The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-19 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MANSION-110M B.
Two yeepretable-lookiwg and well-streillild young men,
brothers, nem d 71/4ornas !Miry Benner% formerly a clerk
iu the service of Miran. Barber and Co., the extensive
whirifingeni, carrying on business at Brewers -quay., and
Jain Pelmet!, who lately held a responsible position in the
Foreign Vineyanla Association, Regent street, were
brought before the Lori Mayor, the first mentioned pri-
mmer being charged with embezzling and stealing checks
to the amount of between 600/. and 7001., the moneys of
his employers, and Lis brother John being charged with
imoiving feloniously the cheques so SW:011.
Mr. 11. J. M outlier conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Illoutagu Williams, barrister, attended on behalf of the
prisoner John lisunett. The other prisoner had no legal
assistance.
Mr. Wontner, in opening the ease, described
it as one of a very extraordinary character.
'lberia's Bennett was employed at Brewers-quay as
clerk, and although it was no part of his regular duty to
receive wormy on account of the firm, be was permitted
to do so, and during the present year, down to the month
of Septet',Ler, he api.euied to have received very large
sums of money, nearly the whole of which he seemed to
have appropriated to his own purposes, the deficiency
already ascertained being nearly 7001. lu Om beginning
of this month, however, some suspicion seemed to have
been entertained by the prosecutors, and the prisoner
lie mos Burnett war sent for by Mr. Sayer, ono of
the principal clerks in the establishment, and questioned
upon the subject, and he appeared to have admitted that
Lo had been guilty of some inegularitiem in his accounts.
At this time the extent of the loss was not known, and the
prisoner was told to come to the office the next day,
but he never was seen there Valli. and on the same night
he absconded. and, as it was afterwards ascertained, made
his way to Brussels, where ho took up his abode at tho
Hotel de Cologne. Frum iuformution subsequently ascer-
tained the officer. Hawker,. went to the other prisoner
John Bennett, mid made some inquiries of him respecting
his brother, but all the information he could obtain re-
specting him was that '• tea was MY," and that he had
gone to a place where the prosecutors were not likely to
Mid him. In the meantime application was made to
the Lord Mayor for a warrant against the prisoner
John Bennett. and he was taken into custody
under that warrant noon the charge of receiving
the money that had been stolen by hia brother.
It turned out that at the commencement of the
pr's lit year the two prisoners had entered into a sort
of agreement or partnership for carrying on the business of
wine merchants as Edney and Co. and nearly the wholo
of the large amount of money that was stolen from the
prosecutors smiled to have bran expended in the purchase
of tribe, funiiture, and other matters for the purpose of
tarrying on this wine-merchant's business. When the
prisoner Thomas Henry Bennett was at lint-s-la ho
seemed to have suffered great agony of mind. and in a
letter addressed to his brother John, which was put in art-
deuce, he spoke of himself as *. au outcast and ruined,"
and alluded in affectionate terms to his wife, and said
that but for her he would soon make an end of it." In
the same loner he also accused his brother of not having
acted fairly by him. He at length. it appeared. was unable to
hear the state of suspense he was in any longer, and
ati e b ack h. Eng:arid. and surrendered ItOusat to tiro
oihe tr, at Seething-lure police-station.
the %:itious do. atm tits efen eel to *me put in and
nail, arid the pitsoners were then remanded.
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