The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-08-06 00:00:00

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• LIINrICNT SINTENCIL

At the Shirshan, on Saturday, before two of the
OmmtY Magistrates, Mr. Thornton, and Mr. B.
Pearce, Smear Pry, of Maiden Newton, was brought
up in the custody of Sent. Hitch, charged with night
=on lands belonging to Mr. Sheridan. It win
bared that at the last sessions an exiame-
=lof Mr. Sberidan's was sentenced to • month's
abour for a similar offence. Two other men
wort In hi. COnPan7 at the time, but the keepers
succeeded only in entwine hint, the other two getting
away and leaving a large quantity of netting and ge
rabbits behind. Fry, who was one of the two, since
then by the adrift of his friends gave himself up to
the police—Mr. Weston was for the prosecutor and
Mr. Howard defended the .—Mr. Howard
admitted the facts and no evldssce was called but his
remarks were addressed ad miserlicordreas. The
prisoner, he said, was a married man with four children
and he bare a nod character, having been VS yean in
can employ. Up till that moment nothing had ever
been brought against hint. His family, on both his
mother's and his father's side was highly respectable,
and it need hardly be said that both he and hie
relatives—one of whom was in court—deeply felt his
portion. No doubt the bench bad power to give
Mm three moths, and one of the mm me.
meted with the traumatic's had remind •
month, but he would ask them to comider that
In that case the prisoner had formerly been a keeper
la Mr. Sheridan's employ, sad although it did not
come out in court was at the time armed with a
dangerous weapon. This defendant was not armed
and did not attempt any IIiGUMCS. His friend Mr.
Weston had kindly said he woull recommend him to
mercy, and under the circumstancee be did ask the
magistrates—mpeciany as in the present day it WM
the wish that criminals should not be made by men
being sent to gaol, losing all self.respect to exercise the
power they had, and order him to be imprisoned till
the rising of the court They were compelled to
award some term of imprisonment His brother-in. '
law, who was present ma quite willing to be bound
for his future good behaviour, and he did not think
• case had ever come before the court where such •
mane would both justly and mercifully meet its re.
claimants.
Mr. Weston followed and admitted there was •
distinction to be drawn between the can of the
defendant present and the former ore. In the find
the man was an old servant who was aware exactly
when to put his band upon Ms master's property, and
naturally be deserved to be dealt with severely' but,
Ii the present inetance be would add his own solicits.
ti.u. to those of Mr. Howard for the leniency of the
rourt.—The Bench sentenced the defendant to • day's
imprisountest, and himself to enter into reagnisanoes
of £lO and one surety of glO, to be of good behaviour.
The aired sureties were even, and defendantwas at
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