The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-27 00:00:00

IJIDZZZLZML'f2 BF A STATION-MASTER AT

CANTAItatIItY.

On Saturday morning George Roles, station-
master, in the employ of the South-Eestern Railway Com-
pany, at Canterbury, was placed at the bet at the Guild-
hall, befare the Mayor and Aldermen Brent, and Mr. E.
Rohl:nun, on a charge of linving embezzled c etala monies,
the property of the asid oncipany, his employers.
It appears that the pri.unsr has filled the office of insets,
of the Canterbury Station for the past three yeas and that
latterly his habits have been /somewhat irregular Ltd expen-
sive and he has suffered from attacks of delirium tremens;
but nothing transpired affecting bid honesty until a few days
since, when it was discovered that the accused bed misappro-
Mated the moons of his employers., but he had in the mean-
time left the city, and was onl apprehended on Friday
'eyeing a, Gravesend. In ily of the deficiency to
his acorn with the company, It is said that he hes applied
to his own purposes money brearvolently enbecribed in behalf
a • poor widow, whose bust:end lad his life in the
Mike South Easttru Railway Company, on the Whitstable
lies, about sin months since. About 604 was entweribed by
the servants on the railway fir this poor woman, but not one
farthing of this amount, it is said, ever reached her. The
fires MUMS celled wee John Keeling, the cashier of the
locomotive department of the South Heaters Railway, who
deemed that on the 16th of March last he sent en account
(which was produced) foe 61. 19a. Sd. for breeze, to the pri-
rime, to collect the amount. It was his duty to collect
the money and pay it over to the locomotive superintendent
of the Ashford Worke. No money had been paid on
amount of that bill, nor had the minutes received any-
thing from the prisoner sines the 15th of March. Wm. Clay-
son, In the employ of Mrs. Beard, brickroaker, Vauxhall,
Canterbury. proved paling the pension. a cheque (minced)
for 61. 19s. 6d., for breeze, about seven o'clock one evening
during the month of March. The defendant gave him a re-
ceipt for the money on the bill (peodacerl).—lama Cud-
worth, locomotive auperintesdenr, proved that he bad re-
ceived no money from the sccu•ed moos the 16th of March.
Sergeant Moyea, detective officer, in the service of the South
Eastern Railway Company, ,poke re apprehending the pri-
soner at Gravesend about six o'clock the previous evening.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner Said he had been very
ill fur some time and unable to attssd to things at the Can-
terbury station, but if time were allowed him he amid auks
arrangements so that everything would be satisfactory. He
left Canterbury net to avoid being apprehended, but for
change of an.—When asked if he walled to put any goes-
doss to the vitamins. the accused said-1 did not take the
money felenionely. What the witness has said about my
having Centortery for change of air is quite correct. I was
advised to do so by Mr. Holthern."—The prisoner was re-
manded tall Monday la order to afford the company's solicitor
time to complete the charge.

ACCIDENT ON TEE LONDON AND BOUTII-WESTERN
RAILWAT.On Saturday morning, between the hours of 2
sad 3 o'clock. a IBM named Thomas Fordo., sired 25 year,
Is the employment of the London and South-Western Rail-
way Company, was brotieht up by train to the Waterloo-
road terminal', fearfully, and, there is little daub', fatally
injured. From the particulatv °trained, it appear, that the
anfortneste man was reading upon a luggage train, which
ought to have *topped at the Kingston-upon-Themes station.
The dr.ver, era seams that spot, stoppel the train, and
Forder alight,d fr. rn bia van, for the purpose tf attending to
his parcel... The driver, however, forted that the train had not
quite reached the front of the station, when he again put on the
steam, and the trip was again set In motion, and just at that
essomd the poor fellow was in the act of stepping upon the
foot-board of the trio, whoa by some means be ellpped, and
Snit Wynn the rail.' and the wheels of the eagles and
tracks rased over his right Aflutter and left head, terribly
=fag both. The arortnare man wee extricated as
as port,* and a neighbouring surgeon sent for,
rho, sitar attending mad dressing the injuries, advised his
✓emoval to one albs London b0...41.. He ems placed in
dm arra sad orryed to the Waterloo-road, and from
three te St. Tbomae s Hospital, where he war examined by
Mr. Lesvos Clark, the surgeon, end Mem s. Gerrie and
Chalet, who f aad that the injuries he had erteno, d were of
such • errata that amputation of the arm was do weed are
That operation was performed 14s carefully r per
able, sad part of the left band has err been nursed.
Iverything th it huttiaaity or metrical cars eta der ise has
Ira ere isr Ibe sufferer, but he start remains withott lope
d istemy.