The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

BOROUGH PILTTY SESSIONS.

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Toestue.— Before J. Timed (Mayor), J. Ailing. and
R. Dotterel), Eis,
STIALING • WATCH. —llllll7 DOV/10.111 WY °barged
with stealing • waacli. the roperty of Mr. Dieeoli, 87,
• Marypstreet.—Proseutor stated that prisoner, who
vu his unapt, had Idt his employ about sin months
also. About • fortnight afterward. he mired the
watch produced. Tbe watch had been brought to him
,to repair. The watch 11.11 worth £.3 104., and had been
stolen from hip 46.ekshop. Received the watch to
repair on the 82nd 'or 23rd of May last.—Prisoner Paid
the watch had been Oven her by Mrs. Di...h.—The
roeuut ur showed that his wife died one month before
the watch wee given Mtn to repair.—Theresa &aunt,
living in Victoria-street, said the prisoner hail been
living with her for the last three mouths. With...
orevinualy lived in Brunswick-buildings, the prisoner
heing then in her employ. Some Invalid I•cly dying at
her house, several articles were missed, and she had
reason to inspect prisoner of dishonesty. Saw the
watch repeat., ly in prisoner's posestsion. OD uking
her about it, she replied that it had been given her by •
had she walked with, and aft.erwards said Mrs. Dinah
gave it her. Went to Mr. Diesch and asked about
priuner'a character, and also asked him if he had loot •
witch. Mr. Diesch'm Zan accompanied her home, looked
at the watch, sod identified it es the one lost—Andrew
Dinah corroborated souse portions of the foregoing
evident:ie.—The prisoner pleaded guilty to the chugs,
and was sentenced to Dorchester gaol for one month,
with hard labour.

&SALIN° AN APPLZ.—Edmund Stevens, • lad of 14,
was ”niumoned for stealing so apple, the property of
the 0-eat Western Railway Company.—Mr. Inspector
Morrison complained of the frequent depredations com-
mitted by • gang of boys, of whom prisoner was a sort
of leader.—Charles Peyton, foreman of the goods de-
partment of the Great Western Railway Company, said
that on the 18th November there was a consignment of
apple. to Doraheater. A number of lads were following
the trucks, and the defendant was relight by one of the
porter, in the good. shed, and he admitted taking an
apple.—Mr. Inspector Morrison said he did not wish to
ore. the charge.—Fined 54. including costa, or 7 dare'
imprisonment.
NlClANT.—Riottard Oddy WY brought up in curterly,
• with N °neatly Intermarrying with Sophia Wells, hi.
wife Emily Oddy being cUll slive.-19aperinteedent
Llithory said, on Monday, 18th November, he appre-
hended prisoner at Blendlord, on • abuse of vagrancy,
for which the Recoil sentenced prisoner to 14 dew.' im-
prisonment. In consequence of what he heard at Bland-
] ford, he went to Christchurch, Hampshire, and
examined the marriage reti,ter, and there found a
marriage had been soleminised between the prisoner
and doplii. Wells. on the 9th October. 1865. IA c py
of (artilleries prodoeed ) He also produced • copy of
satinets of marriage between 7.mily flantivays and
Richard Oddy, on October 22n4, 1882, in Trinity Church,
Weymouth.—Jolin P.rker, sexton of Trinity Church,
I produced the regidrar book of marriaxes.—floplii.
, Hitcher said she was at the party soon after the eelebra-
Moe of the marriage in 1862. The prisoner was
; then a private in the 53rd Regiment. Could identify
, the prisaner.—Elts.beth Well., riser of the second
, bride, identilied premier. She was present at the
! waddinx at Christchurch in Oat, 1868—The wood
I wife did not put in an appearance, and Sept. Liiibury
I stated that when he served her with the IMMTIIOIII he
was received •ith the most diagrecelni tangier. The
woman was perfectly swat, that prisoner was. married
man they being at one time servants together at the
Golden Lion Prisoner made no defence, and
was committed for Wel at the Assizes.