R v William Creed
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 25 February 1843 |
| Date | 25 February 1843 |
| Court | High Court |
English Reports Citation: 174 E.R. 714
IN THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
714 REGINA V. CREED icar. &K. 64. Feb 25th, 1843. regina v. william creed (If a person, whose duty it is to receive money for his employer, receive money and render a true account of all the money he has received, he is not guilty of embezzlement, if he absconds and does not pay over the money , but if he had received the money and had rendered an account in which it was omitted, thi^ would be evidence to shew that he had embezzled the amount The collector of a water company, as was his practice, gave the prisoner who was the turncock, three receipts for water rents, desiring him to receive the amounts. On a subsequent day, the collector asked the prisoner if he had received the amounts, when he said, that he had, and would pay them over on the following Monday ; instead of which, he absconded -Held, no embezzlement.) Embezzlement.-The first count of the indictment charged, that the prisoner, being a servant of " The Reading Waterworks Company," had embezzled the sum of 8s. (b)1. The second and third counts charged the prisoner [64] with having embezzled the sums of 10s. and 7s. The fourth count charged the prisoner with having embezzled a half-sovereign , and the fifth count was for a larceny. It was opened by Beadon, for the prosecution, that " The Reading Waterworks Company " was a corporation established by an Act of Parliament (6), and that the practice was for Mr. Wrest, the company's collector, to collect the water rents in advance , but that where parties did not pay him after two or three calls, the receipts for their water rents were given by Mr. West to the prisoner, who was the turncock of the company , and...
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