The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-30 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-ROUSE.
William Charles Redden, the manager of the London
branch of the business of Messes. James Russell and Sims,
iron tube manufacturers, at Wednesbury, in Staffordshire,
who has been in custody for a fortnight upon the charge of
embezzling a very large sum of money the property of
his employers, was yesterday brought before Alderman
Carden for further examination upon that charge.
Mr. G. Lewisagain appeared on behalf of theproseoution,
and Mr. Wontner, junior, attended for the prisoner.
It will be remembered that on the former occasion the
evidence established that the prisoner had for twelve yeses
had the entire management of the business of the prose-
cutors, that was carried on in Upper Ground-street,
Southwark, and that it was his duty to remit all cheques
and other monies received by him on account of the firm
to the prosecutors every week. It was proved that be had
kept back very large sums, in some instances as mach Re
3001., and that he Mid paid in the cheques he had received
from Messrs. Russell's customers to his own credit at the
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, where he kept an
account.
A number of witnesses were yesterday called to prove
having paid the prisoner various amounts during the years
1864-5, for a great many of which be bad not in any way
accounted to his employers. From Messrs. Wilkie and
Semmes, brass-founders, of East Greenwich, he appeared to
have received* cheque for 411. 6s. 10d.; from Messrs. Rams-
den, engineers, of the Kinpland-road, TN. 6s. 4d. ; from
Messrs. Noakes, of Brisk-1ane,134/. 16a. Sd. ; from Messrs.
Bradley and Co., engineers, New-road, St. George's-in-the-
East, 81/. 15s. 10d. ; from Messrs. Dryden and Co., of
Kynanton-street, Lambeth, 221.7 x. sd. ; and linen Mews.
M'Glashsn and Co., brews founders, of the Coal-yard,
Drury-lane, 105/. ls. sd.
Mr. Lewis said that in the last-mentioned ease the
cheque was made payable to order, and the jerißOnor had
put the signature of Messrs. Russell to it, and had conse-
quently been guilty of forgery, as he had no authority to
endorse a cheque in their names.
Mr. Fryer, clerk and ledger keeper at the Southwark
Branch of the Alliance Bank, proved that the prisoner
kept an account at that bank, and he produced the books,
which showed that daring the years 1664 and 1866, the pri-
soner, among other monies, had paid in mod elf the che-
ques above mentioned to his own credit. Among them
was the cheque given by Messrs. M'Glashan for 1061. 1a.6d.,
which smeared to have been endorsed by Mews. Rummell
at the time it was paid in.
Mr. J. M. Leake, the cashier to the Metropolitan and Pro-
vincial Bank, deposed that the prisoner also kept an se-
count at that bank during the same period, and be klenti-
fled several cheques as having been paid in to the prisoner's
private account, which, it was alleged, he had received for
Ifesses. Russell, and is due course Amid hare trans-
mitted them to those gentlemen.
Mr. Guy, the aseeentant lie Mews. Russell, was re-
called, and he stated that the endorsement upon the
cheque of Mews. M'Olashan was in the prisoner's hand-
writing, and he had no authority to put their names to
such an instrument. He also stated that nose of the
cheques that had been referred to by the witnesses had
been in any way accounted for to Mesas. Russell.
In answer to questions put by Mr. Woutner in cross-
examination, T4r. Guy said that after he had commenced
the examination of the prisoner's books, the prisoner cams
to the office for one or two days as usual, although be was
aware that witness bad stated that there was a atheism:y
in Ma accounts. Re eessracnicated with Mr. Russal, and
that gentlemen come to tows and at one diseeised the