The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-07-27 00:00:00

The jury found the prisoners guilty, and they were
senteneed to be im rismed for 14 days wit:lout hard
labour. . . . .

JoAn Harding was indicted for a burglary in the shop
of John Dolland, at Devises, on the 21st of January.
Mr. Fisher was counsel for the prosecution.
The facts were thaw :—Mr Dolland had a lines.
draper's chop at Devises; his premises were properly
secured on the night of the fitith of January. The
neat morning it was discovered that • pane of glass had
been taken out of • window at the back of the house,
wine one had entered, and • large quantity of goods
had been taken away. The police Pet to work, and
found that • person answering the description of the
prisoner, and another man, were at different public.
houses at Melkshain and Devises on the day of the 20th
of January, and they were particulary observed to be
looking down a yard which led to Mr. Dolland's
premises. Advertisements were inserted in the Polies
Oazette, and in March • telegram was received from
' Birmingham, stating that the prisoner was in cuetoday
there upon another charge of burglarly ; but, as the
goods had not been found, he was discharged on the 4th
of March. On the 10th of March the prisoner and.
another man hired a horse and chaise at Bath, and two
persons were seen driving a chaise near Mellisham.
They pulled up at • field, and then separately went in •
direction towards • sheep-house in a field; they soon
returned, carrying • large brown parcel; they put it in
the chaise and drove off. They then went to the
Unicorn at Idelkahmn, got out of the gig, ordered the
horse to be fed, and wen i t nto the house to gist refresh.
went. The landlord entertained wine suspicion, and
looked in the gig. There he saw • bag, which he
opened, and, finding it contained cloth and towels, he
sent for • policeman, who came into tho yard. The
prisoner NM him and told his cionipenion, and then he
wslked off; but the companion was token into custody,
and wee tried at the last maims at Devises, and
sentenced to four years' penal servitude. The gig was
searched, and wine very 'beautiful implements of hones
breaking were found in it. The prisoner was &pre-
handed at Bristol on the 7th of May.
The jury having found the prisoner guilty ,• three
former convictions at Reading, Devises, and Bath were
proved against him.
The learned Judge told him he was a most danprotui
character, and sentenced him to four years' penal
servitude.
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rittio"re"Mr. BatOß CHANNILL and i COISIMOR Jury.)
BASTAILII N. JACKSON AND OTRL

Mr. Butt, Q. 0., and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Slade and Mr. H. T. Cole for the de.
fondants..
Thit was an action for damages, for injury sustained
by the plaintiff in oonsequenoe of the upsetting of •
ouch of which the defendants were the proprietors.
The plaintiff is a farrier and veterinary surgeon in the
No r.road, 814. George's.in•the•East, and the defend.
ante eery the owners el • ouch running between
Salisbury and Yeovil. In August, 1856, the plaintiff
we. proceeding on a visit to his father at Shaftesbury,
and kok a seat by the defendant's coach from Salisbury.
On arriving at a spot • little way beyond Forint, in
consequence of the restiveness of a grey mare that
formed ono of the team, the ouch upset, and the plain.
tiff was thrown off and had his arm broken, the effect of
which had been a great injury to him in his business.
The defence was that the coach was litensed to carry •
certain number of paivaingere, and that on the plaintiff
and his brother presenting themselves they were told
that the coach was full, but they insisted on going and
got on the roof, one sitting on eiteh aide on the luggage
and under those eircuunitenoes they were not liable.
Several witnesses were examined on each aide in sup.
port of the Oases of the respective parties.
The jury rtitired and eventually returned a verdict for
the defendants.