The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

rIIIAMES.

EMBEZZLEMENT By A iVILLER.—Robert Nether-
cott, a miller's foreman, about 30 years of age, was
brought before Mr. Benson charged with embezzling
divers sums of money be had received for and
account of his master, Mr. W. B. Ilmanuoud, of the
Crown Mills, YiLrro -street, Ratcliff.
The prisoner had been in the service of Mr.
Hammond for five years at a good salary. The
prisoner kept the retail cash book. It was his
uty to enter every purchase in a book and
to hand that book weekly to his
master,
and account for all the receipts. Mr. Hammond
gave the prisoner a holiday to Yarmouth, which
tasted eight days, and paid all his expenses. While
iie was away he discovered that the prisoner hal
it)heee n
money
hi and had not accounted for all
taken. The prisoner's defalca-
tions were stated to be very heavy, but two cases
only were gone into. The prisoner sold 4 cwt. of
ldlings and 1 sack of winnow dust to Mr. Jame,
Wratte, a tradesman, for £2 135., and only ac-
counted for a portion of it. Mr. Ilaramoud bad not
received the money for the 4 cwt. of middlings, and
the prisoner had not debited himself with it in his
book. On the 10th inst., Mrs. Thorpe of No. 49,
London-street, Ratcliff, purchased two sacks of
middlings, for which she paid him £1 is. That had
never been accounted for. The prisoner was appre-
hended by Donald M‘Kay, a police-constable, No.
275 K. On the way to the police station in a cab
the prisoner began to cry, acknowledged a good
master, and asked forgiveness. Mr. Hammond re-
plied, "No, I cannot forgive you; I don't knos the
extent you have robbed me."
The prisoner after-
wards told M'Kay that Mr. Hammond had been
the best of masters to him, and had given him £2 to
enable him to spend his holiday comfortable.
The prisoner, in defence, said—l own I have
done wrong. A publican living near the mill
asked me to lend him £5. I did so, and he never
repaid the money, and I could not replace it in the
desk.
Mr. Benson—That is not a legal defence to the
charge. You had no right to lend your master's
money to any one. You are committed for trial.
CommITTAL FOR MANSL.kLIGIITER.—Dorothy Ver-
denhalver, landlady of the Wellington public-house
in the Cannon-street-road, adjoining the church of
•it. George-in-the-East, surrendered ou bail to an-
swer a charge of killing her husband, Conrad Vtr-
denhalver, by stabbing him. with a table knife iu
the course of a quarrel a few days ago.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, again defended the

prisoner.
Mr. Benson asked if an inquest had been held on
the body of the deceased.
Inspector Ge 2, of the K division, answered in the
affirmative, and said the coroner's jury returned
verdict of manslaughter against the prisoner, who
was admitted to bail by the coroner.
The medical evidence clearly proved that the
wound which the unfortunate woman infitted on
her hush tnd i,i a moment of passion was the cause
of death.
Mr. Bcoson committed the prisoner for trial foi
manslaughter, and accepted bail.

If any warning were needed against the reckless
employment of Royal Commissions as a shift for
relieving the Government from the embarrassment
of taking a deci led coarse on cutest:ions of domestic
policy, is would b.! supplied, says a contemporary,
by a recent return of thy cost of the Commission on
Irish Rail xays. The total expenditure on this pre-
cious irguiry has been no less than £22,500. Three
commissioners and • a secretary shared £3,225 ;
office expenses, printing, and that beautifully com-
prehensive phrase, " incidentals," cover £2,298 ;
ravelling expenses are set down as £5,255 ; and
the allowances of engineers and accountants,
£11,726.
THE TEA DUTY IS REDUCED —Hardman's Pure Tea is
sold Bd. per pound Cheaper. This interesting fact will, when
fully known, even further increase the demand for these
Choice, long-approved Teas. They are not sold loose, but
only in Packets, signed " Hortainan," London.