The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Bytes.)
Charles Joliet., 39, daisibed as • dealer, was charged
with feloniously receiving a quantity of shares in the Seals
Railway Goomsey, that bad been stoke out of a past I
letter, be well knowisg they had been so stolen.
Mr. Clerk cad Mr. Metcalfe conducted the prosasties.
The poisoner was defended by Mr. Sleigh.
The circumstances of the case were of • somewhat
peculiar character. It appeared that the winner was foe
seventeen years in the service of the Poet-office as •
letter-carrier end sorter, end he by this means, no doubt,
was well acquainted with the nature of the badness
of that establishment, sod it was suggested that this
give him facilities for carrying out • very extensive
system of plunder, through the medium of diehesest per-
lOU connected with the Poet-office. It appeared that Mr.
Nicholson, • banker, of Rochester, and wend membees
his family, were holders of shares is the Sande Railway
Company, and that there was a new issue of shwa ia the
beginning of the present year, • certain portion of which
the holders of the old shares were entitled to,
if they were so minded. In parsuanee of this,
certificates for • number of shares IMO aceordingl
mot by the company to Mr. Minimises, bat be dedind
to hold thane, and they were meat to Mears. Upward and 00.,
brokers in the (Sty, to be sold. The letter wes posted on
theist of July, aod its due course it should have arrived at
its destination on the following morning, hat it never
came to hand, end some of the shares were subsequently sold
by • =a named Calder, who was coedited at the bet see-
moo, and it appeared dist in emsecineses of informatim
given by him after hie conviction, the primmer was taken
into custody. The primmer, it appeared, had, upon Maytag
the Post-oleos, taken a public-house a the Bleekfriam
reed, which be afterwards let to a man named Dow.
011 July 2. the day ore which the letter in quatios ought
to have been delivered, the prisoner called on Dow, sod
asked him how his busioces was, adDow said it wee eat very
geed. The prisoner pulled out of his pqgket a handful of
silver, sod said he bad no lack of mousy, sod wished to
speak privately to Dow, ad they went to a public-home
together. The prisoner remarked that it was a pity
mach a smart chap em he was should not be doing well,
and if he liked be would make a man of him,
at the seine time pulling so envelope from Isis pocket, and
said, "This is what were doing sow." The envelops con-
(Seed • paper which Dow saw bad the signature "Nichol-
as" at the bottom of it, and also that it was the fourth
issue of shares in the Sciode Railway. The primmer asked
him if he knew a broker, and he mid be did, and the poi-
soner said he had got • lot of shares, and wasied him to go
oe the morrow to try and sell them. Be said there
were four of them iu it, and if Dow would
sell them his share would be about 251. Dow also saw
soother allotment signed by Elizabeth Phillips. The primmer
made an appointment to meet him the next day. and he is
the meantime communicated with the police the fact that
WWI shame were being dealt with which he believed to be
forged. No forgery, however, was knows to have takes
place, and no proceedings were taken at the time. The
next day the prisoner went to Doe's shop. but did not dad
him there, and waited outeide until he came, when be said,
" You're not smart enough." At the same tune a man came
up, and the primmer said, "Oh, here's • man that will do,"
and west away with him. This man was afterwards iden-
tified by Dow as alder. Oa the same day it appeared
the prisoner saamparded Calder to the office of Mr. Bennett,
a broker M the City. and • portion of the letter which had
lees sect by Mr. Nichohoo was produced am an authority
to nogotiste the shares, acid Mr. Bennett ultimately sold
the shares, sod Calder received from him an open cheque
for 401., less the amount of the brokerage, which he headed
to the prisoner. The allotment, which was signed Elizth.