The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-07-27 00:00:00

_USINICNU THII HUNTSMAN'S LIQUOR..

gamma Coreick, 28, baker. was initiated for burglar.
iously breaking and entering the dwelling.houae of John
Evans, at Cattistock, and stealing a bottle of brandy,
two bottles sherry, two pictures, chimney ornaments,
toilet enter*. wad • carpet bag, on June
Mr. Hooke raid the evidence in this case was very
conclusive, and they found by it a new mode of detect-
ing burglary. The huntsman of Lard Poltimore left his
house on the 16th of June and on his return found that
his brandy had been irterfeted with. 'f be prisoner had
been found in • room in the house, dead drunk, with
•X the things in great confusion around him.
John Evans, Lord P6ltiinare's huntsman, said a part
of the year be recided at Cattistock, .01 part of the
year be went dowa with the hounds to Lord Poltimore's
seat la Devonshire. The house was left in charge of
Mary Ellis. There was• spirit cupboard in the paw's,
whish he locked before he left, and in it wire wines and
spirits. Thu key of this cupboard he toot with him. In
June he heard • robbery bad been sommltted, aml ho
came to Cattistock, and went with Sergeant Stillman
to the house. He found the house bad been broken
Into by taking out two panes of glass, removing an iron
bar, and cutting a hole in the *butter, large enough for
a person to put in his band and draw the bolt. lie saw
• ball tap had been wrenched off, and the spirit cup-
board was forced open by cutting a hole near the look.
A quantity of spirits and sherry was missing—about a
bottle of brandy, half a bottle of whitkey, and two
bottle. of sherry. These things were in their planes
when he left. Some chimney ornament. and tiilet
coven*, and a carpet bag, were in different places from
where lie had loft them.

titephyn litillinus, eargeant of the Dorset County
Constabulary, went to Evens's house on June 19113, in
the aiorning with Mn. Eilis. In the bank room he
funnel prisoner lying on a ruattrem err, drunk. The
room wesiti is confused state, several botda, of spirits,
end an empty shi rry bottle, a jar containing gin, and a
bottle marked "beat pale brandy." Prieener's boot*
wore off, wad he was asleep, with • wax candle burning
by his side. Witness yokel:din, and charged him with
breaking into the prembee ; but prisoner did not seem
to understand him. Witness found two pines of glass
relnoved ha • back bedroom, and • bole out through
the shutter. Different pieces of tho shutter,
no it they had been recently cat, were lying on the
ground. In the same man' he found • pair of booty,
which were Lisette...l shown to the priemper, end he
said they were his, and put them on. Tbe door of a
cupboard in the pusses wee beaten, and the door was
opened by a panel being cut owl. lluder the bed where
prisoner had been lying,ase found a smell table knife
eench bent, ea if pr.seal ijiainst something hard. N.r
the place where marline., had been effected he found
some coils of matches, and another in another room.
&um chimney ornaments wale wrapped in newapapar,
sued some ',Muting,' had been removed from the kitchen
wall. A carpet hag was close by the aide of • table.
wife of Mr. James Ellis, Cattiatock, was
loft in charge, of Evaria's house. She kept the house
locked up and visited it every two or three days. On
June ilk, she visited it and bland it all right; but on
Jane 19, front something she heard, she went, and found
it all in coulusioa. There were metelies on the mantel.
piece. libe toast wen smoke coming from the chimney,
Wore elle ervut up. The portraite of the huntsman end
whip worn left by her peeked up in the drawer, and she
found them on the kitchen table.

Kraus I...ailed mud the pin tralte were one of "Old
fire mut the other wee "Old Solomon's."
Prisoner bad nothing to say to the jury, cod the Judie
sulked if they 11.. d •ny doubt th.t this wa• the wen
who broke into the b 00..?

The Jary trend the {merrier guilty. A previous
conviction for embezzlement was admitteal.—Tbe Judge
said tbat had that previous convict.uuu been a more
resent one, re should have felt bound to mod prisoner
If, lonia noyulsde. Is must be very cisutZias not to
offend iii way again, or he would he seutenceil
to peusl Muvitade, and the least tern. he could be mot
tor was seires years. Observing that he had been in
prisoo for 11..0%12 already, his lordship sentenced the
primmer to Mud laboar (or °levee calendar mouths.