“He got there just the same.”

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 420, 22 February 1890, Page 3

“He got there just the same.”

Qst Thursday afternoon a native nauicd Bora Vyharekina was arrested by Constable Pardy an two charges of forgery. It appears that ' the accused had gone to Messrs Pettie and Harper and presented an order to obtain goods, purporting to be signed by Mr W, Armstrong. The parcel ot goods was mudo up, but delivery was refused until the bond ftdee ot tbe order had been tested, for which ■ purpose a messenger had been sent to Mrs Armstrong, Meantime the accused went into Mr H. Maroroft's shop and presented a similar order and requested to be supplied with goods, Mr Maroroft, perceiving that the order was an unlimited one. was su'ptfllous as to its genuluanasa, and' bent a messenger with it to enquire of a neighbour as to the signature The neighbour not being able to apeak authoritatively on this point, the messenger was despatched to Jdri* Armstrong, who lives in North Gisborne. Mr Marorott in the interim keeping the aqouiied by showing him various goods, Tbe beitan to gat uneasy and went td waljtup and down iti front of tbe shop,’ and while engaged in this way noticed Mr Harper (of Bettie and Harper) coming pp Gladstone Road, The accused retprnefl into the ehop anfl requested to be shown to the back. The messenger returning from Mrs Armstrong's saw tbe native oome from the back and go up Palmerston Road, On hearing Mrs Armstrong’s reply, whloh was that the order was a forgery and that Mr Armstrong had left forTologa Bay the day before the date of the order, Mr Mareroft communicated the fact to Constable I’ardy, who with the assistance of Master Peter* son (in Mr Maroroft’s shop) went in pursuit of the aovmetl. Thc acousad had

but was at length seen omning out of Mr East's shop in upper Gladstone Road. When he saw the constable the accused with unaffected simpliciry and ingenuousness walked up and heartily shook him (the constable) by the hand, as if he had just found a long lost brother. Constable Pardy was, however, up to snuff, and before returning the recognition desired to haveany doubts as to his newly formed acquaintance’s identity cleared np, and in the course of the necessary enquiries discovered that before interviewing Mr Marcroft, tbe accused bad already paid a visit to Messrs Pettie and Harper. The consequences were that he was brought before the Court yesterday morning on the two chargee, and pending Mr Armstrong's return from Tologs, was remanded until this morning at 10 o’clock.