CROUMBLE BROWN'S CASE.
In thq police pepp^ of t|ie Mail of November 24 appears tkk folj 1 lowing paragraph :~" Jpseph Blakeiy swoie to tho following deposition': He was a licensed vjotuajl/sr cam ing on bfisJLaess m Hpbart. E^new a person named Gvouiabjp Brown^ajoiirnalist, who <vas staying at' hia botßl|in tein.er last, and .for a short time prior to that. . _o.n the morning of Mondaj . September^^,3, ..[Brown,, asked; for his account. : . him it amounted tp 18s. Brown tenured him a cheque ■to mym*nP— % jP&p P rod % d - ( JJi wan for; Wltnessf gav^ him •£]. 2lJjC^n^e. ,, i!he .cheg^.e was never presented at the bank by.^t'neas. : t^id him f.aa^e dajr ft o|: to ( «nt the ,cheq\^ till the afternoon; o^i He wished to see the' manager ofthe bank;;. In the afternoon lie again 1 asked: witness notfQ, PFM^nt the cheque, W he wjsbed ]fco sjsa Ms Hookey,, Brown neyer : ga^d witnwa the amount, 4 Witr|
ness believed the cheque to be ft gbed one on receiving it. If he had not, he would not have accepted it. Brown told him next morning not to 1 present the cheque, as Mr Hookey had not returned home. Tho prisoner reserved his defence, and was committed for trial at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Court,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 13, 13 December 1883, Page 2
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210CROUMBLE BROWN'S CASE. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 13, 13 December 1883, Page 2
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