The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-04-11 00:00:00

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BRIOPORT MEN.

At the II orhagh P dice C wt. on Sstorday. before Dr.
Hay. M tt., ant It. Howe I, Met tea the t +are,
Dahl .1 one., HIPC-11 Feet, an 1 C meta P -well, Noah
kiln:toy, were charge it •g-ther in rat my—lona with
steam:, and Pownit with reeeiving l'etbn beans, the
property of Mess-a. F. It. and Orionl 's Elmunds, tanners
awl corners. ty• B idp.t. on the 6 It inst.
Mr. C. G. Note. anp•areei for the p aeration.
.1 ones is • .iroom • met .•ed by th.• firm belonging to the
worthy Mai or, and t' we I f dm+, the c i.f a
carrier,,,. ha .finr. T•e Town 11,11 w., den•ety c•owit.)
during the nearing, which leattel • coati-n.11..0 time.
Mr. Nance. hamug adilreastl tne brn h at some leneth
for the 0.n.0.-aeon, first called
Mr. T. H. IC Imuud., who depened leing at the r Ific
in S •utheareet shout 8.30 on Tnuretley went. Itle otter
the beet-gates open, and bear-I Yuma and footstep..
Having suspicions that corn at eltsappared from the
pronoi•es recently, he greet roan-I the ',tract I the b•-k el
the par level by the dri.l ball, and proceeded to N orth
Alltucton. He retitr ied. an 4 rat P well at Us • tp of
St. Michaerwl.ne with a beg on ltis shoulder. Wanes.
felt the bag, and a.ke I her,, +ha M. in it. Powell sat t
" brass that! bought of Mr. Phillips at the Herhour, the
man who us-d to keep the p 164cl:untie in S uthareet."
Witnea nerd to him "1 want to see the lwan.."
replied "So you shell if you c nue to my boom." Wenesa
end he wa note th re, hu• h- h,.) bettor take to• m
be it to their Of -ars Edmund's) place, ad in "I 'lon t
went any funs; I -aw tour be .tes open • minutes
ago, anti Cipped mond t • mart yeti; you had b ter take
them haek, or I'll hand you over to the fits: one I me .."
Powell then followed witness hack, an-1 sent one of hi.
men—Mr. Vine—to town the get •s. Wh-n they gut to toe
at oble entneu opens 1 Powell'. beg and took out coma of
the c •ntente, and tad prewar to rem .12 there erhillt he
went and compared tilde rm. Cam.' luck tad drew PO Wel I'd
at tentiort to the reeemnlanc is th eatopl• a Ho mecoi
P 'welt to remain the, yrbil.t he went f-r the ...recant.
The ..,g an c one and coinp.r it the c on. The ser.e•nt
auti•one I the anion.., who repeated having b might to
arta 01 Me Poillipa The sergeant then sail he eh. al
take Powell into costody for receienit the lean.. The
tains in l'owell'• bag •eiehe.l74 h.., vice lor 7. 11 •)
coesinted i 4 dark, halt. an I In I lew..lbo an, but cit u g
proof o' identity wan the arse tee • f a few white °ea.
All the c mowed amnp es were the same J .3304 kept thr
kots 01 the ha* geta, c rh bin in ntslyte, and of the
era-astute...en Toe adow tea (weekly) a' corn for the
horses was 2) t netlela of beans. and 4 los hole of oats. It
can the duty or Smote to la Lb. foreman lor each
allowance. on • Thursday. and tab • it to the crushing.
mom to be craned. It wane etc •ptioal thing to dad
white oats in • bulk of beans. Ile had ne b.ettation in
identifying the beans found in p lave, on of Powell. The
key of tee corn rtore was kept in toe elllye, and the foreman
haltog' there for it.
Powell: There are other keys to the bask gates besides
mine.
Sergeant lingtrkt driveled being called to the
premises of IL-sore. Elniuuds on Thutelay evening
by the last with.... There be s ter the prisoner
(Powell) soul Mr. Vine. He spiked PJNe 1 where he got
the beans, and de ..rd of p•. Haring cautioned
him he told hue h- shou'd • p eh ad him on the charge
of receiving them kat, eta iii•ra to have bwn at-len. He
left paonnr in cost only of • colstalile, Yieted Mr. Phillip.%
end tart took Pow-ll to the *tattoo. He fooled Jon•s at
the George inn and took hint int.. custody. Cass-eine him
he said he known thing aboot it—he wee not the thi• f.
He chars-id lath pesonero togettar, and P well still con-
tended he had fieught them of Phillips. The next urea
ing he east rted the last wanes. in eouraring the ramples,
and im that morning he visited tit. promotes 0' Powell,
and found t quantity of crusted beans and oa. (pro Wad).
They res •ruloted the crushed beans end oats found in the
corn-Inn -,1 plo•eCut.V.
John Shedy, foreman in the employ of Meant.
E I round., nail the c urn was kept lock, it Is the store, and
Itt it, the of% hr. He had every -Mamie/ toe.',. out
th- io-n Jaen—one rack or oats and si babel' of beans.
Won an did not In-aura them on Thurelay in quettion.
1,111, kept tbe key of the bruistne-room, and of tun coo'
bin in the atable.
Jo...ph Henry Parker. tanner's labourer, in prosecutor's
employ, said Jon-. sake I him to help toil up • fig,
wnilst JOOO4 pot corn in it. Wane.' went up to the corn
d Jones wes.ured lb. corn. He inewour.d three
holf-liusals of beans loose bag, and the acre. eautity in
matio.dhitheirawree. t
to ,wkoupbc,tr,he,gac_dh ro.natt ohtn,,,,nwg
wtheo,
fetched more, hot wittier brought one tat down t tOO
brind, room.
Rirhard William Phillips said Powell had never pur-
hat d any loran. from him.
The pr. 'nor, being charged, elected t i be tried by jury,
out re.e•yed d-fence, if any.
Thee we' 11tIMittOIt' boil. each pile:oar in the sum of
£2l. and each two eareties of CIO.
The cane will he tried at the ensuing Midsummer
Lesion, Dominate-.

Chao

THE HATTON GARDEN ROBBER?.
On Friday the Court of Appeal of Brussels hal to decide
the demand of extredition med. Ly the French Govern-
ment in the ram of Wateen, Hoary Fulton, end Oora
Put n, for a robbery e unmated et Pads. They are also
the peiteunted authors of the Hatt at Garden robbery.
After heatine the Public Picimeutor and compel for the
prisoners the Curt cl•eided on erentioi the extradition
which however. cannot be definitive before the decision of
the Miniater of Justice.