A Pembroke man pleaded guilty to forging his former boss' signature on company cheques, defrauding glassblowing gift shop Dockyard Glassworks of almost $7,000.

Brian Medeiros, 28, admitted 13 counts, including dishonestly obtaining thousands of dollars by taking cheques to the Bank of N.T. Butterfield under the pretence that he was authorised to cash them, when he appeared at Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

Medeiros was found to have stolen eight cheques from his then employer Dockyard Glassworks, cashing them for a total of $6,951 by falsifying his boss' signature.

Senior Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told the court that the owners of Dockyard Glassworks had been reviewing their bank statements when they noticed the cheques had been written out to the defendant.

Medeiros admitted his crime to Police when questioned, confessing to one count of theft, four counts of forgery, four counts of using a false instrument and four counts of obtaining property by false pretence.

Mr. Mahoney added that Medeiros had a prior conviction for shoplifting from the Marketplace in 2005.

Duty defence counsel Shade Subair told the court that Medeiros' crimes arose out of financial hardship, adding that he had been "someone with good character" in the five years since his last conviction.

She said the defendant had expressed remorse for his actions, and had tried in vain to contact his former employers to discuss "restitution or reparations".

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner requested a social inquiry report to be compiled and adjourned the case until September 4, releasing Medeiros on bail.