MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 207, 19 December 1876, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

r I THIS DAY. I [Before T. W. Parker, Esq.,T».M.] arrdv| > James Udaix, Esq., J. P. 1 STEALING, MONEY. [ James Leslie surrendered to his bail, charged with stealing £9 in bank-notes, from the person of William Farley, at: Livingstone, on the 11th inst. Jessie Carlin, deposed : I am t'le wife of William Carlin, iiofcelkaepar, at- Livingstone. At ten a.m. on the 11th instant I--1 was in the bar of oar hotel. There were P also present—Brown, Farley, Craig, my ! husband, and the prisoner. I saw my ' husband receive £1 from Fa.-ley in payment for drinks. He took it from a pocket-book which was in the breast- - pocket of his coat. When he took the | note out he returned the. purse to his pocket. I then noticed some bank notes' i sticking out of the end of uis pocket-book. t I went into the kitchen. As I went along the passage I saw James Henney (com- " | monly called " Sydney ") lying asleep oil the floor of the passage near the bar-door. , Farley came into the kitchen and sat down j on a chair near the table. Prisoner came t into the kitchen after Farley had sat down, and he sit near prosecutor. I again noticed Farley's pocket-book with ' the notes sticking out at the end. I then , left the kitchen and went into the bed- • rooms. At tliis time {'Sydney" was in one of the bedrooms. I saw my husband take him to bed from where he was lying in the passage. Between five and ten minutes aft rwards I returned into the kitchen. Farley was still sitting in the c iair asl ep. , Prisoner was in the bar. T.i- re was no one else in the kitchen but prisoner and Farley when I went to the bedroom, and there was no one in the kitcuen when I returned. The servant girl during this time was in the bedroom making the* beds. I again saw Farley's . pocket-book in his pocket. I did not see any bank-notes sticking out of t.ie end. I wtnt to the bar and told Brown ( is mate) that he had better put Farley to bed. Prisoner was then in the bai\ Brown and myself then took Farley to his bedroom. " Sydn y" was lying in fie bed in the same room asleep. Farley asked for a gl;:ss of liter, and I went to the bar for it. On mv re-* turning I saw Brown and Farley examining prosecutor's pocket-book. There was no money in the book. Brown and I then left the bedroom, and I told my husband that Farley had lost his liivney. Craig, • prisoner, and my husband were in the bar. Craig and my husband said they would go back to Farley's bedroom and see if they could find any money on him. They did so, Brown and prisoner accompanying • them. I saw tliem go into f e bedroom. They returned to the bar in a few minutes. I asked them if they had found the money, and th<?y replied that they had not. Craig told my husband to let no one either in cr out of the house until the money had been searched for. My husband then closed the doors. I heard prisoner offer my husband his money as lie wanted to go. My husband took the niom y and counted it. It consisted of two £5-notes and „ eleven £l-notes. Craig told my liusband\ to give his money back, and let no one out of the house. My husband returned prisoner his money. About half an hoar • afterwards my husband. Craig, Brown, <£ and prisoner went to the bedroom occu-' x pied by Farley and " Sydney" to search ' Farley. They returned to the- bar after- . wards, and in reply to my question they-;': said they had not found the money. My husband then said he would go for the police, and left the house in charge of Craig. About three hours after this'l'saw prisoner, Farley, and " Sydney" in the sitting-room. Farley .was lying uponS one end of the sofa, prisoner "was sitting . , on a chair close to Farley, and,-" Syd ley" was sitting on one end of fie sofa. Brown, Craig, and the servant giil were in the kitchen at this time. I returned to tiiej:.. kitchen, and was followed : in about - ten minutes afterwards by Sydney. He gave a £l-iiote. Brown and Craig had gone into tie bar then. I did not see the girl. " Sydney " went back to the sitting-room after giving me the' £l-note. About eight o'clock'that night, Farley gave' me six £l-notes. Prisoner, Sydney, and Farley went to sleep in the sittin --room. • Brown slept in the bar. On the following morning I returned Sydney his£i-note° and Farley his six £l-not£s.At noon, they all wanted to ltpfe the house, and they agreed to be searched, and that the money found upon them should be handed to me. Craig and Brown searched prisoner, and found two £o-notts and four : £l-notes. Theygave them to me. I tied them up in a parcel, and prisoner? pvvf his name upon it. Brown and Craig then searched Sydney, and found a £l-note on him. I tied this xip. Pr&f.jW and Brown searched Craig, aridy'vfoutid- no money on him—only papers. : Craiv and prisoner then searched Brown, and found £4 12s. upon him. This I also tied into a parcel, and Browri s name was written on it, and :t was then handed to me. I put all the money away till the constable came. They were all searched in my presence. When the constable cime, I returned the money to tae different owners. On returning prisoner's money to him, £ received t.ie receipt produced. I saw pri - soner write the receipt. I saw the constable take the receipt from prisoner, anid write a memorandum upon it. Wiven prisoner gave the £2l husband to be counted, the £l-notes were all clean. The £l-notes afterwards taken from Farley, "Sydney," and prisoner were; all blotched with ink in the manner described. Some of them were half-covered with. ink. During the time I was away froni the , kitchen (when I left Farley -asleep o,n the chaar, and prisoner sitting on the/table) no one could have gone into the "kitchen without my seeing them.

I.Xatninwl by Mr. «a» tjriiCß- aohnr at tea •»'«{»»; Jr nrj morning. I twill «»t »w ■»♦ ■h " y' r vtna fuiC in the liar whe-* '* -r* tl out Pl'U' J£!-tiuCw to puy f- ; f' I ,ii.r n .fc e.-n tT.ilia^'u.T 1 8C { 2 oil t;«! it' '<>f ♦»< tiiy'Wisu S i!'.'. 15 town, Farley. art I pet* iti pin It* in the bur, wlit.a int. a iM-rx>V to pay tW fehetra. y " w.i.j I'll.', to h«ff»ter Flttfcy iiu tilt: i'.'ir into She kitchen. I swear that I saw ink f»n t.e notes prtlkct 6. eut out; neither wilit 1 i\k 6!i«r*r wa» none. aActt ft© witness if ahe wo ar that th re was tn!i o» filter tns r but conttli not rlitut. a ttirei't tttui an appeal was wwute to> the w «»xupel a tUreet aiuwtv, when jiutl she would not. examination tootinncd: I «ltct " Sydneygo thrwngh t«> the in the morning. He gf>t drank nine atitl tun «Mst«cfe. I know he tuonc:y, tint he Wrvnwed haEc-a-'otu Farley the night befwre. He ve spent chat before £t>ing to l>e<-L no money that morning butt the ■vu shoutm.; for Lint. I t.ael ito .tion \v hafct; w r about theeaaj ; not h my husbani lauinml : 'the note I received from y" was »Li hl'ofehett with ink, c>3u Farley had had afsw spots on He gave nit' a I't note to kyc p. ma no reason, but he tiki give >s»ou. ibla Cfrant depoajd : From itsn reeeiml I took the pr»oß«r :t>dy on the 12th instant at Living:I did not search bin*, aa I h;j>l I lie hail been search*, tl before my I rcce.ved a pocket-book front as his property,. enntattria# totes, four single nott«s» r ami »«n<try i'risonur wrote tin; receipt- prurid askti L nte to give ft to iVirs. ( b prisoner to Oacuarit eh®' 13'-,u ffvstv Frisouyr hat! a v uia person vvhyrv I am a ted httu. Wetl t is ciuo for tut; prosecution, Iftiicli ineittiaCtftt tUa.t it w*«tUl Baret'ally reatl over t ie tU'poaltion L'.ii'liti ii'o giving an opituou a.j itF there Was a «ase er nwC. LAEGESV. i Wilsortv t>avi<£ Brnw-, "was that ue ilul on or at.out e.ie Oct* ai> Cake, ami carry away, sixteen booe-t'rvmts, of ttie va;«e 18 , the property of tvu;ikeiv ft Oatnarvt. vspi.'ctwr iVi'ClitslseJf suit that the Irnl been arrcsteili on warrant at . and he woitti the rlcudi t«> I'emautl unui T.tur»'i.uy. Applii* "iriti''-'' ' WI ■ - - - |