On his return in August, Meyrick was officially reported to have brought home as prize some India hides; charges of pilfering in connection with the goods captured from the enemy were brought against him by Sir Anthony Ashley, and he retaliated by accusing Ashley of far more serious peculations.
32.
The same year he was accused of peculation and other offences to the emperor, who caned him severely and deprived him of his plenipotentiary powers, despite his undeniable services in Persia, but for which Peter could never have emerged so triumphantly from the difficult Persian war of 1722-1723.
33.
The parliament, regarding him as an important acquisition, refused, despite its ordinance, to expel him for his notorious peculation ( Declaration of the King concerning the Proceedings of this Present Parliament, 12 August 1642; and allowed him to retain his salary as master of the jewel-house.
34.
:: : : In the absence of you cogently explaining therefore, what you feel the " real " issues to be without the peculation, and in the absence of making some concrete suggestions as to what it is you would really like to see, your argument is probably not particularly effective.
35.
Its purpose is collection and publication of true information about violations, crimes and peculations during the preparation of the Olympic Games, helping to open eyes people? Vladislav Ryazantsev reported to the journalist of Donnews . ru . �In addition, we call to declare boycott, avoid watching the games and buying commodities with symbolism of Olympic Games?
36.
He was accused by his enemies of peculation, and condemned on 10 February 1541 to a fine of 1, 500, 000 Madame d'�tampes, however, he obtained the king's pardon almost immediately ( March 1541 ), was reinstated in his posts, and regained his estates and even his influence, while Montmorency in his turn was disgraced.
37.
Though frequently threatened with terrible penalties by Peter the Great for his incurable vice of peculation, Apraksin, nevertheless, contrived to save his head, though not his pocket, chiefly through the mediation of the good-natured empress, Swedish born common law wife and later formal wife of Peter I, Catherine I, sole Ruling Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727.
38.
In 1546 he was made a member of the Privy Council of England, received some extensive grants of former abbey lands, and managed by prudence to retain the favour of his sovereign, although on one occasion towards the end of his reign Henry VIII was induced to distrust him, and even to accuse him of peculation, a charge of which he cleared himself.
39.
On the accession of Frederick III ( 1648 ) to the throne, Sehested strove hard to win his favor, but an investigation into his accounts as governor conducted by his enemies brought to light such wholesale embezzlement and peculation that he was summoned to appear before a " herredag ", or assembly of notables in May 1651 to give an account of his whole administration.
40.
In Athens, he discovered the exact opposite of his civil and pacific Basel : " A permanent terrorism was exercised by the combination of the sycophants "-- that is, informers-- " the orators and the constant threat of public prosecution, especially for peculation and incompetence, as well as the ever present risk of being accused of asebeia ( impiety ).
