The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-25 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-HOUSIL
Richard Hard, a young man of highly respectable ap-
pearanoe, was brought up ui custody by detective officer
Hancock, and charged before Mr. Alderman Fiala with
embezrling and stea divers sums of money received by
him for and on account of Megan. Ricketts and Son, of
Hull, and 149, Upper Thames-street, City, general mer-
chants, his masters and employers.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Henry Wallis, the
manager of the London branch of the firm, that the
pr 1-
sonar had been about two years in the service as town and
country traveller, and f his duties when engaged in town
were to pay over daily all sums received by him to the
cashier of the firm, and when he was out on country jour-
neys in the home district to pay over to the same gentle-
man all moneys received by him on his return to town,
which was usually twice a week. In consequence of the
discovery of some irregularities about a month ago, the
prisoner was summarily dismissed with the pa ment of
one week's salary, and since his • • several
sums bad been ascertained to have been paid to
him by customers, and not accounted for or
paid over by him to the cashier. The result
was that under the instructions of the manager, Mr.
Wallis, the prisoner was taken into custody by detective
officer Hancock, on the previous evening. Only one ease
of embesalement was entered into this day. Itwas of a sum
of IL 12s. 3d., received by the prisoner on the sth May last,
from a customer of the prosecutors' firm, and asweeproved
by Mr. Priestman, the cashier, had never been paid over or
accounted for to him by the prisoner, whose reaupt for
the money had been produced to Mr. Priestman. There
were other oases with regard to which the witnesses were
not in attendance.
In reply to a question put by the alderman, the witness
Mr. Wallis, stated that the exact amount of the deface;
tions had not yet been ascertained.
The officer Hancock asked for a remand to enable him to
pursue his inquiries.
The prisoner hoped a remand would take place, as if
time were granted he had a complete answer to the charge.
The prisoner was remanded for a week, and bail was
refused.

Samuel Davis, a r;ugh-looking fellow, well known to
the police, was charged, before Mr. Barker, with being
drunk and violently assaulting police-constable Burt, 260
0, in the execution of his duty at Aylesbury-street, Clark-
enwell. .

Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, defended.
The prisoner was ejected from a public-house, and as be
made use of very bad language and caused • grad disturb-
ance, he was taken into custody. The constable no sooner
took bold of him than the prisoner hit him a violent blow
in the face and knocked him into the road. Whilst be
was down the prisoner kicked him, and when he got up the
prisoner hit him four or five violent blows in the face, and
rendered him insensible. Assistance coming up, the
prisoner was taken to the police-station, and on the way
there he was very violent, and his language threatening.
The prisoner is known as • desperate fellow, and has before
been in custody for assaults on the police and was once
tent to the Middlesex Sessions, and was there sentenced
to four months' hard labour.
The defence was that the prisoner was drunk, and
having been insulted by some men, hit the constable in
mistake.

Mr. Barker sentenced the prisoner to two months' hard
labour hi the House of Correction, and refused an applica-
tion to inflict a fine.
The prisoner, on being removed, said that he would
rather have three mouths than two.