The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-09-15 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A Tomes LADY CONVICTED or FRLONT.—At the
Liverpool Borough Session, on Saturday, the Recorder
sentenced Hies Francis Shaw, • young lady of 25, to six
months' imprisonment, for stealing silver forks from
the shop of • local tradesman. The prisoner Ii most
respectably connected, and much commiseration is 's-
peared for her in the town.
AN UNIVTIGAT ID SWDIDLZR. —At the Westminster
police court on Tuesday, Hr. °tome Turner, a fashion-
ably-dressed man, about 45 years of age, who had been
brought by the warrant-officer hole Bath, where be was
passing as Sir Henry Seymour, was abareed with
fradulently obtaining £3OO from the Rev. J. Con, of
Hood Church, near Birkenhead. In the course of the
proceedings (which were adjourned) Mr. Warrand,
solicitor to the Association for the Prosecution of
Swindlers, Re., observed that he attended there
Instructed by several tradesmen to prosecute the pri-
soner for obtaining goods under base pretences, and
under a great number of aliases. Prisoner was appre-
hended, be believed, while paining as Sir Henry
Seymour. Messrs. J. Orchard and Co. were present
to charge him with obtaining £l3O from them under the
name of Morris Hartley, clerical &put, 740, Jerseys-
strict; Ream& Lewis and Allenby, of Regent-etreet,
for defrauding them of £74 under the name of Capt.
Mitchell; Mow& Emmanuel. Ablett, and other trades-
men were also presect, and it would appear that be bad
also peeled as Capt. Stanley, Lord Marken's, and
many other persons.
HARD CARL —A poor woman named Biddy Gilmartin
was brought up the other day, at the Sl.go sessions, for
stealing &turnip, the property of &farmer named Chiam.
The theft waii committed in the Teasou district, and at
the opening of the case it was stated that it must be
sent to the Temon Petty Semions for trial. The woman
said she was going to the ma for some bitter rack for
her sick child, and finding the turnip on the footpath
she Oohed it up. The turnip owner inserted on prose-
cuting the case, and the question was whether the
woman was to be leaked up till the sitting of the
Teams sessions or liberated on bail. The husband was
called and appeared hi raga, and no being asked whether
he would pay the expenses of a bail bond, be said be
had not • halfpenny in the world. Ultimately Chinn,
the prosecutor, paid for the bail bond himself rather
than forego the proseciutioe. The man must surely set
a high value on his turnips. It is quite clear that the
poor woman appropriated the one in question without
any (Monies/ intent. In another column will be
found the fad that the polies magistrates of
Wellington have committed a man for triel at the
quarter seedoos for stealing • halfpenny I
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THE ADVANTAOS OM • "POSTMAN'S KNOOK."-At
the Judges' Chambers, on Wedneeday, an application
waa mad,to discharge • person named °sloes out of
custody, on tbe ground that the arrest had been effected
by the sheriff? °Meer breaking open the outer door.
The officer swore they got into the house at night, after
watching for some time, by the dodge of • "postman's
knock." Tbe door was opened and after a struggle the
septum was made. Mr. justice Mellor refused to order
the discharge, believing that the arrest wee through the
"-.5 knock."