HANDLING STOLEN GOODS
Old Joe is depicted as an elderly man who appraises and purchases items brought to him by others, which are described as "plunder" and items taken from a dead man. He is the central figure in the shop where stolen goods are brought and valued, indicating his role in handling stolen property.
OLD JOE
Sitting in among the wares he dealt in, by a charcoal stove made of old bricks, was a grey-haired rascal, nearly seventy years of age...; They were severally examined and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give for each upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found that there was nothing more to come.; 'That's your account,' said Joe, 'and I wouldn't give another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it. Who's next?'