The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-07-04 00:00:00

ALLEGED bTEALINI! CAUSIIED norm 11APIVRK,

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Chart's Coward (on bail) was charged with stealing a
quantity of crushed bone manure at Bryanstone, on the
lit!, of April last, the property of Mr. Edward Lock. —Mr.
Warden prosecuted, and Mr. P. G. 'reuniter defended.—
Edward Lock said he had a quantity of bones in his
manure shed, and on the 14th of April he mi-sed some, on
the 17th he had them measured, and then found live
sacks gone. On the 24th he went ti Mr. Burt's mills, at
Witchanniton, arid saw some bones, amongst them being
some similar to the ones lust. Ile saw sonic beach leaves
among the bones, and also Itatale bits of iron, by which he
identified them. 11,, SAW Aollllle half-inch hones of Mr.
Burt's that :were very different to his. Ile got his hones
from Lord Portman, and they were different to ordinary
bones sold for manure.—Cross-examined : Ile believed the
bones produced were a part of those he had missed.
There were beach leaves among them, and also glass by
which he identified them. He had ten quarters there,
but he had not seen the bones measured ; he reckoned by
the invoice.—Re-examined : Ile bought ten quarters which
he reckoned by the invoice; but was not present when
they were areasured.—Supt Underwood produced a
, sample of hones taken from the shed, and also from Mr,
, Burt's milL On the 24115 of April he went to Mr. Burt's
mill at Witchampton, in company with the prosecutor,
and saw a quantity of crushed bones in with some larger
ones. With the boner be sow some rag, glass. and iron.
Those produced were taken Irs,,, the larger bows'. Ile toll
the charge to prisoner when he went to aPPEeIIOOII
and he said he had no hones nor had he seen any. Ile
said to his son ft en be had better go over to the mill, and
prisoner said if they can't say I brought the bones
to the mill On the .sth I shall be done—Cross-examined :
One of the samples was taken Iron, Mr. Lock's heap and
the other from Mr. Burt's mill. He did not measure the
heap at the plantation. The policeman war present
P.C. Richard Poynter, of Blandford, on the 24th of April
went to Mr. Lock's farm and took • sample of bones from
a shed near Beach Clump. On the 25th be went to
Witchampton, and he saw the bones produced sifted. Ile
compared the two samples and found glass and bits of
iron in each.— Cross-examined He helped to sift them.
He produced the samples, but could not swear to them.
—lie-examined: Ile was present when the bones were
measured at the shed, and there was then 14 sacks left,
—Louis Amos, foreman to Mr. Burt, of Witchampton,
said it was part of his duty to receive bones. On the sth
of April he received 13cwt, lqr. hitt, for which he paid.
They were put in • heap, and on looking at them after-
wards he noticed there were boner which were small. On
the 13th he received 18 bogs of about 13cwt, Ile was
there when the police took the samples produced.
Cross-examined: You are a regular bone dealer I--We
" break" bones C. He would not swear the two samples
were from the seine heap. Ile knew prisoner and had had
much dealings with him. It was not unusual to have 13
or 14cwt, of bones from him.— Willuon Itabbetts, a
labourer at the mill, was present when the superintendent
of police and Mr. Lock came, and corroborated the last
witness as to the sifting of the bones—Mr. Templer sub-
mitted there Was no case.—ln this the Chairman and jury
concurred, and the prisoner was discharged.
BERRI! CASE!

4Vrod Osman and Harry Gaily were charged with
stealing four gallons and a half of beer, at Wimborne,
on the 3rd of April, the property of Mr. Charles Webb,
their master.—Prisoners pleaded not guilty.—Mr. Udal
prosecuted and Mr. Warden defended—Mr. Udal having
opened the case, called P.C. Stone. who was standing in
the High-street, Wimborne, when he saw Gallop come out
of a yard, and then saw Osman with a bag and two jars
of beer which he said he had had given him by the old
man. He said he did not like his explanation, and he
must take him into custody. lie afterwards apprehended
Gallop, who said he knew nothing about its—Cross-
examined: It WU • Ince light night, but he Could Dot see
the prisoners come out of the brewery-yard gate, as the
wall projected. Ile could not say be had not seen men
corning out of the brewery as late OS nine o'clock at
night. Mr. G. l'othecary, the nianaging clerk for
Mr. Webb, said on the 3rd of April PA'. Stone cure to
his house about 9.30 p.m. with a jar of beer, which he
said he had taken from Osman. No ono had a right to
take beer, nor had any one a right to give any. This
beer was brewed from very strong hops for summer
drinking. —Cross-examined: Should not hind fault if they
stayed after eight to finish their work. —William Cutler,
the brewer for Mr. Webb, on the day in question was
tanning the beer, and had a couple of gallons of beer,
which he gave to Gallop, who had been helping him.
Cross-examined : Had a man to help him at night, and
when he wanted to "mash" by day he lied help of whom
he could get. Sometimes the inaltsters helped him,and then
he would give them a little of the beer which could not
be used. This was not the first time he had given
prisoners beer. He should throw this sort of beer away
if he could not give it away. Since this prosecution
he had put this thick beer in a barrel. —Re-examined :
He never gave away the best beer to the men.
Thorn, a insister for Mr. Webb, saw Gallop with some
beer, and six of them helped drink it. -trues-exam d:
Had helped Cutler, and had participated in the beer given
for it. Gallop was the foreman, and had to look after the
malt Samuel Conway, on the night of the 3rd, went
round at S o'clock.and the prisoners had then finished their
work. Ile corroborated apart of the policeman's evidence.
A statement of the two prisoner's made before the magis-
trates was here read, which said that Cutler, had given
them beer.—Mr. Warden, submitted there was no case
against Gallop—The Bench thought he should go on.—
Conway recalled: Was stsuuting a few yards from the gate
looking up the street, when he saw Osman come out.—
Mr. Warden then submitted his defence. The real point
for them was simply was the beer found on Gallop, other
than that given to them. They were 1•3•0 Coming out of the
malthouse with the beer, where they hail boon in the
habit of storing it until it was tine, and the learned gentle-
man urged this was sufficient to prove the beer had not
been obtained dishonestly. —The Chairman then summed
up the case to the jury, and they immediately returned a
verdict of not guilty.

WHOLESALE PLUNDERING:

Joh,. Me'warn, gT00111.21;. WllB charged with stealing •
knife and other articles at !Lawton, the property of Lord
Wolverton. Prisoner pleaded guilty.—The wile defend-
ant also pleaded guilty, to stealing • gold scarf pin. and
other articles the property of Riclurd Priddle.- -The roue
defendant pleaded guilty to stealing knives, forks, and
other articles, the property of Ann Johnson.—Prisouer
was ordered to stand down.

John llessram was recallediand the Chairman told him
that he had pleaded guilty to the three charges brought
against him, and, as he had been throe mouths in gaol
already, he would not be so severely dealt with as other-
wise. The sentence would be for the first offeiwe, one
month hard labour; for the second, two months; and for
the third, six months, each sentence to follow the other.