On the morning of the 13th, at between 10 and 11 o'clock, she left the house, and about half an hour afterwards I met her in the street, and asked why she had left the house without authority. She said she was not going back. I said "I suppose it is because you have borrowed money from me before hand. " She then muttered some words, and I caught her by the shoulder to take her back. She asked me how much she owed me. I said Ll 3s 7d. She then gave me Ll, and said "That w all 1 have." She afterwards rode into Oamaru. The same night I saw her again at, the Melbourne Boarding-house, Oamaru, and there gave bur into custody, chnrged with Healiug Freshwatcr's money. Edward Page (a boy 14 years old), de posed : I am employed as groom at the Shamrock Hotel Stables, Oamaru. On the alternoon of the 12th accused came to the stable, and asked for a saddle horse. The horse was sent over to the Melbourne Boarding-house for her. She returned to the stnbles with the horse at noon the following day. She offered me a L.> note as payment for the hire of the horse. 1 got the note changed at the Shamrock Hotel. She gave me 10* for the hire of the horse, and half-a-crown for myself. Fanny Duggan, deposed : I am em ployed as saleswoman at Hood and Shen nau's drapers, Onmaru. On the 13th iust., between 2 and 4 p.m., prisoner came into our shop and asked to be shewn a polonaise and skirt (produced). She also purchased a rose-colored silk scarf, at a total cost of Lfl Bs. In payment thereof she gave mo a L 5 note ana half a sovereign. The goods, at htr request, were tent to the Melbourne Boarding-house. The L<s note was a new our, and on the Bank of New Zealand. Constablo Donovan deposed : — Between 7 and 8 p.m. on the 13th inst. I arrested prisoner at the Melbourne Boarding house on the charge of stealing two L 5 notes and one Ll, the property of James Ed. Freshwater. She denied the charge. 1 asked her if sht had any money in her possession. She said " Yes," and'handed me the purse produced, which contained Ll 7s 3d. 