Thursday, March 27. (Before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M.) EMBEZZLEMENT. William M'Mullan was charged with having received at Maori Creek,' on the 20th inst., on behalf of his master, David Thomas: Faulkner, the sum of L4O, and did fraudulently embezzle the same. Mr Perkins appeared for the prisoner. " "*" David Thomas Faulknersaid : I am a storekeeper at Maori Creek. The accused acted as storeman , and clerk for me. He entered my employment on the 30th September last, at L 2 per week : and his board, and remained ; until the 20th March. I left the store on the 17th inst., for Greymouth, leaving prisoner in charge, i buy gold for myself and sell it to the banks. lam not a paid agent. It was prisoner's duty to buy the gold forme, and I left him L4O in Union Bank notes for this purpose. The cash was in a separate drawer in the office of the store, separate, from the ordinary cash used in the business. With the money I left in the box a small ticket with the figures 40 on it, so that I should know, when I: came back, how much should be there. I cannot say what money I left in the till. On. Thursday evening, 20th instant, I returned to the store. Accused was not there, and I found only £l in the tili, and no entries made in the cash-book for two days. I then looked at the box where I had left the L4O, and found only a Li note, on the Bank of New Zealand. I found no portion of the L4O l had left on Monday. I examined the books and found no entry of the purchase of gold, or any account bf : how -'the money had been disposed of. I produce the cash book ; the entries on the 17th and 18th are in the prisoner's handwriting, and show LI 4s 6d from Hood ; LBss in takings ; L 3 10s from Power, and L 2 7s 6d in takings. When I found that priso ner and the money were gone, on the 20th I came to Greymouth and gave in formation to the police, and obtained a warrant for his arrest. I came by way of Maori Gully, and on the way in found that the defendant came by the same route. 