The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-08 00:00:00

MAfiLDOROUGIi STREET.

James George Spencer wu charged with having embez-
zled various sums of money front his employer, Mr. Burton,
furnishing ironmonger, 39, Oxford-street.
It wu rather a iemarkable feature in the case that the
prisoner was the principal witness is another case of Em-
bezzlement brought against another servant in the employ
of Mr. Burton. _ _ _

Wm. Crowther, van driver to Mr. Burton, said—On the
22nd of August he received the following accounts: of Mr.
Durrand, 11. ; Mr. Burrell, 2/. 84. ; and Dar. Dawson, 1/.Bs.
He paid the amounts over to the prisoner, who was till
cashier, on the same day.
Jabea Brookman, another van driver, said—On the 2nd of
September he received from Captain Walker 121. 12s. lid.,
which he paid over to the prisoner.
Alfred noel, principal cashier to Mr. Burton, said it was
the prisoner's duty to account to him every day for the
monks he received. The prisoner kept the bill book, and
it was his duty to make an entry of all the sums he received
during the day. The prisoner bad not accounted to him
for the sum received from the van-drivers. The prisoner's
initials were against the amounts paid over to hint by the
van-drivers and not accounted for.

Mr. Hardwick put some questions to the witnesses in
consequence of the apparent intricacy of the system of
keeping accounts, and at the close of the examination sug•
gested that it might be advisable to adopt • more Dimple
mode of accounts.

The suggestion was promised attention.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully com-
mitted.

SOUTHWARK.

Georffe Freeman, a bargeman, was charged with throwing
John (single, another bargeman, into the river, with intent
to injure hint seriously.
Complainant stated that on Saturday evening his barge
was moored inside St. Saviour's Dock, and the defendant
bad charge of another barge outside, which was lying
arrow, so that no other barge could get out. Wishing to
save tide and proceed down the river he asked the prisoner
to let go his hawser, to enable him to pass out. That he re-
fused to do, and witness said if be did not he would do it
himself. The prisoner still refusing to unfasten the rope
and make way for his barge, he went towards the bead to
remove it, when prisoner came up to him and pushed him
overboard. The depth of water in the dock when he was
immersed was six feet, and had not he been able to swim he
must have been drowned, as it was some time before he was
got out. Ile was then nearly insensible.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said that he did not
wilfully push him overboard. He (prisoner) jumped into
the water and assisted in getting him out.
The watchman of the dock denied the prisoner's state-
ment, and the prisoner having asserted that he could bring
witnesses to prove his assertions, was remanded for a week.

Willis:at Balser, a German sugar baker, about 40 years
of age, rending at Mulberry-street, Commercial-road, ap-
peered to a summons, charging him with assaulting Kathe-
rine Dielel, a little German girl 16 years of age. The case
was brought under the notice of Mr. Yardley on Friday by
the Rev. Dr. Cappell, minister of St. George's German
Lutheran church, Little ilie-street, Goodman's-fields, who
stated that it had become a common practice to entice Ger-
man children from their homes by specious promises of im-
proving their condition in this country, but instead of such
promisesbeing performed, in addition to being half-starved,
the poor creatures were sent out in all weathers to sell
brooms and little windmills, and on their return they were
beaten severely and refused food if they did not bring home
sufficient to satisfy the cupidity of their task-masters. The
defendant and complainant were both natives of Weiper-
felden, is the Duchy of Nassau. About the Easter of
the prisoner induced the girl's father to allow her to cone
here with him, promising to make good provision for her and
to send her back with good clothiug,her passage paid, and 100
tiorins,equal toBl. of our money at tile end of 18 months. She
received no clothing except some rags that she received
from some humane persons. Her food was of the scantiest
kind, and he beat her so unmercifully when she foiled to
bring home money that she ran away from him on the 4th
ult., since which time Doctor Cappell had provision made
for her in the house of another countryman of hers named
Conrad Shims. The little girl having been sworn

i sere of the property, sad the great diminution of the pea I Coma ifhiraz.