POLICE COURT.-Thursday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 108, 18 March 1864, Page 4

POLICE COURT.-Thursday.

ivr.-re r.ios. r.iM-K!i:iiii. v.«\., n. m.] j;;. -;;,.,: ivj,..;,.,;.. W.|);..:, [!:<.< Lbs, J.-m.---K.iiiy. and |;..|.;,ir.i.i V. YanHvm. for th-ir lir.i lllld !:i'l V. V.y.yu H ■> "<::< r am. I-'oi-.m-ky. Kdward Morrow, ».'/.<.« Miller, rt-m.-iu.l.-.l fi-nu the nr.vio,,.: i!:iv. was au-aiu brought up .-mil charged wi:h i.,,-:.,- th.- name of .1..1 m l.ydon, to defraud ..me (".-i--t..|.111T 1.V.1-11. I'l-isou-i- ~!,..;.1,.-| not -ililtv, and st it.-l thii*. li.s was ■ ■Mi-oil.-d u::(i.T t?i.- n-irn" «.:' Kdwml Miller Iml that his proper name was Ivlward Munviw, Chnsloi.her Lvden. stated : IVNoiier is a private in the :inl Wai!;;,;. MJlit^i: his na-n- is M;:i L . r , ami I l.elnn-tnthc- s:une r.-;,,,,.,t. Last Sunday ni-ht I Wμ in I'.>-ers' Hotel, Mi iiialirih.il: prisoner was with 1111^; ] nave him L'l in ir"M, 3*. in silver, ami acheque, drawn livr ;: ;,i,iiti ll;ii'f>!-d in my favour for LS Ss., 011 til- li-.nk of >:,.«• S-mt'i Wales ; 1 u-ave it to him !■■ k.-.-ii Cor me ti'.l n.a! moi-Mifi-.'. Th-.l produced i> t!ie (in'.'. ][•• .lit ii"t iriv.- me the cheque n-xt. morninir. a:i.l T >::«• uoiliiiiu , lnnre of him ii'itil f paw him intiif IVli.vO:;ie.' yes!-,-day. "When l-ive him the cheque th-ro was no tviiiv written on th» hack of it. 1'ri5,.,,,.,- -.us by th.. name ~f Kdw-n-d Miller. Cross-..xamm-a l.v prisoner: We were all drinkmtr t..-<-t!..-i-.-it K.-ir-rs-. I'.enianl I,"vy, sworn. sfil-1: 1 am a clothier living in iliiivii-ii-.-l. I know tlie prisoner. On Mon.lav morniir.- las! al ~.,1 s „•, 1.,,-k li- nmir to my -hop to purchase some doth-s; he (liil so 1.1 tll'e .••mount of 'J I n<. Afl-rth-d li.. hnnd-l me a ehcqti-. the one now produced, which I requested him to endorse. I saw him write the name ol'.lnhn l.vden. No. S Co., C. T. ('., on the l,a"k of it. He said that w,s his „;,.,„.; 7 should :iol have taken the chemiwithout his lirst. rndoi-Miiir it. I then -ave hi,,, i 1,,. I.dano- of I'l. took fh.. cheque to tlie Han!;, and L'ave it to til- teller to cash. liv the prisoner : Von were ]ieri",'ctly 501,,-r at the .lolin Kirkpatri.-k d. i.o-erl: lam t.-!!-r in (h- Hank of NVw South Auckland. (in Monday morniiiL' last, ahout a cpiartei , ]iast ten, last witness bii.iiaiit a cheque to the liank to cash ; that is the one nnw produefd. It is drawn by Capt. llarlV.nl in favour of Private I.yd-i, tor IS'Ss. [1. is endors..,! "Jnlm l.vden. No.'S 1',■,.. <\ T. (' ;" I -avi' him cash for it. an,! the cheipi,-is still in niv eustodv. I now hand .'.vim- the chi qui' to the cinstahle in chav,'e. Constiihle J.arvis, slated: l-'rom inl'nrmatiou rcfi'ivod I the prisoner on the rvenin™ °f the I.sth, in Urn " Wheat Sheaf Inn," for foi-frimr the inmiiofJohn Lydun. II- said !iis name, w:us John I.yrlen \%-hcnT appri'hendfl him. and that ho roccivod the cheque from Capt. Hnrford. f have heard prisoner state in Point duriii"; his trial that his name was F.dward Miller. I now produce the cheque given me by the last witness. ' Prisoner was further remanded until Friday (this day), for Airilier evidence.