The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-09-06 00:00:00

TRICKSTERS AT WEYMOUTH RACES.

Comm Pam Seßooms, Saturday:—Betore E.
Pearce, Esq., and It. if Eliot, El.
Wiwas Snivi, of lindol, was chargeal with getting money
by fsbe mrtence., ft seenu•l that he was at Wc3 mouth races
Oil Tummy, offoring cards for sale. Hu gathered • crowd
round hint, amoupt them P.C. Hunt. of Wet mouth,
who was in plsin clothes. Hu harm...mod his awlicnoe
this wino, U•volle,t gentlenten I'm not goi 44, to
show you the Duke of Wellington On honsch.aek, hut
If you purelta•e one of these cord. you will see half •
dozen of opposite net, in ballasting posit. to I'm not
&Dosed to exhibit an indecent print, hut this I. I simple way
.4 erating the law. I would not advise nnym,o who in .trivtly
moral (.r religious to buy onc, but if any youog man or woman
Irant• to Kw, the any, of the worl.l thew e tot+ will dlow them.'
this, the const ible purchased a csrl for a jimmy ; forty
or fifty others did the same. Hunt immediately examined his
card. to find it perfectly blank !
After the magistrates had conferred with Mr. 0,04,m1.4. the
Chairman said in this case the purchasers wore Almon no had as
the seller., for they 41.1'01461W it. an Ilkgnlact. The charge,
thereforeArould be dismissed.
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.101.% n•AY, from London, • remectlble-imiking young
I. changed with attempthig to pick pocket. at Wey th
nom. Primner, who hal OIN fid., upon him, milted that he
might have • rolleitor, and Mr. Weidou ww. fetched.
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P.S. Ayrea %poke to receiving primmer mt. euthaly on Wed-
naralay.altenna.n: on the race-eouna, front Mr. 0 Pettc

Mr. I;...orgmUN of lirank.m, Po&e, who had been turn-
moiled to give evidence. paid th at he war watching the elm, •.f
one ,4 the mem from the 0211.1 •taml, when he felt mnething
at hi. left imand.pockel, imide hi. coat. He put up hi, hand,
and Imini hi. pocket hod, wax all right. He onw the pri
kind drop from hi, (complainatie.) mat. Prkoner ran may.
lie followed, aml askal him *crag budhess in, had with hi•
hand in hi. pocket. Prkciier sari it wa.sinktake— mmelmily
WA hal, Mill lie teen went to the refreMtnent room,
and, an he we, speaking to gme one, Kis iier ran off. Ilk
fnellow/k him. WO told the police-+ergeant he had
attempted t.ipia witiims'• pocket, and asked that the 'mime
diculd keep their eye gin him.
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Cross-vaXinined :•Was a spirit merchant. Ilad basin?. to
do at Wm mouth, and altenianls went to the rum. Ile was
half a dozen steps up the stand. Prisoner reached over his
shoulder. Dii not believe be ha I :Loy Interest in that race,
though au. not sure, and was not at all excited. Prisoner
hid a small did n. 4 notice whether he had a cloak.

Mr. Wmton tamed thli e thi. a. i.;:c7l-MTtier the
Vadrant Act, no olfenc wm proved. as It had not been shown
that im..oner vra. • "reputed Micf."
Mr. Coomb. remarked that the clause ran " suspected per-
son or reputed thief."
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Mr. WC..ton further aricueil that a race-course was not •
place of puhlic m.o.', within the meaning 44 the Act. Sleek-
ing. on the merit of the 4,e, Le urged that the complainant's
account .4 the affair MAX urual idactory, and went to show that
if any attempt to pick his pocket were made it was dune in a
very buitgllthr way, and proved that prisoner was not an
'•liahitmul Criminal"

The inauldrate, thought the C 3.0 clearly proved, and ern-
tcnccd inir..ner to three nsoutne hard labour. Ile protested
It was a " hanl ca.."

BOROUGH PETTY SIMMON., Von.lag.—Udore
K. 1., (Mayor), and J. Bishop, Eq.
Rom -r WELL 6, • sailor, was brought up for being &rink.
Supt. Pommy said that on Sunday morning between 9 and
10 o'clock, he law defendant, in front of St. Peters' church,
drunk, with Ms bat off, bolding it to several men who were
standing on the tisvement. The Superintendent told him who
he was, and that he should not allow him to be .bout In that
state, After a minute or two he went away down South-street,
and into the Greyhound yanl. Ile went towards the yard
when the prisoner came out again eating something. Ile
went to about the spa. he IS-K.lin before, and asked Sibley, the
milkman, for some milk. Sibley walked away, and prisoner
called him an old—. Prisoner was then crying drunk, and
then contow.ced singing at the top of his voice. ‘Vitnes.. then
took him into ete.tody. He was 'cry quiet, until witness
was tinning him in the cs
Prismscr was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment
A hoy named Jmigis NATTIIRES WU brought up for mis-
behaviour as an apprentice to Mr. Rickard, painter, &c.
The boy was apprenticed In Iso9 for in year.. He absented
himself from Mr. Rickard's service on the find Atuntst, and
repeatedly Wore that. The week previously he absented
himself two days without have. lie had not been to wulk
aims: the 2jrd of August.
He am sentenced to a month's hard labour.