MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2553, 7 July 1871, Page 2

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

CHBISTCHURCH.

Thursday, .Tcxy 6

[Before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M., W. M, > Mask ell, Esq., J.P., and John Ollivier, ; Esq., J.P.] J Druxk and Diso&dUlily.—Wni. Ilutton was dismissed with a cautiou. Slaughter-house licenses were grauted to * E. H. and W. Ensor, Kerry road ; aud Goo. ? Adams, Prebbleton. The application of A. D. -Allan was refused, as the intended site for the yard is not in the Christchurch district. LARCEmr.—Henry Long was brought up > in custody. Detective Feast proved the arrest of the prisoner last night at the Warwick ; Hotel ou a charge of stcalinga purse containing £2 from the bedroom of Mrs Coleman, i of the George mid Dragon Hotel, South. I road. Prisoner said witness would only line! I fifteen- "bob" on him at the depot. Witness searched him and found the purse produced, .-' ir>s in silver, and isd in copper, on him, ; William Stewart, employed at the meat \ factory, Templeton, stated" that the prisoner '■ left the works on Monday or Tuesday last. Prisoner told him that he had not got much money. On his way to town, on Tuesday, witness called at the George and Dragon aud saw prisoner there. Colcinau, the landlord, was speaking to the prisoner, who remarlted, "say nothing more about it, Coleman, it will be all right." Mrs Coleman told the prisoner that if he gave up the purse and the key of ' the cash box she would say nothing about it, Prisoner refused to do so and said he would *• go to town aud spend the money. Mrs Cole-

man then told him that flic would send her husbaud for the police,.and give him charge for stealing the purse and money. Prisoner was here remanded to the 7th instant, for additional evidence. ■

Breach of the City Bye-laws.—The following persons were fined for allowing cattle to stray in the town : —David White, 5s ; Michael Oraddock, 10s ; Edward Sto.wart,

5s ; Edward Campbell, os; George Osborn, 5s ; Thomas Price (two informations), ]0a ; John Pugh, 5s ; A. G. Jsaunders, os ; Edwanl G. Griffith, 10s ; Robert Falloon, r>B ; Michael Howard, 5s ; Patrick Howard, 10s; James Nancarrow, for tethering a horse on Oxford terrace, was lined 10s ; J. Moodie, for obstructing the . thoroughfare in Colombo street by leaving his horse and spring cart thereon, was fined 10s; An information against Charles Woodham, for allowing his horse and spring cart to run away, was dismissed, as it appeared to hare been the result of an accident.

Assault—An information laid by Wm. Dixou against John Holman, was withdrawn by leave of the Court, the defendant having , apologised. ;<

Laucbny—Heleue Peez; the wife of Otto Peez, was charged on the information of Andrew Buckley, with stealing a £10 note. Mr Joynt appeared for the defendant. .Andrew Buckley, a fanner at the Selwyn, deposed—On the 20th day of May last I went to defendant's toy-shop in High street about three o'clock in the afternoon. I went there for a pocket-book. 1 bought a pockstbook, and paid defendant 2s 6d for it in silver. I took some other money out of ray pocket. After I had paid for the pocketbook, for the purpose of putting it into the book, I took about fifty or sixty pounds ou!» which was made up of five.and one pound notes and one ten pound note. The notes were on the Union Bank of Australia. The defendant told mc to pull them out and to put them in flat. I put the one pound note? ' in on one side and the five pound notes on \ the other, and while I was doing this I left the ten pound note on the counter, aud I went away. I forgot about it. I did Dot open my pocket-book again till the following day—Sunday. I put the ten pouud note to the, left hand side on the counter. There were other things on the counter. The shop is a small one. After leaving the ahop I went home, and I did not miss the ten pouml note till the following day—Sunday. 1 Was ~ quite sober oti Saturday. Directly I miesed the ten pound note, I recollected the circumstance of my having left it on the counU-r is defendant's shop. X came down to town ' by the mid-day train on Monday, and I wen» to defendant'rs shop. 1 saw her there by herself, and I asked her if she recollected my being there on Saturday. She said she did. I asked he? , if she remembered my r laying the .ten note on the counter, and. "she Said "Yes.® I remarked I hoped she had got it for mc all right, and she said sho had not, and shook , her head. She then searched amongst eoms baskets. I offered to give her either two o»* three pounds if she would give mc up the ten pound note. Defendant said that two young women, friends-of her, had come into the shop after mc, and she told mc that sho would see them and ask them if they had got the money. Defendant told mc to call nest

morning. I reported the loss to the police either on Monday or Tuesday. I called s& •- defendant's on the Tuesday, and she told mc that she got no auswQC from them, bnt to call again next morning. I did so, bnt it was the Queen's Birthday, and the shop was locked. By Mr changed Wood Brest's cheque at the Union Bank of Australia, on Saturday. I did not go straight to ; defendant's shop. I was quite sober all dr«y. • Before I went to defendant's I had other ten '• pound notes. I got six ten pountl uotfS from the Bank. I paid one to Mr Jameson, the Mayor.; one to Mr Thompson, the solicitor ; two to Mr Falling, farmer, on the Saiw* hills ; and one to Mr J. L. Fleming, Carpenter. I went home by the last train. I <»<* not open the pocket-book after I left flefcmian.t's.shop. I counted the money on tw> Sunday. I opened the pocket-book to take out a one pound note, and I then missed the ten pound vote. Had I put it into the pocket-book I wotiW have put it into a compartment by I was not ia a hurry when I weut into t''" defendant's shop. Sometimes when 1,. com , ? - to town I get pretty well on. It all depeuio -' what business I have grot to do. I was pretij well on yesterday, and I went to defendant s shop. I told her if I got the money I ««| not care to go on with the case- 1 ld Mr Falling's company after I left the defendant's shop. Defendant said it was noar.J half an hour afterwards that the other tff* women came into the shop after I hod • Defendant said, ah© would ask them if w*j had seen the ten pound note when thoy in the shop, Harry Feast deposed—l & --

detective report made at the Depot by Andrev, Bucklev, I went tq-defendant's "shot, on th< ■>o n d of May last. I told her who I was and that I had come to inquire aboutrsirtet nonnd note that a man said he had lost then on the Saturday previous. Defendant sate she was very sorry for the poor man. bh< had looked for it but could not. find it; tha: a woman had come in some time af te: Bucklev had left, and perhaps she had takei it Tasked her if she knew the woman, anc she said no. I asked her to describe th( woman to mc. She said she was a stou big woman, and that was all the descriptor she could give mc. She said she hac tried to find the woman. On the morning, oi the 25th of May, I again called at the shop when the defendant told mc that on hei opening her shop-door that morning she had found a letter under the door, containing three £1 notes, which had come from a woman, who said she was very poor,and had spent the rest of the money. That the woman, whose husband was dead, had Sis children, and she was very unhappy, and thai she would pay eight pounds back within a rear. lam now repeating what defendant eaid was in the letter. I asked for the letter, and defendant said she had destroyed it Defendant said she could not read English well and she took the letter into Haines' shop, next door, to be Tead. I asked her where she had thrown the piece of the4ettef, and she said outside. I searched in the cutter outside her shop, and I picked up a Dumber of piece* of paper. The following letter is the same.. I have since sewn them together:—" Dear Lady,—l found Saturday in your shop, amongst the horses, one ten pound note. I am very poor and six Children, my husband long dead;; I had debt, was trouble mc very much, and 1 paid it. I send yon the-remainder back again, which is three pounds. In one year I will ba able to send you the seven pounds and the interest.; God vergive me,;you will 1 trust you will ■destroy-these; jMnes and pr/iy for mc. lam very unhappy. Trust my word? in one year you will have eight pounds." Defendant also told mc that she had sent an advertisement to the Prest newspaper,' requesting the woman to return the remainder of the money, and she would get a reward of £2 from Madam herself. Defendant calls herself Madam. At defendant's request I went to the Press office and stopped the advertisement. I told her I, thought it was useless to advertise. - I picked iip'the pieces of paper produced, which were all screwed up together, and lying in the gutter. Defendant told mc the substance of theadvertisement, and it agrees with the writing on the paper marked B.—" Whoever picked ;up the ten in my shop High street and sent in a letter without name 3 pounds back again is kindly beg to send the remainder and 2 pounds reward will-be given by Madam'H. Peez, High street next door to Mr Haines." Defendant told mc that she had seen the ten pound note on the counter. She said the letter she found under the door was addressed "To the German lady next dooi to Haines'." I found the pieces and the; envelope produced in the gutter with the pieces of paper. Defendant told mc that she had given the £3 to Buckley's brotber-inrlatf. Jeremiah Dinneen; at Haines , —I produce the three £1 notes. By Mr Joyut—All the pieces of paper were crumpled up together in the gutter. Defendant did'not "give mc the envelope. She did not say what became of the £10 note., I went to defendant's on the 25th of May because I heard she wanted mc to tell mc about the letter. Defendant gave as her reason for destroying the letter that she was excited. She might have said that she was requested by the-writer to destroy it. I have never seen Buckley drunk about the town. Defendant did not mention the name of Barnes as being that of a woman who had gone into her shop. By the Police—l have never heard anything against Buckley's character. He is a respectable farmer. Wm. Wigzeil, sworn, deposed—l am an apprentice at Haines's, nest door to the defendant's; "On the 25th of "May, in the morning, defencame into Haines' shop about nine o'clock:; $he came in rather in a hurry, and asked if Mr Clarke was in. I said he was not, and she finid, " Call down oneof the workmen," ..she had found a letter under her door. She asked mc if I had seen anybody put it there. As I*was going to one of the workmen, she called mc back to' ask me'what the address .wason the letter. The envelope produced! is the one. Before I had called one of the workmen! she .broke the envelope open, sat down, and read a portion of the I called down Mr -.Dinneen. Defendant read ihe letter through to him. The letter produced marked A is the one. I saw defendant tear the envelope up, but I did not see her iear the letter. She threw the envelope! down in the shop, and she afterwards came i back and picked the pieces up. Mr Haines came in and said she should not have torn it. up. She went but. She did- not say whyshe wanted Clarke. She said the envelope wasv addressed to a .German lady ; ; she "hardly thought it was for her." 1 don't mow. why she called mc or? Dinneen to read it. ByMrJoynt —I don't quite remember everything that occurred that morning.l know it was the'2sth, because Mr Clark was at a concert the night before. Mr Clark asked me:what defendant said to mc ■ when she came into the shop. Mr Dinneer has spoken to mc. Detective Feast has spoken to mc, and he showed mc the letter. I identify the letter because the words are the same. By the Police —I recollect the Queen's Birthday, because we had a holiday. It was the following day that the defendant came into the shop. Jeremiah Dinneer, sworn, deposed—lam a bootmaker at Haines'. I recollect" the Queen's Birthday. On the 25th of -May I saw the defendant in Haines' Shop in the morning. The apprentice called mc down.; -Defendant was in the shop with a letter in her hand, which she said she had found under her door addressed to "A German lady," and that the letter contained ££ Defendant read the letter tame. The letter stated that a woman had been int,o : the shop, and found a £10 note amongst some horses ; that the woman was very poor; had lost hex husband, and had six children ; that she sent three pounds to the owner, and that in twelve months she would send £8, being a pound for interest. I *aw the letter. Defendant had it in her hand, and read from it. The letter produced Ais the one. Defendant lead the letter well with the exception of 'one word, and she asked mc what it was. Before I had time to ■say anything she read it. She gave mc £3 for Bnckley, who is my brother-in-law. I •gave the money to Feast. She read from ihe letter. When she had read it she was to tear it up. . She tore it up in Haines shop, and took the pieces away with her. By Mr Joynt—Defendant was excited. I told her on the 22nd of May that I was a brother-in-law of Buckley. She told Buckley in my presence that two women she knew had been in the shop after him, and if they had seen the money she could get them to give it «PAlexander Dallas, sworn, deposed*—l am a storekeeper. I know defendant. She keeps a fancy good shop. Defendaut sells on commission for mc. Defendant is a German. She keeps the books of the shop. The book produced marked D is kept by defendant in penj'L I do not know the writing on the letter priced marked A, or on the envelope marked C This closed the case for the prosecution, >c prisoner, whb made no statement, was co^ mitted for v?£ U * TJi satdtu>t bail wo-ld^en, prisoner in £200, with tw!° sureties an *iw Civil CASES-Morris Salek v. E - F , claim £13 ; no appearance of the ™ a *v":: Who was nonsuited with costs 20s, deffc- naa " allowed 22s expenses. C. Cooper »• Frederick Staples, claim £1 ss; judgment for £ 15s and costs 15s.