The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-18 00:00:00

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.

Hugh Reed was brought up on remand, charged with
baying embezzled about £4O belonging to Mr. Wm. Gibson.
Mr. Cobb was for the prosecution, and Mr. Block for the
prisoner. The case was opened on Monday, and it was proved
that the prisoner received certain sums that he did not pay
over. Mr. Bluck tried to establish a partnership, but failed ;
and the prisoner was sent for trial.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER ON THE
HIGH SEAS.

At the morning sittings of tht Police-court yesterday,
Hugh Galbraith, a cooper on board the ship Earl of
Derby, belonging to Messrs. Stewart and Douglas, was
brought up charged with the manslaughter of a sailor,
named John Mackay, on the voyage from Bonny to
Liverpool. Mr. Bremner, instructed by the owners of
the ship, appeared for the prisoner.—Mr. Kehoe said
the prisoner was charged with the manslaughter of John
Mackay ; there was no one present who saw the trans-
action, and although there was not any one who wit-
nessed the affair, the captain thought it his duty to
bring forward the case from what was told him. It

was alleged that the prisoner kicked the man, and that
he died in half an hour after being kicked ; but it was
only right to state that the man was in a very bad state
of health, and that although the kicking might not have
caused death, it might have accelerated death.—Captain
Francis Wm. Stafford, the master of the ship, was
produced, and said he made an entry in the log book of
what he heard. He then read an entry made in the
log, on the 9th July, iu lat. 48 53 N., and lon. 18 36 W.,
which was to the effect that the steward came to him and
said a man named Jones told him that the prisoner had
kicked Mackay; went and saw him sitting, and asked
what was the matter, but no one made answer, and
then the prisoner came with some water, and said he
was very sorry that he struck the man, but denied that he
had kicked him—but that he had struck him for stealing
some shoes from him and selling them to another man.
The deceased was not sensible, and died in about half
an hour after. He then made the entry in the log and
read it to the prisoner, when he again said he never
kicked the deceased at all. In reply to Mr. Bremner, the
captain said he had no entry of kicking in the log-book.
The prisoner seemed very sorry and cried like a child,
and appeared almost out of his mind at what happened.
He thought the deceased was in a fit; he did not exhibit
any appearance of injury, but did not examine his
body particularly. Rubbed him with hartsborn and
spirits, but could not get anything down his throat ; but
he showed no consciousness, and if he had not heard of
the kicking he would say that the man had died in a fit.
Examined his head, but saw nothing to lead him to con-
clude that violence was used ; and if be had not heard
of his being struck, he would say the man died from
natural canses. He had known the prisoner for two
years, and he is very quiet and yespectable.—Mr. Brem-
ner said that the prisoner 40 been in the employment
of Messrs. Stewart and Douglas for eight years ; and
there is now over £6O due to him.—The prisoner was
allowed out en bail for seven days.

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