The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-10-06
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STARVED INTO STEALING.
A Defaulting Cashier VINO was In
adequately Paid Sentenced 70 SIX
Years imprisonment and Hard

A Defaulting Cashier Who was In.
adequately Paid Sen teneeti 10 SIX
Years imprisonment and Hard
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In the United States Court at Port
land, Maine, on the 29th ult., Judge
Shepley presiding, John Rogers, de,
faulting cashier Of the Penobscot Bank,
Of Brunswick, was arraigned. The in
dictment contains the usual counts, and
charges the accused with embezzling
$50, 900, and with making false and fic-
ticious, entries on the books OF the insti-
tuition. The prisoner plead guilty, and
Mr.. Simmonds, one Of the counsel for
Mr.. Rogers, read to the court a state
ment of the prisoner, who, until now,
has always been a respected citizen of
the State. The statement is as follows ::
"In the latter part of 1850 l was
elected cashier Of the Brunswick Bank,
having then capital Of $4,000.
Previous to this time, and tor several
years, | had been in trade; but being
without capital was not very successful.
and left business, being then in debt to
the extent Of about $500. On January
l., 1851, | commenced acting as cashier,
as before stated, with salary of $500
per annum. My position as cashier
seemed to call for a living like other
people, and having family of four
children, | found, Notwithstanding all
our plans and efforts, at the years end,
my expenses amounted to more than
my salary. In 1858 or 1854 was
offered situation as cashier in the
State OF Massachusetts, and making
1t known to the directors Of the bank
they held meeting and offered a salary
of $40 per aunum, and concluded to
remain. The position l occupied seemed
to make it impossible for me to lessen
my yearly expenses. On theother hand,
the expenses OF my family, together
with the old Indebtedness, called urgent
ly for more money. Under such state
ofthings, and having no special check
upon me, it can easily be seen how l
commenced, by placing q memoran-
dunn in the drawer and taking out at
the time such sums as my immediate
wants required, meaning in good faith
to replace it at some more convenient
season. was also urgently entreated
by two OF the directors for temporary
loans, from time to time, to whom | gave
more or less assistance, expecting the
same to be paid in good time, but these
loans were never paid, and resulted in
loss to me oftwenty thousand dollars.
which is included in the present total
deficiency"
The confession continues with a his
tory of Rogers subsequent proceedings.
asserting that, though he embezzled
more or less nearly every week for
twenty-one years, he had never been en-
gagged in any speculation whatever,
either in stocks or in any other way, nor
had he at any time paid out large sums
not belonging to himself, nor entrusted
to others, nor reserved to himself any
of the funds of the bank to secure any
benefit to himself or others, except as
he has stated in the confession. He
finally concludes by leaving himself in
the ands of the court.
At the conclusion of the trial the court
pronounced sentence of six years i'm
prisonment at hard labor in the State
prison at Thomaston. The prisoner
received his sentence calmly and with
little outward emotion.