Feiday, May 19th, 1882. (Before his Honor Judge Broad.) SPtJKIoUS COIN\ John Cox surrendered to his bail, and was charged with having on the 20th of March last, uttered a valueless coin, purporting to be a sovereign to Henry Kater. Mr Lynch appeared for the accused, Mr Perkins prosecuted on .behalf of the Crown. The facts of this case have recently been fully reported, and do not need lengthy recapitulation. It seems that an entertainment was got up by Messrs Lissant and O'Neil on the above date at the Oddfellows' Hall, when Henry Kater was the money taker. Amongst the money received during the evening was a Hanoverian coin, which bore the resemblance of a sovereign, and for which change was given. Subsequently, Lissant accused the prisoner of having uttered the coin, and the latter paid back the money said to have been received by him. The prosecution utterly failed to connect prisoner with the coin in question, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of acquittal.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1090, 22 May 1882, Page 2
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