The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-25 00:00:00

TRILL OP THE PRISONERS.

The trial of Carpentier, Grellet, Guerin, and
Perot, charged with satenetre robbery and embezzlement
from the French Nordesen Railway Company, took place at
Perim on Teddy, at the Aldus of the Mite, before M.
Ronselgad, pddwß The accused were Carpentier, Oreller,
OnfalmAnd man la the employ of theoompuoy; Perot was
brmmtyahmedmYr. The interest connected with the case
is mot yet enhavaMik.
did
the noise it has occa-
skald ha* la tie Ohl end the New World. It is but right
to may, thed the lawn istion before the American tribunate
km aim* Is ti the public on one point, that of the
and mama d 7mmam observed on the *Dreamt. As for
&shwas, they wig be thoroughly understood by the com-
plete sad remarkalis lag*/ that reeves as the preliminary
lade if that else and which we now publish in tliclloo.
Iltirs boas irea-Mesa that uousearily gives great inte-
rval le theprome Ina that is the C‘Alltindtioa of Perot.
Illblastds-dber seners caaftand the fact._ dleged earful
than,
than, be —'-lied a paint& edema end declared be would
anlyzed at the mud teld rearm ems to have
p lam prams eaceedlagly.
At air o'clock the doors two throws open, mad ladies
lattirldtd with tickets took their ants on bathes plamd in
reenved alma.
At ball-pact atm all the nerved seats In the send-circular
row were emmiesel by the railway directors. Among them
seasnailt. de RoaMchild.
Urn the barna Lay the roots, consisting of some regieten
end die latkar, a smelt portmanteau, mil, heneuth, a low
abed of drawers, in which were some shares, the property of
K. de Rothschild.

At ten o'clock the sitting of the court commenced, and on
theazliestion of the Advocste-Oeneral Ambler, the court
• comma, having the rank of assessor, to sit se ed-
' *ICI to the court, and two supplementary jurymen to be
added to the twelve compoeing the jury. The
court then withdrew into the council chamber for the purpose
of empeaelling the jury by the drawing of lots.
At a quarter-past ten the accused were introduced.
Carpentier is tell and thin , his features are iatelligeet,utd
not devoid of • certain distinction, his light brown hair, and
his bard of • still lighter colour, give him a mild air that
contrasts with the rather harsh countenance of Grellot, who
is shore, with • bad forehead, sod a face covered with •
anew black beard, the whole oouutenance indicative of great
eaerrt at charactar.
°actin looks the banker's clerk completely; he is short
sad stout, with • nett buried in his ehroulivre ; his Lea is
roundish, his beard and heir turning to grey. There is
sethieg remarkable in his appearance.
Perot is very tell, with • high forehead, darting 'strong
amd it!";•iiwi11.. _ . .. . . .

Barliar, the Advocate General, ocrupisd the ministerial
nat. Maws. L. howl, Dearriareet, and Elio Dotson sat on
the tooth reserved fur the counsel fur the defeat,. The Mar-
quis of Delon, Baron Jamul Rothschild, with Messrs. Ilot-
nurser and Dalobeettas, set on the bench retuned for
M. Chair-d'Est-Ange watched the ease on thin' behalf;
he was assisted by 31. Gavignot, a practitioner at this court.
Preditlent—First maimed, state your geVetil names, abode,
and quality. Carpi:abet —Joan-Raptiste. ei-cashier to the
Nurthrro Railway, 38 years of up, living at Nu. 28, Rue
NergCre.
Pruident—Secoad accused, your Dunn ?—Louie Grellet,
ex-ruttier to the Northern Railway, 31 years old, living at
Nu. 24, Roe Chaneafe-d'Antia.
maddest—Thlrd uramed, your name ?—Henri Guerin,
formerly a clerk to the Northern Railway, 82 years of age,
Ilviwg M No. It, Moo Voleacionneo.
• .

Pinsident—lciarth accused, your names ? Auguste
Mabel Perot, formerly• dealer in horms, 32 years old, hi-mg
at No. 24, Roe de la Chausaa4 d'Antin.
President—Be attentave to what you are going to beer.
Clerk of the Court, be es good ea to read the Inds:truant, and
the 0361011•10111 fey bringing them to WWI.
M. Commerson, the clerk, them road the indictment as
follows

The prisoners Carpeuticr and firellet wrro very young
when they *stand with. Northern Itaileray eotopsusy'a rervire,
which they did at the pcnod of the company formatin.
Both of thew were intelligent and induetrious ,
Cement/se in particular obtained the entire con•
Admen of his chief., especially that of Mr.
Robert, the lased miner, ender whose orders he was
placed. The position of these two accused persons lad
rapidly iniproved by the month of May, 1t4.56, the time of
Mr. Robert's &nth Carpeuto,r had horn sub-raabier for
total' year, lie wu apponted brad...abler, and °tenet,
previously rharged with to, depo-itiu,.: and keeping of the
warrants or title deeds, an...seeded Lon as nub-aaier whdat
continuing to perture, do •4110, Julie or before. In lee,
then four months af er •that is to ray, toward* the end
of August, the sullen dtrapprarani, of rarpentier mid
findlet led to the door cry of an anorm. distert, prireadtag
from robberi.e, entbe,',emenbs, and forg-riest,thattusd not been

hitherto permed, though commenter et a very early date.
Is 1830 Pane ere to Paris; he was a lellow-tolensur of
(hence., end had been a medical student at Unmet*. At
Paris he epee pre up his medical etude., awl fettered dif-
ferent purr ; IW.Iy he became • speculator 011 the Ex-
change end • hens-dear. Orate' had renewed his old se-
irintaaes with Perot, and the letter aterhel himself to
aZtill% A great Wintery eyeing up loctermn those three
iaals ; Grellet and l'arta heed together at No. .21,
Res de la Chaussofe-d'Antin. Carpenter and (irollet hod
ready engaged in some operstiona en 'Change. Thew
topenitions (they say) were not impatient, nod had been
airs by them to eke est their small income.
At the ittati4etion of rent the throw trade tried ere rpe,re-
terms that were of a was arinanive descriptions. It is the
year 1832 that *hurl be areal se the eeerierieetunt of
these sweetener. At lest they merrier fortunate, bet
eis early se the run 4/ 1882 they had herr lessee to such
r amount that 'le partner, sir the dunes asst of their
caporal, tour thrrehree In • Melt of 50,000 franca.
Marisa the ensuing year In the hops of reriering their
leer, the thew •83,017{1141111thendoned themselves to the most
unrestrained gambling. Carperier, in hie primary Cllllli-
an iona, ribald that personally he load nothing to do with the
seeculatione on the Exchange, that he had merely given
les sealere in the expedients resorted to for procuring
the rob beige Termer sr that Orelkt had pm/4 over to him
from 1853 to 1333 a sum between fifty and sixty thorned
Gene es hie share in the profits. Caper/Ws own infurma
lion and West dethinter have re-eateldistwd the truth on
this point. It is retain that from the beginning of their
evertor on the Exchange, • permanent joint action, stette-
r partnership had been fennel between Grollet, l'aret, and
Cul:getter. The Wt. denotation owing to his position under
the Northern It alway C..nipmy, was obliged to abstain
from oil pare' and witeittal interference ; Grettet heneelf
only took put in the triumactions with a certain
reeerve. It was Patel who cried, lent he has
declared that he did so on their joint amount.
If we aro to believe the seemed, their spereletiona
were uniformly unaweceseful, end sudden lessee dove/erect in
sumerosi• n the produce of the robberies, and the defalcations
with which they are charged. At the torte of their arrest
considereble soma were fore in their perssion and ...teed,
bet relatively them were Inconsiderable. compered with the
enormous amount of property enibet/Itil end diverted. The
prisoners affirm that they prier. nothing oleo. To make
this aasertinu of their. credible, proefof ...meson would have
been merits ; not only do they not yealuce any, but ano-
ther grave fact, resulting front the exeminations, nettled.*
us to erect their sincerity on thi. head. It has
been wheftled by Grellet end Carpentier, that down
to 1851 they had kept to book, in which they recorded the
results of their there:eta. Why did they not gn on kmping
that book They wenn. for their nut having done so what
is scarcely admieeible, that they were deterred by the lessee
they would have bad to inter. But at lenot they ott4ht to
tat tics it ; uo title they make en etawer e 1 telly ingodmie-
sibla, by dieters that they de net knew whet has beeinut
ol the Welt. In the abeence of all proof on their part, in-
quiry re directed to the operation. thentwlrce on the lie
eimge as Sr as they mould be teeth!, and the feete that have
ere to light are far from showing au agemaate of 10/6.11
earimpeeding to the sums med. away with be the waned.
Be that as it may, in the !month of August, 1336, this deficit
bad bemuse on large that the ecensed could not hope I.
frt,much longer, its coming to the knowledge of the
e7l rnltailway beard, The inemtigatir shows, in fn,
that it 'mounted to five or ex million. of (ranee. On Tues-
day, the 29th of August, 1833, Coopentier obtained front M.
Deloberipte, one of the directors, Ithee of absence for a few
days, on the pretext of a merriage ho was shortly grog to
eontmet. On that very evening he left Peri., end on the
following day rtibarked at Havre for New York, after writing
a letter to Grllet, informing him of hi. departure. For a
Nog time Carpentier kept • mistreats, owe Rosette Georget,
who mat him no less than • thimeend free imonth. Not-
• hstandtng his approaching marriage, he hied not broke off
hi. connexion with this girl. Grellet, who on hearing of
Ca/pewter. night would of enure himself determine on
abeonding as fast or poleibln, found in this lut-ineetinned
cireumatance an expedient well qualified to favour his
own diaappearance. On Friday, the 29th, he teld one
of the railwey officiate under his orders that Carpen-
rier, instead of pointing by hi, Wive of abeetee to
repair to hi. betrothed, hod oomiuitted the folly of
grog of to Treuville wet hie mistress, the girl Geerget, end
that from n feeling of friend.by for Cathentier he had re-
solved to go hi m.edf end lied him out at 'I rote din ; that th-
ocedingly he should not come to his etlim on Saturday, the
next day; that Ithtly, In order that the beer I should not ho
inbred of C irpenticee ceasnrable modes t, it would be
better to tell the dire..tere, when they naked for him, that he
Let been obliged to go to the hank en ~,,ttera of duty.
Owing to this /11/All.12:11,111, by which the lit .1,1'4 lei
his confidant appears to hare been drl.t. duro.4l, Grvllvt dd
not make his stopovers at his offion on the Seturday. August
30. Already on the 29th he had left Pan. for England,
and a few dayelater took porgy= beard a teerwl bound fur N evr
York. Parte disappeared on the 30th of Auguat, with the girl
FAWN Debut —then hie mistreat, now hi, wife—leaving at
Pada, in charge of Frlicic Debut's ewer, two children te-
ething from his intercourse with his misters* Caret
end Filicie Dubai entherked at I..eerprol for New
York in the saute earl with the prisoner Gorlla.