The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-10-21 00:00:00

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of magistrates at the
attamoon. under the
chairman. and J. Moyer,
There ware also present :
O. & Glyn. Zia
A. It Graves, Sig.
T. B. Haibani.
0. J. T. thanbro. Lq.
W. Haulm/ Li.
J. W. B. Hawkeserort
Let
'a. H.eioeg. C B. Seq.
a L. Ladereb-y. Bp.
/ Littlehales, Lq.
O.P Lana, Itsq.
U. N. Middleton, &sq.
Loom Eq.
J. IL P. II damn, Lt.
H. B btiddkum. Lq.
A. 8. Manuel, Lq
J. C. IL nerds& Lq.
Z Poem. Bog.
8 A Pirtle, Le.
W. I B. Portmae, log.
IL Radial; E.g.
8.0. r Steward, Bog.
O. Srkes. Lg.
0. J. 0. Swadlald. Bog.
W. J. Saila, E.g.
D. it Linn, Lit.
G. Twists-Bullock. Lib
C. Weld. Eq.
G. Worry. E.g.
W. liSlag11•01.
Rev. W. Gn,Men
Lis. O. J. Olen
Raw. G. V. Garland

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Wier Ilsowntars—W. E. R. Portman. La ..on of the
Hon. W. H. B. Portman, IL P., sod grandson of Viscount
Portman, took the oath. and anallaed as s justice of tho
pleas forth. county. Three generation. of the ?ortolan
family were represented at these SOWO,III.

C rrasAcion Vol 4101..1:110PIRTT,

Mr. novas narrat.d bow Sir Menne. W. Ridley
thought he had been eery liberal u offering LLOOD tor the
gaol property. The NAM Chairman bed..., lit. Cross
sad the Route °dice wishing to treat suet bodies at
Courts of Quarter Serino liberally, recommended the
Treason to pay .C 1,601.
The Manual said the liberality had not been very
manifret—Ownhter);--but he told by way of warni mg bow
• friend in a large c man asked what would *anion if the
county Mused to *egotism. The asuneer was—" I stipples
I shall ekes the door." Lord Portman advised accepting
• 800 rather than have the door eland. The succor d
the negotiation& was mainly owing to Lord Shaftesbury,
who advised the deputation not to mention soy thought.
of their inn, but to listen to the Secretary of State mid
make nee of what he said. Lord Portman hoped their
Maude in the House of Dorninotts would pause before they
bean put week deepen° powen into the bands of anima.
(R•ar, haul

PIMP =MUTT rum.

Kr. B. B. MIDDLETON reported about this fund. Thaw
was an idea it bad brim begun from some donetions given
by Kinn George 111 the Bing gars large aurae for the
retirees of debtors; but three mu no reason to trace the
Charity fund to hint IBM now stands in stock to the
credit at this fund, the annual income being LSI ; but
donations an end unspent dividend maks ho prge.pt,
Wawa £1213. Ild. A curious donut mis CI • rea,.
given by • parson named Darby from lands at Broad-
mays'.
The 011EDISLASI:ialiei of scheine for the men.,.meat of this Z the first epplication of Use
fund rem properly for discharged Prisoners, nod diet taut
could fie *PAW for the good of boys committed to
relormatary schools. The trustees were his son as •
°ousts Member. Lord Shaftesbury as having been •
County Member, sod forlfinancod purposes. Yr. Robert
Williams. Ifs moved that implication be made to the
Charity Commissioners of &Wand and Wales for a
sc.bease for the ENEEtEerheat of the fond for the purposes
named.
Rey. C. W. Humus' said it would be most cumbrous
and inonevenlent if the actual expenditure of the money
were delegated to any power than the visiting Committee.
In the Oxford echoing the rialting justices were distributors
to the fund. It would be • most roundabout mode of
proandlog U whin • Min going out of prleco wanted •
pa, of 'hook tiory kid to go to any authority outside for
power to errand the
The Caututom nil= meet be toktot con of In the
schema
no motile woo wood to.

1011D011111 LND WILDING&
0.3. T. Hamm read a report which be tad had
been oendemed (rows good twelve hour.' work. He Ltd
stead breiewe on the labia, relating to waggon. and
Whew vekieleu The regnistlons at to bicycles. It had been
'eked. Mould be estended to Micyclee—Saughterk—but
they lett • dighmity la aelatag bicyclic whether the
terra extended to peremlenletore or not. ("Aught*, The
boon Cutts mesh Imegpsolves are aot to be allowed oe
the roads we from in *Week in the seeming till two to
moralag In the ameamr• and from five p.m. till cm
Is the morels, la the mimeo. Among the matters
mentkreed Is the report were that in coneeneence of the
soottawd 6°°4lk the tornwor had bees unable to do yeti
moot towards repainagSb. cousty bridges Hr. Lieg.
the tenant of the Ovum Home, bee exprened hie wish to
rise up his Imam* at the aud of hie rem at Lady Hal.
HR. and the committee recommended the Court. et the
md of aim reesecy. to Imp his Mee Is their own heads.
°magi Surveyor asked (area Noreen of salary, and
torn islet? there had Mee so Menem for 45 Years.
end the wort had bine doubled. tassos.e.itaoo ow.
*tared the appliestlon 1,0114 emiderelits. There aro
ns cows. lie NA sad Ihe am% NA 11 NW§

station& TM magistrates wbo astvel an the committee
Imre resigning mry rapdly, it wale only by persimmon he
could he p anything like a ooinintitee together.
Mr. Magnus GUEST remarked on the largeness of the
sum voted is t. linty for the asphalt. tmetPatill to
Slandford bridge—SS. (Laughter.)
It weeexpleleed this eras to saes 30,. a year.
The lkialithme mid lb. Meanie salary was Axed at
1:1100 a year, because he would require an engineer for
soots work., and Me hoped if Yr. Ymetcheie salary were
It would Include fl IM work, end that Yr.
Matcher would not want an eneimer. He "merited teat
In another county they would have to pay £30,000 a year
I Uir ettantiog turlyikeli int.) highway&
Mr. Goonnas alippootd If they itimmeed Mr. Fleteher's
salary, and get limn to look astir the road., the Bond
Surveyor would not want so mush. (Laughter.)

LUNATIC LSYLIIIL
Hr. John holm read the report, which stated that
Kr. H. G. Peacock, from the Suffolk C mot,' Aerlom, hes
boon appontol medical Aker, in the place nf Yr. Bland.
It also reforred to tho Penton dairy Gra anii the bringing
out of the engine, which played oo th• horning ruina. As
to the capital account, of the £41,000 borrowed of the
Sun Fir. office, .11:31,966 13i. 41. had been paid off, lowing
£9793 tea did unpaid

11•11ITOAL

n. Caesium, said the Court :snow authorised to mat
licences for habitual drunkards to co t nu es) on
doe application to the Clerk of the PINIOII.

OLD. ISSDTANTS PIJOIIODED.

Oa &report read by the Clerk of tue recce, the CHAIM
Nag pointed out that. one after mother, the old servants
were being pensioned. and the Oeurt had to pay the pen.
glom He thought lerould be worth while to enquire
whether Mese servants wished to retire. or whether pres-
sure had been put upon them.
The report wee received and adopted.
glimiffrtg.
Lerd ELDON read the report, which reccnimended
• rat. of one farthing in eh" pecin.l. He acknowledged
the diplomatic talents of the Chairman cud Digwity-
Ghairman, in the nroo, haulm sib the Ilunte Offlos,
witerelrg bee Court are We to Pay off 1200 of the county
debt, without m Jan: nor. than • farthing rate. The
ceuntyglebt is now reduced to between £8,1101) and £9OOO.

COUNTY OONSTEBULAZT.
BENDILL LITTLSKALES, Het., reed this report, which
recommended • r•ui if ha'fsenny in the pound. Steam.
Mg uremia and muatures mid ci•t the county £7 Ss fur
itiltetlws more then the flee renewed.
The COOETT ANALYST had no report to make, no CUM
having been enbmitted to him
The Cutts COESTAPILSE REPORT showed a slight
decrease in crime, the epprebenuons haring been 13 leek
and one tem committed for trial. 419 swine bad been
slaughtered on amount of outbreaks of swims disease

NSW ITUDIIIII Vol IIIaaIITIUTIM
The Public Prowcut es Act owws. iato action on the
lit January neat. and the Summary Jurisdiction Act has
been so altered that the noble Canatmax said they would
hare to exercise 5,001 wale in leareane that, leroen for
himself he have to begin main. (Laughter.)

unweraia. =IOWA
The Offaxxigur said the awn hi no • too Politica to te
Into the qweilon of de estatillehownt of an Industrial
School. Bdore Kr. Glyn, who had • mottos, and Kr.
Geddes, who had an aniendowel, went into the subject,
be called on Kr. Mansel•Pleydell, who, he believed, would
be able to tell'thern that, without any sacrifice of the vales
of his Reformatory School. he wdd offer the Court an
Industrial School. (Applause)
J. C. Maeset•Pigrnins., Req., stated there had been
only two committale of bow to the Reformatory School
this gem, though hut yew there were six only. The week
of Ws Reformatory School had been done and the olds of
juvenile prof erdonal criminals was nearly extinct, people
having found it doss not anew, to educate children for
mime. He hoped to exhaust the school of about seven or
eight more boya, and as to boys denmitted to the *clod
as • Reformatory, he should set the Court to pay b. 61.
per week for them, and he bussed to get them out very
easily into eewlng and other occupat an; The school
would be tilled with boys sent ander the Industrial Schools
Act, sad also under the Vocation Act of 1874. Many
boys would be want to them, he believed. who would
otherwise have bean ant to the Reformatory School, sad
It the uttgletrates would take up the boys likely to fall
Into crime and seed th. in to Mildew School, they would
effect a reformation. This leilborne Reformatory School
he proposed to convert into an Industrial School, the
change to take effect daring 1860. (APPlaueu)
Rev. Casa Josue (Um *speeded the relief be and his
friends who had 'taught forward repeatedly the question
of the Industrial School felt at Mr. Pleydell's propwi-
don, whereby they should he able to save also (ea Kr.
(Padden wished) the rates. He *severed his eludes and
desired for the success of the school, to which In tied
would be committed the ell boys which the Chief Coestable
said were in danger of falling into close.
Mr. H. C. Goonoge said it would be very objectionable
to put °tips bur lens on the rates, especlally at this dine
of depremion. Landowners, be found, were mask( for.
ward dame, every where for the relief of the farmers ; but
it wee no use to remit money with one hand and Mt on
burdene with the other. (Applause.)
The Cgariulae hoped that very little would be required
(menthe rates for the support of the boys. Iffsentitne there
were very valuable schools. as that of Cliftin Wood and
of Bath, where bis can be gent. He also ispressed his
yleaeore at Yr. Pirydil hoping Ohs reboot under hie
management ; bat Mr. Pleydell did not wish to be domi-
neering. he invited several megistrates of the coonty, hie
..
friends, to act with him on the .atwitter.. Mr. Pleyitell's
forethought had wedded the Court being troubled with
the management of the school, inexperiened as they
were. He tuoved7that Mr. PleydelTs offer be accepted.
Agreed to,
Mr. M. PLITDILL explaining, in answer to Mr. FLOTO.,
that he would be able to dist the Court in sending boys
committed to reformatory schools, on payment of fls, 61.
ork web per week._

Mr. PLOT= mftred a vote of thanks to Mr. Pleydell for
hie kind offer, and also for the able way in which he had
carried on the )(Shorn' Reformatory School for lo loos a
time. (Or-at applause.)
Mr. PLIM)ZLL acknowledied the rote, and hoped the
different benches ot neatietr‘tea would let him know when
• boy to committed to a Reformatory School, when he
hoped to be able to =As arrangements for the boy's
admission.

DOINCIIISTIA O 1•112 110100 L
The gentlemen appointed by tbe Omit to represent the
Justices in the governing body of the Dorchester Grammar
School, were A. T. B. Sheriden. Esq., and E. L. Kinder-
del. LS.

TIIR CRAWS TO TAR OILUID JURY.
The CHAIRMAN then delivered his charge tojthe Grand
Jury, a. follows:
Mr. Ftorea said the calendar contains the names of
eight gleaners for trial at theses-Moue *smaller number
than, daring Use time he had presided over the trial of
Prisoners in these Court.,—and his recollection extended
over IS yeere—had been brought wader their consideration
at this time of year. And another sails! ectory clew-toter
In the calendar was that of these eight names only two
came from the County at D west—only two prisoners train
this county for trlel at this Quarter Session. which has
generally had rather • large number of winners, from
the fact that • ions period haa paged Sum the us sea.
This is alvery plowing aspect of the maga criminal condi-
tion of the county. It generally been the custom at these
smatens to draw the attention of the Grand Jury to the
Acts of Parliament that ham been messed during the last
session of Parliament, affecting the criminal law, and he
would draw their attention to three statutes of that
nature. The lint act was one for the more effectual pro-
viding for the prosecution of offences in Ragland and
Weise. It might be in their recollection that at the Let
Quarter &mimes he spoke of the hill then bef re Parlia-
ment for establishing what are called Public Prosecutors,
and he exoresied tts• opinion that while it might be very
desirable for a public prosecutor to be provided,--gmerally
the present mode of procedure was satisfactory. In this
Act of Parleament pretty large powers are given to the
Secretary of Sate : it rives him the power to
appoint an glom to he called the director of public prom.
cation, and etc assaults under him, and by the mooed
clause of the Act, it provides that the director of public
prosecution shall take action in cases of such a dilsco It
nature that it seem necessary for the 'public
prosecutor ti act in order to ware the due proacution of
the offemier. And with that limitation he should hops
the interference of the public prosecutor will not he mess
nary except in a few came. Of course, it may be desir-
able in some few Mies that loud persons should have the
assistance of • public prosecutor, and, no far, he trusted
I this would be (mod a useful Act, and one which will not
interfere with the ordinary operation of the law. The
'next was the Summery JurislicUoo Act, the object of
which is, besides improving the general pros...dere before
the courts of petty melonss, ohich, as they imew, are
courts of summary jarisdatioa, has for it. man object to
do away with the necessity for sending offenders to prison
I in comparatively unimportant meas. With this view the
second section provide. that in cases where a magistrate
had before no option, but mast commit to prism, a dis-
cretion is given to impose • floe If the magistrate thinks
the justice of the case wlll be hotter met by • money
penalty than by sending the offender te prison. That
they knew was a very mosiderable alteration of the law,
for in (armee times, and up to the present, no
having committed shako, c .uld be punished by luer:
position of a fine, and no mmistrate was empowered to
i•upoes • fine instead of sending the offender pc
Under the 16th escUoq In sass where the offence prison,
Under
Udine nature. the Court may discharge the prinerea,
eithei without a mewled" or may in certain came con-
vict sod discharge the prieoaer under certain conditions
without any tonielty. Ho doubt the matiotr.tes have
toemerly exorcised power of such • kind, built was doubt-
ful if when the gleam wee proved the magistreta was
justified in dismissing a prisoner without coevicte... sat
the law to which he sem adverting gives the macimmen
the power of dischargiag the prisms altogether if be
thinks the offence of • trivial natters or of convicting and
discharging him after caseation upon Bach oouditions sake
may teazle St These were very considerable eJteratioes in
the law. The Act thee goes an to classify offenders which
may he dealt with by summary jurisdiction—mader three
Made First of al there were children between the age
of seven and twelve, than young semen between le and
16, end thirdly, offenders above 16 years of age, and these
three classes may be dealt with as f ellows:—The
trate, if he sees fit. may deal with all offenders called
children (between seven and twelve) summarily, for all
off.ose except homicide-- eith the consent of the parent.:
the second cleft (between 11 and 16.1 may be Melt with by
the magistrates upon their ormsent, for oartan classes of
cases, chiefly larcenies, stagnate to commit larcesy,
enstaszlements by clerks sad servants, nearing stelae
goods, ta. Thee the third class—that of adults—may be
dealt with for the sum elan of offences. if they plead
guilty, but if they do not plead guilty they cannot be dealt
with unless the edemas an of a trivial nature, that MU the
property in question Writhe value not exceeding Ph There
are other provisions in the Act, which Is one of 66 clauses
and amongst them there is • large power of appeal given
from petty sessions, where the sentences have ban of
imprisonment without the option of a fine. Leather
section provides for the removal of what was found
to be a considerable grievance, as he found from Omani.
lose with several other eltsirmsn of Qoarter &aloes ; it
Provided for cases of maned convictime. In them Cesell
,t previous convictions for felony, the law had been that
the gismo/ should not be sentenced to less than seven
years penal servitude, and he (the Ghanian) and oth-re
kt't had • difatuitY In deciding whether the sentence
Should be one of penal eery-Dude or not, when the Mee
Wm not of a very 'seisms WHOM. No doubt it wee
intended that habitual offenders should be severely
punished; het it was toned this bore very harshly in some
cam. and on Me representatioses to the Government and
those of others, the result had been that the Act repealed
the provisons of the previous Act which made it inenere-
tie• to send for seven yearn' penal serT.u.t. and allowed
sentences of not leas than 5 years to be for offences
for which penal servitude is given. Having referred briefly
Is the ease ol David Davis sad °then, which he said in-
volved sexes nice points, he recommended the Grand
Jury to and • bill and leave these points lob, dealt with
on the trial.
The criminal business of the Smokes was commenced
about 111 o'clock on Wednesday .171 m
by
J. Firmer,
Res., deputy eiteirMan, 000061 Rev, a Hr.
Riaelmne, A. B. Middleton. Req., . W. Royer, Up, &ad
Mhos.
The following were sworn on the Grand J
lAl=l Fogies (W'hitchurch), (-realm ,• Ilewers.
(Cog Si, Humbold), Wlllinm Goornb (Portland),
Thomas Deans (thardstock), William El ewiling Meg
&our). Pattie Helot (Weymouth), John Farwell (Win-
borne), Jame If woe (Fordingush). Wing. Galmfleynte
Regis/, George Giblinehaue (Hceetertoe), I card God eta
gliMagbanal. James Gray, jou (Holcombe). James Harris
Whitceurek Camel cora as Bon jam n Harris (Werarnatb).
barbs H Aland My he), William Hamileld (Sat Stour).
C 161, WS Jetty (Weymouth), Richard Reeving Zig:
Baja), John Utoree Luker (Com es
e CadJej, Jam
(wiennorm), George Thorne (Redipele), Albert Wood-
ward (Bridpott), John Wake (lienaltsge), and Samuel
Wallis (Mottert‘e}
Kr. fj.siwin, Mgr. Risley Mr. Andrews (Todber).
limey, and Hr. Tn.. of oniaborm, were excused.
TULL Or namcnnos.
Jninjbeeseli, gamed with cutting sad wounding him-
I cat in mie mil at Beidpert Siatims, on the Slat July.
I ?dm,/ as auk* Elsa hal been mew use, his wile fer

IOU? 70.10.• He riPPlied for admission to hie wife's
residence and wee relnosi.—pstotoot woo titea taken to
the union sod aft,resrda to the station, where the nest
seeming he was discovered bleeding from a wound on the
ann, inflicted by a rash, which he had managed tom:ante
ma_ his person.
Kr. Temolvr spelled foe discharge upon personal recoil-
-I.;,,siderlng he had been imprisoned for two
or three mott'le, he was now released upon entering in his
own mousnisance of £lO to appear when the Court may
yet: him.
ri &Witch, poultry dealer, was charged with steel-
ins rig fowls on 98ih August. at Wootton ritapaine,
thepropertyM John Mitchell. Prisoner pleaded oot
Mr. Gatti prosecuted nod Mr. Templer defended.
Jobs Mitchel', Prosecutor. deposed. I am emptiyol to '
look of ,er cow. tor wv grandmother. I keep fowls, two
were lost • fiirinisht before loot the others Thi.y were
safe bei.iie I went to bed. They were kept in an open
atoll to which anyone might have some. Sew paleoner
abut there before !lir. After missing the two fowl. I
marked the heads of some left cutting otfa 5015 feathers-
near Use comb. I atterwards missed lone, and communise-
led with polies I al terwarde receivel front P.C.
Cheney the heads (produced). I swear to them, they WV
berm-door fowls.
By Council : I don't know prisoner bought eight fowls
end two hens on the same :sonata& I know be was in
the habit of porchaeLost fowl.
The Jury said they are not satisfied with the marks
by which prosecutor identifisi the heads. They were
not sufficient to point to their Identity.
Prisoner was diechereed.
Beaural Pledge (V), giver, was charged with stealing •
pocket handkerchief and several other mall articles value
iltth• property of Juniata Bishop, of Bishop's Caundle, on
Au,. 01. . . .

—icis-o-ner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. 'NM pl. r prosecuted.
Jawing. Bishop mid the handkerchief prodoced waa
ber property ; *Mg knew it by the hem.—ln answer to the
prisoner +mg sent she bad seen him before, and did
not me Lim 00tad frclia house.

trorthe-r—co-r-raorasi vs emdena. was given by Sarah Ann
Foe and Km/ Jane Gregory. the latter teeing the prismer
nor oroecutor's books Mill. smoothing under his coat.
P.O. C. Woreell apprieltendd the prisoner at Rockland
Neoton. and on the way to Bherborne slipped the haad-
cuff. and tried to mike his escape.
Prisouer said he b night the handkerchief in the city of
Cork; had h. stolen it be should have toads away wide it,
as ho was soppued to rya dor with the other articles.
The Ray found Use prienner guilty.
A previous conviction wm entered against the prisoner
th• last Winchester arse, to which he pleaded nut
guilty, Yeantending he was liberated au that occasion.
Kr. Bossier. depoty-gorrnor of H K. Prison, explained
that the arises commenced on the 6th and ended on the
(kb of the month, prisoner am committed for two days,
the seaters to take effect from the first date.
Prisoner was sentenced to 19 ram the' hard labour and
seven yeses' police supervision, the Chairman remarking
that if hectare Num aria he wosid mobs)* be sent Into
penal servitude lota long term.
TIC WiInIOUTII FRAUD CAW
Da•44 Doyle (80 . Maris Agit (34. mid/lora Moress,
alias neve Dare (V) were charged with venous actu of
tread. at kleloonrie Regis, rarely, unlawfally conspiring
to obtain parmesan' of a furnished lareusge or dwelling-
-1 s quantity of cloth's& and various other articles
ir Anima Truett Hallett, John Gear Rows, and
MMus by divers false pretence. sad subtle devices, and in
gunroom thereof obtaining posses.dos of the same, with
latent to chest and defrea4 at Maloombe Regis, within
two months last peek
Kr. Ca•the and Mr. Frederick Viscant Budge (brother of
Kr. Budge, of Poole). instructed by Mr. R. N. Howard, of
Weymouth, appeared for tbsjirueecntiou. and Mr. Wills,
instriected by Kr. W. A. Riley, of Southampton, for
&strident!. . .

ra mid be had recommended the prisoners to
plead guilty to the charge of con.pirscy.
On the prim:mars being charged Aura Davis said It
was sot my father, only toe." They *are than charged
on the various counts, cad noes mid "Ii was ma that
It all. It la not my faer."
The Clark of to. Peso.: Tau are all alika.
Mars: Not any dam father.
They all pleaded guilty.
Mr. CatU said perhaps this was a inattar for the Grand
Jury. The prisonars were commatod here upon two in-
dictments-oos with reference to conspiracy, nod the
other for obtalaing by false prstesom ; but the prleoaars
having pl•aded guilty to the Int ladictoutnt, be would
withdraw the other bill from the Grand Jury.
'rho Chairman then, addressing the Grand Jury. sald
Dia learned *animal bad withdrawn the charge of obtain-
ing gouda by false melanoma and no Mil for that wool., be
omit before them. There helm no other bill to be sent
Wore them, ha at this stage disohargad the Grand Jury
with thtnks for their services

Mr. Will. mid Ito was instructed to address the Court in
mitigates of punishment, especially on behalf of the old
men, who eras formerly in • very good position se •
e ,lonial merchant, and at the present time is My... old.
It was no doubt • very sad thing to see him standing is
the box, and he (Kr. Wi11.)... instructed by the prisoner
Yore to thy that the whole of cheating was done by
her, the old man being under her control, sash. ea, the
stronger mind end the leading spins in the cheating the
tradee-people of Weymouth end elsewhere. The old maa
beds friend wealth, Mr. Hocks,a commercial traveller, who
would undertake to take charge of the old man and pr
vi a for him, • hatever sentence might be passed. He could
not he called the 'heed sad front of thw odendiug." and
therefore Mr. Wills asked the Court to show him mese
mercy. flora Davis was perfectly ready to say that the
offences were 41011-ely of her own suggeetion. she er.is the
prime mover, and she begged him to ask the Court for
mercy on behalf of the old man her (ether, and her sister,
beau e they had little to do with it but conniving With
her; in fact they took no active portal
Mr. Castle thought his friend was rather under a mire
take as to David Davie having been a colonial merchant,
atoll eventa 30 yeers ago was • long time back. Toe pro-
secution were setisfled in having him convicted, end
wished to leave dire entirely in the hands of the Court.
Mr. Wills would only mention the wt.@ had been two
months in prison already.
The Chairman, addressing the prisoners, said they had
pleaded guilty to the several counts of this Indictment
charging them with various proceedings with intent to
defraud various persons of their property. The Court had
taken their cases into very se, ious consideration and felt
the cases could not be oortaidered otherwise than as very
scrim., because their promedings had issued in venous
honed persons being deprived of their property and in
very considerable hies, without thy want of care
or thy negligence on their part, and the public
must be protected. He understood the visiting
magistrates of the gaol were perfectly aware
that the elder prisoner w. •UfferiNg from very serious
bodily infirmity, and la of a :sauced age, therefore the
Court would pass • lighter sentence on him than they
otherw fie would. And there was AJSZIe degree of difference
bet wren the guilt of the other prithnera, th between Maria
and Flora Davi& Flora took the active port; but the
ethers were consenting parties. The sent..., was that
David Davis be imprisoned, with such proper occupation,
or, ea it is termed, hard labour, though the Chairman did
not apprehend it °mad be called hard labour in his case,
of e Apse, it would only be such suitable employment so
would be Attie' for him. He would be imprisoned for
two calendar months. The sentence upon Maria Davis
well that she be imprisoned with hard labour, such LI Wai
fitting for her, tor four calendar mantas ; and Flora for
six caleudar months.

countenances of the prisoners altered wonderfully
for the brighter after the priesing of the rentences, they
looked almostnfltng. sad Stoniest:serially much relieved.
The Grand Jury wished to recommend that the best
thanks of be county be given to Kr. Vickery, the Super-
intendent of the Weymouth police, for the ingenuity he
displayed in bringing the above odendeni to Justice
Mr. Cutlet applied that certain articles found in the
possession of the prisoners should be returned to the
persons to whom they belonged.
Tole was ordered by the Court
Mr. Ceetle wee also instructed to ask the Bench to make
soon special allowance tower& the expenses of the
proseou lion. This was • case very dl toll t deal with.
Mr. Floyer asked whet power the Court hod?
A conversation took plece between the learned gentlemen
and the clerk of the court, and the Cnairrnan said they
did not wuk to cut short on, proper expenses.
There were many wit...eyes present—from Aldershot,
Brighton, Diva +oral. and other places sod the Coairmen
geld es for as he could see from the depoUtions all chime
witnesses were necessary ones.
We nederstend that the C ieirman looked Into the Act
of Parliament in order to see if thvro wee any power of
allowing a sum of money to Bunt Vickery for hie 'fin..
but this wits not such an offence that the Court wers able
to make such en award.
ITIALIPO AT WOODBURY RILL BAWL
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Gawps Br;eu. alue-lres--so-d5l-;;;;L:rg—i; with steal-
ing • strinistb-iifting machine and • lamp at lime Regis
on September Skid. the property ot Frederick nensders.
Prtemer pleaded not guilty.
It,. Uaall. monad for tbe prosecuUon, stated the facts
of the cam. Tbe ankles were stolen at Woodbary
Feir, and the owner had n0t.... than IMP until die-
coventd ekVaugliall Station, London.
. .

Frederick Saunders, peosieutor, deposed that he was in
the habit of travelling from fair to fair with • galvanic
bat ery and Idling machine. Was of Woodbury Hill Fair
on be nod of September, and prisoner with him.
Witness engeged hto previously to wait the machine.
AA business em slack prisoner inked Min the loan of the
lilting machine to go to tbe front of • certain "gallery
*lanced there. if. had not Peen primmer or machine
till be bag been in custody. H. (witasee) paid him to
look idter the machine. The worth of the articles were
Le. The machine and lamp were produced, to which
witness score as his property.
Crosinexmained by prisoner
you to Ink. the lamp.
R.-ex imialid by Counsel: I did not tell him to take the
lamp to Vaughan Station.
P. '.E Bailer, stationed at Wareham, swore that on
the 111-d of September he received the information, and
made enquiries at Wareham Station, and heard prisoner
bed left Mare with the machine. Oa the evening of the
nth be found the a, ides produced at Viinshali Station,
London, and on the 15th saw primaier um.* enquiring for
the parcel office with the lamp in his band. Primaer
went into the office. leaving the lamp outside with the
machine Upon coming out he apprehended him. When
charged he wild he did not steal them, but intended to
return them. Winners informed him he had no permis-
sion to take than Irma Woodbury HIM Hs replied "No,
had not"

: I ma not sure that I told

•
Pris;a7fr addressing the beach mode a statement to the
effect that lee we. Induced brooms traveller' to go to work
with the madame ler • Walks. be bad that bassos. But this
proved • vain wharfage, as prosecutor. recalled, said ha
had never gime primmer permiseles to tab, the articles
for his us...except when be was bawd' prrent —The Jury
found • verdict of guilty. —Prisoner pleaded not guilty,
and havinal been previously convicted he wasmationed that
If he followed that mode of lif• he would he liable. If
brought up again, to penal servitude.—Hard labour for six
calendar months, and two war. supervision.
Garr Allw, of B•re Regis, • boy of IX err charged
with • oretelvse .11,nce on the ilth hut.
Kr. Udall explained the nature of the caw which ws•
kris for publication—The Jury recommended prisuner to
mercy on account of his age. —The Beach sonteureed
prisoner for on. month hard labour, and at the expiration
of that Um* to be sent to a reformatory for three ream
This coscloded tie fkrolarta