Maraekakaho. I know the prisoner. Hi waa employed on the station about twelvi months ; he left on the 10th Decembe last. I paid him by cheque on tin Union Bank (cheque produced markec B). This is not my handwriting, nor is i my signature or like my handwriting oi signature. I never gave the cheque t< the prisoner. I never purchased a hors< from him. Frederick Christian Caldwell sworn : ] am an accountant in the Bank of Austra lasia> Napier (cheque produced markec B). This cheque was produced thvougl the Union Bank on exchange. . I marked it no account. There is no account in the Bank of Australasia for A. M'Lean oi Archibald M'Lean. I know by the num ber on this cheque and a register kept in our office, the book it has been taken from (cheque-book marked A). It was taken from this cheque-book. Thomas Clancy, sworn, deposed : I am a constable stationed in Napier. I ar rested the prisoner in Napier on January the 7th at 11.45 p.m. I charged him with forgery ;he said nothing. He was drunk. Cross-examined by Mr Lascelles : I cautioned him that he need not say any thing that would be given in evidence against him. Robert Alexander Duncan Mowbray, Sworn, deposed : I am teller in the Union Bank, Napier. I don't know the prisoner. (Cheque produced marked " C") This is a cheque drawn by Henry Monteith for £24, dated 4th January, 1879. It came from the Bank of New Zealand. It has been charged to Mr Monteith's account, and the Bank of New Zealand has got credit for it on exchange. Henry Monteith recalled^ and cheque marked 0 produced. This is the cheque I gave the prisoner on January 4th. On the prisoner being charged and cautioned in the usual form, he said, ' ' I reserve my defence." He was then com mitted for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court at Napier.
