The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-03-09 00:00:00

'ALLIMiD.ASSAULT.AT.PORTL•JUX

The grao-ti-fe-riii;;Wirii-e- iiilTe-b-a-rileg Michael
Read, private of the 51st regiment, with is assault
w.th intent out Elisabeth Dodge, at Portland,
ILOSITIT AT WITWOUTI.

linsissA lfargallsay, 20, servant, was cheried with
stealing two sonnterpaises belongieg to Hr. J. H.
Gibson, draper, of Maideo-strest, Wernouth.—Mr.
Collins prossoutod.
Prosecutor said on tho 28th August last prisoner was
allowed te sleep to his house out of obesity, and left
th• next dap, whoa there were missed two counter-
panes— one from a supbiard, the see ,ad from had.
Mn. Gibson saidalso did not give prisoner thesonster-
penes, or authorise her to sell thew
Hrs. Ball, who keeps • serond-hend clothes shop in
Wey•iiouth, spoke to giving prisoner 2s. for one petit*
**anteroom:we. Prisoner rid the party she honest it
for did not wast it to be sold, and wanted her to keep
it till Staterday. She told her if she Wishod to pledge it
she must take it to • pews shop, she did not do
business in that way. Prison's asked what she would
giant for it. if the sounterpen• was in her sip, on tho
neat Saturday, sod she said 2a ed. Prisoner then said
she would risk it. sad sold her the counterpane for 2s.
Trie other sounterpane was lilt in her nous*.
P.C. Harvey spoke to receiving both the osenterpanes
I roca Hrs. Bell.

Prisoner was !earl gailty, and miaowed to two
mouths' hard labour.

rnranto An aurora • mu&

Thomas Flaatatimi, 41, butcher. was aharged with
Meal's' • parse 000taining three EIS notim, belonging to
Fluor Wayemd,
Mr. Denim promutted, sad Mr. Moho denuded.
Promeator MM: I am a farmer, and live at Middle-
wank. Oa Thursday, 11th February was atllltarminstor
market. Got there about 11 o'olook. Went to the
bank, sad In exchange for cheque resolved four
ES Dotes ud some gold. Paid ES 3a. 6d. for • bill to
Kr. Yocum, draper, and changed sae of the MIS notes
for it. Kr. Foam gave me • bin, sad I pat it in my
pure..
Mr. Oollhas : What worn oa that bill? but dos% easwer
till ray lord tolls you you mu.
1 Mr. Frocks apprehended this was • collateral matter,
and that notice to produce meet be gime.
His Lordship said, when the bill was proved to be
lost, he must admit secondary evidence.
Promentor I pissed that bill to my parse with three
£5 notes, sad four half oover•igna Pold Mr. Young
between 11 end 19 in the morning. Put the puns in a
pocket inside my waistcoat. Always button my waist.
scat and coat. Did so that day, and wore • mackintosh
out over all. Nom took the pane out again atter
that. Had Wave in moth's. pocket. Left etaradader
shoat lour o'clock, and rode towards home, 11 or 1$
miles. I stopped as • loserleonse at Holwall„ between
wia six 0.•i0.k, mid had 10400 lime. ilkettetd time
bui 9. Have kaown the landlord, Mr. Dam, for shout
407 w.. Drank Wes glans' of beer there. I doe%
Irmo, where I west—(laaghter). I UM my way, balsam
the night was very rough. Feud aped, between 19
and 1 eadoek, in a lane lolled Hayden, Am or six mile,
from 'Ate beerbonso. I misled the maw in Me lane,
sod had got of my hone to look for it. My topooat,
undercoat, and weediest were all auctioned A
po!icomma aim ap, end we tried to and the parse, but
did not. When I kit the publiirhonse, my make were
buttoned op. I dna went corny way. [Leather bag
parse proclaimed sad kindled.] Whoa I next saw the
pone it was oa the 19th February, at the magistrates'
rmettag. Deal know the .—Croseexassined :
Before leaving atanninstorl bad some refreshnseet—
I don't know bow much. I drank two or three threepenny•worths of sherry-aad- water. At HolireU I drank
three glasses of bur. Was not drank when I left—wu
quite lobar, bat it wen very rough weather —(laughier).
I know the country, bat semeedeme people make a mia-
la. nod loft thomeelves—Pia not the GM. I don't
has 10 the direst/ea of flaydon.lanie—quite the contrary
—(laughter). Got to Btanninater about 11, sad west
to Mr. Young's sher going to the bank. At Mr.
Young's I had mem bread sad Awes sad Sglass o/
porter. Got beak to the WI where I pet Is as 7 luau*
Woman me sad two Weimer. Never took out my
mum after IpU it is. Pat the parse la my peeked
whoa I lelt the hank, took it oat when I west to Mr.
Youes, aadl ropiresd ft spin.

Wallies Henry *minnow, menitur of the beak at
liturminster Newton, laid that at the 11th Feb. Mr
Waygood sashed a °hum. and he gave him foor
note. and three sovereigns. The notes were numbered
11, 8418, 848, 852, and 871. The note 871 was paid
Into the beak next morning by Mr. Young,
P.O. Job Bridle spoke to seeing presenter in
Haydoe.lans, about • tiearterput one, roughing his
hlatbes for his money. He bad lost bis road sad his
inosey. Could not say be was drank or sober—he
walked vary well four miles with him. His akar
were not muddy. On the 15th Feb. went to the Thum
Elms pubik-honas at North Wootton, shout a mikeind-
whalf from Haydon-lane. Mrs. Cooke, the landlady,
gave him. £5 note, numbered B. 836. On 17th Feb.
remised two other £5 notes from Mary Nortbover,
848 and It 852. Apprehended prisoner on the 15th at
Lerrenee's Bed Lion inn, Holwell. where he
worked. He wan in bed, and his muster's son was hp
the name bed. Between the bed and seeking found £7
In sovereigns, and clearly a pound in silver ic his
peeks.. About four O'clock that day be had seen
prisoner and told him be heard there *es some money
pinked up. Prisoain replied there was not. He replied
be thought there woo, he had heard it from a person
who had seen the notes. Prisoner sad be knew
nothing more about it. On Bondi), is prisoners
presence he made inquiries shout the money, and
mentioned who had lost it again end main.
Prisoner made no answer to his inquiries, and did not
lay • Word when he apprehended iiim.—Crassmumined:
Priimier worked at the Inn, and slept that night at any
rate with the landlord'. son. When he found prosecutor
he wes biddies& Hewn, not drunk.

Mrs. Cooper landlady of the Three Elms pabliahouse,
said that on &today, February 14th, she changed a£s
note for prisoner, giving him four sovereigns and some
silver, gave the note to P.C. Bridle on the 15th.—Crow
examined : Prisoner WU In the habit of pso.lnr their
Isonse.—Bm-examined : Had not ihooged a PI note
before.

Mary Northover said Yr. LaWrenee's Mose *u not
des minutes walk trout hoe hour. On the 15th Feb.
prison*? &skid her to kaisp two rs notes for him. She
gave them to P.C. Brklle.—Oreee.exantined : I with
for prierrner : the 'clothes its sant to my house.
sdperiateadest Watt; of Itherborne, said be charged
prisoner when brought to the *taloa, on the 15th Feb.
with picking ep money Wowing to Mr. Waygood, and
sppropriating It to lois own use. He said ho did not
know earthing about It. Os the 17th be was remanded
to tho 191 h. He then met far me, and I went. He
said " I with to tell you all about this." I told him
that whatever betel/ might be giros In @video« against
him. He mid lam respestially °oases:Sad and I should
wish for Mr. Wanoed I. have his mosey, and what I
meat out al it Ph go sad work out if his likes.
was very frail& for *angles that 1:5 nobs.
if you will go to lin. Northover's she has got Mt. two
notes—l lot her have them on Monday, bat also didn't
know at all how I Dame by them ; and that if twist
to Kr. Lawrenee's stable at the Red Lion, I should end
the purse la • hole in the walL He picked the purse and
the mossy op on Priday morning in the reed 'midi°,
into ono of kb. Latrroomp's fields. If a men went front
Holwall to Heydon.lane' he would pima this del6.l,l.Found the purse in the plow prisoner Indicated. It
was merealed by earns horsehair. Tho pares was not
wet or chimp. It was septy.—Cresaosandnod : Did
aot tell Ea. be put the perm in the wall attar ths police-
man bad talked shout lb. lose mid frightened him.

Hr. Oollios no. proposed to ask th-e prospector what
we., upon the bill be ramrod from Kr. Young.
Hi. Lordship admitted it, subject to any remarks of
Yr. Mobs.

Prosecutor replied that the bill was mule dap from
Thomas Waygood. £2 was for • nee tot Ns las sod
drapery goods insides co • bell of ES 13s. U. It bore
a reesipt stamp sod Mr. Young's Dame write's over it.

Mr. rooks -asked if these was anything to go to the
Jon. The criminality depended on the sot at the
cocovect of she hokum and would not be affected by
any subsequent knowledge. quoting in support, Regina
Christopher, Regina V. Therbeen, and Regina v. Boyle.
If the writing/on the bill showed beyond a doubt that
the °weer of the bill was the oweer of the purse, be
should have no defense. asra the bill (supposing the
Jury should be satisfied it leas ie the perm), bore only
the name of Thomas Waygdod, 'About any advise—
at beset, that was all that mu proved was that
sofffelent to give him the means of knowing the pro-
bable owner, and throwing upon him the duty of
secartaining whether Waygood had lost it?
Preasentor in reply to the Court, said prisoner
I lived are mile' from him. He had resided at Middleniamb all his life.

His lordship said it was' question for the jury as to
whether there was reasonable evidenoe of prisoner's
knowledge that the notes were Waygood's.
Kr. Collie., in summing up, urged that the bill of
Mr. Young's was in the puree, and by it prisoner knew
perfectly well who the puree belonged to, and, so
knowing, gave two of the £5 notes to a reaberwoomm
to take care of, and hid the parse is • wall in a
stable.
Mt. Flooks, for the defense, pointed out that
although prisoner bad made a very clear statement of
his disposal of the notes and parse, he made no
mention of the bill whish prosecutor got from Mr.
Yeeelf, awl he argued that if the bill had been in the
puree, he would have also told what he had done
with it. It was clear that the prosecutor bad been
"boosine all cloy, and he evidently did not know
whether he pet the bill in his ruse, or, if he did,
whether or not he lost it afterwards. He asked them
io believe that when primate dealt with the money he
did not knew whose it was.
The Judge, in sainsing up, said the eitee was that
promentoe lest his purse, and primmer, by his own con-
feesioe, foetid It. Hew the pees got out of prosecutor's
, pocket wog not very dew. He said he had it when he
left Mr. Young's, sad whoa he was found is Hayden.
lane, his Hotbed were unbomosed, aid be was smirching
for the purse, hut be was unable to give the least hint
as to how he lost It. Primmer said that be picked up
the purse on Friday morning, and it was a face
that prosecutor would go by the place he In-
dicated to arrive at Ilaydoe.lone. There
were two questions for their ecessidersidon—arst,
whether they were satiated that Young's bin with
Thomas Waygood's name on it vie in the purse at all
when prisoner fonod it; if they were not so satisfied,
there would be no evidence on which to convict pri-
soner ,• bet, if they were satisfiedtthat the name Thomas
Werteod upon it, was, that, under the eireurnstances
of the use, such evidence of the real owner of the pur.e
that he might have been immediately known to the
prisoner, and might have hew discovered. His Lord-
ship reviewed the evidenee, isdieating that there was
considerable doubt whether the bill was in the puree at
the time prisoner foiled it.
The jury returned • verdict of "Not aunty," and
prisoner was actritted. As to the seven sovereigns,
ay. of them were 10 be elven to the woman wh°
elnieged one of the silted, and the rest to the prisoner.

BURGLARY AT PORTLAND.