The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-01-23 00:00:00

BRIDPORT.

COUNTY Potice, Friday.—Before W. liounsell,
Esq.—John Byrnes, a labourer, was charged with
stealing £3 Os. ed., belonging to John Frampton, at
Losoomhe, on the 12th inst. It seems that about
eleven o'clock on the morning in question prose-
cutor and his housekeeper left the house in charge of
prisoner (who was a servant), having ten minutes
previously plaoed some money in a drawer in a bed-
room. On returning in the evening, they found
that the work prisoner ought to have done was not
completed, and, consequently, searched for prisoner.
They then discovered that £3 Os. 4d. bad been taken
from the drawer, and that prisoner bad decamped.
Supt. Underwood, of the Dorchester division, said
that on Wednesday last he law the prisoner in
Dorchester, end told him he should apprehend him
for stealing three pounds in gold and four shillings
in silver, the property of John Frompton, when
prisoner said it was £3 Os. ed. he took, not £34..
He searched him and found on him 2s. OW.
Prisoner rid he had spent the reel; he said also he had
worked for the prosecutor about eighteen months,
aad could get no money out of him, and at) thought he
would take it. The prisoner aid "hi had nothing
to say," and was committed for trial at the neat
sessions at Dorchester.

—li;;;OuTim—Po-i—ic-s,—Thureday.—Before the Mayor
(T. Golfo: Sq.), J. Williams, and J. P. Stephens,
&qrs. —Charles Bishop was charged with being
drunk and riotous in West-street last evening, and
Mary Ann ToLeman was charged with endeavouring
to rescue him from custody. The Mayor said that
Bishop was an old offender, the Bench therefore
fined him 40. and 6s. costs, or, in default, two
months' imprisonment, and if brought there again,
he would be punished still more severely. With
regard to Mary Ann Toulinse, they would overlook
her offence this time, and she would be discharged,
but if brought there span for • similar offence she
would be punished; she had stated she did cot know
she was doing wrong, but she could net make that
excuse again, as she knew now that she was. Mr.
Williams advised her to take care not to appear
there again; when ones • person was in the custody
of the police, no one bad • right to interfere, and
the magistrates were determined to support the
police in the ezecutSon of their duty. Bishop was
unable to pay the fine, so he had to go to prison.—
FillDAT.—Before the Mayor (T. Collor, Esq.), and
S. W. Whethein, Sq.—William Bolton was
charged with hawking in the borough of Bridport
on the previous day, without • license. He bad been
previously charged the 4th of last March before the
, 'minty magistrates with the mine offence, and was
then discharged cc promising to take out a bosses.
i Prisoner pleaded guilty, sad asked the magistrates
to deal leniently with him, and said he intended in
, • week or two to take out • license, but had not
done so hitherto, as he had not been able to pay for
It. The Bench fined him 50e. (which they said wee
the lowest the law allowed them to do), and 6s.
costa, which the prisoner said he could not pay; in
I default, distress, or six weeks' imprisonment.