The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-01-25 00:00:00

POOLE EPIPHANY SESSIONS.

These 610160111 which were adjourned from the ith
inst., owing to the sodden death of Henry Buller, Esq.,
the re/order, were held before the new recorder, J. F.
Collier, RN., of the Western Circuit, on Friday last.
The following magistrates were also on the bench
W. L C. Adey, Req. J. Lankester, Bp., C. J. Stone,
F.sq , and Lacy, lip.
After the usual formalities, Mr. M. Hemp-Welch,
(clerk to the magistrates), addressed the Recorder in
terms of welcome on behalf of himself and his brother
attorneys.
The RECORDER expressed his eeknowledgements. Re
said he eould not help assuring Mr. Welch of his sense
of responsibility upon undertaking judicisl functions
for the first time, and he said that responsibility was
not at all lessened when he remembered that he
suocieeded a man of exceptional abilities, the la.e
Recorder having been one of the most accomplished
lawyers on the western circuit.
The RzenaDza, In his charge to the grand jury,
alluded to the indictment, that were to be laid before
them, and said one of them related to an often°e which
is one of the moot serious that can be tried at quarter
sessions, •ix., assault with intent to commit a felony,
and that felony a rape. The grand jury having returned
• true bill in each case, tbe trial. proceeded.

Glecrrat Clark and JoAn Naval were indicted for hay.
ing atoien on the 27th of November last, three pieces
of cloth. value £l5, from the shop of Mr. Walter R.
Evans, hosier. The prisoners said they did not steal the
three pieces, only two. The Recorder told them they
had pleaded guilty to tho indictment, which eharged
them with larceny, but as they had already been in
prison nearly two months, they would be committed to
the Poole borough gaol for two months' with hard
labour. . . . .

Henry Sitekland WAS indicted for having stolen on
the :Nth of October, a half sovereign, two florins, and •
shilling from the person of Willism Saunders. Mr.
H. W. Dickinson prousented. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty, and the Recorder said the offence was
• very serious one, but as the prisoner bad already been
in prisoner for three months, the sentence of the court
would he imprisonment for one month with hard labour.
Wifliast Boggs, landlord of the Dolphin beer.house,
was indicted for indecently assaulting sod intruding
Louisa Poole.—Mr. Dickinson appeared to prosecute
and Mr. Moore of Wimborne for the defence—Mr.
Moore said that he hal instructed Mr. Collins to defend
the prisoner, Rugs, but as it was Hilary term he could
Dot attend. The ease which occupied the Court upwards
of five hours appeared to exalts • great amount of
interest, there being • large number of persons present
during the grid. In summing up the Recorder said it was
quite impounds to ',Lauer Ate the awfulness to the
prisoner of • conviction for such an offence, and though
the law was most strict in protecting the chastity of
females, yet it must not be forutten that charges of this
*hamster were easily made but were more difficult to
be disproved. The jury bad been absent but a short
time when they returned and 'IWO • verdict of not
guilty. This ended the business of the Sessions. The
court rose at seven &ON&