The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

FLANCIS itieltroltD, 67. Labourer, ended— /silty to Madding
of pair trouser. from Iflatooo ,at y tooratabory, 10th
:Uptataber, and was seatattoad to adz week'. bard labour.

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Mammal Can., 3n, chew dealer, was charged with • frond
upon Mary &mom of Chideock, Ilith August, Mr W. }looks
prosecuted, and Mr. Coffins &deeded.
Proncutrix Is poetnilstreee as Qildeock,and keeps • provision
shop. On the evening of Mb Auguet prisoner called elth
hie cart and offered mene "pm... &menet cheese ford. at
,e 44. per pound It was grimed °eel so as to look very nlos,
I and she was "struck with IL" A cheese me produosd, and
I prosecutrix wan going to hmirt a,sceep in the centre of it, when
prleoner 1.14 hold of It swing ' yos doe't understand how to
do it," and placed it lath. side. He took out some really good
chew, which proerutrlx and her gar both tested, and
found "very good. They bout the c paying las. 2t,aad prisoner drove a very &a.." Shortly after the eon.in-
law of proaecutrlx, Charles Hoddlnott, CMG in, and found the
Mum was • swindle. A MiMr as. put into another piece in the
cheese, when 1t... found they had • very Inferkg "canter."
The embin-law's eimplolou me excited by prisoner's sly look is
be drove oC—(laughter). At Mr. Colline's request, be demon-
strated the "sly look" for the ad vantme of the court and Jury.
Hoddinott went after him, running with the mall cart, laying
bold of the vehicle: primmer kept looking back, and thou
whipping his hone. After • nine tulle.' Atm, be overtook
prisoner, and gave 61m In maw of a comtable. Meaner
wanted in "saUl. it," and offered to return the money paid if
they would give up the chew, but Hoddinott thought after
such • run be would "being him to Justice."
Mr. T. Oebovne, of Dricfport, grocer, mid good "mates"
cheese was worth tfd, per pound In the winter in the summer
they never bought it. The cheer produced was • marble one
of the sort. It had been scraped and polished up to attract
the eye, and appear like Swam& "Crater" 1.•• • dry and
rough kind of chew To 1401.1 Inexperlenosd the Meese in
quemion would Somerset Mew. A scoop
sad Mr. the chases, ste:l4.s,that he
didn't- 61.11 k. It, and it Was not at all bad, owl& It had
been kmt two months. Some of the Jury air. and
ono mid It would have been better If tha butter had not been

-1;a1:1-eald he bad carefully examined the dieser, to
detect if chews of my other sort bad been Wearied, but could
not find any ; neither wait there any cheese unorrblsg the
" canter quality about prieoner or 1,. hie amt. /Is pri-
soner, although be was oily charged rith • miedemeanou r.
Mr. Collins maid he had no inure right to doll than he had to
search him (Mr. Collins) at that moment. In addreming the
Jury, Mr. Collins urged it was • mere false representation se
to quality, which is BA within Use cognisance of the cnntinal
law, but might be actionable in the County Cowl. He can-
roenMd on the wrongful marching of the ptieoner by the police
mrgennt, and rigorously abused both the rear end the
oourisel for the provocation. The learned gentlemen reviewed
We facts of theme, ably putting before tie Jury polite that
might be construed in primmer's favour.
The Chairman mid tie qaestloa wee did or did not primmer
by some moans or caber um • false taster, different from the
body of the dome, by which prommutrix was deceived.
The Jury found prisoner guilty.
Prisoner; It is the ihut titre I ham bean ben.
Subsequently the ebebsuan said the court hid received a
very good character for Mai from owl of the leading tredennen
of th. place (Mr. Bennett): but they could sot Wink It was hie
Snit ogsnos of the Hod, end he diriailmod two women in a wry
adroit way. He wee liable to two yea& impriaonmiat, but In
consequence of the good character he had borne, the matence
of the court was three months' hard labour.

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Ramer Puna, • nslddliseged man, who bad been out an
bell, was Marred will an amsult upon Louisa Ann Powell, at
Charmoutb, on lath tember. Mr. W. Fools isrossouted,
and Yr. Collins dolma& Prosecutrie, • girl or 17, was
the ml.. of delandants who keeps • lodging-bona& About
Mx o'clock on the morning In question dm was asleep In th•
kitchen. wham bar bed was, whansar name In to arouse
bar but, sho said, WNW of miung her, b• timer the
bed clothes and put his band upon bar. As she awoke be
yawn. It, On *maws her mmstar 'Wag in that way, .5.
hymn to cry, and mad sha should tall bar Mier and mother,
when S. asked bar not to du mu. She did not asream, became
It would disturb tb• ladjien, and mime waa an particular.
Subesquently told Ara Penny, who replied ISM she was
not going to ham bar husband's &ssamer mandellsed by her.
Nest day the girl told Mr mother, who at once hurried to
Penny's housk what tha girl's samba, 2slaillied of his la-
mbing bar daughter, and culled bar, an the mid, a" black-
guird-papis." big lhatbeit wow ••• " • dirty