The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

BO IV-STREET.

Benjamin Nicholsworth, shopman in the service of
Messrs. Weiss and Co., cutlers, 62, Strand, was
charged with embezzlement.
Mr. Richard Williams, a partner, said that in con-
sequence of some suspicions against the prisoner, he
found it necessary to request of a customer to make
some purchases, and by that means discovered that
the prisoner had appropriated the proceeds to his own
use.

Mr. Matthaw Thomas Roe, clerk to his father, who
is a wholesale stationer, proved that he purchased a
number of articles from the prisoner, the price of
which was 1/. 135., which he had paid for, there being
no other person behind the counter at the time.

Mr. Williams said that the only entry made for the
goods in question was 133., which the prisoner did
not make until he was spoken to upon the subject by
another clerk, to whom he at first denied all know-
ledge of the circumstance, but subsequently said, " It
certainly looks very black against me." The salary
paid him was 30s. a week.

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had
received the money before he went to his tea, and he
thought nothing more of the matter until he was
spoken to, having forgotten to enter it in consequence
of being troubled in his mind respecting money he
had recently lent.
Mr. HENRY ordered the prisoner to be fully com-
mitted to the Westminster Sessions for trial, with
directions that he should be brought up again to
give time for further inquiries.
Henry James Church, a clerk in the service of Mr.
Browne, a barrister, occupying chambers in Essex-
court, Temple, was brought up on a warrant,
charged with threatening to kill his employer by
shooting him.

Me. Browne stated that the prisoner had been his
clerk nearly nine years, and he regretted to say he
was compelled to discharge him on Friday last, there
being every reason to suppose he was not of sound
mind ; such being also the opinion of the medical
gentlemen who had examined him. When his con-
duct and expressions were observed to be strange,
about two months back, he was sent to Brighton and
also to Jersey, which seemed to have a beneficial
effect, as he attended on his return to his duties in a
very regular manner ; but about a fortnight back he
suddenly disappeared, leaving a very threatening letter
in the chambers, and he also took occasion to leave a
second letter, containing incoherent and threatening
language, in consequence of which he found it would
be dangerous to continue him in his employ, which
he mentioned to him, and he admitted that he had
written such letters, considering witness one of the
ungodly. He had also abstracted the fee-book, which
compelled him to send to his several clients to apprise
them of the fact, and that he had ceased to be his
clerk, which appeared to give him such offence that
he repeated the threat to his successor which he had
made in the letters. There was every reason from
such conduct to apprehend bodily danger.
In answer to the COURT,

Mr. Browne said that when the prisoner came to
his chambers a few days back, he said " Well, Church ;
what now ?" and he called out in a very excited
manner, " Don't say Church ; call me Mr. Church.
I'll call you Brown, being no longer in your service"
lie then showed a valuable breast pin, saying, " God
Almighty has given me this, and has permitted me to
call him father, enjoining me to leave the ungodly,"
thereby meaning his employer.
The magistrate having read the letters, the pri-
soner exclaimed " If I am mad it is such as I should
like to see more general, and I would wish that I
were a rabid dog, biting others for the purpose of
spreading a malady that was much required."
The evidence of Mr. Browne being corroborated
by his present clef k, the prisoner said be had no wish
to shoot him ; instead of which he wished him every
success in his professional career, but the clerk was
too contemptible, in his opinion, to address.
Mr. HENRY ordered him to be sent to the House
of Detention for a week, with directions to the
medical attendant that the state of his mind should be
closely watched.