THE KIRBY CASE

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8508, 30 June 1896, Page 3

THE KIRBY CASE

(BY TELEGRAPH.) Wellington, June 29. The Kirby case wis resumed to-dny, Phillip Kippenberger, solicitor, Chi istchurch, sta ed that ho wro'e on Novem ber sth, 1895, to the Comoiissiou-'r • f Police, enclo.-ing a copy of a s atem'-n* He*uian h>d made on Ju'y 4 h, 1895. He issued a war-ant against Xi by, on t-eh-if of Hermtn, for the recove y of L9OO and « cod wvch valued at L 35. lie wont to Napier and saw • ccupe'L Th-* later h*»d a w rr n* ng inst Ho mn. mado out by Mr Wiggi s, for belt*!? m le>gue with spielers mnning a gambling den m Welling on, he profits of which he shared lii all sen 'hree qu rtoi'y remittances of Lls e<»c!*. He also au'horised witn (5s to receive tho 'en's ■ f cottnges m Chri_ church on Hei m n's boh Jf. The to *»' amount received from accused was L 272 _2s. On tho Court ndjou ning »t 1 o'clock, Kirky 1 id »n inform.tlon for c iminal bbe' against Cassi-Sy and Ashbc'ff prin-eis of the N- w Zealand Times, on -ccoun*'- of mi iric'o publish' d on June 16, s atiog tint Kit by lind b en m teagewi'h sjiolera running a g mbling den m W llington, m ho profi's of which he shsred. The Kirby c*se was resumed this afternoon. Edward F. Blundoll, minau-er of the B ink of New Z>al*nd a' F. tiding, who was 'eller at the Bank m Timaru m 1882, gave evidence that he remembered Hennn c .string a cht que about ih>b lime for L4OO. R. H. Ferguson. watchmaker, Timaru, dpposed i hit m February. 1882, be sold Herrn n a gold w>tch fo- L3B. Peter Ball, leasee of a billitrd room m Tim. v, dccl >red th *t m 1881 ha commissioned Kirl.y to take from Herrn »n a W'ger of LIOO to L 5 about Lady Emma for the Dunedin Cup. Kirby Rdu.ir.ttd tha h8 had got the w-g"*r on, and oftered to take a fifth of it. The diy before the mc s Hernun left for Dune J ln. Wi ness told accused s<*-, but the latter said ih did not matter. Ho afterwards accused Kirby of having received the wager money from Herman, but he deuied it. Witness then pulled the gold watch out of Kirby 's pocket, and said he believed that ib was Herman's. * Kirby denied it, and said he had purchased the article from a firm m Christchurch, but on telegraphing to the firm named by accused the answer was that they had never sold such a watch to Kirby. Witness and a man named Pearce again asked accused for their share of the wager, when Kirby said he would run them m. He said he had not received one farthing of the wager money from either Herman or Kirby. Robert Kennedy, bailiff at the Timaru Magistrate's Court, said one day after Herman had left Timaru Kirby came into his office showing a gold watch, which witness thought he had seen Herman wearing. Sergeant Cuilen said he was stationed at Timaru m 1881. Kirby came into his room, and pulled out a roll of notes which he said were worth L3OO. These, Kirby said, had been given him by a friend who had gone away. The friend had said if he never came back Kirby was to keep them, Kirby later on showed him a geld watch, which he said a friend had given him. Kirby subsequently s»id he had bought a house worth L 650. Sergeant-Majorßamsay, of Wellington, j said he was stationed ab Timaru m 1882, [ and saw Kirby displaying a gold watch, which accused said had been given him by his mother along with 500 sovereigns. Accused was remanded until Friday. The charge against William George Bassett of being an accessory after the fact was next taken, and the evidence given against Kirby was read over, Mr Wilford, for the accused, reserving the right to cross-examine. Accused was also remanded until Friday.