R v Richard Hall

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1836
Date01 January 1836
CourtHigh Court of Chancery

English Reports Citation: 168 E.R. 1349

LINCOLN'S INN

Rex
and
Richard Hall

Considered, R. v. Murphy, 1850, 4 Cox C. C. 101. Applied, R. v. Woolley, 1850, 4 Cox C. C. 251. Referred to, R. v. Watts, 1850, 2 Den. 14; R v Tongue, 1860, 30 L. J. M. C. 49.

[474] 1836. rex v. richard hall. (It is embezzlement in a member of and secretary to a society, fraudulently to withhold money received from a member to be paid over to the trustees , and he may be stated to be the clerk and servant of the trustees, and the money may be properly stated to be their property, though the society be not enrolled, and though the money ought in the ordinary course to have been received by a steward.) [Considered, R. v. Murphy, 1850, 4 Cox C. C. 101. Applied, R. v. Woolley, 1850, 4 Cox C. C.-251. Referred to, R. v. Watts, 1850, 2 Den. 14 ; R v Tongue, 1860, 30 L. J. M. C. 49.} The prisoner was convicted before Mr Justice Bosanquet, at the Spring Assizes, 1886, at Warwick, upon an indictment which charged that, he being employed as a clerk and servant oi Frederick Barber, Abraham Allport, and Samuel Haycock, by virtue of his employment, received £60, 10s. lOd. on their account, and embezzled the same, and so stole the said money, the property of his said masters and employers. The prisoner was secretary and clerk to a society held at his house in Birmingham, 1350 REX V. RICHABD HALL 1 MOOD. 475, called " The One Hundred Pounds and Fifty Pounds Society," and was a member of that society. The 1st, 8th, 9th, and 10th articles of the society are as follows :- 1st, That the members shall hold their meetings at the house of Mr Richard Hall, No. 16, Ludgate Hill, Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, on the second Tuesday in every momth, between the hours of half past seven and nine o'clock in the evening precisely, from the day of the date hereof until the purposes of these articles are effected, and every member has had his share or shares out of this club, and shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the stewards for the tune being the sum of twenty-six shillings for every one hundred pounds share, and the sum of thirteen shillings for eveiy fifty pounds share per night, which shall be paid by the clerk and one of the stewards into the bank of Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, and Co , Birmingham, as treasurers of this society 8th, That the committee shall appoint trustees, [475] who shall keep a banking account, and sign all checks ; all bond notes to be made payable to such trustees, or...

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  • The Queen v William Murphy
    • Ireland
    • Court of Criminal Appeal
    • 15 February 1850
    ...Kir, 384. Rex v. WilliamsENR 7 C. & P. 338. Regina v. CainENR 2 Mood. C. C. 204. Regina v. MillerENR 2 Mood. C. C. 249. Rex v. HallENR 1 Mood. C. C. 474. Rex v. BurtonENR 1 Mood. C. C. 237. Rex v. JensonENR 1 Mood. C. C. 434. The Queen v. Tucker 1 Cox, C. C. 235. H. T. 1850. Crim. Appeal. T......
  • The Queen v Walter Watts
    • United Kingdom
    • Crown Court
    • 1 January 1850
    ......C 474 ; R. v. Jeson, ibid. 434. Patteson J -In R v Jetison, it does not appear that the prisoner was a member of the bank. In R. v. Hall the prisoner is stated to have been a member, but no question arose on that fact : and although from the report of the judgment in R. v Hall it would ......

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