back as he wanted him to go no further Deceased said if he stopped he would go back to town, so he said good night to Satherley and stopped to see if he was going home, and when he saw him going over Look-up Creek bridge be returned to the Marlborough. He never saw him again L alive. He did not know more of the H^^ money than what Reidy told him. B|A^ c W n °t telling anyone

that day Satherley had money. He knew Davis. He was at the Criterion all Friday afternoon. Davis had a drink with Satherley, Sheridan and J. McKenzie, a shepherd, m the afternoon. Davis was m the Criterion from 8 till 6.80 p.m. He did not know where McKenzie was now. Davis and McKenzie were m the bar that afternoon. He did not know if they knew of the money being paid over by Beattie to Satherley. When he left deceased he saw no one about, not a single soul. Next morning after leaving the stables to enquire for Satherley, m consequence of Beattie's complaints, he went towards the training traok. He knew nothing of the sale of a half share m lota. He did not find the deceased, and he did not get to the track, as he met Mr Fuller, who was also looking for Sabherley. He 1 told Fuller what he had heard, and he said there is no doubt Satherley has the money.- He returned to the hotel, and went down on his bicycle at 10.15 on the Saturday morning to see if Satherley was at home. He returned to the hotel, and went down again a little before 1 p.m. He could not suggest anything as to the paying over of the £37. He had not told the police when he returned the second time from Satherley's house. -He did not. say he saw the money paid over. He told, Reardon to say so, and that if Fuller and Beattie came, to tell them bo, and that would Btop them from arresting Harry until he could give an explanation. . . < William Bush; compositor, said he remembered the night of Friday, July 9th, he was m the Marlborough Hotel. He first saw Satherley there at 4.80 that afternoon. Satherley left at 8 p.m., and he next saw him there at 9.5 p.m., he was with Simpson. They were having a drink as he went m and they asked him to have one also. The witness corrob« orated the evidence of Bimpson concerning the picking up of the £10 note. They returned to the bar, and Ohlsson and Beidy oame m while they were there. Witness then detailed Oblsson and Satherley 'a conversation and stated they had drinks while there. He saw Ohlsson and Satherley talking m the passage and he saw them leave together by the front door. Ohlsson returned m about five minutes, and he left, he thought, m about fiva minutes, after Ohlsson returned,— practically he left 10 minutes after the deceased. Batberley, when he left, was under the infiuenoe of liquor, but could have got home allcight. He expeoted to overtake him on the way home. Satherley used to go down the same way as witness. He reached home at 10 o'olook, he went out the back way from the hotel. He saw a man going down the road leading to the Neptune's wharf. He did not take particular notioe*of him and he did not know him. He had dark clothes on, but could not say if he wbb tall or short, the man was on the wharf end of the road. He did not notice the hat he wore. It was not Satherley. He reached home as the olook struok ten, it would take six minutes for him to walk home. In answer to a juryman witness said the man on the wharf road was halfway towards the wharf, and was steady m his walk. Jonathan David Iremonger said he was the father of the little boy who attended m Court. The lad found a £5-note a little before 12 o'clock oh Saturday,, the 10th inst., m a paddock m. Customhouse Street. The note^was found between the bank and the road ; the note produced was the one found. His son was seven years of age. It was a National bank note, and was lying folded up. Anyone passing along the street might have seen it. -^ John B, vist, watchmaker, said he had examined the watch produced. It was m a very bad state ; the spring was run. right out, and it had run down. Water had gone right through it. The water would go through it immediately, as it was only a common watch, and would stop it. The watch was run down before it got into the water. The watch would run about thirty hours, so that it had been probably wound up about 12 o'clock two nights before. It might run a little over thirty hours. The evidence given this afternoon by Drs Cleghorn and Nairn, who made the post mortem examination, was that deceased met his death f com a heavy blow on the right side of the head, inflicted by a blunt instrument, and that there were no signs of drowning about the body. After the evidence of the doctors had been taken, Maurice Reardon and Alfred Davis were examined. Mr Allen, S.M., Coroner, then summed up, directing the jury as to their duty, and they retired shortly after three o'clock to consider their verdict.