The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

VERDICT AND SENTENCE ON LIEUTENANT

PERRY.

It was this morning communicated to Lieutenant
Perry that the following verdict and sentence in his
case, which has recently engaged so much attention,
had been agreed to :
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" Not guilty on the first charge. Guilty on second,
third, and fourth charges. Permitted to retire from
service by sale of Commission."

The first charge, on which Lieutenant Perry is ac
quitted, was as follows :

Ist. For having in a certain letter, dated Windsor
Barracks, July 24th, 1854, and addressed to Colonel
the Hon. Arthur Upton, president of the court-mar-

Val then and there assembled for the trial 'of
Lientanant Thomas Fergus Greer, which letter bore
the signature of the prisoner, and was then and there
delivered to the said Colonel Upton, made the fol-
lowing slanderous statement respecting his com-
manding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Garrett viz.,
that after repeated acts of violence against my-
self (meaning the prisoner), by other officers of the
46th, while the regiment was in Dublin, in my
bed-room, I reported the circumstance to Colonel Gar-
rett, who reproached me, and called me a fool for my
pains ; he, the said prisoner, then well knowing that so
much of the said statement as related to Lieutenant
Garrett, viz., the words, " who reproached me, and
called me a fool for my pains," were false.
The three charges on which Lieutenant Perry has
been found guilty, and for which his virtual dismissal
from the army has been pronounced, are as follows
2d. For having, in the said letter, made the follow.
ing further statement :—" I then patiently submitted to
a series of indignities, when I complained to Major
Maxwell, who represented the facts to Colonel Garrett ;
upon which he gave the offenders a reprimand. So
weak was the effect of the reprimand or caution given
by Colonel Garrett that, though the acts of aggression
were discontinued, I was persecuted in other ways,
until I threatened to appeal to the General of the
district, and sent a letter to that effect to Colonel
Garrett. On it being know that I was determined upon
such a course, I was earnestly entreated by several
of my brother officers to forbear making any complaint.
I did forbear, and from that time I was relieved from
any repetition of the annoyances and indignities under
which I had formerly laboured," he (the prisoner) then well
knowing that so much of the said statement with refer-
ence to Colonel Garrett, as is comprised in the following
words :—" Until I threatened to appeal to the General
of the district, and sent a letter to that effect to Colonel
Garrett," was false, and that he (the prisoner) had never
made any threat to Colonel Garrett, either by word of
mouth or in writing, that he would appeal to the General
of the district.

3d. For having, on the 21st of July, 1854, at Wind-
sor,
when examined as a witness before the court mar- '
tial, which was then and there being held for the trial
of Lieutenant Thomas Fergus Greer, in reply to the
following question :—" Will you swear positively that
Capt. Nicholas did not reprimand officers against whom
you had made a complaint to the commanding officer ?"
made the following answer :—" I have taken an oath
already. Lieut. Nicholas never, to my knowledge, cen-
sured anybody, he himself (meaning Captain Nicholas)
having ill-treated others in joining ; he (the prisoner)
then well knowing that so much of the said answer as
is comprised in the following words, "he himself
having ill-treated others in joining," was false.
4th. For having, on the day and year aforesaid,
Greer,
has made
stated th e
o following
oath
and at the place aforesaid, in a certain letter ad-
dressed and delivered by him (the prisoner) to the
Deputy Judge Advocate officiating at the trial of Lieut.
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that so much of the said statement as imputed
to Captain
Nicholas, " that he ill-truated young officers or aided
and abetted others in so doing," was false.

A recommendation to mercy has been graciously
approved of by her Majesty, and in consideration of his
father's long and meritorious services, Lieutenant Perry
has permission to sell out.

VERY EXTENSIVE Er, BEZZLEMENT BY AN ASSISTANT
OVERSEER AT WOLVERTIAMPTON.—Air. William Clarke,
the assistant overseer of this town, and who has inn
held a respectable position in the district, was on Fri;
day committed for trial upon several charges of embez-
zlement. His defalcations amount to 2,0001. It appears_ol
_
that since 1840 he had been in the service of the
verharnpton Water-works Company,
habit of receiving considerable sums of money.n the
deft-
accounts being recently examiged very sns
ciencies arose. The prisoner was apprehended
when he handed over to the company a Ist defalcations.
Two or three cases having been proved
received monies on behalf of the comp
to
committed him for trial, but consented
the usual notice being giTen,
and
was
in the
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where he had
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-to take bail on
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