The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Kinna, the deputy-postmaster of Raleigh, who
bad been remanded from Tuesday, en a charge of steal-
ing a 51. note from a letter directed to Mr. Chambers, at
Raleigh, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine this
morning.
Mr. Peacock appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.

'arry for the prisoner.
Captain Osborne William Chambers said, that on the
28th March last, he wrote a letter (the same that was
now produced), in which he enclosed a five-pound note.
He to.lt down the particulars of that note on a slip of
paper, which he had since lost. The number of the note
was 94,497, and the date Nov. 14, 1845.
Here a difficulty arose in proving that the letter was
directed to Mr. Chambers. The envelope was not pro-
duced, and Mr. Parry objected to the admission of
secondary evidence.
Mr. Peacock called several witnesses, clerks in
the Secretary's department at the Post-office, to
show that the envelope had been lost. It appeared
from their evidence that an envelope had been received
at the Post-office, being enclosed in a letter to the Post-
master-General—that this envelope had been sent to the
postmaster at Folkestone, and being returned to the
secretary's department here, had been sent to Paris.
Since that time it had not been seen. A diligent search
had been made for it, but had failed.
Mr. JARDINE said that this evidence would not afford
sufficient ground for admitting evidence as to the super-
scription on the envelope. Not only was there no satis-
factory evidence of the envelope having been lost, but it
appeared pretty clear that it hcd been sent to Paris, and
was there still.

Mr. Peacock said he had written to Paris about it,
and he found the envelope had been sent posted in a letter
to the post-master at Folkestone.
Mr. JARDINE said, that if that could be proved, and
if evidence was given that a search had been made at
Folkestone, a case for the admission of secondary evi-
dence would be established.
Mr. Peacock said, that if time was given he could
give much evidence. In the meantime he was pre-
pared to trace the letter into the possession of the pri-
soner. Mr. Peacock then called
Mr. Cullins, mail-master at Folkestone, and Thomas
Hart, a Custom-house officer at the same place, who proved
the recept there of the letter-box, bring letters by the
Queen of the French steamer on the 28th of March. It
was forwarded in the usual manner.
Mr. Chambers, being re-called, proved that he him-
self had put the letter in the box at Boulogne on
that clay.
Mr. Peacock, being unable to carry the evidence
further this day, applied to have the prisoner remanded
to Tuesday.
Mr. JARDINE said, he had no doubt that the prose-
cutors would use all diligence to complete the case by
that day, and that if they could not do so, they would
not propose to carry it further.
Mr. Peacock said, that of course all diligence would
be used.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded to Tuesday.
Before he was removed from the dock, he applied,
through Mr. Parry, to have restored to him the 51.
country bank-note which had been taken from him by
the officer of the Post-office constabulary, but upon
which no charge had been founded.
Mr. Peacock said that there could be no objection to
that, as no suspicion whatever any longer attached to
the prisoner on account of that note. On the contrary,
he understood from Mr. Parry, the clergyman from
Raleigh, who paid it to the prisoner, was present to give
evidence, if required, as to the mode in which it came
into his possession.

MARLERW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

John James Knight, a well-dressed boy, was brought
up by Mr. Allenby, 195, Regent-street, who charged
him with embezzling various sums of money, to the
amount of at least 13/. Bs.
The complainant said the boy was cash taker in his
shop, and for some time had been entering the sums in-
correctly. The books were made up and balanced every
night by the boy at the bar in company with another,
who called over the sums in the small check-book. In
one case the several items were properly and truly en-
tered, but summed up 3/. 17s. instead of 41. 175., the true
amount, but the boy called over the latter sum instead
of the one he had put in the cash-book, showing that
the error was intended. On Monday night they found
on balancing the books that there was a deficit of 51.
The boy absconded on that day. He had been in the
same shop for two years.
The prisoner admitted he had put down the wrong
sum and pocketed the difference.
The case was remanded till Tuesday next.