A YOUNG MAN RUINED BY THE CHINESE LOTTERIES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 141, 12 June 1878, Page 4

A YOUNG MAN RUINED BY THE CHINESE LOTTERIES.

(From the Melbourne " Daily Tel/graph. )! The urgenV neees&ity for the sub-' /p'ression 6f tho iChintise lotteries] was never made more evident than yesterday, by meacs of a cuee in tberQity Police Court, iv which a hilheriblrfe-" flpectable young .ratio, named Henijy •./ Hammond, was charged with stealing, "■"£s£■ "Wi 6d, from the y Moftotfrne Omnibus Company. Xhe story of the prisoners offence was a end one, though ' unfortunately not a new one, the defendant baring gone wrong in rnuph the same wuy as moat of those who ," have been charged with /this claBS jof - offence. He was a junior clerk Jn /the employ of the company, and: was trustee with the charge of a large sum , Qf money; and he -_wnti- faithful" to 1 the ■trust reposal in him for nearly eigbtepn months.-: ;,Quiie ; recently be. Was ' seized with the gambling infatuation 'and invested in the Chinese lotteries.' < Loss impelled him to dip deeper in the mire, and iv order, as had no doubt thought, to recover him ; self, he ap- ... ptiated the money of the company. 'According to. ( the 'evidence of 'Mr Wilcox, the head clerk iv the^copipany's office,, it wa§ .JEfa,mmon^ ! ; ...,. tp ; .receivei money 'frpm . the ! |)ranoh'> offices and it iotd.the p^nk. On WeJr o roe.sday we.^k last he maclejOut.ithe pay . slip to.pay into the bank:, butMr Wilcox unexpfiotedly took (ho money to the * arid found it £2p short. On fel turning to the office Mr Wilcox cpni ; froDted the prisoner, who oppfeseed -that, he. had takep^ the^njpjaey. His cash wa8 T then exaai^necj. and •, it Was .found „ to, ' be £4 lQs ",6^ ,ijhort, and on. further investigation it was discovered that he ihaa appropriated | money intended for tradesmen, amounting to £30. He was then given into custody of Detective Edeleten. After •■< he was lockeJ up, relations of the prisoner made good the money ,whlch he bad stolen, as it was apparent tha^ be had. acted aishoneatly during the week ! only prior to his defalcations bßipg jliscovered, it was thought that he should be dealt leniently with. The bench, therefore, sentenced him to six months' imprisonment only, '•