The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-05 00:00:00

witness—

Mr. Fricker, chief clerk at Waterloo station, who, on being
handed a book, said : This book is in the handwriting of the
prisoner. It is a book of the sales of unclaimed goods from
May 31st to 11th July. (Two books handed witness.)

Mr. Bretherton: Are these the books in which the original
entries were made ? Witness: One is, but I can't say if the

others arc

To Mr. Blenkinsop : The books are in prisoner's hand-
writing, and are catalogues of sales of the 10th and 11th
July, and 29th, 30th, and 31st May. In the May sales, at
lot 318, is an entry of 3 bales of Jaconet, £2l ; the figures
arc in the prisoner's writing. Iu the cash book there is an
entry oppOsite that lot, 3 bales jaconet, to Jeffrey, £l6. Lot
319 in catalogue, is 3 bales of jaconet, £25, and in the
account of sales these are set down to Jeffrey, £l6. The next
lot, 320, is 3 bales jaconet, £22 ; in the sale book the entry
is 4 bales, Jeffrey, £2O. In lot 321 in catalogue is 3 bales of
jaconet, £27, and this is in the sale book entered as 2 bags
of shoe pegs, £1 ss. Lot 436 is a bale of canvas, £l6 10s,
and in the sale book it is 8 dish covers, £l. There is no entry
in the sale book of £l6 10s for a bale of canvas of that date.
There is no entry of lot 321, 4 bales of jaconet, for £27 in
the account book. Lot 48, of same date, is a hamper of silk
gloves, £7 ss; in the sales book it is, " Hamper of gloves,
Jeffry, £5." At the end of the three days sale the total amount
is £BlO 10s. 6d. This cash book is in the hand writing
of Richard Salter, the cashier, who has run away ; the amount
entered in the cash book by Salter is £BlO 10s. 6d.
Cross-examined by Mr. Brethertun : I have not made
entries in any sale's book. In the cash book under lot 318
there has been a pencil mark, but I cannot tell what it was—
it was under £l6. I believe that book was in the custody of
Mr. Salter. The date on the heading is in Salter's writing,
but I never saw his pencilling in that book. I have seen the
prisoner in Salter's office, but I never saw the prisoner make
entries by Salter's order, nor in his presence, I was not
present when lot 318 was sold, and I have no knowledge of
what the price was. I see the top entry of page 39—there
would appear an error in the numbers, there is a mark on all
the numbers. Under 320 there is a pencil mark. I won't
say the figure is 325, but I can'nt say as it is so covered. If
the book was corrected, No. 319 would be No. 320, and lot
320 would be 321. In the account of 320 there are pencil
marks, the true return for that would he £l6. Mr. Brether-
ton examined the witness at some length, in reference to the
pencil marks in the books under the amounts written in with
ink, but there was nothing particularly important in the
examination. The witness went on to say, I do not know in
whose writing the bale of canvas is put down in the catalogue
book ; it is not in the prisoner's writing. The sale book
is intended to be a copy of the catalogue book.
I believe there have been some damaged goods sold by
private contract, but I cannot say the same of unclaimed goods.
I will not swear that the sales by private contract are entered
in this book. I bought by private a small piece of carpet, in
1852 or 1853, and paid Salter for it. I bought black cloth ; I
do not recollect the time, but I think it was about two years
ago. Ido not recollect what I paid for it. It was measured
out by Salter, but I don't know if it was put in the sale book.
I bought tea by private contract also, and paid the cash in for
it, but for that I have no receipt.
Mr. Bretherton : Did you ever receive three sums of £2O
each from Salter ? Witness : No.
Did you ever receive £6O in three sums from Salter ?
Witness : No, I did not.
Did you ever receive any money from Salter? Witness :
None, except my salary. I got some fish, but can't say if 1:
paid for it. I don't think I had any coffee or rice.

Had you anything else in the shape of provisions from the
railway ? Witness : I don't think I have had anything else.
Did you ever say this to any one—" It is quite right that
we should have something, if there is anything going this
way, or to be got ?" Witness : I never did.
Do you swear that ? Witness : I do, certainly.
Were you at Mr. Salter's house often ? Witness : I was
not there more than half a dozen times.

Mr. Blenkinsop : Did you pay for all you had ? Witness :
I did, for everything I had.
Were the articles sold in private, perishable articles ? Wit-
ness : Yes.

And would not keep till the regular quarterly sales? Wit-
ness : The., would not.
Is the•system of private sales put an end to by the directors ?
Witness: Yes; about six months ago the directors put an end
to it, when they were informed of it.
Examined by Mr. Bretherton : I do not know if the money
realised for sales was paid to the prisoner or not, but in some
cases it was paid to the clerk.

sir. John Geddes examined: I am assistant pay clerk, and
clerk of the unclaimed

was in the prisoner's department

goods sales, and was so last year. It was part of my duty to
make out bills and collect money. This receipt to Messrs.
Jeffrey for £lOB 10s. is in my writing, as is also this receipt
for £8 14s. I paid that money to Mr. Salter, the cashier. I
believe this catalogue was before the prisoner when he sold the
goods, and in which he marked the prices sold for. I see lot
218, " three bales of jacconet, £29 ;" 319, " same, £25 ;"
and 320, "same, £21." 'no next is £27, and the next a
bale of canvass, £l6. I had a catalogue, and so had the pri-
soner. I have searched for mine, but could not find it. I received
the money from Messrs. Jeffery, and paid it to Salter. I
sometimes paid small sums to the prisoner. There were freight
and charges to come off the sales. At 104 in the catalogue 1
have got a pair of smiths' bellows ; 130 is a case of stained
glass, April sth. On the 6th of April there is No. 130, two
bags of nails, which brought £1 16s. No. 96 is crossed, and
in the duplicate it is entered £3 lls, and in the prisoner's
salebook it is £1 3s. He then compared several entries in the
catalogue and the sales book. The money entries in the latter
were always considerably lower than in the former. The prices
(said the witness) in the catalogue were what the goods were
knocked down at. The cashier would have some charges on
the goods. I have not seen the account salesbook before. If
there were charges, such would be taken off by Mr. Salter, but
I cannot tell if there have been any charges at all upon these
goods.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bletherton : The prisoner had to
take the check of what the goods were knocked down for. He
did not make out bills or collect the money. Mr. Salter
received the money from me when I collected it. The large
book of accounts I believe to be made up by Mr. Salter. There
were generally charges on the goods, but the prisoner had
nothing to do with them—they were regulated by Salter.
I don't know if there is any book in reference to
the charges. There have been alterations made
by me by the instructions of Mr. Salter,
from the catalogue price, to the bills, in consequence of dispute
or other things. Mr. Salter was head clerk over the prisoner,
and I have acted, in settling claims, by instructions from
Salter, who frequently sent me out to pay claims. I have
seen the cashier pay claims in the office. Several of the boys
have taken money nut to pay claims. I have frequently
disposed of goods by private contract, by order of Salter, to
both clerks and men in the office. I can't say what the goods
were, but I rendered in the accounts to Salter. The amounts
were generally deducted from the clerks, &c., at the end of
the month from their salaries. I do not remember having
signed any receipt for claims by order of the cashier.
Frequently goods were not removed after sale, and were
resold by private contract by order of Mr. Salter.

At this stage of the proceedings, Mr. Bretherton said he
was obliged to leave, as he was required particularly at the
assizes, and a question arose as to an adjournment, and after a
short discussion, it was (at half•past one o'clock) arranged to
adjourn the case pro forma to Friday next.

Mr. Brethertor; asked his worship if be would take bail for
the appearance of the prisoner ; but his worship declined at
present.

THE CHARGE AGAINST ALEXANDER
MILLER, ANOTHER RAILWAY OFFICIAL.

Alexander Miller, a person of gentlemanly appearance,
about 40 years of age, who had been out on bail since Monday
last, on a charge of embezzling certain sums of money belong-
ing to the same company, was then put forward. Mr.
Blenkinsop was for the prosecution, and Mr. Cross appeared
for the prisoner. Mr. Miller was chief clerk in the demur-
rage department of the Waterloo station, and the charge

against him was, for receiving some money in his capacity of
clerk, and for which he had not accounted. The whole of the

case will be gathered from the following evidence :
Mr. Thomas Bullock examined : I am in the down goods
invoice department as chief clerk. Mr. Austin and Arthur B.
Salter receive demurrage. Mr. Salter is the cashier of that
department. In their absence Mr. Miller or myself receive
the money ; the practice was to hand it to Mr. Salter or Mr.
Austin, whichever came first. I entered it first in one of
their cash books, and handed the money to them on their
return The company require goods liable to demurrage to
be paid for before delivery, and it is unusual to deliver goods
without the payment first' The prisoner's duty was to receive
money i❑ the office. We have two paid collectors, whose duty
was to go out and collect. These (two documents), are in the
prisoner's handwriting; they are bills and receipts, one for
5s 6d, and one for 55.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cross : All that I know is, that
when the persons alluded to receive money, that it was their
duty to do so. The prisoner told me it was his duty to receive
money; that was perhaps three months ago. There is a crane

cash book at each crane. One of the receipts was dated in
September, and the other i❑ December last. Money is not
paid by slips to my knowledge. The prisoner had twenty-seven
or twenty-nine persons under him, and was much pressed in
business, as it was a responsible situation which he held. The
books are checked periodically, but I can't tell by, whom.
To Mr. Blenkinsop : In the absence of Salter and Austin
cash received should be entered in their cash book, or in a
small one kept for that purpose. (Books produced.)
Mr. Arthur Boodle Salter examined : I am the petty cash
keeper at Waterloo station, in the down invoice department.
It was part of my duty to receive demurrage, and this cash
book was kept by me ; this (another) was also under my care.
The witness gave the same account of the mode of entering
cash in his absence as the last witness. An entry on the l9th
of October, 1855, is in prisoner's handwriting, and I put my
initials to it ; that was the invariable system. When he
received money in my absence, he -entered it, and I put my
initials to it. There is no entry for the 12th October, for the
sum of £1 5s 6d, mentioned in one of the receipts now pro-
duced, nor was that money ever handed over to me. There
was no entry for the December receipt either, nor was the
money handed over to me. There are no entries in the crane
book for the sums.

Cross-examined by Mr. Cross : It was not the prisoner's
duty to keep my books, but to hand me the money he might
have received in my absence. He never paid me on slips of
paper for demurrage, but he did so for freight. The check
clerk checks the books, and would find out mistakes at the
end of the month, but demurrage is settled every week. The
crane book and cash book ought to agree. Sometimes there
may have been instances of goods having been delivered with-
out payment of demurrage, and the money collected subse-
quently. The prisoner was there from six to nine in the
morning, which was a very busy part of time with him. I
believe he has been often called away very frequently,
in the :middle of his business, and when receiving
money. I had been told by Mr. Bullock about the £1 ss,
and when I mentioned it to the prisoner he said, "Oh

nonsense, nonsense,

settle it at the end of

Did he say debit to me, and I will
the month ? Witness : No, he did not
Mr. Blenkinsop: When was that? About the early part
of this year. I considered him a very superior officer.
Mr. William Austin, a clerk in the same department as the
last witness, was examined, and corroborated the evidence of
the last witness, but was not cross-examined.
Richard Williams examined said : lam warehouseman to
Messrs. Cox and Sons, iron merchants. I recollect a lot of
iron coming to us in September last year. I recollect the
prisoner coming to our office in Rumford-street about it the
day the money was paid. He was present, and I told Mr.
Cox the demurrage had not any right to be paid. Subse-
quently the money was paid. It was 5s 6d paid to the
prisoner (as I think), and I saw him sign something like this
receipt for it.
Thomas Beadles examined : I am a crane man at Waterloo-
station. I see this demurrage bill of Messrs. Thompson,
Finlay, and Co. This book states the hour the goods were
delivered. They were delivered by the prisoner's order
without payment of demurrage. I would not have delivered
them otherwise. The order was in writing across the freight
notes.

Mr. Blenkinsop said that was the case against the prisoner.
Mr. Cross contended that there was no proof of the money
being paid to, or received by, the prisoner.
Mr. Blenkinsop said he produced the receipt given by the
prisoner for the money, which was the strongest case he
could make. He had made out a prima facie case against
the prisoner.

Detective officer Conns said : I arrested the prisoner last
Saturday, at his office, at the Waterloo Station. I took him
to the manager and then to the police office. I bad a memo-
randum, and ',bowed it to him ; it contained simply the
atnonnt of the 5s 6d. At the police office I showed him the
receipt, and he said no doubt he had received the money. I
then showed him the cash books, bat he could not find an
entry for it in any of them. He said he could not find any
entry, nor could he tell how it was that he bad not
entered it.

To Mr. Cross : He did not say be was not in the habit of
receiving money at the station.
This closed the case on the part of the prosecution.
Mr. Cross asked if there was any case made out against the
prisoner ? Was there any embezzlement ? There was no
false entry—no secrecy about the matter, and it was clear
that Salter knew of the affair.

Mr. Blenkinsop contended • he had made out a case to go
to a Jury, and
Mr. Mansfield was of the same opinion, but whether a jury
would convict was a different thing. lie could not decide
the case.

The depositions were then read over, and the prisoner was
committed for trial at the Sessions.

His worship, however, decided on taking two sureties, in
£5O each, and these being ready, the prisoner was liberated
accordingly.

POLICE COURT V .--__ESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. MkNBFIRLD.)

ASSAULTS ON WOMEN.—John Stott, a cotton flock
dealer, living in Stanley-street, was charged with having
violently assaulted his wife. It appeared that the
prisoner had been several times before charged for the
same offence, and he was now sent to prison for six
months.

Michael }really was fined £2 for having assaulted a
woman named Margaret Kelly, in Stanhope-street
John Higgleworth was fined £5 for having assaulted
a married woman, named Mary C!arke, in Lime-street.
DEALING Wrrnour A LICENCE.—ThImas Leather was
summoned for dealing as a marine store dealer without
a licence. It was proved by Mr. Dodd, who appeared
for the defence, that the transaction was one of
exchange, and the complaint was dismissed.
(BEFORE MR. AIKEN AND Ala EVANS.)

STABBING BY A FEMALE.—A young girl, named Mar-
garet Cross. evidently not more than fifteen years of
age, was charged with having stabbed another girl,
named Mary Welsh, with a pair of scissors. From the
statement of the complainant. it appeared that they,
with several others, were in a house of ill-fame in Peter-
street, when they began to quarrel about a paramour,
the result of which was that they exchanged blows, and
in the course of the affray the defendant seized a pair
of scissors from the table, with which she inflicted a
severe wound just above the complainant's right eye.
For the defence it was contended that the complainant
was the first aggressor, having attacked the defendant
with a candlestick. Witnesses were called upon each
side. The magistrates, however, decided upon sending
the defendant for seven days imprisonment, at the same
time observing that it was their determination to put a
stop to parties using such instruments ; had such not
been the fact the case would have been dismissed.
SWINDLING, NOT FELONY.—A respectably-attired man
who gave his name as Magnus Halm, was charged with
stealing three accordions, the property of Miss Alice
Jordan, under the following circumstances. Miss Jordan
stated that the prisoner called at her shop and requested
permission to take three accordions to a gentleman
whom he expected would purchase one of them. This
was assented to, and a lad accompanied the prisoner,
having strict orders not to leave the prisoner nor to
return without the instruments. The prisoner on getting
to the Fenwick-chambers, Fenwick-street, took them
from the lad telling him he was going to show them to
a gentleman, and directed him not to leave the door
until he returned. The boy waited for a considerable
time, and finding the prisoner did not return, went up
the stairs, when to his astonishment he found
that he had been deceived, and that the
prisoner had made his escape by another
entrance. Information was given to the police
who soon after apprehended the prisoner with
two of the accordians in his possession, and a pawn-
broker's duplicate for the other. Upon being asked
what hehad to say in answer to the charge, the prisoner
replied. "I did it, but I don't call it a felony, I call it
swindling." He was committed for trial.
SUNDAY TRADING.—Thomas Mercer, a publican, living
in Great Nelson-street, was charged with permitting
drunkenness in his house, on last Good Friday. The
charge was proved by one of the police force. The
defendant denied the charge, but the bench thinking the
case sufficiently proved, ordered him to pay 10s. and
costs.
ATTEMPT AT SMUGGLING.— John Mathewson, the
second engineer on board the British Queen, arrived
here from Smyrna, was charged by an excise officer with
attempting to smuggle twelve pair of foreign gloves and
five ounces of Maltese lace, the treble value of which,
duty included, was £6 13s 6d; Mr. Brook was for the
prosecution, and produced witnesses who swore they
discovered the goods concealed in the prisoner's berth.
He admitted the fact, but said he intended to pay duty
on them. He was fined the above amount, and costs in
addition, which made the whole sum .£9 17s 6d, but not
being able to pay, he vas taken into custody. Mr.
Brook, in retiring from the office of solicitor of the
excise, after filling it for thirty-three years, tendered
his thanks to the magistrates for the uniform courtesy
and kindness shown by them to him on all occasions
In saying this, he wished it to be unders.ood that he
never had been engaged in any case where the seizure
of any ship was concerned, as his department was con-
fined to smuggling. Mr. Holt,, on behalf of himself and
brother magistrates, expressed his high opinion of Mr.
Brook, who had always given entire satisfaction to the
bench and the public in the discharge of his duties.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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ill IRSK RACES.-YESTERDAY

SCURRY STARES.
Bird in Bush 1 I Frenzy 2 I Bright
Six ran.

TWO YEAR OLD STAKES.
Saunterer, 1 ; Roulade, 2; Naughty Boy, 3; Red, White,

and Blue, 4

Won in-a
cantar

Gaudy

SPRING HANDICAP.
1 I Shela 2 I Rajah
Eight ran.