The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-16 00:00:00

The Poole Licensing Prosecutions.

The adj turns I bearing of the summoner,. against
Hemmed victuallern and other. f infringe-
ments of the Lieen.ing Act c.aine cri I ir he itiog at
the (I:alb dl, Poole, on Tutted iy. b I re a lull bench
of megistrates. Tbe c %noel engaged were the same
as on the printout nccaaion. .ir hullers (in•ttucied
by Mr. J• W. Butte.) appeared on behalf of Mr.
Alderman Nutt di, the prosecutor. Mr. M....tact.
William. and Mr. Willa. app.are I for the defence.
Th. mad:drat,s took their enta • after sleeen
&Huth, there being present ou the Beech—Tie
Mayor (Mr. H. T. Trevautet), and Maisie. W.
Pearce W. D. 14ttg Isle, H. Farmer, W. A. Slone,
E. J. a :away. F. Styring A. leton. G. Corti., W.
C. Laukeiter, F. J. Havasu. awl W. Water-
man.
titian the Bench taking their ..at.. Mr. Bullen rote
ant said with reference to the eight cases against
Shpt. Hunt he had gone moat curl ally through the
•vidence, and, looking at it .:enthal.y. tie V.oucht they
were such that they ought hot to tee per... I in—
(applati.e)—wpiecially heel t regard to Mr. Hunt'•
p. 11105. It wee guit• hawever, in the c.O
of the other :inquiries that twitters ought (sou, oat
which the Wateu Colimittet ••• Width. etiPiveielee
of Mr. Hunt an I the police, u. ti.d ounsi ler it their
duty to enquire jot.. Haying reg • r Ito :be e +Wow..
therefore, and ("chap. that 1.• wa. upon Hi.*
pronto in his c.pa.iiy of .uperinteedeni of p Oka,
haring had hie stupid ,ne raised, be (Mr. Bullet.) had
thougat it nih 1, tell home li:eructed him that
throe Wore matters 1. would he well not to interfere
with. awl he would th• r.l ,re thou].
Mr. M. William. 'odd be w r-r) gl b.l hi. learned
friend bad takeu that c ur.e, 1.. r he wat prepared t
have @how° the Barb that the superb:lien nt. who,.
after all, they trtriselr a bat put in this podlion 01
tru•t, was there lathe exe.:tition of his duty.
Tee Mayor : I may say on kph ..1 ot the Be ich that
we are eery gin itied th•
_prosecutor h. see. lit to
iffithir•w lath,.. oases. We hare all a great respect
fir Mr. Ha it, and 1 am my.elf very gla I toot there
hay been atich a beep,: tea mutation.
Mr. 31. Willows: Tuat beiog Or., of coarse the
ch ega:ns• Collie of harbouring the police fall to
It.. groun.L Wriat are ttie others'
Mr. Baden said three f permitting gambling, and
five for trolling during prohibited hoar.. There were
originally 11. Evidence in support of the chug..
would be given by • pita in named William.. who
came down from London and took up hie quarter.
Were, anti who would prods*. • braik which he kept
there.
Henry WWisw. eald on the enth of Annual be cams
t Pole .5.1 wean to UN Crown, and at the expire-
tion .4.1011.146 y he Ma& • illt• of what took lase*
there. 0“ the Rill (reading I ow his LIAO book) the
~penat idit C•Ill• Is at 7.30 with twe gents, an 4
had two drink, of gin odd. Due .4 the gents paid lor
it. He left at eight and rota :owl at eine, aid re-
mains I until 11.20 p.tb., it. cutup any with about 20
others. We wer• drattoug .nd siogiog. The landlord
asked ma and three oth -re KO 1 it.o the hack parlour,
saying the ouperintendent w.ll tie hack in • short
tat, to hare a hand at curd... but he did not come
back. The other three rema.ued with him and the
landlord drinking till one am. 'Two of them were let
out one by one by the landlord at the front door. The
other ne, who he had .inc, hoard was a Mr. Bowyer,
remalue.l. Toe lan.dord atated be was going to lodge
there that night. They then had another drink
together, and be pretended to go to bed. He went
upetairs and remained on the top, and he hoard the
landlord go to the front dour and let him out at the
! frout door. The landlaed afterward, came upotaire
I mid went int ibis bedroom. Ibis was about 1.20.
Mr. Bcilen Th. is the first charge.
Cr:re-examined Have you boon an Poole since you
last had the pleeettre of ...lug ate?-1.'..
And given evidence 7—Fes. agaitoot other home..
Anil have been refu.e.l 7—Yes.
I. your friind here believe .0, air.
I Did you r.11.11r1 s 0 eec rI. (N anawer.) Yin
I pal. MI a spy and iota. mar. you know '!—At some.
thing.

You came as & spy and int orm 1., who listens at the
tau of the etaire ? Be kind enough ti aeswer the ques-
tion.— I went back wires the p

You weal t the Crown. %Vhst dad you say you
were? —A gentleman. (Hosts &arias° laughter.)
Au I your object in going was to entrap the laud.
lord ?—No. _

Tnat you swear ? —Yee.
You went Vlore in the inter ists of morality, perhaps?
—.Fuego Wm U 113,rality at all shout It.
t.bull thing not. Did y4l go for the purpose of
furthering Norton'e schente?—No.
Did you so there for the piteous. of getting evidence
agaiwit the ?—No.
WhAt wade you snow. the Crown —I thought it
was aid to at " reepectablesi."
For • gentleman to go i"
And that's tile re.opon you weut there ?—Yes.
And that you sweet' '—Vu .
other 7—So.
had Norton mentioned the UroWn -Ni.t to me.
loot

Lit we look at your br.k. flare you any entry
in your book with relereocs tol your tint iaterriew
with Nut

1)iil Sort at give y az any name

,
Del you he,* say oeumuooc with AuWa
MI to what hewn you wen to NJ —NA thulium. of
the hou.e. _ .

But the 11•1111) of the la older& I—No.
Whet do you mean to so you smut ad took the
house by clams'—Yee.
Tose* all true, I. it, what you have just sworn ?
Yes.
An true as the r tat I your eel- dance '—Ye,.
Did you go to B inruenioutb
Did you try tog- t auy evideoes egoist any boogie
there! Now be careful what y say.—No.
Did you go into .ny bowies for the purpose
laudlords t era on the pseindies who were ouly
licensed to sell off '—No.
You .W.I&T that I—Yes.
Did you go with Button there I—Yes.
Did you go tor pleasure?—Yo..
Wdl you swear you di 1 not go into any bottle for
that porpase I—Yes. I swore it. lamon my oath.
It li.. MA maks any difference.
Mr. M. Willienie: Not in eke any difference.
Mr. Illensy Collis. landlord of the Crown, denied
that on the night of the 28:h he toil William, the
ati,mriotend-nt ha 1 gone away. &MI was coming beck
to have • game of cards. N.r was it true three
pereunt reni Mail drinking till after one, and he let
them out at the front dour. A man name! Bowyer,
; who lived be believed somewhere in Poole elept on his
premise, that 014111. Trisre was no one else on his
premises atter eleven, and sit r the superintendent
left except Williams sod B iwyer.--Cross.reamined :
The superintendent came in first about seven, and
reumitied .bout twenty minute.. Then be came in
again about quarter to 10, and remained until it.
When he left all the rest Wt. Ho Bowyer and
William. stayed up waiting till 11. Cards were men-
tion* 1. Williams wanted Bow)er to play, but he
refused. %Tallow, had also adred him previously to
, play, saying it was very dull thsre, and could he not
; have a game of dominoes or nerds. mid he told him 'not
there." Ile bad played with Willie:xis, but no one
, else be remembered.
_

liteexaminisd : Ho had played cards with no one
except those lodging in hie home, and
Mr. Supt. Hunt said he bad bed eight eummonese
lamed ragainet him, •.bich he I bleu withdrawn. On
the 28th July he wee at the llr.,•rn. The saute night
he had had his attenti it celled to two mysterion.
individuals—Williams and Buxton—who were epend-
ing money very freely, and be musliteryl it his duty
to keep hie aye upon them.—(Nlr. Williams : It was
not election time.)—An.l in. in...erten.) be visited the
Crown in eeveral iteadtus t whet we 4 going on.
On the night a the 28th be left j get hietire 11. It we.
tr le be did not stop there till 11 it true you
dank two glassy; of gin and water !—lt is • thing I
never drink.—All he drank was three lemons, two
with whiskey and one with bitter.—Mr. Sullen: I, it
• feature of the term—What bitter 7—He thought him
• iuspiciout looking iudi•lluel, and that wee the
reearn he looked rafter hiut.—Cr ,mined by Mr.
Sullen: He could not recuotine the ex.polioeman in
him. Certainly nn4.—.14.: Were you under the
impression he well mskiiii, abut
No.-34r. H. William.: Oh, ih ttr..c bribe here.
Mr. Bolton :My in -ii hami'r I p.t.
wee ti have •tood. bit be did ~,,, .1. (liaugbter.)
Him tuns' numbers of drinks wcre two mleoses.

Charles Bowyer, baker, .id be wes at the Crown on
July 28th, and taw Williams the-e. H 4 *loot at the
Crown that Might, and the hotpot was cl wed at about
five minute' after eleven. William. and Miami,
remained and stayed there all night, going to bed at
abnut one o'clock.

This concluded the first charge, and Mr. Montagu
Williams addremsd the Bench for the defence. He
said • in r• abominable system than thst putrefied by
this man Williams could not b. imagined, Weems. it
was clear that he came down here, not f,c the purpoos
.4 putting au end t, the commiesion of offence., but
for the purpose of creating thew—(apulause)—thst
was as Over as the sun at mem day. This man took
lodgings end deecribed himself, forsooth, as • gentle-
man. An honest man, they were told, era. a Retitle-
man of nature, and they would hardly say Williams
was an b inourabls man according to his own state,
menL lie came down hers as • common opy atd
informer, and did what he had to do foe filthy loos
and nothing else. He came to create offence• and to
try to c•tch trippin. unaware individual. who held
responsible pueittoine iu the towo. He tried to trap
the sups, iutsn lent into playing card., but tits, knew
what the evidence had been regarding that. Mr.
Bowyer wa• • respectsble tradesman in tits town, and
were they to disbelieve the evidence of men who had
previously borne go.el character, and balls.* that of •
thing such as Williame! (Applause.) He •ald it
would be • diagrace to the town if Mr. Collie, the
landlord of • respectable hones, who had pledged his
'Aetna oath on the matter, should not be believed
belors Willi•ms. But Mr. Collie iiit not stand alone,
Mat was backed up by •everel r.opectabla gentlemen,
who all •wore Williams wee speaking falmly. Hs
pointed out that the v.ry bread of ‘Vi.lasan• depended
upon the sucuese of the*. r ..rcution., for if be did
not get convictions In these eaten he would not be
employed in other., and would be I rn lanced to be
worthless by his employer. He woul I not wit.to an
epithet uPeu such a man, but would be satisfied in
It acing the csees as they were. With regard to the
chute, against Superintendent Hoot, the prosecution
well knew what the defence to them would b, •nd
therefore had withdrawn from them. The superin•
ten lent hal suspicion, of the man Wiliam' staying at
the Cr ewe, and he follow, I up the men ti see what
ho was about. There( TO he wan et the Crown for a
Perfectly lawful purpneo, and in fact he would not
have been worth his salt bad he not done PO. I hue
man Williams mieht, 14 all Mr. Hunt knew, be
cuning here to net firs to Mr. Notton's timber yard.
(Laughter.)

The Mayor : Don't suggest that, sir, pray. II any•
thing lilts that were to take placs the towu would basis
to I.y the damage.

Mr. Montagu Williams said he might be here to
break into eonnbody's honee, and it we. necessary to
watch him. M. NVillisms farther ceiticieed the
enquiry agent's evidence, etrongly condemning it,
and asking the Bench to attack no importapos to It
at all.

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Mr Italie° said Mr. Cok informed him that he
r .ther nut, for be was at present on • holiday.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Piorres pointed out that there must be p.rjury
corumm as side or the other.
: Mr. M. Wulll.ms: Triers ie the ism..
Toe Mayor : Each aide says the other i.e immitting
I perjury.
I Nlr. Bullet) said no doubt that sae Co. only the
,Urn:ii had power to exercise their knowledge of the
parties.
1 Mr. ling.liale : I doel think we have any tioht to
take notion of any idle stories wie bear. Neither should
we be infiiiienced by feeling.
Mr. Buileu : 110,.
The Mayr : It le • matter of f ter more than feeling
with you, Mr. Buller'. (L iughter.)
Mr. Ballen If the fee LIAO not resolve itwif into •
matter of feeling it will be worthless. The ma. k out-
she lent worth much.
The case of permitting gaming on the 30th July.—
Win! one read an entry fr im bie b oh, in which be
said the superintendent came iu and had several gin
c 'ides When the house wee closed at 1.1 the landlord
pc :lowed to him to litop up and have a hand at ca Is
—6l. a game sod &Lk-. H. said very well, Aod
they 'dazed six game* of cribbage, which be (Williams)
1/01). There WA/ no one else preoeut.—Cr •ao
examined : You played fair, I hope ?—Ye..—You
knew you were breaking the is. ?—I was loilicuit
then—Then yen didn't think so
witeldn't hr ak the law, I suppose ?—No.—I believe
The Mayor : How long would nix games of cribbage
take? We know nothing of it here. (Laughter.; I
am speaking on behalf. (the Benob.—About one hour
and 00 minutes.
By Mr. Pearce :W. re you aware you were inducing
other. to break the law ?—No.
Mr. Collie, re-celled, ilenied be asked Williams to
play. Williams asked him to play. Toe,' p eyed
neither for money or drinks. They only 1.1 eyed four
dellle&—Crt*gimamined : He believed be playsi with
Williams three different night.. He could not say
how many glasses they bad. lometimee Vlhliauns
would have seven or eight glue*. after 11. He had
stood Willliame drinks, and Wialiains stood them for
him, two to one, as a rule.
The next ca• l'.lSted to the Illst
sworn, said the landlord said ti him—" As you beat
last night, I mean to best you this." They played
eight gamer, mid he wee five. At 190 the landlord
lot out • Mr. Grey. Al two they went to bed.—
Cross-examined Ur. Grey aad Mr. A.adthers were
both present wlesn they played.
Mr. Collis said they played mix games, only for
peados, and not for chinks. He let Grey out about
quarter to 12.—Crow-exatuined Mr. Andrews tuld
atm to bring in drinks rouod, aid Williams threw
down the money to pay fur It, but Mr. Andrews said
—"No, don't take the money ; I will see that right."
He (Mr. Collis) then brought in cigars as well, and,
just blore leaving. Ur. Grey, at the pirsua.ion id
Williams, bad another drink.—He-rxaminei Mr.
Grey we. there on busloiese to see Mr. Andrews.
Mr. James Andrew., brewer, Manahan, corroborate
this. If. added Williams said—" We can have a four-
handed game of card.," but both he and Grey aidl
they could not play, and then Williams asked the land.
lord to.
There was no truth in saying they played for drink.
Crossesamined : He volunteered tu come and rive
evidenct.—g. : Have you subscribed to defend these
ca.es of course.—Who else ?—I don't know.—
Do you really mean that on your oath' I believe the
firm Jennings, Siy,ing, and Co., but they have
nothing to do with the bonee.—Who doea it belong to?
—To we—U, you know of anions else ?—No.—Tbieu
you are bearing the brunt ?—I don't know about
that.

Mr. M. Williams As fAras I am concern.' you
have born, i el, I core nothing ahout that. Stool
down. (Ltnghtse)
Mr. Wtilistn Gr •y also dented that any drink was
played for.
The let of AMMci gr.. the next date—Williams
swore they played fr..m IA up t 1.30 for &Juke.—
Uroes-examii e I : lie he I heard what Mr. Gra7 bad
said, and be h el poj ire' himeelf ; and Mr. George
Andrews had not toll the truth ; he had worn what
was false upon his.,sth.—(Mr. Gry pr dssted.)— Mr.
NI. William. : Sorer rniud, Mr. they. —Tile Mayor :
Well, I cUpoo. 'dr. Grey •sys thee tnie On the other
si,te.—Mr. M. Willisuis N dr, h., has said nothing
of the nor. I put it in this way, le,c,ta.• it hat n,,st
become a most seri .... . matter, for on this partieul tr
night Mr. Collis I. hilt to the mercy of this man, but
be had a right to urge on hid behalf the fact that there
were two witnesses preset on the other occasions.
And if this man has told • lie up .11 (hic he is quite
capable. f ,loing it upon this. It you bellrvo hi. etory,
you .taull two reoec"abls fell irr-toWII.IIIOO with
pillory. (Applana...)
'the 2,1t1 if Arnold was the next common.. It
related to selling drink nfrer boure—Williams •
a woman war served 12.15 with • p a •le. —ltoth
Mr. and Mrs. C lii. sv de this wag not true.

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The itext date was me 3.1 f Auguet. char4e.i wi
serving during prohibited b.ur. n a Aotthy.
tovore three men were served with which •e
about 11 a.m. They got isA.t the hones throut:h th •
side gate. Collis toppled them. Mr. Smith, Olaf, Of
the three, paid. -o,es-examined : Me beard s .mo
o even/Awn lu the evening al) .ut a brake.— Hr.
Sydow, Smith, for the IlelelicA, sail he went to the
hotel about him broke, wbich he kept there. lie hal
So whiskey to drink. He w,nt tot • the hat
did not see Williante.—Oroes-examined : From Woe
till one that game eveateg he was there ne isVng
defend tut with a sick bona—Se-ex opined : The
aid, gate is a mmon to other houses. —Mr. Collie al.o
dente I thi.. William, can, down at 11 that mor-hug
and said he was rether queer, and had • glass of
whi.lcor in his tea.

ilediemi-aalf-raftar Mr. Smith'. explanation h..
withdrew any charge as to the house being opsa
night on that date.
The Mayor acquiesced. H. did not think any one
could ohj-ct to their having anything to driuk uo•ler
such circarnstsnees. Certainly, etarancb teetotaler aft
he hi f.relf was, be should no. (Cheer.)
There was a lean nommen, for the 41 of Augfact.
but Mr. Montagu Wilhelm. pointed out ther, , wee no
signature to it. and con,quently it fell to the 'roan.
Tn. cc, S cgainst Bowyer and Grey Niue con.
prised in the ferefioing were n..t further gene into.