The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

00AT REALM At lILANDPORD.

Genie Wilson, 40, seaman. pleaded guilty to stealing
a ooat, tile property of Owls' Highman, at Blandford,
aud was s,ritonsal to throe months' bard labour.

TEI OATS IOBBUT AT WINTIMBORNI ABILL
R4Oll Whits, 34. Henry Prow* 35, and John
Coombs, 27, were charged with stealing • &sok of oats,
the property of JSAUSS Spots, at Winterborne Abbas,
on the bib October. In a second count they were
charged with Thomsa Blandmuer. landlord of the Crown
Inn with feloniouoly receiving the same. Mr. Nugent
Bank's prosecuted; Mr. rooks defended Blandamer,
and Mr. Collins the other this prisoners. It will be
remembered that Robert Churchill, Mr. Speeds carter,
was returning to Winterborne bout Dorchester with •
load of 30 sacks of eats, in The &florae**, end an
arriving at his journey's end, one sack was miming—it
was sate when the waggon commenced to go down the
last hill into Winterborne Albert Messier, a boy of 13,
spoke to mining through Winterbores and on to DM-
Mester with the prisoners Prows)' White, and omega,
and two other men. He mow the waggon with the
auks paws, and on the road afterwards they same upon
a seek filled with something lying on the road. Prowls
and White took it up, and Coombe said he knew where to
" pet" it, bet the others wanted to put it down again.
However, it was put in their ma, and was brought on to
Dorchester. Prisoners then went to the "Old House at
Home," the oast remaining near in charge of the boy.
Afterwards they went to the Crown Ins. Iles. Wallis
saw two men come to the out, when one of them
took out • full sack, and carried It in the direction
of the Crown inn. The boy spoke to prisoners
leaving the Crown inn, with an empty sack in their
possession, which was token in the cart to Mr. Martin's
at Pordingtoe, sad nothing has been seen of it sines.
Superintendent Underwood spoke to going to the
Crown inn and seeing Blandamer, who in answer to
the charge said "there had been no inns brought
there if there had been he had not seen them." He
obtained the keys of Hurdle's stores from Mrs. Manda-
rin; and in the emet.honse be found • sack of oats.
There was a gig In the place, and the ma was in
such a position that whoever put the gig in most have
DOM the sack if it nad been there then. Hairy
Hurdle spoke to locking up the store on the evening
of the Saturday when the mita was lost, and putting
the gig in the ormott•houce, when he said, there was no
sack there. He then took the begs to Blandamer's
hoe* where they were kepi, and pie them to Mrs.
Mandamer. P.a. Vickery deposed to Mummer saving
it was unknown to him if be had any oats on Ms pre.
miens, and to apprehending the other prisoners. Mr. It.
Damen, oorninserebant, spoke to the oats found
In Hurdle's store, and the mroples produced from Mr.
Symee's store, being alike, and old Russian oate—Mr.
Collins then addressed the jury for Prow* White, and
Coombs, urging that to convict them they must be
satisfied that at the moment Prows. sail White
picked up the sack of oats, they had a clue to its
ownership, bat meant to appropriate it to their
owe use, of which there was no seldom*, for it
was shown on the calendar that neither of them
meld read or write, and that beim; the ease, it was •
perfectly proper thing for them to pick up the seek, and
no subsequent felonious appropriation would aired the
question at isms —Mr. Melia addressed the jury for
Mandsmer. He said that If when the men pocked up
the sack on the road they thought the SWIM lived
at Dorchester, which was a perfectly natural thing
for them to think, and especially as the name
" Demeo," of Dorchester, was upon the sack, and
thereupon took the amok to Dorchester, but when
they came to the town made up their minds to ap-
propriate it to their own use, and not find out the
owner, that would not be lareeny, which depended
upon the intention to appropriate the property at the
moment of obtaining possession; and there was
nothing to show that TM prisoners did make up
their minis to appropriate it till they got to Dori
chmter. They picked up the bag honestly, but the
devil was too strong for them, and betort they fiot
to
Dorchester the demon of avarice had got possession of
their hearts and they determined to appropriate it.
Turning to the owe of Blondess or he urged that
all the eireemstanees rime compatible with his
innocence, and he commented on the fact that the
keys of Hurdle's stores were open to the me of all in
Blendanier's house, and there was nothing to show that
Blaudamer put the oats there, supposing they were satis-
fied them were the oats which belonged to Mr. BUMS.
He called Mr. William Mears, superindent of the South
Western railway station at Dorchester for 20 years,
who said the prisoner Mandanter was in his employ
for some time as porter, and then was promoted to be
gaud. Blendamer was with him two or three years,
during which time he always bore a good character.
—Cross-examined : Knew nothing of him since
1860, though no doubt he should have heard of it
if he had done anything bad. Mr. E. Perham,
builder, of Charminster, said he had known Blandamer
for many years, but had never known anything against
him all his life. The Chairman then summed up the
case. The jeer, after 15 =Motes eomideration, found
Prows., White, and Coombe ptilly, with • reeom.
mendation to mercy, and acquitted Blandamer. The
three were metened to one month" bard labour each.
With reference to Blosedanier, the Chairman observed
Slat no doubt the Puy had been influenced by the
god character be had remind, and thought he had no
intention of doing anything criminally wrong, aed,
therefore, he might may, that Biandasser left the court
without any blemish on his character.
This coneigded the imams.

BLANDWILD WIMPY OfIDET °Mona 14.
(Before:E. Everett, Fag., Judge.)
There were 190 original plaints entered foe this court,
the largest number since its establishmeet, beside 14
judgment summons's. The:pristeipal cases were :
Hideouts. Hananond.—Olahn, El 2a. Id. This was
an action to recover Ices sustained by damsels to • cheese
The plaintiff is a theme-dealer rding at Sturminster
Newton, and the defendant's carrier, between Blandlord
and Wimborne.—Plaintiff stated that he mint three
theses by the defendant to Wimborne, to be delivered
to Mr. Lela's, the proem. They were brought back.
When he coned at defendant's one of the cheese was
Injured. It waidbroken in two, and limos broken off. Mrs.
Hammond refused to give up the cheese without plaintiff
paid the ea:tiara In IMMO' to the plaint &treadmill
said that it MU not true the theme was damaged by
him. It was left out in the son, and split open. Mr.
Legg did not refuse to have the cheese becalm one was
injured, but because the whole three were not of the
Eallilty bargained for, and that he had a letter from Mr.
to that effect.— Plaintiff, in answer to his Honour,
said that the theses Wm taken to defendant's house on
, the 35th June, sad he called about them on the Bth
July.—Mrs. Hammond, with of the defendant, deposed
that when Hideout mune for the theme left ether holm,
he abused her very moth, and when she asked for pay-
mental earrings he refused to give it her,—Plaintiff:
I said I would not pay for the earrings except you paid
for the damage done to thicker... —l4ls Honour gave •
verdict for the defendant.
John Hideout a John A pplin. —The plaintiff In this
ere claimed Cl 9a for damage done to a mit The de-
fendant denied that he caused the damage.—Plaintiff
said that on the 23rd January, 1868, he went to the
King's Arnie at Milton Abbas, and put up his cart, con-
taining a quantity of theme, under a shed. He went
the next morning and saw the defendant trying to take
his cart out of the hones, to give him room to put his
donkey tart. Shortly after, jest as he (plaintiff) was
going away, be heard • crashing inside the shed, it
" popped" into his heed that it was the defendant with
his out. He "Popped" round to see, and found both
abets of his cart broken. Defendant was then standing
by.—The defence was that the cart was tombs previous
to Applin going Into the shed. That the fart was so
loaded with 111141168 as to cease it to ti up and strike
the shafts against the roof of the shed, and in support
of this Applin gelled Imam roster, who stated that the
plaintiff and not defendant went first into the shed, and
that the damage was done in the night.—Verdist for the
defendant.
Mrs. Margaret Mickel si„ William Parsona—This wee
an action to recover pomemion of a tenement.
Plaintiff, who resides at Whstoombe house, was
, represented by Mr. Atkinson, and defendant carried on
the business of • baker. Plaintiff sought to establish •
weekly tenancy. His Honour, after hearing the cue,
mid there was evidence of • quarter's rental, and no
proof that the tenancy was by any agreement a meekly
on.. The defendant would therefore remain tenant
until he received a quarter's notice to quit.
Mrs. Margaret Michel a. Thomas Davia—This was an
action to recover possession of • cottage, and ended in
• verdict for defends

William Harris and others e. The Rev. J. Riley
Austin.--Claim LI 4s. for shearing.—Mr. Atkinson
Mel:lfor the defendant, and stated that LI 14s. 6d.
n paid into WWI, the remainder WU disputed
a. an overcharge. —Plaintiff mid that he and others
sheared 967 sheep for the defendant. They charged
16s. per 100. There were six in the party. They had
to go five milea—They me the shepherd. rothing
was said about price —file Honour: What is your
renal charge for shearing,—A. We charge various
nnosa.—' according to the quality of the diem and the
aistasice we have to go.-11r. Atkinson: We had 12
galleas of beer among us. Is not 12a. 13d. per 100 the
usual charge. We have had as much as t:1 per 100.
We had that from Mr. Dominey, Mr. Frampton, and
Mr. Davis.—Mr. Atkinson: But that Ina for fat
drunk
for killing. Did not one of the men get
and injure OW of the sheep so that it died--I
cannot say.—By his honour: Have you received
12s. 6d. per 100 this year for 'bearing sheep.--" Yes,
when they were close at bome.'—Wilhiam Luther, the
ahopherd, mid that 12s. 6d. per 100 woe the usual
Plic• for shearing, and what they had the previous
year.- Kr. W. Ford, Me., was then celled. He laid
that his father's farm adjoined the defendant's, and the
cheep were of the some quality. They only paid
12s. ed- Pa 100, atel that was the viol pdoe.—Verdid
for defendant.