The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
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THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULIURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1882.

offmore—minely, that of murder. Happily, they had
not to deal with that to-day, but it gave rather an un-
favourable view of the state of arum in the county.
Having menarked on the arrangement of the esleeder,
which wee an improvement on the last, but which,
seen now omitted the information they need to
be affordmi as to the locality of the prilKPlaer, the
Deputy• Chairman proceeded to remark on several of
the oases, more particularly the obtaining money by
false pregame. at Weymouth. He explained that
although the prisoner was to be tried them, he had
never been in the county. Still, it had hem decided
upon appeal that the deliveiy of a letter containing the
farm Proteeme by the Poet-office authorities was a
delivery by the p:isoner, the Post-offfoe being con-
sidered the agent of the prisoner for that purpose,
therefore Me deliverance of the baler by the net-
office on behalf of the prisoner to the tradesman at
Weymouth, which induced them to part with their
010001, was a delivery and an act done by the prisoner.
Again. he pointed out it made no materi .l difference
whether the intent to defraud or the actual fraud was
carried out upon the debtor, or upon the tradesmen,
who should have received the money. After a few
other remarks, the Deputy-Chairman dismissed the
Grand Jury to their room.

OTOS

__ I met prisms, an toe latter
and he 'skid me what insurance aloe I repremotel—ln
March last, previous to qoarterday. he coital on coe at
61. Bowetreet. Lai:Moor% mkt he had sum a house ia
Si. George'sequare. Forums. under • four end-shalf
years' lime, and woe ming to 09. n United Kingdom,
Fixings, and Colonial Diebt Booovery Offices', and showed
toe the sough draft of Um °editor, form • prospectus.
demand, and receipt forma, to be used by the °mamas,
they named "A. limning mid Co.,' managers. We
entered into an orrangement I amnia be his dark, and
said Manning was a fri•nd of Ws landlord, Mr. Wyatt,
through whom he came to know him, both being Pen.
Ointers end shipmages, I believe. He showed me Otter
the house, which wma a private house in a very
had state, and had been uninhabit 1 for some
months. No board was than, tor was any bun.
aess carried on. It we. first opened on the 117th
Marsh. Had no knowledge of the house bettors seeing tuts
man. Oa the first dal I commenced copying alv•rtiu-
m•nts of ?nth and in Cenra. Of time au wee, C ante. TOG
signature Ar. Manning and Coy." wag tue prisoner's
handwriting. Several eigneturm produced ari ales in that
writing, and from "L" (printed) is one of toe company*
documents. Tay were all printed at Lusdp trt oe Forum,
none sent from any heed Aloe in London. I never sow
Arthur Manning up to the time I was apprehended. lied
never written to Manning or had any communication
with him, or with Walter King. Wood and Ci., suppood
to be the general managers. On • board outeide the house
wee a statement that the °mama, was established is
18100. almost exactly like the heading of the circular ;
soother board was • private one foe Croft. Never aaw '
a letter to or horn Finsbury Plane, L andou, or anyone
call from there.
By Prisoner: You did not show me over the Ulla)
began you signed the agreement. Do ii rstilember your
I oohing my advice about • ithrthisrthip, r u might hare said
so. You said you were deputy. You told me that Mono-
log and Wyatt bad to do with the firm.
PAIMIUrne I told Matt
Witness: Certainly, or I should not have said so.
By Prisoner,. At first I thought y.,:ta w re acting under
the orders of Moulting Company. Whet I we. • priaoner
you gold we! was to say I had seen 3 ou talking tea tell
gentleman. in iron-tray whiskers. going away to L mion,
who was Ault's. Mooning ; but I never yew him ; it was
on untruth. You tried to impress it on my ton I, but It
sae untrue. Yoo several times told lan Mr. Mannino
was c talus; but so many times, and he did not come,
that at last I did not believe it. You talked about letting
In. too lop rooms to Mr. CarrolL but hi never took them.
You told roe Nanning was going to tam the back rooms:
hut you also tld ine you Were SOin4 to lie married at
Whimuntide. (Laughter.) I don't think you acted
honourshy and Mrsightforward to we, or I should not
have Wen arrested. I have never ha I any diMoulty in
getting money (tom you ; 001 before It VIA. due ; you
have lent no. money, but at erro overdue.
Prisoner; Previous Li the openiog d these °Mute you
atTe had opportuuities of kno•ing I hed an income I
Mr. Will. warned the prisoner met msly against going
Into the qoe.ti en of his income, or be welt have to prove
matters to ribs really did not care at tic going into.
The Chairman told pri.on,r there was no charge against
him with respect to hi. income.
Prisoner said it might COMO up again.
Mr. Will. wonted the prisoner, who dropped that line of

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false pretenos. and -.senor It -was _
Mr. Siniunds to seed up the es. II they anewereillthse
questions in the effirtutive, end believed the labour
intended to defraud, they must return • verdict ot
It used to be necessary to prove that • prisoner intended
to defraud • *stain parson; but now It was sufficient to
prom • general intent to defraud.
Prisoner. daring the time the jury were oonsultiu.
kept up the appearanos of • *hamlet oonvsnation with the
warder; but iMp soon returned a verdict of Guilty, end
bla countenance liuseidluiely fell.
He was then inked U he pleated guilty to previously
bang mieviched of obtaining money by Wm pretences all
Cuildhell. London, and in the city of Bridal, and &jade
edly answered '' Yee With briber dejection, whim
sated U he had anything to say further, he answered ia •
low voice "No," his eyes lined on tam ground.
Mr. Pearce said he bad been instructed to withdraw
the charge epithet prisoner in the other indictment, as
he had been found guilty of this one.
The Deputy-Qua:tau Mildreesing the lairionmisnid be
had been convicted, if ter a patient hearum, of a very
serious offence. Tome was no mural doubt that the sham
company was got up for the purpose of defrauding the
public. ii• quite agreed with the view the jury had
taken. Semites Oar, they had found be had only beat
Out Of gaol a tear •OGI • half. having been convicted of Was
preternen It was quite impassible to Pao • •••t•••• of •
light Ch•r•CUST. He woui be sentenced to live yew.
penal servitude and three Yeate POlio• 11•POITil1011.
Without • word the prasmu. who appeared much cast
down, was taken below.

Hp Kr. Wills: I introduced bushes to the amount of sod he dammided the mosey, but gar no roams for bag.
.Mr. Edmitods had 781 b.. to account for, and Pafillif
Debtor. owe to me and laid me voluntarily ; I diddammagliag it. It was are until be Me received several supplies the Miaiiit link. BO had been Una the weight
not miaow for it. Inedtans Wow. purporting to come from Mr. &homes, of a bushel or beans was Mho, and then three weald
Primer: Does it not date as your instructions that if bat which In reality woe rom the Weymouth Buperia- womb ifigios., and toss them we, a Isms margin wages
any debtors caw to pay you you were not to receive it, modest, that thsy sent a statement. If an ordinary that IM- M. and MEW_
but to tall them to do business direct I customer were to ask fag • settlement of mounts they Mr. Tempts said there ware soma oats.
Whams : Ye.; but you mada a usocial coo of mine, you would have seat it at seas; but If they suspected a Mr. Wills said nothing had been said balers oboist the
authorised me bolster to receive it 00,11400Nt Intended to withdraw its oases, they would be oleo and nobody had sworn how many pot:idiot earthen
Mr. Edward Elmunds, leatlweellor. at Weymouth, melded to be paid for Mate labour sad trouble If he with. wets. If Powell had not said "I bought Main of Phillips,'
wag celled on be Er. Allies. who put into hi. hands a dam. so that they would want to know their position, there would hays been nothing asainat them. There wa.
list of debts for oollection. Balieviog in the respectability Kr. Robertson's adios was very irregular, lot the case a distinction also between the beans, ose Wog • Mow
of the prospectus canoed him to do SO. lied melted cost about double and *rabbi the ordinary mimes. He saaspir, and the others dirty, and the prosecution were
any account or cash from Manning Co ,or &Diem else. • thought he need my no more about that With regard obliged to put • policeman in the box to give some extra.
foe what was collected. • Kr. Gillingham owed him a 'to Manning, wont two Mars age he warn introduced to ordinsi reason how May gotdirty. Heahnostilortelittlw9
account.small unt. sad that person't 1.61320 war in the hat . Mr. Maanino to Bristol by a Mr. Ward. It we towards wore notary the beam dirtied 'hematite tm purpose to
10011 to Ailing. In Aprils, KayGaiingliso'. wifenew the mid of February or Paginating of Mane that his some is, Whet was there wane Powell I Oaly that
to his shop. and ho af orrivard. reputed 6.. irons hi. wife, essaally net this Mr. Kalinin, in Portsmouth. His be aid he had bought thorn of Poill,pe. H. might have
with•conimunicatiou, in consequence of Whivb he creditedDirisonee4 position was then very fair, his income was had wow tor putting of the proe.cotiun. 'Mine was
Gillingbatn with fit Ho afterwards :waived • lager. moderately gaol, mil his business was law and Wow. Only &salmi the prisoners the ountldent mosimption of his
Mr. Wills road it t i to. 'Had that they hod just been In.. Kg. Wyatt, wing tto remits of his labour.
_adored la word tread —that nothing tot said could be wrong, end
informed that M had been received by biason their behalf, otot his aid in • substmitial form, which he accepted. He nothing he attempted to prove could be incorrect. J owl
and asking him in accordance with their system to forward (primp") had agreed t t take St. George's Chamber., and had always sold that he know nothing about it. Homey
the Bs. and oblige—" A. Manning and Cu. ' open Ake, and tbs.. caw were elicited from him by did not swear to the man, but tho pollee badgered him to
Witness sent the fis. In oonisioonc,, of it,o mum with 1&. mooning, who offered him a partnership with hun- give evidence, and he w-s brought here to swear to the
We heading, and believing it to be • towedde casemate. self I. the management gi4 the district, which would not men, thouela no informatics was laves to the draws.
In mower to Lb. Chairman, Mr. Will s .id the Uttar Interfere with his own basin..., and this was appanauy a L..aoto, at tha whate of the doubts and digkadigge he
bad • printed heading. &swag oat el the efts; and " hotogyfied" odor. He (Cru,k)deolined to become a porta r, ' urged it would be safer not to convict
branches, but offelnd the use Of aia raw, he finding the necomery 1 Tits jury found Juries guilty of ateaLing and Powell of
Witness sald he should not have meted with the lis. but labour, and becoming • nb-manager. At to. coutramca. I ragaisiag,
for believing the circulars and the respectability of the meat of May, Kenn informed him the address of the ; Jore. rem erotenoad to six monde' and Powell i 3 thole
office Loadot office woulingd be in " W.U.," Maud, instead of months' Imprisonment with hard labour.
By Crook: Wilson believed he had a letter to the todect "IC., and since then ha hod sent to him on ono
that the company only undertook to cod-cli debt, on the occasion only, and also given him instructions regarding
agreement that creditors should not receive money from the Weymouth came and Kr. Ailing, Mr. Manning wan Daniel Baker, GO, labourer, pleaded guilty to shallot's •
debtor& but all remittances bit suss tbrough their rake in tat habit of comingwog a weak, which was always i gerdon-lina and •we the Worrell, of laarai rarl," Un
Tn. Chairman did not consider this question affected either in the evening or the morning, the reason he gave Ihe ate. tweed guilty to waling a jacket the proserti j
the case. The real question was whether too lirsommet being that he did not waist to spoil a day. Mr. Manning Mmual Christopher, at Littleton. and to stealing two
was trim or false The ppiset id the loner W.s to net the el ways give him instrucuonu bemuse he know his cowls and ono can of carnage vanish._ the swollen/ m
((kook's) wledge was very limited. (kook 000tamod s Richard Ball. at Charlton Marshall, on K'7lBth.
Prisoner: Well, cergainly—ehoin. li' never wrote to me but once sad that Wier I must Mi. Pearce appeared for the prosecution.
Weems. by prisoner:Have never written for statement have somewhere. (A laugh.) Chad every confldenos in The prisoner oat may just completed a term of same
of accounts. him; although his manner was sometimes strange his /we panel servitude. He wet now sentenced to 18
Prison.:: You did not expect to receive a statement of meanest were always straight forward, and thom months imprisonment and one peel's polka supsorisioa.
accounts before the debts were received by coin f ull I of - a poitlerson. I have never been engaged
Whams: I wanted to know particulars. till lusty by last in • beldam of this description, looms= nellauLY.
By the Chairman : I did not apply for • settlement of requiring years of experience In conclusion. recording (Norge Edwards was indicted for Indecently asesuliaLin
accounts after the 81. was seat up. I did not expect • the head office I have mow had any business to do with Kish Way, at titoke Abbott, on May Else A
settlement of account.. them, know nothing about them, and now had any count cheesed him with • °outmost await.
By the Oltairman : I sent up the Is. with the view that reason to know but what they existed, ant bays no reason Mr. B. Feast Lick appeared to prosecute and Mr.
all would be settled, and I should motive what was due— to believe so now. My bueineia is connected with the Templer defended.
that I Mould get • settlement of the whole of my debt 8 whom Braocb only, and my actions have been perfectly It appeared on the miming of May 18th prowntrix
Crook: TM wee arena only forwarded oboe six weeks straightforward and hostwable, and, as lamin a position we. alaapus, In toe oatase alone, sag the prisoorg came to
before I was appealteadad. to pay and satisfy every CialiO. Ido not Skink a charge of the house and cattail for her husband. She told him
Wawa :It might have been about Ikat. fraud con be established against me. 11l knew myself be ninnono out. He ume booed if be should me upstairs
Join Gillingham. of Weymouth, smith, sad in April guilty, I should not have taken up the time of the Dead and she said "No r but he cow up. and Mime she could
Ime be owed lif. gillinnal and had an &polka- by pleading otherwise. Crook thou, after looking steal shut to. dear be was to her room He toaa assaulted oar.
don from Portarsouto to pity it He did lot know what at the Jury, turned and looked full atthe Chairman wi The °Sento was not of a serious character.
it was for; but when be got • proper bill from Mr. • bold expreados, and ooncluded—"l hays no tow to The Jury returned • verdict of "Not guilty.'
li Mounds he mat hie wife to pay it, and "that is the aso,o
MALMO Lai.
receMt." The °warm= then wont through the widows at eon.
Edmund. proved the iMnaMr. was his wits's). sideralde length, ceiling attentioe to the question as to Ellis Belden was indicted for stealing about labs. of
Wittiest Clark caw up amilusiLast.t.:-.3r00k gave him • ahataat. the „aunt., of to. twat." wag formed hay, value Bd., the property of Thomas erommer, at
steady store lie saki: lam an is
. _.. .irui of P"te.,_ wog Issued by the prisoner, whether it was a Li tchott Metravem. on AWL! Ma.
tIIOI.O. 'o the l'""( na-a "anuerl. fnt‘o ' ' ' ' whether it •-- that which induced . Mr. Udim appeased for the prosecution. and Mr. Wills
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del-aided.
Walter Grumpier, Na of the prosecutor said as the
day in gammon as was watching in Ms father's cowshed.
He saw in. prisoner come in. lie untied the hay, which
was bound up with rope, tool an arml al, and went eat.
Witmer followed hiw, and said to him • You mast be •
footish fellow, =is, to come to them tricks 'gam" He
then said he had brought the hey from home.
Thomas grumpier said on someat of • coottnaniastiors
sent him by his son. be met for the police. He had missed
hay on =may commons. He knew toe prisoner, but there
was no ilbfeellau between them.
goals Len Irma seeing ins prisoner going towards
the prosecutor • stab's. He had addling with him
afterwards he saw him in Hr. Grumpler's yard. when he
had some hay under his aim.
pa coatell said from Mr. Grumpler's stables to the
prisoners home there was. track of hay. He aterwerds
apprehended the prisoner.
The jury found Ms Kismet. guilty. There had been a
previous COUTICIIOO. lie was Sila.Slloolll to three months'
imprisonment with herd labour.