The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

PO LICE IN TELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. —6 Itarlest Christian, Mollar was
brought before Sir R. W. Carden, for final examination,
upon the charge of having robbed his employers, Messrs.
Gibson Nicholls and Co. of 63, King William-street,
notaries, of the amount of sundry bills received by him
for them. The extent of the robbery was to the amount
of upwards of 3,0001. Much interest was excited, not
only by the circumstances of the robbery, and the
clever manner in which it was executed, but by the ra-
pidity with which the discovery was followed by the ap-
prehension of the delinquent and the recovery of the
property, and the justice-room was filled with mercan-
tile men.
Mr. Mullens, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association,
attended for the prosecution.
The following was the additional evidence :
Mr. G. Gibson Nicholls -who, it will be recollected,
upon the first examination stated that it was' the duty of
the prisoner to receive the amount of the bills entrusted
to him to present for payment, and that the bills pro-
duced formed part of those he was to take out upon the
occasion- said : In audition to these bills there was
another bill for 2001., also payable at the Union Bank ;
and the prisoner had likewise entered in his walk-book
as having taken out for collection bills to the amount of
623/. 14s. ld., payable at Smith, Payne, and Smith's,
and bills amounting to 1,072/. 13s. 11d. payable at the
London and Westminster Bank. If he had received
the amount of all these bills it would have been his
duty to bring it to me that afternoon.
air. Thomas Sumner, clerk to the prosecutors, said—
On the sth of March I delivered to the prisoner the bills
payable at the London and Westminster Bank, amount-
ing to 1,0721. 13s. 11d., is order that he might go there
and get the money for them.
Mr. Augustus Pastoralli, cashier of the Union Bank
of London, in Princes-street, said—On the sth of March
the prisoner brought this bill of exchange for 2001. I
paid him with a 2001. note, No. 05,795, dated 10th Jan.,
1855.
Mr. Thomas Metcalf, clerk to Messrs. Smith, Payne,
and Co., said—On the sth of March the prisoner brought
to me five bills of exchange, amounting to 617/. 14s. ld.
I paid him that amount in a 5001. note, a 100/. note,
and a 201. (The particulars were given in by the
witness.)
Mr. David Nicholls, clerk in the London and West-
minster Bank, Lothbury, said— On the sth of March,
ten bills of exchange, amounting to 1,072/. 13s. lid.,
were brought to me by somebody from Messrs. G.
Nicholls and Co. I paid them with bank notes, the
number and dates of which I give in, and 21. 13e. lid.
in money. The notes are receipted on the back, "C.
Mollar."
Mr. Frederick Pearson, clerk in the issue department
of the Bank of England, stated that on the sth of March
he changed the two bank notes for 1,0001. each for the
prisoner with six bank notes for 3001. each, and a 2001.
bank note.
Mr. Bailey, of the issue department of the Bank of
Eneland, produced all the bank notes alluded to in the
evidence.
Mr. P. Gowse, cleik to Messrs. Bauer and Co., of
133, Ltadenhall-street, bullion merchants, said—On the
sth of March the prisoner brought to me two Bai.k of
England notes, of the value together of 5001., one of
which was the 2001. bank note numbered 05796 pro-
duced. I gave Urn in exchange French notes value
12,500 frai:cs. Changed both notes at the Bank of Eng-
land on the satire day. I think he had been inquiring
the week before at the office about exchanging for
foreign money.
Mr. Adolphus; Baum, of the firm of Baum, Sons, and
Co., of Lombard-:street, bullion merchants, said—Oethe
2d of March the prisoner came to our shop, and asked
what he could have a considerable amount of French
money for. I told him the price, and on the sth he
brought to me the bank notes now produced, the one
for 3001. and the other for 100/., and I gave him in ex-
change French and Belgian notes for 1,900 francs, and
French gold value B,IOQ francs. He expressed a wish
to purchase a larger sum of foreign money, and placed ,
in my hand the 5001. note produced, numbered 31,800, 2.