The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-24 00:00:00

A MEAN FELLOW.

At the Police-court, on Monday, a young fellow
who bears not the best character, named W•lter Sop
mono, mariner, wee charged befogs the Mayor (ft,
Aldridge, req.), G. Culls and N. W‘atens,
with having stolen various articles fr .m • enamel, and
al..° with having attempted to Weak into the fore.
nestle of the same.
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Jew.' (lollop, a seaman on board the Volunteer,
lying at the whsrf of Jemse Aruold, West Prole,
ide4i6ed the scarf prouuced, Whiou he saki he bad
left Ia the atley a Thur Ale). lie value wee is. The
prisoner hol been working with hint on bard 4 the
wyeah all that Jay.
EC. Li. it,ru said on Saturday evening be was
looking round the proUtwee at Mr. Mermer on the
west .bore, and • iw the prisoner lying down la • shad.
it • be ,tight him to the police station, and on .earching
hint found the scarf identified by the last witness on
him. _

was oummitts I fur trial at the session.
U. wa. also charred with haviug broken into ths
dwoliing•houime 01 Char's. Veer, in the We,t Quay.
roaJ, ...I stealiug • r•risty of *Kluft.
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Ann Baker, hjasiii-keeper-to Cie r—osenutor, stated
OD tuiday she went to the clothe. bix to get out the
clothes, and alt. then found there were missing •
flannel shirt, • o Aton •hirt, a muffler, a pair of *ocks,
a pocket handkerchief, and . pi&low slip. All toe
things were produced by the polio* except the pillow
slip, which had not been tom , and ,her were ides-
tified by the witness, who also said the prig flier bed
had tea there with Deer on the previous Thuisday
eveoing, when he saw her go to the box, wince wee
kept near toe breplace, ant bail n lick. She worked
at ihe factory, aid was accuatomed to leave the bones
with no one is coarge, putting the key in toe window,
which was unfastened. Prisoner knew where she put
the key.
Josiph Holloway, labourer, eaw "that gentleman "
(the prisoner) iu house on Friday morning. He
watchel him for abut 10 mioutes and tuen be c .111 e
out with a li.tle buodle under hia aim. tie looked
round to see if auy one was watching and thou locked
the door.

P.C. 1.). Horn l.r.ived baling on the nriauner, when
he brought him t • the statiou on disturdsly tribute,
the muffler 411.1 h•odktrchiet idebtiked by hisker.
La.:amid) Itittost, wife of lisiijason Hideout,
secoutthauo clothes deals., Pali ou the Fridat the
pruiouer Catlle to h.r shop in hterket*Lr.tt,.nd 11ff lad
tbe two shale ftr pale. Stie tilted 1.102 L.Wo or the.
Vitae, it they Were hip, ,is be dsclaiet they wets,
she gsve tim 2e. 61. fo: them. .be a. terwards sae*
them up to P..). 1). Rom.
U. Here proved .ectivisig the shirts from the
last wituess an also to ha An) at the pi/Pow-el
lutieihgs, bira. La, laod.eire.t, the pea' of
suck.. tin avarice the sucks to the plisuuer, he ...HI
he hsd bad cut off the tops mid throsTu th in ov.rbusrd.
hsros Lab Turer, also i emitted the articles,
and liked their value et Ts. 6i, but he asid he dui at
wish to poem the case. He bad kuowu proo.oor .me
time, but b.. did not think he would have dun. such a
thing to him; he had better have robbed auiwoolae who
could biro. atf•mtl.d it!

Yrwouer, wb, ba4 nothing to ray, WIN also OM.
for trial on this chsro.
Two previous cou‘ictious for similar offences wen
proved against him.