The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-15 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-ROUSL

Richard Carrie BaikWhi;f;;;rly represented the
ward of Langbourn in the Court of Common Council for
the City of London, who has been in custody for several
days upon the charge of embezzling between 8,009/. and
7,0001. belonging to his employer, Mrs. Elizabeth Tull, who
carries on a very extensive business Ma rope and twine
manufacturer in Fencburch-street, was placed at the bar in
the charge of Moss, a detective policeman, before Sir E.
W. Carden and Alderman Hale, for re-examination upon
the above charge.
Mr. Lewis, sen., again attended to conduct the prosecu-
tion. Mr. Wooller appeared fur the prisoner.
The evidence that was adduced on the former occa-
sion went to show that the prisoner had been in the
service of the proescutrix and her late husband
for nearly forty years, and the utmost confidence
was placed in him during the whole of that period.
Since the death of the prosecutrix's husband, which took
place about ten years ago the prisoner had had the entire
management of the cash accounts and the control over the
books, most of the entries being made by him. It seemed
that he took advantage of the confidence thus reposed in
him to appropriate very large sums of money to his own
purposes, and in one instance it appeared that he kept back
no less than 2001. in one day, by deducting that amount
from the sum he should have paid into the bankers, Messrs.
Hawkey and Co., and paying the difference to his own pri-
vate account, which he also kept at Meson. Hankey's.
Another mode by which the prisoner also succeeded in get-
ting possession of considerable sums of money was by min.
casting the amounts of the daily receipts and making them
appear to be much smaller than they really were.
The evidence that was adduced yesterday was mostly of a
formal character, a number of witnesses who were cus-
tomers to Mrs. Tull being examined to prove the payment
of certain amounts to the prisoner, and the accountant, Mr.
Whinney, of the firm of Harding, Mullein, Whinney, and
Gibbon., proving the falsification of the books in respect to
the different items that were the subjects of the present
charge. Mr. Cooper, a clerk in Messrs. Hankey's bank,
also proved the short payments on the books.
Mr. Wontner did not dispute say of the items or cross-
' examine the witnesses who were called in support of the
'prosecution and at en early stage of the case it was
arranged between him and Mr. Lewis that the case should
be again adjourned.
Mr. Lewis said he did not think be should be able to
complete the case by the ensuing session.
Mr. Wontner said he bad no objection to the case standing
over to the April session.
Mr. Lewis then said he had another charge of a different
ebarester to prefer against the prisoner, namely, one of
stealing a large quantity of hemp, the property of Mrs. Tall.
It appeared that on the 29th of April, 1859, the prisoner
M=l"of Messrs. Scott and fion,3s tons of hemp,through
tithroeder and Morton, brokers, on account of Mn.
Tull. He disposed of 25 tons on account of the firm, but
the wartent for the other 10 tons he had deposited at the
City Beak ea security for a lean, and the City Bank had
since disposed of the warrant in payment of their money.
Mr. James Scott, merchant, deposed that he sold to Mrs.
Tull, through Mesas. Shroeder and Morton, 35 tons of
hemp, on the 29th April, 1859, the net value of which was
1,224 L lls. Bd. He gave warrants for 30 tons, and • delivery
order for five tons.

Yr. Charka Schroeder, Ramie broker, deposed that on
the 29th April, 1859, he bought the hemp alluded to from
Yam. Scott, for Yr. Bache, on behalf of the firm of Tull
and Co. _ _

James Rowlett, clerk at Watson's wharf Wapping, mid
that 25 tons of hemp were delivered to damn. Ta and
Co., and the warrant for the other 10 tons was trans-
ferred to Mews. Cleghorn and Dunbar on the 10th
December, 1859, and part of the hemp still remained at the
docks.

Mr. Lewis said that was as far as he could go with the
cam then, and he should ask for a further remand, to bring
witnesses from the City Bank to prove the granting of the
loan and the depositing the warrant as security.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded.