The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-22 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday, Joseph Webb, a respectable-looking
young man, was capitally charged before Sir F.
ROE with feloniously secreting and embezzling a
certain letter, which came into his possession while
employed as a letter-carrier in the General Post-
office, containing two Bank of England notes for
1001. each, one for 101., and two bills of exchange,
the property of Messrs. Holdsworth, of Bradford, in
Yorkshire; and a young man named Robert Hurst
was also charged with receiving the money, knowing
it to have been feloniously stolen.
Mr. Peacock, solicitor to the Post-office, appeared
on behalf of the prosecution; and Mr. Harmer at-
tended for the prisoners.

William Henry Smith, of No. 13, Porteus-street,
Kent-street, Surrey, deposed that he was a letter-
carrier employed by the Post-office. Grange-road,
Bermondsey, was within his delivery for twopenny-
post letters. Knew Messrs. Wooten and Son, of
the Grange-road, and had frequently delivered letters
for them there. On Monday, the 3d instant, wit-
ness had two letters placed in his hands for Messrs.
Wooten. One was a twopenny-post letter, and the
other was from Bradford, in Yorkshire, the postage
of which was Is. 10d. The letters were given to
witness in the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
and he gave them with others to the prisoner Webb
to deliver, he (Webb) being at the time a supernu-
merary letter-carrier, to assist in the delivery of let-
ters. It was then near ten o'clock in the morning,
and witness and the prisoner walked over to the
receiving-house in Tooley-street, Borough, the pri-
soner having the letters in his possession, for the
purpose of delivery. Witness had previously calcu-
lated the postage, which amounted to 18s. Ild. As
witness and the prisoner were on their way to
Tooley-street, the prisonet Hurst joined them in
Bow-church-yard, and walked with them to the
receiving-house but did not go in. The prisoner
Webb told up the letters, and reported the amount
of the postage, which agreed with the entry witness
had previously made. Witness and another letter-
carrier, and the prisoner Webb, then left the
receiving-house, at about half-past 12 o'clock,
and were joined by Hurst who was waiting for
them at the door. The two prisoners then went
together in the direction of Bermondsey-street, and
witness saw them again in company at 1 o'clock
on the same day. At 2 o'clock witness met
Webb at the receiving-house in Tooley-street ; and
when they left it together Hurst joined them, and
they all went to the Cart nod Horse public-house
over the way, where they remained ten minutes.
While there witness heard Hurst say that he had
been to his solicitor's, and that he had had good
luck, for he had received 501., on account of some
property in Ireland. He then mentioned that he
would have to go to Oxford, and, in paying for a
glass of negus, witness observed that he was in
possession of several sovereigns. Webb soon after
went away, and witness followed, leaving Hurst in
company with a man who came in while they were
tanding at the bar. On the following day witness
saw Hurst in the skittle-ground of the White Bear
public-house, near Bermondsey-square. He was in
company with four others, and he asked witness to
take a drop of brandy. Ho said he had been ther
from 11 o'clock that morning, and that he and his
companions had drunk 27 bottles of ginger beer be-
tween them, and 14 glasses of brandy.
Mr. William Spinks, clerk to Messrs. Wooten
and Son, proved that on Monday, the •3d inst., lie
recollected a letter-carrier calling between 11 and 12
o'clock, at the warehouse of his employers in
Grange-road, Bermondsey. He had no recollection
of the man, but he knew he was not the letter-
carrier who usually called. The man delivered a

two-penny post letter from Mr. Benjamin Young.
Mr. Peacock asked the witness if a general-post
letter was delivered at the same time ? Witness—
There was no general•post letter delivered to me.
The witness, in reply to another question by Mr.
Peacock, sail that Aleasrs. Wooten bad a correspon-