The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-11 00:00:00

T. SUN,. LONI)01v, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1864,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—TaI •a 7:

MANSION-HOUSE,
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR.—A. respectably-
dressed man, named William ()dialing, was charged with
embezzling various largo sums' of money, which he had
received in his capacity of town collector for the Messrs.
Defries, the celebrated chandelier manufacturers, of 147,
Houndsditch.
Mr : John Hunt, general manager to the Messrs.
Decries, said the prisoner was a town collector of
accounts, and had been in the employ of the firm for seven
or eight years. It was his duty to enter all accounts he
received during the day in a book the morning after he had
received them, and then passed over the money to Mr
John Levy, the principal cashier to the Messrs. Defries.
He charged the prisoner with embezzling ZIO Os 4d, which
he had received from Mr Snow, who was a customer of the
firm. This morning an officer was called in at the estab-
lishment at Houneditch, and Mr Defries told him for the
length of time he had been in their employment.he expected
trustworthiness. He was asked about his accounts, and
eventually he admitted embezzling various sums of money.
He was not prepared to say the amount of the prisoner's
defieiencies, but he knew it was over £lOO. The prisoner
when spoken to about the particular account of Mr Snow,
said he had received the money and appropriated
it to his own use. He had not the necessary
receipts with him on that occasion, but he should be in a
position, in the course of a few days, to clearly establish
the charge against the prisoner.
Detective officer Smart said he was called in to Messrs.
Defries' warehouse in Houndsditch, and was told to take
the prisoner into custody for embezzling several sums of
money. As he was conveying him to the station he
said " It is a bad job, but it is all through a
brother of mine. I had the money this morning
to settle the matter." On searching him at the station
house, seven £lO Bank of England notes and £3 10s. in coin
was found on his person.

The Lord Mayor remanded the prisoner for a week.
John Nicholls, another servant in the same firm, was
then placed at the bar, charged with a similar offence.
Mr. Coleman Defries, senior partner in the firm, said
they carried on a very extensive business at 147, Hounds-
ditcb, and in consequence they had to employ a large
number of servants. The prisoner was a traveller
for the firm in which capacity he would recei♦ e moneys
which it was his duty to pay over to Mr Hunt, the general
manager, or to Mr Levy, the chief cashier, the day after he
r received it. In consequence of certain information he, this
morning, spoke to the prisoner and charged him with em-
bezzlement. He asked him to tell him the persons from
whom he had received money, when he gave the names
of three persons, viz., Mr Walker, of Dalston, from whom
he had received 6s. 2d.; Mr Roberta, of Kingsland,
£lO, and Mr Wheeler of Hackney £2, for none of which he
had accounted. Those were the only sums at present
known, but he had no doubt the defalcations were larger.
Mr. Hunt, the manager, said he knew nothing about the
money the prisoner was charged with embezzling. Ho had
not received the accounts of either of the customers men-
tioned by Mr Coleman Defries.

Alderman Lawrence asked if in this case the necessary
documents were in court to complete the case ?
Mr Defries said they were not; he should therefore have
to ask for a remand. The two cases were quite distinct•
The matter that had led to their discovery was the sending
in the quarterly accounts.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.