The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT.

William
Balmano surrendered to an indictment charging
him with embezzling certain moneys the property of his
employers, Messrs. Turner and Preston.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Turner, the prosecutor, said his firm carried on busi-
ness as attorneys, and the prisoner entered their service
a short time ago as clerk. His duty, amongst other things,
consisted in taking out wiits and other legal •documents,
tor which money had to be taken from the office. After
he had been but a few days in their employ it was disco-
vered that several sums of money had been entered as ex-
pended, but it was afterwards found out that documents
for which they were charged had never been taken out, and
that £l3 had been abstracted in the manner described.
The prisoner was called upon to account for the false
entries, when he said that he had lost money out of
his pocket, and he was afraid to mike the circumstances
known, as it might lead to his dismissal. The salary the
prisoner received was £l3O per annum.

Other witnesses having been examined,
Mr. Sleigh made a very strong appeal to the jury on be-
half of the prisoner, urging upon them that it had not been
proved that the prisoner's deficiency had not been caused
through the accidental loss of the money.
The jury, after half-an-hour's deliberation, returned a
verdict of guilty.

The Recorder—Mr. Turner, have you found out any other
deficiencies ?

Mr. Turner—Yes, my lord, about £l7.
The Recorder—And that was taken, I have been in-
formed, two days after the prisoner had entered your ser-
vice ? Do you know where he had been previously em-
ployed ?

Mr. Turner—Yes, my lord. I believe there was some
dispute there about his accounts, but as the prisoner
explained it in some way I thought he would act honestly
for the future.

1 he Clerk asked the prisoner whether he had anything to
say in mitigation of his sentence?

Prisoner—l merely wish to say I have already suffered
five weeks' imprisonment.

The Recorder—lt matters very little how many weeks
you have already been in prison, as the charge you have
been convicted of is most disgraceful. The prosecutor, in
order to give you an opportunity of amending your character,
took you into his service, well knowing that some irregu-
larities had been discovered in your accounts in your previ •
ous employment, and, in order to place you above tempta-
tion, gave you the very excellent salary of £l3O per
annum. Notwithstanding this, the second day you
were in his service you commenced robbing them, and
that in a manner which to them, as attorneys, might
have been attended with very serious consequences. It
was your duty to see that some legal requirements were
complied with, and in order that such might be done,
money, the property of your employer, had to be paid; but
instead of acting as an honest man would have done, you
appropriated the money to your own private purposes, and
thus defrauded your employers. The sentence of the Court
upon you is that you be kept in penal servitude for the
space of three years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A BUILDER CHARGED WITH RECEIVING STOLEN
PROPERTY.—Henry Matthews, of 59, Warren-street,
builder, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with receiving
a quantity of lime, well knowing it to be stolen.

Mr. George Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and said
the thief had been taken into custody, and to Marylebone,
as his only object was to have the prisoner remanded; and
that either the prisoner might be brought to this court,
and have the charge against the prisoner heard before one
magistrate, or the prisoner Matthews taken to Marylebone.
It was then argued that the case should be heard before
Mr. Tyrwhitt.

Mr. Lewis then said the prosecutors were in a large way
of business, keeping several men and carts, and that one of
their men, now in custody, went to the prisoner's place in
the Euston-road, and left a quantity of lime.
Mr. James Hon, of Murston, said he carried on business
as a lime dealer, and had a carman in his employ of the
name of Carey. On Friday, the 20th of this month, he had
a quantity of lime to deliver, but none at the prisoner's.
Carey had been in his employ about three years.

Mr. Lewis said that was all the evidence he wished to
offer that day.
Some discussion then ensued between Mr. Lewis and Mr.
Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, and it was
arranged that the prisoner Carey should be brought to this
court on Wednesday, bail being taken for Mr. Matthews to
appear on that day.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—CharIes F. Price, porter, in the em-
ploy of Mr. Bobbol, leather-dealer, of Oxford-street, was
charged with embezzling money received on account of his
employer.

He was remanded, one case being proved against him.

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tising columns of the Horning Post. It is as follows : bawling in the streets about the
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