The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-08-28 00:00:00

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Prisoner acted italleaostly.—linad 10s, or amen days' hard
labour in default.
(kvAILREL ON THE KAPLAAI4DEL Walter Morey appeared
on ednesday, before the Mayor and Mr. Drew. having
been summoned yesterday for creating an obstruction on
the Esplanade. He did not appear then, but now it was
stated that the suninions had been given to Shorey's
mother, who was a very old wool ,n, and thought the
summons had to do with her son's cab limners—Mr.
Hanne appeared for Sherry, and crom.examintid P.C.
Westlake, who persisted that Sherry struck first. Mr.
Hamm scent 011 to argoe that his client only did in a joke
what he did, and he was struck try, violent blows. No
doubt there was a great me w.l, on account of the e
iris coming to me the fight, which came off afterwards.
Shorey had amended his habits, he wan very good to his
poor old mother, and he (Mr. Hannel begged the Bench
not to take away the bread from the man's mouth in the
height of the wagon, or he did not know what the conse-
quences would be.— The Mayor said unfortunately
Morey WIM very well known, and no doubt he was the
aggressor ; hut, as he had been lacked up all night, and the
Superintendent was satisfied an to the cause of his not
appearing yesterday, he would lie only punished S. the
other man wee—Fined 10s. A summons against him as
cab-driver was dismissed on payment of rants.
CHARGE GP STEALING CHARS. —Como.. II odd nail, sea-
man, was charged with stealing a quantity of crabs and
lobsters, the property of William Green.—The prosecutor,
a dealer in fish, was yesterday afternoon, Mending by the
Half Moon, when prisoner came up, and asked if he
could render any assistance. He replied that he should he
very pleased as he was busy, if a man would rin to his
house for a basket of crabs and lobsters, all that his wife
could spare; he would give hlm sixpence or satisfy him.
Witness gave bins a basket, and Hoddinott left and was
absent an hour-and-half, when witness lost the sale of
the fish. Ile met a man named Davis with a fine crab,
which witness could swear was his fish, and next wit-
ness went to the Hear Inn, where he found Hoddinott
drunk, flinging about the crabs and lobsters, and break-
ing them no that it would he ridiculous to pet them into
• basket for aide. By the ticket sent with them he
found that several were missing, worth at least 104.
When witness asked him for the money he almaed
—Jane Green, promentor's wife, said she gave prisoner 42
crabs and 7 lobsters, on his telling her that be had been
Rent by her husband to fetch them—Prisoner declared
that he did not make away with the fish with the inten-
tion of stealing them, he offering Green Is. for the fish
he had sold, which he refused to take. —Prosertitor soul
that prisoner offered him 3s. 312., and he had it counted
out by several persons, when on asking him for the
remainder be abused him. —Prisoner first pleaded not
guilty, hut, finding that the ewe would be sent to Dor-
chester for trial if he persisted, he pleaded guilty in order
t have the rase disposed of summarily. -The Mayor said
that Hoddinott had been before the Bench previonslv :in
a former occasion he was one of the ring-leaders of the
men who would not work on hoard the Ogmore ; he had
alm Men before them for illtreating his wife. and now he
had pleaded guilty to stealing lobsters and crabs, and
would be sentenced to two nionths' hard labour. The
money found in Hoddinott's poser-mien, it was ordered,
should he given up to the owner of the fish.
floildientt was then charged with semulting a police
constable—P.C. Westlake took Hodtlinott into custody,
when prisoner asked where he was going to take him to.
The constable replied "To the station,' when he said,
"No. you don't," and flourished his arms about, and on
Westlake trying to put the "nips" on Hoddinott knocked
them out of his hand and knocked his helmet off ; bat the
constable stuck to him and brought him with difficulty to
the station —Fourteen days' hard labour, to commence
after the expiration of the two months.
DRUNK ENN ESS. —On Monday,John Oca-k was brought up
for being drunk and incapable, yesterday afternoon, about
10 minutes to three, and shouting at people as they went
by.—Fined s+. and costs.
COI: NT THE SPOONS. —R/iNIEAtA L,tcae and Ell:nt,th
Jacket, were on Monday, brought up charee.l the latter
with stealing, and the former with receiving a silver
spoon, the property of Mr. Morley, of Wooperton-street
The magistrates were Mr. W. Talbot, Dr. Drew, and Mr.
T. Abbott —Miss Florence Murley, daughter of Mr.
Murley, said that Mrs. Jacket worked every week at her
fathers home. The week before last they had lodgers,
and, according to their cantons, counted the silver every
morning when it was washed up. On Friday week this
was done, and they found it all correct; but on the follow-
ing morning, before the lodgers went away, they counted
up again, and missed • spoon. Witness's mother
asked Mrs. Jacket to look after the spoons,
and she replied "Yes, ma'am, we always look
after the spoons when the lodgers go" Witness then
counted them, and found one spoon missing. They were
not counted in Jacket's presence she was in another
room; hut witness went out and told her that one spoon
was missing, asking her if she had another, to which
she replied that she had not., went upstairs and turned
over the mats to see if the spoon wa+ there, next went
and shook out the mate, and when she came back, said
they could search her if they liked; she had not taken
the spoon. Witness's mother said she thought she'd have
the sink taken up ; hut the woman replied that it was of
no use to go to that expense, for she was sure the spoon
was not there. She also mid that she had prayed for it
to be found, and witness's father said that if it were not
found, prisoner should not work at the house again.—
Mr. Murley explained that when theisponn was miming,
he told Mrs. Jacket that this was a very strange
proceeding, but he should Ile very sorry to accuse her ;she
might have let it down into the sink. Prisoner replied
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that she waii quite certain it wrta not there, and went
tawards the Backwater to shake out some netts
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she come back, she said to Mrs. Morley,— Now,
mistress, you can search me if you like." Ile told her that
if the spoon were returned in the course of the day, he
should say nothing about it but if it were not brought
back, she (Mrs. Jacket) should nnt work for him again.—
Mr. John Vincent, silversmith, spoke to having Istught
the spoon of Mrs. Lucas last Tuesday, and given her
half m-crown for it, and he told her that if any person was
found to have lest the spoon, he would let her have it
again, and she was to return the half-crown. Ile had
known the woman for twenty live years, hail bought
things of her before, such as pieces of silver lore, and
always found it correct.—Sergt. Apsey went between 11
and 12 to prisoner's house, and asked if she had seen or
heard anything of a silver op-sin. She seemed rather con-
fused, but replied that she had. He asked if she was th
person who sold a silver spoon, when she acknowledged
telling one to Mr. Vincent for half-a-crown, and said she
could have it again by taking back the half-crown. When
' he asked how he ant it, she replied that she found it in
the Backwaters—ln answer to the Bench. Mr. Morley said
he had not previously lost anything after Mrs. Jacket.
Ile gave information in order to recover the spoon : but
he did not wish to press the ease against the woman. —The
Chairman told the prisoners that the Bench thought it a
rather suspicious case: hat as Mr. Morley did not wish to
press It they were dismissed.