MAGISTERIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume L, Issue 4797, 20 March 1890, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

£ TlMAT.U— Wednesday, Moroh.l.qtbi e (Before H. J. LoCren a'ndM. Gray i B• • .. Eb^^PU)' ,. : „ ; ; r I'OEGEiry/'ANb iitteiung. 1 j. William Davoy : charged on romanc with forgery and uttering ■ a' pt-omiagofv noti 0 for the sum of £L6 10s.to.ono William lioberl 0 Quinn, with intent to defraud. SerEoautMajor Mason conducted tho proac a uutiou, and . 14r ' Koymond apupirei; -foi . accuaod. t v ' . „. : ... .. '. ,'. " .'. i ji W. K. Quinii, accountant, Timaru, said thai j ho knew. the prisoner, with vrhom ho hud hue „ soveral Iranoaclions. Xho promissory not* r (produced) was brought to witness by Ibi P prisoner and ho (witness) discounted t it for him. 'Xlio note was datud 13tl: i. Pucembor, fell duo in March, was foi j £1G 10s and signed "Thomas Qroundwater.' 0 On ■ tho noto falling duo ; witnesß saw -Mi t Groundwater, and on his denying that ho had i. given such a bill, witness mudq enquirieß; t found that Davoy had loft SaltvValor Creoli whero ho hod boon .working, aud witneps then ; put thu:raatter in tlio hands of thelpqlice. 1 Thomas Qroundwater;; irho livesihbar Qer- . aldino, Baid that ho kuswthcr prisoner, but he , had noyer cigued a proaiieorv • noto. for £16 t 108 for. him, Tho' signature to the note pro- , duced waß not his, nor bud ho authorised [ anyone to si(;n it. ' : .""'■■.■ . 'Xo Ti7v Kiiyinond : Tha .signature on tlio , iioto bears no rosembl'urico to my signature. I At Atr Hnymoiid'a request witness wrote his i sisr.aturo "Thos.-Groi-.adwatcr" (not at all , liko that in tho. bill) . , Jamos KanderiOii wa3,next called and- eaid ; that" ho first' saw the note produced on. tho 131 Ii Dec. in the possession of tlio accused. i Had a convocation with him a couple of hours previous to prisoner showing wilnesß . the bill They had a talk üboutruising money and prisoner said- Unit ho must get, munoy somehow. ' Witness endpreod (he , bill '■'.' James Sanderson," but did not know tho .writing in tho body of tlio hill. Witness met prisoner couuug out of Qiiinh's on tho day prisoner discounted tlie bill. To Mr, Kaymond : Wus with. prisoner an hour aftor he'discounled tlio kill. I d ; d not recomend him to go to Quinn. Tho writing in tho body of Ihc bill was not- Davpy's. Sergeant Major Mason then proved tho arrest of prisoner nt Tcmuka on Friday last. This was the cnee, and the prisoner was committed to : s'ar.d his trial at noxt sitting of tho SupremoCgurt on June 21th. The bench fixed bail in prisoner £100 and two sureties of £50 each, and -in reply to questions about other charges tho Sergeantmajor .intimated that it was not likely they would ho proceeded with. :'-..... The cjurt then rcso.