Odgers, J.

1. In this case the facts have been fully and I think correctly set out by the Assistant Sessions Judge. The accused who was the Sub-Postmaster of a small place called Cherambadi was convicted of criminal breach of trust or misappropriation in respect of a value payable article. This article was a cover addressed to himself containing a Railway receipt for certain motor car parts which the proprietor of a bus plying between Cherambadi and Calicut, P. W. No. 3, had induced the accused to order for him from Bombay. The goods were duly ordered and arrived at Calicut station and the accused took possession of this V.P.P. cover and, of course, of the Railway receipt and also obtained delivery of the goods from the Calicut station (or rather the bus conductor, P. W. No. 4, was the man who actually obtained the goods). The Bombay Firm who supplied the goods sent them on the 27th April and on the 29th the parcel receipt was presented and the goods delivered. The Bombay Firm was paid on the 27th June. The accused Postmaster had, of course, to disguise the fact that he had taken possession of this V.P.P. letter and he did so by manipulating the register maintained in the Po