Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-08 00:00:00

adjourned at twentq•mi

rttt GREAT EASTERN

We are inform

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g P in all.prohability, proceed to s
eiPteMber next. The directors have invi
Shareholders,
areholders, with some influential merchants, to meet them
insz4lll3,,oam.,r_d the Great Eastern, to-day, to take a find visit of

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on which occasion luncliegn will be provided ;
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exP ectook.sprinkling of the House of Commons will also,
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Chest BANK ROBBERY
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—The trial, in this case,
en. for Assins on Friday. It was an indict-
County f 'min removed by writ of certiorari from the
Roberts ()-rir Flint to Chester. • The prisoner, William
Mareh-'nriee, .was indicted for having on the 16th
'branch ban"' 1•°59, stolen a bag containing :£6OO from the
It ap„„of Messrs. Capon and Company, at Festiniog.
tleniru area from the evidence that the prisoner is a gen-
licar rY resnectably connected, and residing at Bistree,
jvive
lank 431 - The Messrs. Capon, having their principal
Than 4, Portmadoc, engaged the prisoner in June, 1858, as
the tag'im,er for their branch establishment at Festiniog. At
IlersoZe he mitered upon his duties there •were,two other
son employed in the bank, an elderly man named Robin-
a.fi'r Woo had been with the firm for eight years, and was in
ee(fellit of the salary of £5O a year, and an apprentice
Evan Evans. The prisoner's salary was fixed at
boot.: One, of the- principals in the firm went over the
anfrit .kwith the prisoner on his entering upon his duties,
tl,3o,,ueillq shown that there was a deficiency of between
an £1,400, at the prisoner's request the whole
kis Written off, From June to. December, 1858, the
Ca:eller remained in the employment of the Messrs.
44-4, and after that period was in the constant habit of
gorti,leilting. the bank. On the 15th March, 1859, a bag of
va containing 600 sovereigns, was given to the youth
Thens by one of the partners in the bank, Mr. John Capon.
Itis,•,'anic appears to have had two rooms only devoted to
chess purposes on;the ground floor ; these were an enter
np,te for general business, and a parlour. The parlour
tiaielle out of the public office. In the outer office was one
1)41'c:11 which files -of receipts were kept ; and in the
tont-nr one safe, about six feet from the ground,
hunitilling three shelves, in , which money was kept in
t7o—orY bags, varying in, amount from £5OO to £6OO and
• The bag of £6OO was placed by the youth on the
the le shelf of this parlour safe. During the whole of
pr day the parlour safe was kept open. The prisoner
person
himself at the bank, Robinson being the only
0,.10 there at the .time. The prisoner stood at the
ut our door, and requested Robinson to go to the
the office about a certain cheque, respecting which
Itob.o Prisoner alleged there had been some mistake.
the lson Went out, leaving the Prisoner still standing on
Ah door mat. Mr. Robinson deposed that he was only
ti sent from the parlour about two minutes, during which
the'emlie did not hear the slightest movement. He found
Vann of receipts, and was about to search for the one he
stah"-,"71, when the prisoner said he would call again. While
stars
on the mat, the prisoner was within a few feet
gene safe, where the bag of £6OO was kept. The
•slin",,,,eY was not missed until four days after. It was
so,„"n that at the time the prisoner was in the want of
ce money, that on the 16th of March he changed
0 in gold for notes, at the National Provincial Bank,
and that on the same day he paid a solicitor at Portmadoc
au
Mof £2OO, for which he had been sued. He also paid
tobaj various other small sums within a few days of the
paZrY, and then left the neighbourhood. In various other
of the town of Portmadoc and to several persons, the
jl74er was shown to exhibit 'large sums of money. The
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after consulting together for a short time, returned a
ent,,„,•
of guilty.—Sentence deferred.