The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

Tug Lord Bishop of the Diocese will hold a visita.
tins at St. limy's Church. Bridport, on Thumley,
Ilay 16th. There will be morning prayer at 8 o'clock,
Holy Communion, with eartorm at 11 o'clock. Tbe
charge will be delivered at one o'clock, and a dinner
will teke plater afterwards at three o'clock.
NethaoM RIP3API nog DealVein+. —On Saturday,
the 4thN, a little Mild, shoat time ran of age. the
son of Kr. Andrew Newberry, chtir and basketthaker,
of Bmt-strat, wlithrt playing with the wafer by the site
of the river (a most dangerous piece), suddenly fell in.
An alarm was given by the oth r children, and within a
minute there were several on the spot ready to save
life. The lest Mat attempted was Mr. W. Poet,
nephew of Mr. J. F. Foot. cooper, but the water under
the bridge being at the time 19 feet d.. p be could not
seemed, het Mr. W. 0. tlodder who was there. imam.
dieted! plunged In. and, we are glad to my, was the means
of saving the poor child from • watery grave.

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Bnaot/c0 Fern fissetdria, Tuesday.—Before F.
Good, Pug., N. H. Hsgp., and J. Templemon, Bev
—C'harles Burt was with stealing s' thrum '
value 2d., the property Mesas. Whethitm and Sone
- -Mr. W. T. Whetitarn, • member of the firm, said the
prisoner had worked for them as a weaver of canvas.
They delivered to him yaros which he weaved into
coarse Witness's suvicions had been aroused by their
not receiving so many thrums as they ought to have
done from the yarn. Every 10 bolts of canvas would
weave one thrum, and each weaver would weave that
quantity and so make one thrum per week. He believed
the thrum now produced to be the property of his firm,
and to have been in their possession on Setunlay last.
He searched yesterday for the thrum and could not find
it. The value of it was 2d. There were some more
articles found but he could not swear to them, though
he fully believed they were their property. The prisoner
was not allowed to take these good., they sold them as
articles of trade. —Frederick Stembridge, marine store
dealer, said the prisoner yeatenlay morning came to his
premises, and brought two parts of • thrum which he
offered for sale, and witness pre him 24. for them,
which was the usual prioe. They were the same as
those now produced. He kept them a short time and
gave them up to Sergeant lavender. The prisoner told
him they were his, as they were allowed to him. Wit-
nee; thought the thrums were allowed to the weavers;
they used to be, be understood, in former years.—
Mr. Whetham said that was not the case with their
firm, and never had been in his time. The whole of
goods on their premiers were their's and they did not
allow any to be taken away without their knowledge
and consent. —Sergeant lavender said yesterday morn-
ing he went to lad witnesses house, and there received
from him the thrum now produced amongst other
property. He afterwards apprehended the prisoner.
William Old, a workman of prosecutor's said, he saw a
&Willer thrum to the one produced on their premises
on Saturday morning. He could not swear it was the
same, but believed it was. It was in the frame in a
powerloom, in apart of the premises where the prisoner
did not work. The men did not consider the thrums as
their property.--The prisoner {deeded guilty—Mr.
Good said the magistrates had considered the came,
which they thought • very serious one, as the manu•
facturers were constantly liable to large losses of their
goods in the hands of workman. It was some little
time since a came of this kind had come before the
Bench ; they were inclined to hope therefore they were
on the decrease. They thought it was a sad thing for
the prisoner to jeopardise losing his work for the sake
of Id • week. They would only therefore this time
pass a very lenient sentence, which would be 14 days'
imprisonment with hard labour, and they recommended
prisoner to behave differently in future.