The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

William Elgan, late a shopman in the service of Mr.
William Smith, of Albion- house Pimlico, draper, &c.,
was finally examined, charged with systematically plun-
dering his employer to a very considerable extent.
Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Wontner for the defence.

There were three fresh charges exhibited against the
accused yesterday, in addition to the one upon which
he underwent a slight examination on the previous oc-
casion. The following is the substance of the evidence
given in support of the whole of the four charges. The
prisoner bad been in Mr. Smith's service upwards of
fourteen months, previous to his apprehension on last
Saturday night, and in consequence of irregularities and
extravagat cea which a person in his situation could ill be
suppmed to afford, coupled with the extraordinary cir-
cumstance cf his not having drawn. a farthing of his
wages, Mr. Smith communicated his suspicions to some
confidential persons in his establishment, who concurred
with him that something wrong was being done by the
prisoner. He was' then pretty closely watched, and,
their suspicions having been confirmed, Sergeants
smith and Shaw, of the Detective Police, were consulted,
and means were taken to detect the offender. It
having been ascertained that the prisoner was in the
habit of giving away his master's gloves with unsparing
liberality, a woman was 'sent to the shop by Mr.
Smith on Saturday last to make purchases, amount-
ing to 16e. ; and having done so, the prisoner,
to whom she had gone by direction of the pro-
secutor to be served, insisted upon Her accept-
tance of a box of new kid gloves (four pair). In the
evening of the same day a purchase was made of the
prisoner amounting to 3s. 4d., and upon his being taken
into custody a few minutes afterwards the whole of the
marked money was found in his possession, and a pair of
kid gloves were discovered concealed between one of
the wristbands of his shirt and his flesh. Prosecutor
then accused him of having entered his service by means
of a false character, and%mheenotiopnriesdontehre
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court on Monday his dressing case and box at Mr.
Smith's were found to have false or secret bottoms, and
in the former was found an I 0 U for 101., signed by a
person of the same name as prisoner, and in the secret
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spending with the cut left on that in Mr. Smith's shop,
and so perfectly as to leave very little doubt that the
scissors had divided the two pieces. It was also very
clearly shown that the prisoner had embezzled money to
the amount of IL 43.

Mr. Humphreys, alter the evidence in the above cases
had been taken, observed that there were others, but
he was not desirous of multiplying cases against the

prisoner.
The prisoner, who made no defence, was committed
for trial upon the whole of the above charges.
A young woman, whom the prisoner has recently se-
duced, one who is enceinte by him, was in court, and
fainted during the proceedings.