The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1890-07-26 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

COVHDIE." THE PRAM* WHICH EDI HAD COIOII7EXH. DOE a vestige of evidence in the books, ceptiou of the one ease to which he had any other person; eveaTthingwas Dennison. Eh that one exception there was not an atom of evidence to show that Harrison had anything. He was going to prefer charges whish referred to amounts which totaled about £1,003. was going to prove that the money mine into on's hands, and was not accounted for. He ' ask them to say that Mr Dennison stole that money. And that amount was only typical of many thousands which found their way into Mr Dennison's hands, and which failed to find their *ay into the coffers of the Society. A fresh War!nation was sworn to by Mr Robert Sinclair, mg the defendant with Melding an item of MOO 19s 9d, the moneys of Moms. Coateworth.—Mr Newby Watson, the solicitor to the Onward , Society, gave evidence as to the position and duties of Mr Dennison in connection with the Society, and John Sanderson, clerk to Messrs.; Dunn and Watson, proved the payment of the , above-named sum to the defendant Miler Sechity's office, and produced the receipt in the defendant's handwriting. On the application of Mr Jaynes the case was then again adjourned to April Ind. OPSCIFIC cuaness. On that day in addition to the previous charges, of larceny and hand there were charges of falsification of the amounts by making false entries in the books in. respect to the accounts of William Mossom, Thomas Costrivorkh, John Short, and 'Robert Wallis, and with having omitted from the books of the Society entries showing the repayment of the principal sums owing by the above members of the Society and the dates on which they were repaid. He was also charged generally with omittine to enter in the books of the Society the various amounts received•by him for the Society included in the 40 cases, of which he gave a lire to the auditors in the letter addressed to them at the time be attempted suicide Thos. Douglas, managing clerk for Mr Peat, the provisional liquidator, produced the subscription books and cash books of the Society, showing that the suns of £296 19s 9d above referred to was not catered in them, and gave evidence supporting the statements of Mr Barron as to the general method of procedure.-Wm. Edward Harding, until lately a clerk to the Society, gave evidence as to the nature of defendant's duties under the late Mr Harrison. —Mr Thos. Robson one of the auditors, gave evidence as to what occurred at the annual audit of the books of the Society. For. the last ten years the auditors had seen little of the late Mr Harrison, and the defendant used to present the subscriptions and supply all books and information required, and he appeared to be in charge of the office in the absence of Mr Harrison. They only had access to the strong room through Mr Denni son.—The defendant was then charged, when he  r— • -•rt,•••• N.Leis NU OW/ WIG 1121617 Int es important. because it is polies,* mime elsewhere. He urged that the nettle od in the very case Mr WaMi y has the terrible pinishment which the prisoner *oft -"."' a obviously important on general sustained should be lateen in mitigation of therms. sas In tas„saministration of the oriminsil tence to be passed upon hint He did noe user In 1w there Should be no looseness, and that pegplo tore to ask his lordship to award a remely who may be sent to prisu. should know definitely nominal punishment, but he asked that the punish. what it is for whieh they are to be sent meet already suffered, and the penitence shay wie Waddy Then upon the other indietmeat I the attenipt of Marne. suer to end his life, einsid really put it - learned friend as to be taken into allesideration. He thought the this— views which his lordship took of the prisoner's ; I were most ;--• '