The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-11 00:00:00

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41:Dorsetsbire.
• • spßui9. ApizEs.
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ion for the holdinglof these mini
ea Weans/gee evening before Mr.
Mr. ustice Bylesand Mr. Justice Blackburn; Their
lorclehips were detained at Winchester, and conse-
quently did not arrive at the South-Western Rail-
way station at Dorchester till nearly 8 o'clock.
They were there met by Joseph Gundry, Feq., Nigh
Sheriff, F. Gundry, Esq., Under-Sheriff, 0.-
Andrew, Req., County Clerk, attended by a largo
retinue of javelin men. The cavalcade proceeded at
once to tbe County Hall, and after opening the com-
mission, the judges proceeded to their lodgings
in High-street. On Thursday morning their
lordships, attended by the High Sheriff,
Act., ,Nnder-Sheriff, County , Clerk, and the
jdor and Corporation of Dorchester, at-
tended Divine Service at St. Peter's church. There
1111 vettii large lasembly present. Prayers were read by
the -It ay. Marion Cblabn, and the sermon was
• by.the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. W. C.
Crier of Burton Bradstock, who took for his
watineig 19tth verse. At the oonolusion
of divine service, their lordahips adjourned to
1 and afterwards proceeded to the Shirehall,
-Pz • • '•11114e
.brastioe Blackburu presiding in the Crown
p -pfilearty and Mr. Justice layles, in the Nisi Pnus
.Iy=llobart...The calendar contained the names of twenty.
'',c1,4.-hhaeße4spnerei eight of whom were on tail.
•"e"*.' -‘t CROWN COVRT.
. Before Mr. Jostles BLACEBURN.
"u
Lordship took his seat in the Crown Court about
half-past eleven and the following gentlemen were
4'o sworn oaths grlindlure:—
eho.Ae

FLorms, Esq., Chairman.

'. B. H. Bingham, Esq. Captain Manning,
hi It Ji T. Belies, Eaq. G. P. Menial, Esq.
R. P. Mot, Req. J. S. Msade, Esq.
"""••••151-Pi- Pekingese, Fag. C. E. Michel, Esq.
0. W. Ferrer, Esq. J. J. Farquharson, jun.,
1, i ir es iii . C. Goodden, Esq. Esq.
"B, P. Gundry, Esq. H. Williams, Esq.
'''IML, Rindereley, Esq, G. Whieldon, juts, Esq.
St La, Esq. .
• The nanelionnelities having been observed, his Lord-
, , . •ship proceeded to address the vend ivy. He stated
the reason which hadled to their notbeing able to attend
- (thine 'aortic' on the preceding day, which arm* from
circumstances over which the judges had no control. In ,
, consequence of there net being twenty-three grand jury.
• trici present, he must tell them that it was. necessary
be theydould return a true bill, twelve of their
number must wee. Thedslendar was not one which
• • gelled for eau* comment, from him, or ord. likely to
- give these. much trouble. He would only refer to two
Tbe first, No. 16, was that ,of Louisa Morris,
• '.... IF- =charged with abandoning her child, would be tried
x f ..
,derstise new Act, namely, the 27th section of the late
• & Consolidation Act. The defence would be incomplete,
1,1, gif it id the child was only esp.:pod, but that it had not
health, or his life been endangered. It
• "'''l° -ilr,ete-R'sifficieuk for the prosecution to show that it
..mt,Er • i been plaoea n • position where it was likely such
' tiOnseqnences would ensue. The other ease was that of
• *gage Whittle throwing turnips eta rail way train, with
',iota?) to endanger the safety of drums therein. It
..... „a maxim in law that a minion was reeponsible for
ths tural consequences of his act. The throwing of
~, • .11
~, 0„, Turnips no doubt would, it they had struck any
.in the train, have seriously injured
• •-••4
4,, j=r._The intention waa the essence of the act, and it
• , would be for them to say whether the lad threw the
es i with the intention of injuring the passengers.
• tie. .1. r lordship then dismissed them to their duties.
• tn:••'l'. ' • ' LARCENY BY SERVANTS.
Farr •InThsty+ Herring and Rind Webber, on hail, were
41milled With deiling 18 ihn of pc:dittoes and a piece of
cheese of the Table of fels the property ,of Richard
"..."-- Crandon at Watihrook. goth_ prisoners pleaded not
e ~14,41,, ."Sp _ '" • .--eniefiers were both
1., 1. in', IF'... •..
ILI . . jnielly,P4.tirole, on 41,38°31.5i 1
-' • ,ti • ;law *• female prisoner 'go into the potato
r . •. ~ onnecuit. •njlised.the misoner something, He
•,;,' I' wsureina,inds*e puttied aiscra piece a cheese,
10 •• easeeniended ' with that in prosecutor's house,
en •. - dere found upon him, ' 'Both were found guilty, and
+4.• •• liettleneed to three weeks' imprisonment with hard
LUAU'.
'' • •- • • EMBEZZLEMENT AT STOURPAINE. •
- s.a Woreisans, 37, labourer, Was charged
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',4lkembaizhing the ram ef £2 is., the monies of his
' e•-•••nteaslier, John Fry, on. the 13th December. Prisoner,
3,...niliss, called upon to plead, said he took the money
..1 mann •Cint intention of returning it, His lordship
directed a plea of "not guilty" to be recorded. Mr.
' - 'W. }looks prosecuted. The duty of the prisoner, it
•' fisliPdsinie • WaS to deiiipr Tlieser and, Inger ankles to
sea adantaniers, end...take the money, emanating to his
a,.. ,tsister on hisvetnen. : On the 13th December he was
as.' neppliedMith•a tag of flour to take to Emanuel Wed-
more, but failed be aceount for the money received.
wmen- its being feemPthet ' Wed more ind paid the
money, the subject et the resent cheep, the pri.
ewer was asked. what hst had done with the money.
lismilmittedidaking.it, end had paid it where it was
..,„ t. dim,. The mastes.seid nrisoner had been employed by
•. ....him Joe five years. The judge told the jury that if
sea milsoner diebonestlnt applied the moneythee it was their
duty to find him guilty. If lindh intent- they thought -
... _Was abeent.they would _acquit him. The jury found •
him opt ..;yrieteer w been previously con-
ealesida, months' hard
'MUM ielansinit-AVPlnnurrown.
P 'CLaKes ..64abell. '8.3, '...:1411400.7 aid.. triiliam
Harris, 23',• Ob9urer„ .Ibeth on heilt.were shmsed
' with night poaching on lanai -belonging to the Earl of
-flaunter, on 15th October. They wen also charged
. -nrity assauldWilliam Meech, • pmekeeper in his
aw.olottlalikk e de.2.-Mr. W. rfeolts prosecuted • Mr.
...., 'Odell,' Oren .—The gamekeeper said: On the
~,,,, t.' in, question he was watching with
er -, moue named Purchase, in a field
.m, a''Ba&led Long Close. They remained there till
mi-mittc!clook, when they saw four men come up with two
'dogs. They ran ~a long net ironed the fume,
„•':.„, add also spread smaller nets. Witness and se Purcha
.. ;thaw, advanced towards Harris' and spoke to him.
'is, ~Harris comment° him with a stone hammer. Critchell
teiedias alecriforMed• with a SiGitlar Weapon. Upon wit-
ness striking at a ferret which came out of one of the
hens, Crilisheil struck 'at, but missed him. The dogs
attacked him, and deprived him of one of the tails of
his coat. Critchell struck him on the head with •
•'i Itheimer became be knocked ever one of the dogs,
~ , i The •peachers than commenced taking up the nets.
,• • and went away. -Cross-exainieed : He did not say at
.. &fatalist be would blow the brains of the prisoners cut.
• z ,Ewswaald swear there were four men altogether. If he
...had'atiii three he meant four.—Janies Purchase, the
- . Hike* watcher, corroborated Meech's statement, and
„ • . Enid that Critchell attempted to strike him with • stick,
.... -t .he , parried the . blows. Harris also did
: ..,big best *strike hial.-..Mr. Cooke then addressed the
-• • .11ri, arid urged thaa•the sticks used were of the ordi-
i -., Mu clamisetet,. and asked them to be satisfied that
- el there were four men as sworn to by the witnesses.
t i There , was a pathway in the field, and they had no
esidenoe tO prove that there were more than the two
prisoners in company. The witnesses mid that them
were four .persona and -that the other two at once ran
away. Was that likely they would do so, and abandon
.their property when then-were but twokeepers to four
m.—His lordship suningid up with great minuteness,
,-Weeld Pi was foetid firy td say whether the wed had
', liitylrigdebnt in &WIT particular, so as to constitute
• 4131aivilMaditali•_ae, were both found guilty of
... PeitelsiseirandCri ell, in addition, of an assault, and
. worb sash sentenoed to sir calendar months' imprison-
• ment-rifielicaters for the prosecution: Messrs. Andrews
itilltMettram.) .
•glirneSlVlC ROBBERY 4)F 4•WELLIES AT WEYMOUTH.
,ys .6,40.10 Hart, 21, pleaded guilty to stealing a
gold watch, various articles, and money, the property of
his master, Sir James Witley Deans Dundee, on the
"-- IQth January. Prisoner was • footman in the admiral's
. device, duet ow the morning in question left the- house
with the property at an early hour, packed in • carpet
He took • ticket by the Great Western Raillwey a
, ,firidarale,froce Weymouth to Paddington, but tie tele-
• being put in operation, he was captured at
Illig, with the property—valued at about £250, in
: hicepossendoe.—Sentence deferred.
STEALING CORN AT HERE REGIS.
.154nswit ..cobb, Samuel Charles Cobb, Eli Cobb, and
, ..trett ii[ppaet Al on bail, were ,charged with stealing a
:quantity of corn,the property of Mr. J. T. 11, Scutt, on
the Bth lehruary.—The prisoners pleaded not guilty,—
' . Mr. Cooke prosecuted, end Mr. Cole defended.—Prose•
• ' color, a farmer living at Bore Regis, mid the elder mi.
, sorter, Samuel Cobb, resided ate place called Woodbury
• "NIB.- 'Witness, on going to-the barn on the 9tl, Febru-
ary, missed three sacks of a mixture of barley and oats,
badly winuowed. He gave information to the superin-
tendent of police, who come ki him, and they messareci
the tracks of wheels as matte in the 'aid. They after-
- mode went to ptioader's herder, and upon searcHing it,
- they found at the top of the stairs three sacks of corn.
- .He sent for a sample of his own corn, and they found
e‘, that in• Cobb's house corresponded. Cobb said he grew
• - 'lt, and thought there were more oats in his own than
.bouritnees's um 'k . Witness's sees meld blot be found.
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He sent fora blacksmith, who took kir shoes off a
Jimmie 'ebb's, stable. Upon comparing them with
• the trapka in witness's yard, they corresponded.—John
,-,11113440,p carter in preemator's employ, proved the loss
of three sacks of corn, and corroborated his. master's
„statement. On Saturday evening, previous to • the
• " robbery, he saw Samuel Charles Cobb in the street with
• horse and Wagon, going In the direction of Woodbury
41111. sew both horse and wagon next day at
(Spmnel clplebirrp re tiltlr droToistslialnit:hion of. this
hand
latrairirle towithareiellNnnsosismq" 'rale controvert aget eilvlia-
.7eisins-Superinteedest- Ettletri of the Dorset empty
swairmiltilhast?; statiarted at..Watiliaqi,, deposed to mea-
••••Vthe treokr- ot the whb.wath tape, andatter-
11411ind toll4o4l77:yilidimadiascertiming the
art t wheel, which wooed- with- theLtivick.
He
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fomittreime44. 4 ant tcpeaktnr, and Cobb having
Ii gicenwitevirrese saluselo/ho had
astetatt ? e said Arnold's machine. Wit-
ness then described how he compared the
oboes, In arose-examination. witness would not
be induced to recollect whether or not it wet
frosty on the tnornings preceding the Sunday. The
couniel In turns coaxed and declaimed, but to no put-
"peed.' rod trdOleorde was the superintendent's motto.
.....—„ittCeo. or per an if Henry Phillips were also called.
staled ffst -Stininel Charles Cobb Came to
him, and said he must go to Mr. Scott's house for three
sacks of coin. Samuel Charles Cobb was to accompany
him. Whilst talking to Eli, Samuel Charles came up
with a wagon and three bones. He went witali
Samuel Chezies to Mr. Seutt'sard. Upon arriving
there he saw Eli , Cobb and John House, and Ile
assisted *gni hi putting three sacks of corn into th
wagon.? Thee their the corn to Samuel Cobb's, and
put them in • ntaini dciwn statirs.--Croaaexamioed : II
did notiMobilidor many it took to drive a horse and ,
cart down where be lived: One could not drive • cart
without • horse (laughter). —Thii dolled the ease tot
the prommithm.—Here hid Honor wished to know ho
Mr. Cooke brought the charge home to the prisone
excepting Samuel Cobb.-, Mt, Choke: By the ividenci
of Phiffina.,,i: !Hone perhaps
innoeently Ite.lbsii bloater, and so might the oth
three pricaus, us war the-evidence of en i hcv
"eating(d.ff ,T - - •

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bonded aaeomplise.— His Honor said he must stop the
save against all the prisoners with the exception of
Batumi Cobb. —lr. Cole then addressed the jury for
Samuel Cobb, and strongly. commented on the evidence
of which be designsted as a most extraordmgry
statement.. Prisoner grew some seed like prosecutor's,
and in an adjoining field to that in which Mr. Scutt had
raised tsis. The samples even did not correspond. His
Lordship lucidly summed up, and the jury acquitted
the remaining prisoner.

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osellnetaCe l
t o 1
He fon*
re:tett
ness then
shoes, In
be induced
frost og the
Cómjel rn tarn
' offi
him, and said bun
sacks of corn. San
him. Whilst tilkiL
with a wagon am
Samuel Charles to .
there he saw Eli ,C
assisted Mina rei punk,
wagon.? 7,hey that
put them in • Aim dale
did notininebiler assay
cart down where he lived
without • hone (laughter)
the proseinition.--Here his
Mr. Cooke brought the ohm
erceptiq Samuel Cobb.-- Si
of FkiUi 'HlCHoticir
hm°9lllll4 ilkklbeii knitter, k
three primoses, lii wail AA
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