The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-04-17 00:00:00

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Eorti.—rosninmaioN4 gigned by the Lord Lieu.
tenant u/ihe County of -.(From Frulay's
u,,:eue.)—Yeoml or 16th Somerset Couipany 1.. f
Volunteer Hide C..rps ; I'. Meestter, E". 1., to Le
Captain ; R. I).one, gentleman, to be Lteuteuant ;
11. S. Watts, gentlenum, to le: Ensign.

CHUMS Or Ell BIZZLEM ZNT. Henry A Am,
clerk in the goods department of the (li eat Western
Railway, Yeovil, was charged on Thursday, before
G. Harbin' 1.:*1., with embezzling, on the 22nd
I)eceitilier last, 3s. I Id.. the property of his em-
ployers ; also embezzling 2s. 2,11. on the lsth Jan.,
and 2s. 2.1. oil the 19th of the same month. Mr.
Sidney Watts appeared for the defence. Mr. Tarr,
district superiniaaident of the Great Western Rail-
way, deposed that the prisoner was a clerk in the
employ of the whammy up to the titue he was given
in charge, and witimss paid bun his wages every
u ..... di and received his receipts frean him. Mr.
S. Richard Bryan said :—I am clerk in the employ
of the Gnat Western Railway Company, in the
goods department. Prisoner was a clerk in the
sawn department. iliac.. had frequent opportunities
of seeing him write his name, and know his lowa
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writing well. 1 produce a receipt for Itia. 4d.,
dated the 22nd Imeember last, Mang the amount
for the carriage of a bus of uniat wait by Mr. lair-
(smiles to Mr. l'arsons, id London. The weight is
stated to be 7 cwt. I qr. 1 lb., which would collie to
Ids. 44. The receipt is in the prisoner's hand-
writing. I produce the cash •hook Jur Dec-ember, in
which the prisoner ought to cuter all the money
received lor the u 1111 l th of December. Instead of
entering Ilia. 4d, he only accounted tor 12s. Ad. In
the mnisignuseut note the weight appears to have
Leen altered to A cwt. 2 iirs., and I believe it to lie
in the prisoner's hand-wriaing. The weight is Met
enterial in pencil by a porter; and it us not the
prisoner's duty D. put it in Mk. I produce a receipt
for 124., dated lath January, being the aumuut paid
for the carriage of a hoz ut meat, alwi sent to Mr.
larcouille to Mr. l'arsons, weight .5 cwt. 1 qr. 12 lbs.
; lii the castadmok for January, the prisoner has only
accounted for 9.. 10.1., embezzling the remaining
I 2s. 2.1. I produce the invoice made out by the
I prisoner, in which the weight is entered at 4 cwt.
I I qr. 12 lbw, which would amount to 9ii. 10.1. In
I the cousiglillisla note the weight appear* 14) he
I altered Do the MAKI. I produce& receipt fur I Is. 1.1.
chided the 19th January last., OCllis the Wiliam,. lend
D.r the carriage of a Jul of meat, also scut by Mr.
Lan:untie: to Mr. Parsons. The Weight is stated at
4 cat. 3 qrs. 24 Ins. In the tash•hu..k tor January,
. instead 01 cots:nag 11.. Id., the prisoner has enterml
' Ds. 11.1., galas:141111g Diu remaining 2s. 2d. 1n the
1 invoice produced, he has summed the weight as
3 cwt. 3 qrs. and 24 lb*. In the consignment note
the weigut is ...vrrout.ly stated, and is mit altered.
I.:ross-esacutticid : 1 cannot swear that the figure.* In
the oousignuient note were nut made by a porter.
The porters generally use pencil and not ink. I can
swear to tile iiivoiCca alai receipts.—Mr. Tarr re-
unirkml, in the course of the hearing. that there
. were a great number of cases of the Milne kind, out
of whims the present bad been selected. At thu
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i brother,
; who was • tenant under his brother, had atteinkti
I for that purpose. The prisoner was then remanded
I tall Tuesday last, and Was hound over himself in ttrO
i and his two sureties in .t. 30 each, to appear.