The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 17.

MAR LB OROU G H-STREET. -- SIR CHAIM, Eg
NAPIER AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER.—EIizabeth Jia s-
kins, late housekeeper to Admiral Sir Cha; dies
Napier, K.C.8., Albemarle-street, was re-examined
before ir. Beadon, on a charge of embezzling va-
rious sums of money received by her for the p ty-
ment of tradesmen's bills, amounting in. the t+t Ital
to about £2OO.

Mr. Wontner again attended for the prosecu'e ion,
and Mr. Mint for the prisoner.
Sir Charles Napier deposed that a specific • sum
was given the prisoner for the purpose of pi sing
certain tradesmen's bills, which tradesmen were
now to be examined, and said the prisoner • had
been some years in his service, and was discharged
in February last, at which time, some wages t i ing
due, she was desired to call for the amount,, but
had not. The accounts began to pour in next a'ay,
and had been coming in ever since, in conseq no nce
of which he applied to the police. On the itlth
inst. he accompanied Sergeant Rogers to ..51 teP
herd's-bush, where he found her, and told her the
tradespeople had sent in for the money. She s aid
that the receipts and bills paid were in , her
trunk, left behind. He told her he had looked a nd
found none, and she said he had better go and t Jar
his debts, and he paid his debt of duty by gi-vtng
her into custody. Sometimes he paid her at thilei
of the month for bills which had arisen, that she
might liquidate them. She was accustomed to
hand him the book produced, showing how much
was due to the different tradespeople. In Febrmary
last year she charged him£7 16s 11-1 as due to the
grocer, and £3 12s 81d to greengrocer,; to the fisl'i-
moilger and poulterer, £4 Os 91d; and to the cost-
fectfoner, £1 2s ; and he gave her the money to pa"
these. items. In March she charged £5 7s 40 far
the butcher, £7 13s 7d for fish and poultry, £7
lid for confectionary, and £8 15s 20 for grocery,
and those sums he also gave her, when she signed
her na me, "E. Jenkins," as paid. • In the following
month of April she charged £5 2s lid due to the
grocer, £4 15s 6d to the fishmonger, £l2s id to the
poulteri tr, and these sums he (Sir Charles) also gave
her. Ere had heard letters had been sent him by
the tra( iespeople' but never received them, and be-
lieved t hey had been intercepted.
Cross -examined—She entered his service just be-
fore he went to the Baltic. Accounts were settled
all up before ho left for the Baltic. There had been
no rows ttbout the money with her. He scrutinised
accounts. Sometimes ho paid by cheque, made out
to himself, and sometimes by cash. He regularly
kept accounts, and had the books at home. Came
home at Ole end of the year 1854 or beginning of
1855. He, left his house while away to Miss Cater,
}legging her to let it in his absence. On his return
he found the prisoner in the house. The balance
each month wi is paid up, and generally an advance
towards the tinsuing one. In February, a sum of
money was paik 1 to the prisoner for servants, sweep-
ing chimneys, a,nd other items, amounting to £6l
9s 111 d.
Several tradesm. en having given their evidence,
Mary Bowen. housemaid to Sir Charles, also de-
posed that the prisoner prepared her book for Sir
Charles every month.
Sergeant John Rogers, 6 A, proved his appre-
hension of the prisoner at kihepherd's-busb, and -
corroborated the statement previously deposed to
by Sir Charles. On searching the place he found
the desk produced, containing a quantity of bills of
Sir Charles, paid and unpaid, and the private letter
addressed to Sir Charles now handed in. He had
much difficulty in tracing the prisoner in conse-
quence of her moving about from place to place,
and was engaged two months in that duty.
Sir Charles said he would swear that he had
never received the private letter alluded to and noW
shown to him.

Mrs. Lawrence, recalled, put in evidence two
letters, dated Horndcan, from the prisoner about
her bills due, in which she stated she would call on
her when she came to town and pay up, at the same
time telling her not to call or send to Albemarle-
street.
The depositions being read over and signed, the
prisoner, by direction of her solicitor, reserved her
defence, and was committed for trial.