, 1879-04-16
GOLSEN.
Much Talking by counse'--'The
Case Goes to the Jury.
The General Impression Il that There
Will Bo Disagreement.

The Colleen ensc vas continued In tho United
stu.ss Circuit Court yc.tcriay morning. Col
eeh anu h1les "e.c eaes' ..s ps.'a -. " ss, "" ~
stnod a'isi MAKE 'e" eSp'anHtlehs y" esn." ~
the matters on which thcy had testified. IN be-
l,atf Of ihe prosecution, Mr.. baldwin spoke at
sp,o ,'"ss', H. ,u. ~ s.s,'t ~ w.. cn,n dcfn.
eno"co t1e 'aW ocarl"t' y" t'so easst 49,.
inE tlo alllcFcoeo WHICH tt'o ~"
n,aile between larceny and eInaczzlement.
Wl,ero larcnny was charecd tho nrosccutton
...,., ,,uo,,, ~ ,r,o,,. ,rhcre Inn chn,vc wns
'hust noso 'uc ,nas"., ""s'o ~ .,,o,. ." .,oar
cmneszlctnent fhefe "as no neca 'or a"e'' psoo''
r rensv H. s na, pd thot mpe % no difference It
rns ouly nccce.ary for the Government to proyo
.s w IT, ~, .ho .,,,,nv hn,nrroa' ~ tho
.!'at no.seh ""s" '"o o'o'''' o't'"4e" :" 'Ao
post'oise:
yotca several ho,tse to genera, abuse Of Miller,
w,'om @ s ha eharas.crlzsd % a. a, IN nrojloc ljar."
""M rnt. n"oa -" a .ns farenoan ,c.s,on and N r.
assembling Judge bangs got his show. In re.
turu b. gave It 10 uolacu md cla!rnc.l That satd
Go,seu wus not on1y no better than l,o ought to
| be, but great deal worse ttnn lie need he.
opoA D-oe4 ,. .....t
tnen detiyeseu n's enafee 10 the JURY suossaast-
ally 81 fo''o"s:
dictmunt. These, with n,ucl cIrelmlocutlon Of
tllAt Golacn. the defendant, obtained from Mil
Ter certain lnoueYa wel' knowing, tile same to
belong to the Untcd Stntea. Tho Indictment
haylnl. already been published. there 10 no need
for repetition Of tic charges.
Tie Court saIl tiu, stripped OF their legal
aud teshu'cal pl,rAsco1ogy. ,!e charges we're
Order Department Of the Poat-Olfce, loaned to
tho defendant, Gol6cu, the several sums named,
0ose1I being eognzant of tile fact tlat thu
money which he received .wns rost-Oliyo
Inns nrfi 1fuI In
the unlawful conversion Of such funds hr Miller
The Court then read tile sectt,n t4,Oi8) OF tho
Rcvlecd statutes Of The United stntes bcartng:
on tho cusc, und showed whnt "eonYersion OK
funds" F" mcant. Advising WIS IN olfeusu unter
tlIe statute, ana 10 wis participation. Illc
object OF tic law Waa to prevent persons Ill
trusted with Post onlec funds from using them
in any NAY as their own, ,and to make 1t d crimi.
nal olIcnse for Rny outsider to ndssc OR eccuro
the use OF suel. snouey.
Tile Court said thnt 1t could hardly ho denied
comtravenc1 cont @ tic iaw, and any other
person aasiated or n6cttel him in tho
misuse Of such funds, TINT this per.
SOU broke tho law. N rcearl to thi.
case thcro wcrc certain clemcnta to constder.
First, it must appear Tint Miller was cmpio3ctl
MS clerk IN tile Post. .0t'lcc, which was cuneed
cd. Second, that ho had, ns suclL officer, pus
session Of nsoncy.ordcr funels,-also co,,cctlcd
, Third, TINT he loaned portion Of such fund.-
. to tho defendant. Fourth, thut dcteudant k!cn
. auch funds to hc ,nonoy-ordcr funds. This
must appear to bear cut ths otEcnss. Fifth
that Miller converted to his own use portion
og the funds iutrustcd to him. Sixth, that til,
defendant advised nr participated In tho conyes
sion OF thu Post Ol1ce money.
The timeI md the amounts laid down in thu
; Indictments wero not material. II tha iur
d were satisfied from tho evidence that tho te
fcndapt at auy time wItbIu tbycn years prtur II
:, the date OF tho Indictment NOV. I, 1879 nd
ytscl or participated In any conversion Of th
:, Post OiIce funds by Miller, Knowing such to D.
= the property Of illc Government, then he va
guilty But they must bo enabled tn cstablis
Il from ttie meta tHat sot0e eertntn SUM ~nB e!t1
| bcZzleu ny Ailcf, or ioAncl ny nltn 10 tae &c
l. fc1dnnt. With tic nlyce uf the defendant, u1l
. In which defendant participated.
n Tie Court then briefly rccapitulatcl tho fact
Il in the caae. already we'll known to the realcl
~ lie said Tint tic defense denied nh guilty bo