The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

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Diehl William Maietp.as elderly, respeetable.looking
mas, annesdamal th Wks aft trial upon NVettl indictments
charging his wf flierap, larceny, sod obtaiaing mosey
by falsointhes
Mr. Boehm M ses.
r. Chard, sad Mr. Sleigh conducted the
Mr. Messigh
meimatieht Pony woe specially retained, with
. , sd the prisoner.
The dirt ems that was to wee a chugs of foreleg sad
uttering • dwelt he IL, with latent to defraud the trauma
of a onistryad the United Patriots' Bthevolent sad Pro-
videat AaMillases Society.
The nthellhaties of this thug. ossapied • essetherable
time, sad theists were of • mashie esmplimaed sea
runt. It that the pitman hal kw the eiripiaal
'Snobs el the smithy Is tosedes. sad that
rimellasigpsisthit oraeluy sal seth Nth a miry
seine part fa hs sib% the reamer - eseeived bong
the sum of two AMgs per mans Mr amt member, sad,
a there were urethan( four thoanad numbs's, his regular
salary was more them OW. • year, sad amoral ether allow-
ances were elm mesh to his. It appeared to Moe been
the sumo ler the tesstres, is whom all the feeds of
the soden wore vested, to plan a amber of blank
cheques la the poomesioa of the prisoner, who woe am
powend to fill them up for say este that might be required
he the ppanrppoahww of the society, bat it eu alleged that he
bad so an why to use them for say ether purpose. The
care as the part of the protections was that the primmer
had filled up a amine for 51, sad bad paid It to
Mesas. lobos and Banks, saddlery to whom he was
ladebted la that amount, sad it war also proved that he
had made • Malin us of the other chrism. It did sot
appeal to be dialed on the put of On prisoner that the
eheqsas bad both so midi are of, bat in the comes of the cies
It was shown that the prince! had coastantly been in the
habit of drawlsg his salary in advance, sad that he had
always made me of these cheques for that purpose, end that
hie amistats had both puled by the auditor, of the society,
with • Mowledge of the fact. It was alleged on behalf of
the proemial= that there was • deficiency to the swum
of over 6001. la the prisoner's amounts; but the fact was
sot at all dimly made eat, and there was also an enema of
positive proof that the prisoner had in reality drawn mere
tansy thaw he was untitled to for salary from the lathe of
the soden.
Mr. Bajesat Parry addressed the jury for the primer
with his math fan sad ability, sad he intended that spot
the hots before the court they would sot be justified fa'
coavictiag the primmer of so serious aw offence as the we
laid to her charge, particularly in the absence of say sel-
dom* to show that a fraud bad actually bees oommitted, or
that the prisoner had received more than the amount of
salasy to which ha woo entitled.
The Cosmos fletjant having summed up, the jury,
after • short deliberatioa, yenned • wirdict of Not
Gra*
TM penmen was thew tried spot • snood indictment,
whir& therm& his with steeling this. rental sums of 135.,
4.. had LI, the property of the some society.
this OM It was alleged that the prisoner, whose duty
it was to tressmit books sad other ibises to the Marna.
Mambos of the society, had made • chugs on three &Mast
mossiest for a herr no than had Mee actually paid by
his fee tbs carriage of parcels transmitted to the thestry.
It was proved that ea the 3rd of bane he had paid lfic 6d.
for pine* ea the 7th, 78. 3d., end ea the 11th, 11. 4s. W.,
sad the sums eatered by him la Unhooks., twang bees paid
were rectivaly 11.12 c 64.,115. 3d., sad 2144.84, iasteed of
the maths sun All the 1t.., is the books were described
by the primmer as limier; ben
'mid for masking up, pee.
huge, sad earrisp of parcels, ' sad it appeared that he
bad claimed • right to charge 6d. for each parcel so ma t
by him as • esipethation for his trouble sad the eapease et
a horse sad east that were used by Ma to conney the parish
to the diffnest tail way bookie* ohms. Is that ease, as is
the former, it also appeared that the auditors were aware
that the primmer claimed this right, sad that his animate
hod bops paned with • kaowledge that the &Maims!
'horses bad been made.
Mr. &desist Perry again withered the jury for the'
prisoner, and he urged, that althoegh he might have set up',
a holm to whisk he was sot Mihaly eattUed, still it was