The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-29 00:00:00

PZITY SIISSIONS.

THURSDAY.
Present : Mr. W. Panne (91iMI'MA), Ur. W N.
Waataru, M. 11. F.rmar, Mr. G. Curtis, Mr. thay•
man, sad Mr. Wsureuriau.

SERI ard CHARGE.

Mr. George Jain*. Butt, of Lowliest, Poole, wee
brought up ou remaad (uu bed) emerge* with berio4
defrauded his employer, Mr. .1. J. N 'dun, Umber
inerebaut. of P
Mr. T wee for the prosecution, and Mr. H. S.
Diakius.D for tb. d.f.not

Mr. Travers. is °petting the case, said he most ask
the to olivine* of the Beach tor, shot time In statiog
toe feet., lowtsu-ir be on tetetoitd toe defeat.* would be
that it we. simple questiito of amount. betwwo tie
itscklown retnaritet he did wit Imow
bo. he wide...too I that; the detain. wiuld be quite
atflafeat.)—Mr. Travers the. proceeded to @tete
that tine rime would be prow-id against the
defeadaat, viz.. ref:wired £5 from Mr. George Itood,
£3 15.. from Mr. Cower, bad £3 5.. 31. horn Mr.
-tinutd, which had sot b:mso a c notwi for. In the
fir-t ass., £lO wee r.oeived from Mr. Woad on the 3il
of th.tribr, awl Fi3 on aoutiont wee paid io by the
di leodsut oh the 72-td.

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Mr. D.oltinson suumitted thia cam ()quid not be con.
*lamed ; it was more than the six months allows I by
the Act within wbuit • promcutioa of that &scrip-
the could be brought.
Mr. Travers couteaded the offence took place on the
22.. d, sod therefore it rune within the six months' •
awl wttb this the Beach ooiecided. Toe teamed
gentleman the proo•eded to argue the law of to.
eO.l 4.11 alth .ugh it bad helm ruled that •
who collected debts comuu•sion red at his
on convth.ence, did not come witnt, tle ic pe of the
Ac*, y•t in this Oa. the delea•laaL Vim a clerk aud
servsnt, and it had been distillu ly laid down in the
°sae. of Keg. v. Coward sod king. v. Tito, thst when
the dela.dter •• • en°ll in that .sPotitY, be did
fi not cum, within it. H. khan Call-d,
Mr. J. J. Norton, who said be was • timber
merchant in the wwit, and the detecd•at had been
in his employ elourti two yeers. Ills duties were
chiefly thaw, ot a traveller, and to fill up any spore
time in the Gem fie had to Collect accounts ;be was
paid at fleet by a monthly salad y, but afthrwarda when
be forgave him • previous stuberslement weekly.
Mr. Dickinson strongly objected to this mmuk. It
wee har.th and ornel, and the witness had no tight It
make it. . . .

—Witneee sala defendant admitted it,
The Chairman : Then you obJuld have presented
him.

Whams °optioned : Huta the Isot (nor or five
weeks defendant alwa)s rent to ahe ~/.0.1..r sod t k
his elowy f,,r west he e 4:iodated enfficieut for hie
week's expenses. On the likh of Oct.tost, when he
received CIO frogs George H ed, he had overdraws os
his espouse aocount, £7lO. He had never received any
sooneot of the reoeipt thew. re.,oise until aurae *eves
days atter hi. &whew, when • lid without asy dates
wag plaosd io his
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Oroeissklunined : Thu original salary was /2510 e. 6&.
a month and out-of•pooket thlrdrolese fere
mad la. 61 for chimer. Io the po the &fondant
sae, haalog then out of molt for three Tears, be
thought It • reasonable and fair salary.
Kr. Molinari : You tort advautage of his befog
out of work three years 2—No. he came and asked or.
to take him on. He *aid he had been out of work, be
had me. the .or of his ways and would go on
different.. . .

And all along for these tiroyeare you considered tint
I fair sum to p .7 your trsvellsr? tg • was ths assisting
novellas% and it WM more than ln tarot

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Isn't it meal togivetravellers something with which
to treat their customers f—l never did.
But can a mac do Meaner =WI he does treat?—
Fs., I never did it I. my life.
lie never denied remising this moos, from first to
lest?-11 was no good f.,r Was go tt,. so.
Cr ise-exasainatioo contuses I: Batt', mother came
to him, siad ha bad various oonvereetloas with her, but
he led bee to bellies 'tat U the aao out. were
put straight he would forgive him. What h. toll her
was that some five sumk. reafo-e Msfeniaist bed allowed
an eimmtlou tog • in t • II out mar'. hog. 1., looney
whioo bo bad emmu at but f r that be had firgiiien
him, and 11th... account. related to transactioas prior to
that he would forgive him the lot, but not it they h
occurred afterwinme.—Witneas than &twitted that
defendant had put Malay which he had received
towards his expenses, but this was two years ago. For
mune two or three mouths he could not obtain the
weekly expense book, and he stopped his wedge and
expenses. He gave him a week's notice to leave on
account of the gross irregularities. liming the lad
week which be wee In his employ, dasedeht—the
goods width he had had from the office being credited
against his ealary—had 31. 61. In his pAust to go
among tits customers. He took out • warrant Waked
of • gammons, because hie mother cams to his. and
asked him to give her £2O to mad the dideadent to
New Zealand, and as he knew she had the mousy in
the bank, he thought it WIN very likely she would do
SO. _

—ltarazataia•d : D•fasplaat had admitted haviag
recalvel E 5 ?at of £lO of Read.

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Mr. J eeph Mori, cewhier to Mr. Norton, explained
in the o ewes of hie evidence that as mewls the 120
overdrawn for expose's, the defendaat had wiped that
out by bevwer het maw, and expenses stopped. He
ought t. hew* bad tide MO In hie pookat, for bo had
not vest it in expenses.
Mx. Dickinson : Not in the expenses, It,. Trayens
glowed by yonr Liberal client. (Lenehter.)
ILL G. Read. Mr. Ocewer. and Mre. Stroud having
mead p•TlNtlit of the varkew 5i...,
Mr. Diokiraos made a short, but Powerful, address
fen the &Mewl is whit* be coneeffided that the ceases
IS dlariell all had. Isauswe as UN law, ow die.

Unfitly Isid down by the authorities, was that the mere
neglect to psy in monim rammer, unless evidence wag
given to ati.w an intention to defraud, such sa
running away or denying the receipt of the
money. His client bed doue neither the one
or the other. Yu. tber, it had been ruled that if the
defendant mt up a plea that he oonsidered himself
entitled to the money. however unfounded or frivol-
ous the moms, the Amos woe not embezzlement.
Here this poor young niOn had been sent out without
a penny in his pocket, t 'manic ordere, and his receipts
sad expenditure bad naturaly bec.rtne mixed up.
The Bondi retired, and Mier s short shsenos
returned, and the Chairman said their duty was simply
to my wtetther there warn suflicient,evidence to pree,nt
to a jury, end they bad relu,sntly came to the c. 0..
cluaiou lust tb,re Was, and the deleadaut would be
C ,mmitted for tnid..

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Time were two other charges against the defendant
of f deifying ..counts.
Mr. Dickinson appealed to the prosecution whether
thsy intended to paw on the .gouy in that way; and
ths Chairman also salted if it were neoessary to go on
with an_y more.
Mr. Travers said be WM in the hands of his client.
Mr. Nos ton mid alter the way is which Mr.
Dickinson h.d ()inducted the case, he felt bound to go
on with them,
Tu. Chairman remarked an advocate's duty was to
clothe beet be could for his clisut, and be thought Ms.
Dicitin.ou la.d simply duo. that.
Mr. Nortou' how.vsr, skated to Pr000•d•
The first charge fed to Um ground,.. it was shown
the off.uo., it any, took place just on. day over the
sir months allowed by the Act for the summons to be
taken out. During the hearing of the 'woad, hisses
were given at the prosecutor when be went tut , the
'kaiser-box, and any tioint made by Mr. Dickinson in
behalf of toe dolenusnt warn applauded.
Mr. (Anti(' said be shouol ask to hay(' the Court
cleared it there were any more such expresaions of
fooling on the part of those .t the back of the Court,
(mowing their high morality!
A pullovman wee MOM put among the audience to
preserve Of Jet • and the cats having begin proceededth with, in e eilri the magistrates commiitad in this
unc also.
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--idr Lliokineon applied that the defendant might be
mlatittealo bait wad lb. Bauch adreed to wOoopt two
sur.ties, Mr. butt, eon., sod M. Miami, oiuhiet-
maker, la A 25 each, sad busmen iu LZO.

InC bastardy osse, in winch Mr. Hill aPPes,"l
for du twuzyWahat, arid Mr. Eldweil I 4 ale ddtdo•
dent, the lawyers agreed the uncurl; abound be
withtiold, end en mow o. ils. • week tid mride.
Unwise ?mercy, boneless, Ciarinaltar, and Jamie
Cowley, of riararruethy, daone men, were °minded
on the svideried of P.C. lioru, f toeing druck at
LrugLet ou the previous Bunday afternoon, and
tney were liD•4 55. sod owls.
Joseph Bider wood, of KJauo, wu eummuned fur
&flowing • wide to b• eeind..t Parka...me, on the
21et Flu/Lowey pr..i.ed tee butes WY in a
terribly pude o Int week anti thin that II *And
nadily etdud, and it we. harnessed to luso of brass,
22 cord—The ttenun was Weld .1 wad a very oduenun
..cu.r.ince, and fined toe delend•nt 104., and owns
9, 84, or seven day..
Withein Nippard was @amounted by Elisabeth
Jane Galion for bediaking • window. 11, did it
because elm retuned to sorra him with • bottle of
guagerbedir. Defendant had bean twice previonaly
charged with a similar oilduce by th same prosecutax.
Ti,. Beach ordered bin t pay the cwt., and to come
up for judgment in a forum/int.
Jalare Butcher wes summoned for not wending his
child to School. Mr. Mowl.m. oho Scau.ol Attandeno•
Officer, proved the orme„ and mild the c,ili had only
made four eitellteuoes out of 80. Judgment sue.
panded, on the dahadant uudeitaaing to amid her.