The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--March 6.

GUILDHALL. Richard Mandineau, a cashier,
in the employ of Mr. Samuel Sames Baker, a meat
salesman of Newgate market, was charged before
Alderman Besley with embezzling £l5 155., £ll
7s, 3d., £l3 is. 11d., and other sums, amounting in
the aggregate to between £4OO and £5OO, the
moneys of his master.
Mr. Wontner, for the prosecution, said this was
a case which, from the peculiar system of fraud at
present disclosed as having been practised by the
prisoner, would require the most careful investiga.
tion. Apart from the three sums mentioned in the
charge, there were a series of defalcations of a totally
different character, which required explanation.
It appeared that the prisoner had been between
three and four years in the prosecutor's service, and
that it was part of his duty to keep a separate set
of books for a Mr. Bennett, another salesman, who
carried on his business in. Mr. Baker's shop, the
prisoner in addition to keeping the books, also re-
ceiving the money for all cash sales effected by or
for Mr. Bennett, Mr. Baker being responsible for
the money and the due performance of the prisoner's
duties. In January last, however, Mr. Baker found
it necessary to call in an accountant to examine the
books, upon which the prisoner confessed that he
had been in the habit of taking £1 and £2 per day
for nearly eighteen months, and that he concealed
his defalcations by an ingenious system of falsifica-
tion of the accounts, which was done by entering
each day's ready money sales £1 or £2 short, and
the credit sales a corresponding amount in excess,
so that the cash and credit sales when added to-
gether balanced with the whole of the day's sales
in the day-book. In order, however, to prevent
application being made to the customers for amounts
not due, which would have led to the discovery of
these frauds, the prisoner cast all the totals so as to
agree with the amounts of the bona fide cash and
credit sales, and of course at variance with the false
entries, and carried those totals into the ledger, so
that any reference to that book would not discover
any irregularity in the accounts between Mr. Ben-
nett and his customers. There were twelve charges
of a very intricate character, upon which he would
ask the magistrate to commit the prisoner.
Since this case was first brought before this court
there have been three examinations, on each of
which evidence was given at considerable length,
which fully confirmed Mr. Wontner's statement in
every particular. On the completion of the depo-
sitions the prisoner was cautioned in the usual form,
and upon reserving his defence was committed to
take his trial upon no less than four indictments,
each containing three charges.

CLERKENWELL.—CarI Frederich Maximilian
Reuter, a fashionably-attired man, aged about 40,
but who is better known as Carl Reuter, who de-
scribes himself as a general merchant, and a native
of Saxony, Germany, was charged before Mr.
D'Evicourt with obtaining, by means of false and
fraudulent representations, 41 gold chains, 19
brooches, 15 bracelets, and other articles, of the
value of £2OO, with intent to cheat and defraud Mr.
William Stoner, wholesale gold chain manufacturer,
of 98, Goswell-road, Clerkenwell.
The court was crowded to excess by trades Men
from all parts of the metropolis, and owing to the
publicity that had been given to the apprehension
of the prisoner, parties were in attendance from
Sheffield and Birmingham who had been defrauded
by the prisoner.
Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-street, attended for
the prosecution ; and Mr. Wavell, from the office of
Stubbs' Trade Protection Society, attended to watch
the case,
Mr. Beard, in opening the case, said that the pri-
soner had for years been obtaining goods under
false pretences, and in the parish of Clerkenwell
alone he had succeeded in defrauding the watch and
chain manufacturers of over £2,000 worth of pro-
perty. Since the last examination the prosecution
had obtained information that the prisoner had, in
payment for some goods had of a Mr. Braman,
manufacturer of saws, &c., at the South Works,
Sheffield, amounting to £36 odd, given a bill of ex-
change, purporting to be the acceptance of a Messrs.
Samford and Co. Upon the bill becoming due this
firm denied its being their acceptance, but in the
absence of the bill he (Mr. Beard) could not then
go into that case, and must ask for another remand
for that purpose. In addition to the above the pri-
soner had obtained about £5O worth of brooches,
pins, and lockets of a Mr. Culver, making use of a
similar pretence as that used to Mr. Stoner and to
Mr. Oliver, and fram the documents that were
found on the prisoner there was no doubt both
the goods of Mr. Stoner and Mr. Culver
were pledged by the prisoner shortlyafter he obtained
them. A portion of Mr. Stoner's goods would be
produced by a pawnbroker and identified by Mr.
Stonar, and as police sergeant Evans had not suffi-
cient time (through being at the Old Bailey all the
week), it would necessitate a further remand on
those cases to summon the pawnbrokers, and pro-
duce the necessary witnesses to prove the false pre-
tences, and by that time he (Mr. Beard) had every
reason to believe there would be numerous other
cases, as the prisoner prior to going abroad had
been very industrious in swindling persons out of
their goods. With regard to the silk which the
bills found at the prisoner's house referred to Police-
sergeant Maverty had not yet completed his in-
quiries, but hoped by the next remand to have done
so. Another act worthy of notice, to show the
system the prisoner had been pursuing, was that
since his apprehension several samples of goods had
arrived for him from different parts of the country.
Mr. Culver, of 11, Pulteney-street, Barnbury-
road, manufacturing jeweller, said—On the 19th of
April last the prisoner came to me and asked for
some gold chains. Finding that I had none the
prisoner selected about £5O worth of brooches and
pins. He said he was a traveller for Mr. Walker,
of Birmingham. He said he was sent from Mr.
Oliver, and had done business with a number of
jewellers, of Clerkenwell.
The Prisoner—l never said I was a commission
agent for Mr. Walker, for I was never in Birming-
ham but once in my life.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did he say he travelled for
Mr. Walker ? •
Witness--No; I entered the goods to the pri-
soner and in his name. I let him have the goods
because he said he had done business with other
manufacturing jewellers of Clerkenwell.
Mr. Robert Oliver, diamond setter and mounter,
of 5, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell, said he had
done business with the prisoner, but had never re-
commmended the prisoner to Mr. Culver. The
prisoner asked him if he knew Mr. Culver, and he
(witness) said he was a good workman and a re-
spectable man. There was not the slightest pre-
tence for the prisoner saying he recommended him
to Mr. Culver.

Mr. Beard said Mr. Walker, of Birmingham, had
been written to, but he had taken no notice of the
communication, consequently he would have to be
served with a summons.

Mr. BOSS, wholesale jeweller, of Seckford-street,
said the prisoner had obtained over £5O worth of
property of him under false pretence. The prisoner
had had only two transactions with him, the first of
which be was paid for; the second lot of goods the
prisoner had obtained from him he had not been
paid for.
The prisoner, who declined to ask the witnesses
any questions, was remanded for a week.

Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously
pleased to transmit through Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B.
Phipps to the Rev. Edmund Brownrigg, curate of Walsing-
ham, the sum of £3, being Her Majesty's bounty to Mrs.
Reeves, of the above place, who has recently given birth
to three children,--two boys and a girl,