Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1840-04-16

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
RIeHaosp. Arfil IL.
THE ENTERTAINMENT CASE.

lunds siHee developed, laso oceastoncd an eAtite-
ment IN tins community which We suppose was
never eaualled. The extensive. highly respectable
and popular c nnexious of the Teller. * The cordial
aud universal estee' ~ and confidence entertained for
him. give 10 The d senvety oi his guilt n degree OF
astonishmeni and pain not Ia be described. Nofds
are inl,lt auate To- express The distressed state OF the
pubic mind. Not lie least painful v1fw OF the
affair Is tlr lcndrnc, II must have 10 strengthen m
opr brcasts tie feeling 81 disitust Of The honesty Of
our fellow men. Wr. II. Dabnos's WAS a spotless
reputation; lbs general depeauot was POT ulat; bis
address II auly and polite; his disposition hind ard
ecoinmodafing-aj 10 ahlsh he was an active,
able Bank officer. No opponent would have Stood
in the way Of his promotion lo The hg er stations IN
the institution shoald a vacancy have occurred.
Aud when sncl, q man sioops TO fraud, II is not sur
prising that Confidence should be disIDayed and
alarmed.
The deficit in the funds OF the Bank Is now ascer-
aimed Ia be $500 900, with perhaps the addition Of
some $50, 900 No official announcement of tlie es-
at amount has been made. This wall materially
deprcss the energies and lrade Of our city. So much
capital taken lfom It's commerce must be u serious
drawback.
Lrt not lie ste ckhol1ers yield TO the fumoufs
which Interested men may set nfloat. There Will be
hawks about; fear aud crrdnlty are ihtr abeItofs.
Do not believe al you hear Of the Bank, or you
ill become their prey.
Relative TO the van, Us facts aseerainable will re-
gard To The fraud which produced the deicli, there
are many rumors. but we await The publication d a
fepoft fam the Bank, which We may anticipate as
a matter 81 course.
The Bank OF Virginia has increased lis reward
fot the Teller 10 So, 0C0. Compiler.
Saturday BY vitiue Of a warrant issued by his Hon
or The Mayor. b.. W. Gren Of ihs city WAS ar.
raiened ior examination with reference 10 certain
charges preferred IN The said warrant. This war.
rant was ISSUED Al he instance aud u on The infor-
nation Of Anthony Robinson, Esq. Cashier Of The
Bank of Virginia. and an substance recited 'Ihat the
said Green had aided. counsclled and abeIled VIM.
b.. Dabncy. late 1oIler OF the Bank Of Virginia, fe-
loniousl, 10 embezzle from * dsfraud The s I'D Bank
OF a certain large sum Of InoDcy-at least 10 the a
mount OF S30.000.r Joseph Mayo. Esq. and 5. S.
Baxter, Esq, Attorney General, appeared for The
Commonwealth, aud b. w. Leigh and James Lv-
Esqs. Tor the prisoner. Anthony Robinson.
Esq. Was FIST called AZ witness for The prosecutions,
testified generally as TO the condition oil HE
cash drawer aud vaults under charge Of Dabne,-
with reference TO sundry rules AMI laws Of ilo
Bank IN its manner 81 conducting lis business. aud
with regard 10 numerous other matters which IT
would be tedlons 10 enuInerate, x was lhen procec-
ding Ia testify as TO the subject matter of communal.
cations made 10 hun b, Green after the departure ol
Dahney and previous 10 the commencement oil This
prosecution when. upon motion Of prisoners
counsel, Tie evidence contained therein was PNclu.
ded from being heard, upon tho ground that these
communications were made b, Green under an i'm.
preston derived from the Cashier (Rubiusou) through
Mr.. Lyons, that 20 prosecution was about 10 be
eump enecd. 1t was allowejb by witness, though no
such pledge or promise bad been gwen or asked, yel
I've did not dnubt that the communications ucre
made under thAl impression 10 winch impression
his acts and ssyirss had doubtless given same col
Or; aud under the rule 81 law regulating such
casrs, the huiInn was sustained. From HE evidence
81 tins witness iappcared-lhal after the sudden de.
pdftute OF Dabnry. upon Exam naiion being luslilu-
led. there Was I und a deficiency in the tufienl
cash OF lis drawer 10 The amount :, e thirty OF f. nv
thousand dollars, There were found, however. some
checks ri u, w. Green's and some 81 his own.
placed as cash, aud a lew bills aud receipts, Nc.-
Nupon extending the The examination lnto The vault.
bundits OF checks ol the same dtsdrI ton. and 9th
ets drawn by other houses IN the city, were
fourd |, ing IuteIspersed throughout with bank
notes, uulabslled, loosely aud carelessly laid
down. Witness test fed that To the amount
OF about thiry thousand dollars, there were nel-
iher cheeks or any thing else to account, aud
thai The gross amount which these checks were
placed 10 account for. VAS several hundreds OF
iiousands-bcing so much distracted from The
funds of The Bank. [Rumor says, up to Last reports
from five hundred aud forty thousand
dnllars. -WIncss iur her testified that some Iotcs
rom oreen and other papers were found in the
counter drawer; and q note oi Green's to Dabncy re.
questiDg the loal Of $4,000 for a day. aud alludiup
10 former Evors OF the soti, was Introduced. This
was te staie Oh Things alter the departure ol
Dabncy. Witness further testified that Green
had no credit n the Bank, aud for some ii ne
past had kept 10 account there. lie further
testified that IN his Off, ial character he hid
forbidden Green's checks To Le received unless funds
we're IN the ~Bank.-Ttese checks had been thns re.
ceived for nearly d year. Several Bank Drec-
tors we've called, who testified generally to the same
facts.
d.. II J, Miller testified that he sometimes acted
as 2d Teller IN the Bank, and that il was within his
knowledge that upon It's being reported TO Dabncy
that there were 40 funds 10 meet Green's checks then
drawn, that Dabney had afterwards said that The sail
checks were paid.
These we've The material points OF the evidence a.
ea'nsl the accused. he ground lakon by Inc Cuun-
sci ior The defence was mainlyi that acts ot opt rdrag-
ing were common among npen above suspicion, who
we're never prosecuted, aud that Green had drawn
these checks without criminal intent-to which it
vas replied by the other side, that this d stihctlon in
the case must be made; that unlike the other cases
supposed by Counsel, in winch the transaction was
knownio the Bank aud went on the Books, this
oote evidence oil being designed TO be secret and
lilndulent. and herein lay the gst ol the charge.
The defence further commended that these checks
had been regularly paid by Green at The time or near
The TINE oi the drawing, but from The carelessness
OF his manner Of doing business, had been left in
the hands uf Dabney, and had been thus substituted
by him Cd for money by him distracted. Thus
ihrowingihe onus of the pecuniary situation on
hfeen. aud The burden Of gull on Dabney. Many
Witnesses, some officers IN other Banks, were intro
once 10 prove Green's careless manner, aud that the
same facts had happened in transactions with them.
The defence, further commended that Green could NOT
have received tins money, since ii would have rem
dered him entirely easy IN his business, while il had
been IN evidence that he had been pushed very
hard Tor funds to meet his payments, all Of which
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