ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 164, 11 July 1907, Page 7

ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

Bobert Henry Gibb, alias Gibbons, j sijpeared on remand at the Police Court afternoon, before Messrs. Bead Ld Ma_kay, J-P-'s. on several charges of hscving obtained money by false pretences, by means of valueless cheques. __b. Singer appeared for the prosecution, and Mr- C Reed defended. • The accused was formerly an hotelkeeper at Neavesville, near Puriri, and gabsequently left for Honolulu, from _±ach place he was brought back under extradition orders by Detective MillerAlexander Johnston, licensee of the tempire Hotel, said that the accused arrived at his hotel on March 21 from nsTeavesville. On the Saturday mornjjprhe told witness that he desired to purchase an aerating machine, and made int a cheque for £12, payable to witness who gave him cash for it, the accused remarking that, as he was not -sell known in Anckland, it would be as jpell to tender cash in payment. Witness became suspicious when he saw scensed in the Oceanic Steamship Company's office that night. Upon being asked why he was there, accused TepJied that he was sending a parcel to jSi mother. On Monday the cheque was palmed from the _____ dishonoured. jtobert C. Bush, accountant at the gank of New Zealand, Thames, said that accused had an account at their bank during the past three months of this ™ar He identified the signature on dieones produced as that of the eeeied. On March 23 Gibb had a credit balance of 16/2 in the bank, and on March. 31 he had a de-bit balance of 13/2. Several cheques dated dur--su? March were returned dishonoured, rvvltness could not say that any of them were postdated. The amount involved in the different cheques came to about l__ei3o. jficiael Walsh, licensee of the City Ch* Hotel, gave evidence to the effect that he cashed a £5 cheque foT Gibb on March 23, the accused saying he •wanted tie money immediately in order to cempl-te the purchase of an aerating -plant. Ts_e cheque was subsequently _ etnnied to witness dishonoured. Thnoihy B. O'Connor, Thames Hotel, was also a loser by cashing one oi the itccnsedS drequ.es. (_fl_> reserved his defence and was

to take Ms trial at the Supreme Co-rt, bail being fixed at £ 500, inbwo sureties each of £-250, the acEB»ed.to report Trim self twice a week t-mfing the trial.