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London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

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Business
this day

WARWICK Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

MENITERS' PLATE.

Flyavray
Lady Elizabeth
Mary Lovell

Four r&n.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.

TH A &LES.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A DOMESTIC SERVANT.—Harriet.
Custer, aged 28, and diveling at the time of her appre-
hension at No. 17, Angel-place, Stratford, was brought
before Mr. Yardley, cUarged with unlawfully appropria-
ting to her own use the sum of 25/ and upward., which
had been entrusted to her by her mistress for the pay-,
went of tra lesmens' bill,.
It appeared fr.nu the evidence of Mr. William
Matthews, a gentleman residing at No. 7, Caborn-
terrace, Bow-road, that the prisoner had been in the
service of his mother, Airs. Lawrence, at the same place,
and a good deal of coufidence was reposed in the servant,
ho was entrusted with money from time to time to dis-
charge the tradesmen's accounts. A fortnight ago Mr
Robt. Smith, a cheesemonger, of No. 19,Leadenhall-street
sent in a bill to the amount 9/. 19s. lid, for goods sup-
plied to Mrs. Lawrence, who was very much surprised when
she received it, as she had given money to the prisoner
to discharge the account as the goods were delivered.
The prisoner was questioned by Mr. Matthews in the
presence of Mr. Smith and her mistress, and she then
admitted that she had appropriated money, which she
ought to have paid to tradesmen, to her own use, and
al .0 said she was very sorry, and if time was given she
would get the money. The prisoner was at once dis-
missed from her situation, and other frauds having been
subsequently discovered, the prisoner was given into
custody. The butcher, baker, grocer, and every trades•
man who supplied Mrs. Lawrence with goods,
sent in bills, although the prisoner had been in-
, trusted with money to pay for every thing on
delivery. In answer to questions by the magistrate,
Mr. Matthews said his mother was 77 years of
age and paralysed, and could cot attend the court. Mre
Lawrence was in the practice of giving the prisoner 51.
or 101. at a time to -pay tradesmen's bills. Mr. Matthowe
then produced the prisoner's account-book, and said
the t':eficiency amounted to 251. or 301., and she had nut
put the proper dates in the book. She was discharged
on ►he lath of August.
Mr. Yardley at first doubted whether the prisoner's
offence was criminal, but after reading some cases in the
law books said the prisoner had committed a larceny if
Mr. Matthews oould establish by evidence what he had
set up. The case was a complicated and difficult one,
owing to the absence of Mrs. Lawrence and the difficulty
of proving that any money was paid to pay the bill of
any particular tradesman. It was a question of arith-
metic, and Mr. Matthews must look over the prisoner's
account-book and ascertain from that how much she bad
set down as having been paid to tradesmen which had
not been paid.
The father of the prisoner said he was very sorry his
daughter had acted in the way she had done, but he
con,idered she was allowed too much latitude, and her
accounts ought to have been cheoked every week. It
was the fault of the mistress.

Mr. Yardley said he bad allowed the father too much
latitude, and rebuked him for attempting to censure an
aged lady who had put confidence in her servant. He
would not allow such remarks on respectable persona
to be passed over unnoticed. This was not a question
whether Mrs. Lawrence or Mr. Matthews had been
prudent, but whether the prisoner had unlawfully ap-
propriated 301. to her own use. He then remanded the
prisoner for a week.