The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-11-05 00:00:00

meant nes are nosertain but sheet hall-pest eleven he
went to P.& Online, sanding near tbe Guildhall. At
that time he wee drunk, his foes was bloody, and hie
eiciehes ware all over dirt He said he had bon
knocked down and robbed by • moldier, but the
rabbis& at ny rata, turned out to be mythioal,
though there was no doubt about his alio;
had sale roach treatment The sergeant persuaded
him to go to hie ledginp, and he went away. Abut
half-past one be woe found is the Market-home asleep,
sad ha insisted on P.B. c.a.'s., letting him stay in the
Polisentaticte. Tn. urgent was rather unwilling to
anenneedstio him, but Indies he penntsal In rennin•
lug, he looked hint up. He had 3.. II only of his 10a.
bounty mosey loft He now begged to be forgiven,
sad said ho bad Dever been in oustody before. He hid
been living with hie brother • baker at Tetatinster, but
during the last week he had bees about in search ot
woghi he would go lasek to his brother if tin Mayor
would let him ge.—His worship disinismd the poor
Wow, and ordered the polio. to see him out of the
tows. —lt woo intimated to the Mayor that it is °mouton
thing for men ennead with the militia in the town to
Lid remelts to nen their money in this way, and he
strongly condensed tho prank*. and mid be should be
glad to aecornin who the in.. ere that do —MONDAY.
—Before J. F. Radom, Esq., and J. Bishop, Req.—
William Webb ant Willi.. Russ, belonging to
H.M.S. St, George, wen brought up for being drunk
sad misbehaving themselves in lb* tows the previous
day.—P.C. Haub said that on Sunday afternoon be met
the two risoners in Sonthottnist. opposite Mr. Man.
&riffs. Th.y " sparring" at Gan other. Both
were drank, their tunics were open, and they wore
keocklag satinet each other. It was st the time the
people wore sowing out of churn. He told them be
could not allow son work as that in the street, when
Webb wig they bad not insulted anyone ; they wore
going barb to Weymouth by the train. He told them
to go on nee quietly, if be saw any more of it be
should look them an. They yid down Aeon-110.M
shoot a hundred yard., when they enenteneed the sine
sort of trine again, no the church people were going by
them. Ho took them into custody. —Feperinteedent
Pinney spoke to bearing • great noise in Bouth•street
white there was service in the Ethers*, and on looking
out he saw the prisoners playing with half-penee,
kneeldng onit-sisother's saps off, and making a great die-
turbos's. He directed the polies to take them into
cieseedy.—Pramen said they were sorry for whet had
easurred. They did not often get ashore, and a little
drop of drink got ever then They were on leave till
Tuesday morning, and bad been is the town sleet
Saturday sight —They wen mak sentenced to SOTO%
days impriesswienit

ComrrY Poucia, Moaday. —Sidon Herbert Williams,
Req.—George Harsh, innkeeper, of Weymouth, Abel
Haney, a you of LO5 y, and Henry Kenai. the
earlier between Learned, and Dorchester, were charged
with stealing Ave docks, the property of William Look,
of Dowerlield dairy-boom Beery Marsh was also
eharpd with reorivier the daeks, knowing the.. to
have been Weston appeared for Henry
Marsh, arid Mr. Howard for George Marsh .—Promoutnr
spoke to having 10 lire dna. at his dairy-house on the
250, and he mimed lin the next morning—four of
them were his, and one belonged to his brother.—
Robert Cox mid that on Friday night, October 25,
hews. at Longbredy Het about two o'clock, when the
prisoners came in and had something to drink. They
all left together, sad he went with this as far as the
reed leading to Marsh's bone, where Harvey said he
wair going. Marsh pito:died a rash basket against the
bridge :he understood they had a fiddle in it. Hervey
mid Take care you don't injure the meek of the
fiddle" They had rime other sonvernfioa, mid he
understood they bed been eomewhere alter • Eddie. He
dii not me the coolants of the basket—Superinteedent
Uaderwood eeLl that on Saturday inning last,
beton. 11 and 12 o'elook, he remised information
of the Imo of the dohs. He was in the woe-road,
leading from Compton to Winterborne, end P.C.
Roper was with his.. He west on towsrds the top of
Ike hill, when he it the two Marshal with a hone and
art. After be had owed theta be turned round, and
went after this. (The Superintendent did not Mate
what led him lode this, but in were told by polio-
eosin goesip, with all gravity, that 46 Mr. Underwood
passed and "took stook of them" with the searching
ps• of • good policemen, he noticed that the younger
Mush "turned pile;" this struck him as being singular,
other pondbilities auggeated themselver, and he son.
mind be was no the right track. Well, the suspicion
at any rate, is held by the magistrate to be well founded,
sad the one doe. Sept. Uederwood great eredit. May
his shadow
som lees acute rj He sall,d to this to stop, sod be
asked Henry Marsh if be bad any game in his cart, and
he was answered "No, I have nothing except some old
bags." He told P.C. Roper to look in the east, and he
fetched out a basket. The Supt. asked what there was
In it. and Henry Kerala replied, "Only eosin dohs."
Mr. Underwood: "Whom are they r Henry Marsh:
"My own, I am ring to sell them." They proved to he
1.. docks, and the prosecutor identified four of them
as his own. The Superintendent then took themes
Into custody. He aompared their boots with some
marks ahoy the pond where the desks were lost men,
and found they correaponded.—P.C. Roper corroborated.
—ln reply to the charge, Henry Marsh said he wise
summon. carrier between Dorchester and Longbredy,
and knew nothing of any ducks being stolen. Be could
not be respoorible for what was put into hie cart,
particularly when ha bad passengers with him. Until
the basket waa opened, he did not know there ware any
ducks in the cart. —The other two mid nothing.
Prisoners were committed for trial at the next seenions,
but liberated on ball. —43ATUIMAY. MOTS B.
Em. (chairman), E. Pomo, Esq., and G.
Worry, 12,q. Wilson, of Penzance, and Henry
Wyatt, a Yankee mom were suorninon for desert.
log from the brit; Florida, at Portland, onSlat Sept.,
and stealing £B, the property of the captain of the
vowel. John Boos, master of the Fiord*, said be had
Efi in sold in his drawer in the min, and saw it there
beet on Wednesday morning. Between seven and eight
on Thursday evening he wee informed that the prisoners
bad left the vessel, which was then in Portland Roads.
They had taken a null boat, and were rowing towards
Weymouth. but as they had gone without lease and be
had missed the moms, he got out the long-biret, and
went in pursuit. He fourpt the prisoners at • petslio
home, end cberged them with stealing IS and the boat.
Wilson replied, "You're • good detective, captain , if
jot had stayed a little longer we should have spent the
lot of it." The police gave him bask £6 10e. 11d.
which had hem taken from nrisoners.—John Matthews,
the mate, stated that on Weineeday evening precious
to prisoners abseooding be met Wyatt in • pub/is-bourse
when he said he bad no money.—George Smith Rooth,
of Weymouth, spree to prisoners purchasing •
Guernsey (rook and e glued hat gosh, at his shop, on
Thursday evening, for whish Wyatt paid 38.—P.S.
Brine, of Weymouth borough polies., spoke to resolving
prisoners into custody from the prosecutor at the Prime
of Wake poliliohoess. They were smoking oinrs, and
had gloom of grog before them. Wilson had in his
poseemon £3 Ss. Xi., and Wyatt LS 2s. al.—Premien
pleaded not guilty, saying the money wee their own,
and they were committed for trial at the next Sessions.
—Prosecutor applied that the money taken from the
priamen might he restored to him, as it was all he bad.
—The Chairmen asked who was his master.—Prosecutor
replied Mr. Bootymm, shipowner, of Plymouth.—
The Chairman told him he had better telegraph to him.
as the Bomb had no power to interfere.— Jobe
Redden, !shower, was summoned by B. B. Sheridan,
Req., for riding on • cart without reins, at Frampton,
but the prosecutor withdrew the charge, myths he only
brought the ease forward as • lIIBUtiOn to others.—
William Hood, of Yeovil, was summoned for bringing
cattle to Dorchester market, September 19, with • peas
from Yeovil to Dorebester, signed by the inspector of
polio., whereat it ought to have been Opted by •
magistrate. Defendant said he was not aware
but what be hod • proper —Flood Is.
William Purchase. of Nethirbury, for a similar
offence 1.1111 lined la—Henry Mess and William
James, of Chistherell, were sanissooed for

osevi-"nri in Nara of game at Uttoe Chew.
" William Jain.," did not %war, bet Yrs. James
me to say she bad no son named William. Tbe
keepers of the Earl of linbeintr proved that on the 12th
October the defendant RON nod • boy wen !mini aloft
the road with some volts and two dogs—a greyhound and
a spartieL The doge coursed and killed • hare, and ben hod
several pintos of hum Rows gave the name of John
Hooper, and the boy mid his name was William Bidden.
--Role said the dogs were not his ; be bed been
stunotosed two at three tante, in he bat gives
It up altogether. The dogs were • long-tailed sheep
dog, and • spotted rabbit dog. --Supt. Underwood said
Roes had been sanisooned three times before, and on
oath occasion be pre • different mein —Defeedset
denied the variatioa of his name—He wee lined Ws..
sad omit. 11s. dd., or two months. He belied for time
to pay, bet it was reimed, sad ultimately he produced
the mew.

WEYMOUTH.

TEI Mayor sad Corporation attandad Si. Mary'a
&arab oMinally lank Sunday.

Tun RING& —The project of purehasing the Bing;
and laying them out so as to to ornamental to the town,
has lately bees revived, and it ia rumoured that Kr.
G. R. btopleumon has offered to pay the mambas,
mosey, nearly M.

chOOIDIWT.—On Eistarday evening, an accident
occurred opposite Frederick-place. It appears tits* two
men were In e spring cart, driving down the street, when
the bores shied. nod the wheel of the vehicle *ming in
costaet with the curb stone, the trap upset. The bores
was smell eel alma the bees*, and the men considerably
bruised by their fell. We underaend thet no serious
denims was done.

KOMI° • 00/I.I•CTOR. 011 Saturday evening,
quite &sensation was prodnosd to the town owing to the
fast that s number at workmen had been penatently
following their master, a contractor of this town, for
their week's "screw.* We me informed that this novel
sham WM kept lid for shoat two hours, at the end of
whisk time, the ;mislay sontraetor took refop in the
poliee nation. Numbers attract numbers, such is the
rule, and before long the street from the polko-station
to the (kids& Lieu, was stymied with people, meet) to
the iD1011•1001•011 of foot passengers sod trills is general.
No violates was offered, sod so soon ma th. exeitenient
bad abated, two ohile-huttosed oala secompasted
the eontrastor to his house. The saes will prob.'s',
come before the politteceourt, when we shall hear more
of the °intensities's et the sass

Tsui Timm& —CM Friday sad Saturday evenings,
" Pool Pre mid "lb. °newt of the Merry Macomb,*
wets playml at the maw. RoyA by moldings of lb.
13th Regiment, in aid ot their lel comrades in the
Mauritius. Os the lreteveshig the house, though not
largely attended, nealleed the suns of tee pineas ; bat
on tine following night the sixpenny sesta alone showed
say sipsi of Plethora. The regimental band VS/
present on both oseasioes ; bet it is to be somewhat
repotted that tha plays will Mile mom than rotor the
aspen's of the amateur dreinatims, who mune (ruin and
returned to Fortino.' on the same eves inp. The
pities were not tory elessually rendered, and this may
he mainly attributod to the fool that several of the
motors were suffering at the time from the sliest+ of ague.
The Sootob and ballet dames, by Mims Skinner, of
Weymouth, were well exemated sad loudly applauded.