The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-12 00:00:00

ANIAULT.

John Hee°h was rummoned for assaultbse Mr A.
W. Lamb. on the 7th of Deosmbve.—Defendant
pleaded gullty.--Nir. Lamb mid that on 'Monday
evening b• was in his shop, when be saw Reach open
the door, end throw a frozen piece of snow, which
struck him a ••••111 blow on the lam —This Beech
said defendant 155., Including costs.

SCHOOL ArniXDASCII CASHS-
Charles Wellapring, William John Stainer, Isaac
Burt Frank tfambews, William Bailey, Alfred Stone,
Joidah Sul, John Warren, Francis Jones, and Mary
Ann Jones were summoned by Mr. T. A. Pawn%
School Attendanoe Officer, for broaches of the
Education Act, and various penalties ware inflicted.

STIALING • BL•MEIT.

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Altos Mitchell, aim Hill, was brought up in custody
at the Borough Police-court on Moods', efterooou,
before the Mayor (11. Durden), Seq., and Alderman
Gregory, charged with stealing one blanket from the
Royal Hone Artillery Barracks, on Thursday
December 71.11.—Ses gnat Jona. 11.11. 4., provost,
deposed that on Friday last he missed • blanket from
his room, which he had seen on the previous alter-
noon. It was marked with the broad arrow and
War De t, 1878. The blanket (produced) he
had no doubt wad a military blanket, but it hot had
the marks out out. The vane was about Bs. or 10s.—
Bombardier Nicholls, Acting-provost Sergeant, Meted
on the 6th inst. he was on the top of the town about tan
minutes past 10. Ho saw prisooer with a bottle
full of some liquor. He went to the harm:lts to collect
the report, and upon his return from barracks, about
, 10.30,13111 found the same woman:outside the barrelts
wall. Be watched her for • matter of five minutes,
! but finding no one nun out to her he walked slowly
on to the In'antry Berreeka gates. He than saw the
prisoner following him. She bad no bottle then, but
had • panel about 18 iaches long and 30 inches in
circumference. He said "Good night" to her, and
returned to barracks, where be repro ted to the non-
commissioned °Blow that if anything wee Let he
might be able to give soca information about it. On
Saturday the loss of the blanket wa. ourninunicatei
to him. and this (Monday) morning he went to I
Kest Fordington with the police and helped to !
fiad prisoner. He saw the blanket now produced.
Aaiun-Sergeant Carter stated that this (Monday)
morning he received • search warrant to search the
house where prisoner lodged. He went tail% and
told prisoner he had • warrsot to search for • blanket.
Bbe replied "I know nothing about any blanket."
He pr carded to search the room she occupied;
pulling back the counterpane he found the half of •
blanket produced, which he showed to Sergeant Jones,
who said that was pert of the blanket which was
missing. He searched the house, but could find
nothing else. He then told her he should have to
' have her searched to see what she had on. Mrs.
Coward came and took her into another room, sod she
brought him out the other piece of a blanket
made into a Bennet pettioost. Fie then took
her into monody, when she said Mrs. Sargent (her
landlady) knew nothing ab ut it. On the way to the
polioe-station she said "Now I suppose they want
to know who gave it me; but I ain't going to tall. II
1 tell it will get two of them into it. '—Mrs. Coward
stated she searched the prisoner this morning,
and found on her • piece of blanket made into
• pettloost..—Prisoner elected to be dealt with sum.
marily, and pleaded guilty to being in posesesion of
the blanket, but not stealing it.—One month imprison-
meal.