The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-05 00:00:00

MRS

Gamma Er s;;;,--21:labourer, nod AJ.raao Knacams, 36,
hawker, for stealing two ducks the property of Thomas Lock,
at SUnsford, on April 24.
' Mr. Collins prosecuted,
The prisoners were men on Sunday, April 24, at Stiniford,
nest Mr. Lock's pond. Newham was sitting • abort distance
from Evans, and while they were there •littic boy named John
How sow Evans drive a duck out of the pond knock it on the
heed with • stick, and put it under his co his. The child ran
and told Mr. James Robert Lock, who came up and is. Evans
throw away the duck. Meecluun and he Joined company a
little farther on. On Use place where Illeechani had been siWng,
he found part of the skin of another duck. Evans was
arrested, and asked Supt. Hare if he did not mean tublike the
other, as he.was with him al the time.

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- The Jury found Evans guilty, and Ifesehant not guilty.
To a eharge of • prmioua coaricUon Evans pleaded not
guilty. in • captious manner, and It wee formally proved.
The Chairman said Evans bad been tried before Mtn at the
In 101.400., and had wiped by an artraorary piece of luck.
He (the Milkman) told him that it we, very likely he would
come 'awe the COtiri WAD. "d if convicted be would be out
tented to peed servitude. That bad come to pace and that
math* eantance—p...l ienitude for seven years.
Even.: "Next time 1 wOO% cows bay for e. duck; Ilicome
lot • pullook."

pm:sr coort—ThinisDAN:
Wore Joni Flout, Kwq., M.P.. Divan,' ChlinneLY
Till CIIAIOII action erraantwinnert Wenn
Eevng Leans, lately Superintmotent of Pull" for the Corns
Diridon, ww tharged with receiving Texleu. gums of money
as Superintendent, and fraudulentJy disposing of the mune to
bin own trie.
Mr. Oniline,lnatected by Mr. G. Symonds, prosecute 4, and
Kr. "oodfold• rooks ddended.

—Pri.oner- ilt-tatiMl not guilty. i
Mr. Colline in opening the case, add It watt the practice for '
cottages to he taken for the conetables by the Superintendent&
on behalf of the county, and the Superintendent's duty wee to
pay the landlord when the rent became due. The lute TreTOTAI.I
by the constables to the Supt. every maleth when they remved
tbelr wags.. If • Superinten• ent was removed to another
division or diacharged the force it was his duty to pay over mach
mite sa he had in hand to hi. enc.:ewer or to the Chid Con•
made. In April Met in consequence of certain irregularities
Lewis TM dismwed from the for Certain deficiencies were
diecovered, but the county authorities took • lenient yew of
the matter, called on his emetiev to pay; and, having withheld
some wages due to him, one of his sureUe. Mr. Heiner, of Corm
I paid £lO Ina and received from Mr. Plumm r, Goad Quarters
I Superintetelent, a receipt for the balance of account due to the
county of Dorset. This WM dated April 8. Two days after It
was found the money he had received for rents huh not been
handed t rex When asked about it, Lewis laid that wan a
matter of debt between the landlords and him. Hence this
proseeutios.
Constable &nage, Id Hillfieid, proved poring Lewis 10a, a
mrmill for Id? collage, and constable GUI, of oftedlberne. Sa a
month
Superintendent Brown, of Blandford, formerly of Ceres;
mid he took them house, of the land,ords by direction of Col.
Cox, the late Chief mumble. Whe ohs removed to Bland-
ford, he paid over the minetablas' rents he had in hand to
Lewis, but not directly.
Superintendent Plummer spoke to receiving from Mr.
Heiner £lO 10a., as the balance of money due from Lewis.
Lewis thee mid nothing else would be twill to be due; but
on the 10th April it was found the rent. were not paid over.
Lewis said that ints a matter of debt. Several applications
were made to hint for the money bat he Idled to pay it.
On the 27,11 March. 1880, a general order was mot to
Lewis and other Supuintendents, directing them In
eonsequence of certain Irregularities at Wimborne Minster
to make • return. f the °Wawa rented on constabulary earrke
and telling them that any vacant cottages were to be c
to the contingent mound. Lends acknowledged that ciirlZ,
made the return, and had charged • vacant cottage oece.
Croat-examined : Priewer never denied receiving the rents,
and mid he never intended but that, it should be paid. Ile mid
It was • debt.
Captain Ansyatt Brown spoke to issuing the general order.
If Mr. Flocks ob :led that there was no act of embezzlement
proved while roner ma In the service of theCrovm.
A note of objection was taken.
Mr. Collins sommod up the rase.
Mr. Foote addremed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner. Ile
urged that Ude wee • matter of debt and not of embeetlement.
For 17 yews he had been in the pollee force; he was a con-
st.ble at Sherburne, and there attained to the rank of Superin-
tendent. A. to the constables' cottagee he was in the find In-
stance the imece—he held them in trust for the Crown. When
Superintendent Brown wee removed from Cerne and Lewis
sent there, Brown did not immediately hand over the rents.
There was no proof that • meow., had been app .inted to
Lewis, and, therefore, if he had time—which he had not, for
discharged on the tfill he was accused on the 10th, and even the
Indictment had been dated the 18th—he had no opportunity of
following that coons. But all through the matter heel been
treated by the pollee autoritlee as a debt, and It wan onluite:
Lewis mid he could not pay that be was charged y [them
met
In summing up, the Chairman said that In consequence of
hie position as Superintendent he took the cottages and
received the rents from the mostabies. The quadlon was,
ought he to have amounted for theta whets a set lenient was
made, on the evening b.lore his discharge, by Mr. Heiner. But
it didinot mem be had anything dintooly to do with that 'due-
meet ; therefore, he could not be held to fall then.
Subs quently, whoa the rent money was demanded,
he mid it was • debt. As to the question whether
or not the landlord could come upon Lewis for the
ratite he could not anewer ; but the edfect of the MIMI Con.
stable's order was that the county was liable for remnant in
the cottages, and also that Lewis was liable to account for
the rant, to the county. The dream Mame being such then, if
they agreed with h m, that he could embezzle the money, did
he do so, being .oth, time, the serving of the county?
The jury retired to consider their verdict. After about a
quarter oleo hour's shame they returned, and gave a verdict
of "Guilty, without fraudulent intent."
The Chairman : The charge against the prisoner is that he
fraudulently converted the money to his own use. You find
him not guilty of fraud.
The Foreman: Yes, sir; guilty of using the money without
fraudulent intent.
The Chairman: Of course, that Is • general verdict of not
guilty. To Klemm : You may be db.eharged-
MAROS or ROHM, AT sanworee.
dons HEART HAii.iii, Si. boot cisme, of Etridport, and
W dual" Werrese, shmenaker, of Exeter, were charged on
wveral indictments with stealing closed uppen, the property of
Warren and Co., Bridport.
Mr. W. Foote and 'Mr. W. Dankest proemutod ; Er. Collins
for Western; HAIIAM Ina undefended.
Hail= we. in promeutoesemploy. A large number of uppers
were mimed, and Weston was found wiling them.
After • long trial prisoners were found guilty, and recom-
mended to mercy on account of their good characters.
Sentence Smooth, hard labour each.

TWA concluded the menions.

CORONATION DAY FETES.
Surely no county is so loyal as Donet I Every
annieenary of Her Majesty's coronation is °slab.
rated by merry-making in all !direr:Moos, and from
Weymouth, toe largest and most lively town
in Dorat, to its most secluded spot, Biodon Abbey, the
28th of June is the day of all others when mirth and
jollity most abound. The variety of the entertainment
provided for pleasure-seekers is—if variety can be—
charming. There are the calm delights of Quarter
Sessions for sub of as as are staid there are "demon-
strations "—though what they show beyond the natural
lore of geegaws and display I can't conceive—of Odd-
fellows and Foresters, for the supporters of manly
working-class independence, though I wish thty would
not tout so for honorary members—there are sea trips
from Weymouth and Poole for Lulworth. and Swansea,
sad Bourne, and even the hie of Wight, for those 'boos
this day may enjoy—always providing they can enjoy
—the invigorating savour of selt water :—by the way,
if the Weymouth steamers would return from that
charming Hampshire island in time for the Inlander*
to catch the last train, how mush nicer it would he—;
there are excursions to the peeksof C.anford and Wilton,
with sold water speeches at tbe former, and lote of beer
on sale at the latter; there is ' horee.rasing" at
Bridport for the sillies who support the
"sporting prophets " and are " knowing; " and there
are so end of quiet retreats where pie-oleo can be held
and an infinity of love-reatekes he made. "What a
day we're haying," well might the jolly man of our
party exclaim I For here, with toe genial countenance
of Mr. Sly, there gathered some of the happiest social
m copanies from Weymouth and Dorchester. How they
enjoyed themselves you may readily guess; but I want
grimly to record the disasten that befeL As you may
know, the Weymouth people are "awfully jay," and
everybody was invited to drink with everybody glee.
A party headed by an °Meer of rank amongst our home
defenders, included two young men connected with a
learned professios in Weymouth—one was the acme
of gallantry, the other the perfection of agility. Tell
we DOW the story of the man of law so gallant
Wishing to fraternise with friends in sweet converse
at a distance in umbrageous shade, he started of
smiling and gay, wine bottle in dexter and glass is
cloister hand. Little reeked be the perils of the
journey. But, as our jovial man said—it was late in
the afternoon—" Where's • will's a-way." He daintily
stepped o'er brush and briir, and bad well-nigh
faulted them, when he stepped spoo what appeared
the greenest end most level of turf, but slash-a-day, it
was but a slnarth ditch, covered with the grow be of
years, end he plumped in head over heels I Everybody
was sorry, and everybody laughed, as the gallant was
pulled out, leaving the via* and a glein to drink it
from at the bottom for the toads and the newts. He
was taint to • neighbouring pnb., where he was
rigged out in the Sunday suit of a pewees
ploughboy—a rasher sneeek.froelt a grey billyooek (old
style) through the lop of which the owner had poked
his finger when esplaining his absence from chunk to
the parson, corduroy inexpressible* and hobnailed boots.
But was he not warm and dry? and whit's in appear-
ances on Coronation-day' What's the odds, I say, as
long as you're happy? When this little coimmdestim had
become but • jovial remembrance, a game of wicket was
started, and We batting sad the fielding was tartaiely
such as is not seen at Lord's ironed any day in the
season, In this our agile friend distinguished himself.
One of the batsmen mint the ball spinning in the air
amid admiring cries, and that other limb of the law
resolved to take "the chance," and catch him out. In
doing this, further bask and beak he ran, till, tripping,
birdie into the selfsame Slough of Despond in which
our gallant companion was dipped. Roan of laughter
closed the gun, and he was hshed up all covered with
green and weeds like a mermaid, and then uprose the
strain—it was very mach like J. It. T.'s voles—
"ma sight that he looked ea Jack with a book
ruh'd him out—it was awfully jolly!"
lie was camparsonsted at hand, and re-appeared as the
dandy white miller. But, despite these disconcerting
Incidents, the day passed happily ; and, may we all
enjoy the next anniversary of Her Majesty's coronation
as merrily l-wOosassisiticated.