>From The Moreton Bay Courier, 25 October 1860 -- (continued) --Joshua Ebenstein deposed that he had seen a notice in the "Courier" to the effect that Ahearn's shop had been robbed of £5 and having found a bag containing a sum of money consisting of four one pound notes and nineteen shillings in silver, he took occasion to advertise the same in the "Courier" of Thursday ; one of the notes was an Ipswich note ; he found the money on Tuesday alongside of his own residence a little way off the street, and close to the house occupied for government offices in Albert-street. The money appeared to have been thrown there hastily, as the silver was lying scattered round the mouth of the bag, no one could have seen it without coming on to his verandah.--James Ahearn was resworn and stated : There was an Ipswich note among the money but I cannot swear that the one produced is the same, nor yet can I identify any of the coins--Sergeant Wright, lockup-keeper, deposed to having searched the prisoner when he came to the lockup, he had on two pair trowsers, the under pair being of the same color as the bag now produced (blue) ; he did not discover on searching him any pocket in his trousers beyond a small one resembling a watch fob ; found 9s. 6d. on the prisoner's person ; the prisoner was remanded to gaol, and on [his] return to the lockup he had only one pair of trousers on, the blue ones being absent. Samuel Sneyd, gaoler, deposed to receiving the prisoner in gaol, and also to the fact of his having a pair of blue trousers on, which he subsequently gave to his fellow-prisoners for the purpose of being cut up into tea and sugar bags. A turnkey was subsequently called, who produced fragments of the trousers. [It was supposed that the bag containing the money might be a pocket belonging to the trousers, and that the prisoner had thrown it away whilst being pursued by the police.] The trousers, however, not being complete, the connection of the pocket could not be identified. He was therefore discharged. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------