AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE was tried before the Recorder of London. Mr. A. H. W. Lamb, a barrister, was accused of stealing and selling books from the Library of Lincoln’s Inn. There was no doubt that he had had possession of books from that library, or that they had been sold, and the only points were how he got them and who sold them. His own statement was that a man named Langbourne had called upon him, had described himself as a solicitor retiring from practice, and had from time to time sold him the books subsequently ascertained to belong to the Library.
Mr. Lamb could not, however, find Mr. Langbourne, and denied positively that he sold the books, a point, however, upon which the purchaser, a Mr. Turner, was most positive, as were the experts who examined the receipts taken by Mr. Turner.
The jury found the accused guilty, with the approval of the judge, who sentenced him to nine months’ hard labour.
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