The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-03-21 00:00:00

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DORCHESTER.
COMMITTIM TO Tiin DOIVOT COUNTY GAot.
'Sessions : John Heffeman and Emma J.ne Hagerman,
!stealing money at Portland.—Hard Labour
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Jackson, mi-Zehaviour at Dorcbeekr Union, 14 4eye 1 ,
Georse Sarnways, as4sult at Bradpole, 3 mouths • Isaac
Honking, vagrancy at Yetminster, 14 days ; 6eorge
Cox, vagrancy at Beaminster, 21 (Iva; Henry Rem
vagrancy at Shsftesbnry, 3 weeks ; Robert Rogers,
vagrancy at Piddletrenthide, 1 month; George
Hartlin*, leaving service at Gillingharn, 2 moothl ;
Susan Grant, assault at Beurton, 1 month; Henry
4ale stealing straw at Poor,tock, 14 daps.; IFmnyt
014"114*Iing beef at Cerne Abbaa, 1 mohth Frttderia
Matthews,: stealing • Sabin( bet at sibbotsbury, 1
month.

PrITY SIONI6, Satdrday.
Bet; IM
asq„ Ona Major Sykes.

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Ala•BU 'ID STRAWo iB6 kr PORTLAND.
Johan and Sarah 1/oW,ernatr, husband and wife, a very
genteel-lookib7. comb, were brought up on remand,
charged. "7':th stealing £BO, the property of Mrs.
Me', Mayo.—Mr. Weston prosecuted, and Mr.
'Howard defended.—Prosecutrix said: I keep the
Grove Inn, at Portland. I know the prisoners. I first
saw them in October last, when they came to my
house, and twill& room on the ground floor at 2s. 61.
per week. The male prisoner told me
at the time that he was going to join the prison as
warder. They remained in my house
until the beginning of the present week. I had
ether lodgers who occupied the upper portion ot
the house. I have a private room upetairs
bevrides the room in which I sleep. in this
private troom I have a bureau, in which keep
Toy silver spoons and cash box. I keep the
,bersau locked, but the key is in a mall box, which
ingot locked, on the top. Any one opening this
small box could obtain seem to the bureau. The

cash box was locked, but the key was tied to its
bindle. I saw my cash box about three weeks
or a month ago. It then contained £l4O in
gold, consisting of sovereigns and half sovereigns,
I next saw my oath box on Monday last. On going
to. it / saw It was anlocked; and this struck me as
being singelar, because I left it locked. I then
took cot the canvas bag which was in the
box, and band that £Bl were gone. Upoa
discovering my loss I sent for the pollee, and
P.C. Cooper came. I have ofteli area the prisoners
upstairs. A person having to go to toy other lodgers'
apartments would not have to peat the room in which
I keep my cash. The female prisoner has seen me
in the room, and hes been there. I have • daughter
who is frequeneiy ill, who occupies the room, lying
on a sofa, which is close to the bureau. The female
prisoner was there with my daughter on Sandal
Last. Prisoners had not given me notice that they
intended to leave my house; they were weekly
lodgers. I last saw them in my apartments the
dityt, they were taken at Portland, on Wed.
niteday They had lent away some of their
boxes prior to that. When I have been at the
bureau I have seen the female prisoner In the
ilatage going to the other lodgera• apartntents. A
person in the pump could see me at the burr-
I lent the fonale primmer a sovereign about
weeks or a month ago, as she said
was short of cash. She has since repaid me
money, and also a shilling for the loan of it.—Ctom
examined t 'Upstairs 1 have two rooms, • Itedtoom
and *vete room, which are separated by pamage.
On one aide is a double-bedded Mom, and on die
other Oda another bedreofm need by customers. A
yeah divides the enetorners' bedroom from my private
geom. Ido .not know if it is a lathe and plaster
Wall. In this spare room I have a bed, but no eine
sleeps in it but my eon. A man who tetkieft with
am never slept there. I have lived in the house
*Oft ream, but I do not lum* Whether persons in
olte mom, can hear what iv uta hi the other. Ido
Wilt keep nay private Mom locked, so that thelodgers
who livesiepstatte can enter and take the cashbox.
had ne duinee lodgers in the house on Sandy
nigbh Intt there were four regular ones who occupied
ripstair Spartmentia This febisdit plieoner Was with
thy dritightei oil tlielay, as were also two more
fermis lodgers. My daughter had a fit at the time,
this they came to render assistance. When I have
been at the bureau the other lodgers have seen me. I
mold not remember when I last saw the female
prisoner whilst I was at my bureau. I have been
two or three lenses to the bureau in a day, whilst I
may not have gone again for two days. I have
never game a week wkthunt going to the barest tot
change. I have never allowed a fortnight to go by
without going there. I did not keep the drawer in
which I deposited my daily takings locked. When
I di/covered that the money had been taken
from the cash box, I looked to see if
any of my daily takings were gone, bht
none were miming. My eon does net occupy
this room. I have no servant*, but a woman
cleans the house, but net the room in question, as
my daughter attends to that. I did not tell the
female prisoner I had lost my money. On Monday
,evening I told the prisoners that they mast leave
my house the next morning. They had not removed
any goods previous to that. I do not remember
whether it was before or after I had told them to
leave when a man came for their boxes. They had
not said anything to me about leaving on Monday.
I had been expecting them to leave for some time.
When I lent the female prisoner the sovereign I do
bolt remember whether she said that if I watited
.r/Jo lee wonld let Ins have it, bet that I was not
to let her husband know anything about it. I do
not know that they were Its treaty for a refreshment
'mauler at Plymouth, nor do I know that suit
spent 801318 money on Monday night. I did not
hare the ether lodgers' rooms searched. I keep my
both door open at night to admit my 110 b, and any-
one roe obtain admission into the house. I have
pat money in the bank, but it was not from the
cash box, it was from the daily takings. —Re-
' eternised I pee prisoners notice to leave at.about
seven- &Mock in the evening.—Superintendent
'Underwood said: Frominformation I retteivedxt went
' on Theaday last to the Grove Inn, Portland. I. made
'. as examination of the house mad bureau, but covitld
not find. whether an entrance had been effected froth
the outbid& I traced the prisoners hem Portland to
. Weymouth. I went to the geode department of the
Great Western Rahway. Ind found thtee boxes
directed to a mentioned Avery, Plymonth, of which
I took possession. On Wednesday I obtained a
search warrant, and searched the prisoners and their
•boxas. t went to Portland in the evening, and saw
• the male prisoner at flettven's Hotel. I said, "I
hold a warrant is Search the boxes and you on
' anspicion of having stolen £BO in gold, the property
ot Mrs. Mary Mayo, of the Grove Inn." I gave
' P.O. Rotate, who warn present at the time, the
warrant, and Sergeant Pitfield to get a female
eftwether, and nave the female prisoner searched, at
r tone. After Roper was gone with the *arrant I
• commenced searching the male prisoners when he
I have no money; my wife his got all the
money." When I searched him he had no money
about hist. I went to Reed's public house and saw
the wearers in erastody el Sergeant Pittield, who has
„ £BO 10s. Id. I took her back to Soriven's Hotel,
when she said, "I hope will let hr. -

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said, "

it the bureau.
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you me lave some
teit mul garnet-Mug to eat, for 1 bite not had any
rest lance this job happened, Ind nothing to eat."
She was provided with Ma. Prisoners were then
taken to Weymontb. On their way she takt the
were going to leave, and intended to open ,a pawn
idiot, at Plymouth. On Friday, I and Sergeant
Pitheld went to the room, w'hinh was occupied by
the prisoners. In thin room were two
boxes, packed tip, Containing several letters which I
saow produce. ‘These letters, however, were very
unimportant, and chiefly consisted of information
from shipping agents at Plymouth with regard to
passages to Melbourne.)—Cross-examined : There
were other papers in the boxes, bet I did not see any
certificates of character. Thtre were several hills,
some of which were paid, and some nupaici.—John
Warren,acting chief, warder of Port/am:l Prison, Said:
I have known the male prisoner for five months.
Hs ham held the poet of assistant-warder in the
prison, 11e has not given me any notice to quit,
' neither has he reoeived any. According to the
regulations of the service it is necessary that he
should give a month's notice. In the declaration
which he gave he said that he bad been
eight years in the Royal Artillery, and
• 6414 been discharged Is sergeant. The salary of
, assistant-warders ts t 1 per week and rations.
Cross-examined t Before warders are appointed to
the prison, every inquiry is made into their Charac-
ter. Paring the time prisoner was at the prison he
, had never been reported .—fienty Russell, drape, of
'Portia-n*l, said: 1 know both the prisoners. The first
ittinse (saw them was on the 27 tri February, when
'they mime to my shop. They wished to have a few
.:gooele, and asked if I .vould take payment in
uneuthly instalments, to which I consented. They
lad about worth of goods at the times but on
the 7th March the female came to my shop, paid me
£2 on account, and had £3 worth more of goods. Oa
Wednesday I. heard they were going away, and went
to the Grove with my trrit. The female prisoner gave
me £2 in cash, and alsotortuld watch and ring. I asked
her if she could .not 41tiy more, as I was not satisfied.
FA. mist.% cam* lakt my husband will pay you 10s.
on Tuesday, -that being pay-day, and on the Bth of
.Ainnl he will pay you his whole montleis
aysgee, as I am about to leave.—Cross-examined:
She said the was going to leave on acoount of the
unpleasant business wbich had occurred. She also
said she was bring an action against
'Mayo .on of character.—P.S.
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