At the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday, Durden and Hol-
croft, the two persons charged with stealing a certain sum, the pro- perty of the Union Bank, were tried and acquitted. Darden said,
I plead guilty to having made use of money belonging, to the bank, but I did not intend to defraud them." Subsequently lie pleaded "Not guilty," and Holcroft did the same. That a gross fraud had been committed was confessed by the counsel for Holcroft, but the jury returned a verdict of acquittal because they could not agree that Holcroft was guilty of this particular charge, the judge having de-
cided that they must acquit both or find both guilty. There are no other charges pending.
On Thursday, the trial of Holcroft on other charges was postponed, and Durden, tried alone upon a charge of stealing a specific sum from the Bank, was found guilty, and sentenced to penal servitude for fourteen years.
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