The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-07 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY BEBBIONB.
T. —Before Lieutenant•Colenel Mansel (in the
chair, U C. Farrel% E.g., and W. i Calcraft,
h.q.

IVWKICT PICKINti AT WCWIDBURT•HILL

Oliver Hennitm, inreinan.l, was brought up in
custody charged with endeavouring to pick the
pocket of Robert %WINS at Womlbury•hill Fair on the
22nd inst.—Nlr Iluxtaltle. of I),irehester defended.
The evidence :41.111e0.1 last Tueolay Was read over and
confirmed. -Francis Itest, brickmaker, of %Vinkton,
having lieen sworn, said : lin the day in quadion
was standing close to prosecutor near the sheep
Alleti..ll. 11, (prosecutor) nu(lgal me with hi. anti and
said ''you ass r. said no. He said "that
man (pointing to prisoner) had his hand in my pocket,
awliny purse wan halfway out. Keep your eye on
hint while I go and fetch a policeman.' 1
f.dlowal pri• I% who itiov(4l away tha nigh the crowd
as fast as he could. Mr. 21inea, the prosecutor, mine
up with a policeman. 1 an, positive prisoner is the
man that was pointed (nit to no, by prosecutor, and
the one that I followed. —Cross-examined by Mr.
Huxtable There was quite a rush of paiple near the
auctiont-r awl where I was standing. 1 followod
prisoner close till he got to the upper suit( of the sheep
pen. I might have been :41 yards behind. l'riainer was
moving a+ fast as he coull through the crowd. -Ity
the Bench : Prosecutor was standing between me and
prisoner—I'S, stati 'd at Corte Castle, mid:
I was on duty at Wsslbury-hill on the day in (pies
tion Itetween one and two o'clock. from information
I received from Itobert 11;nes 1 apprehended the
prisoner. and charged him with attempting to leek
the pocket 1.1 proaantor. lie said " You must hate
made a mistake.- I cantioned him as to what his said,
and 411(1 hon he was to consider himself a prisoner
and go with in.,. Ile said "I have not been in the sheep
pen ten minutes and 11.. W you charge in,' with this.
I brought him to Wareham and locked him up. -Mr.
Huxtable said he should not occupy any tin,,' in
addressing the Bench. 11, wax taken ssitnewhat by
surprise since he had been in court. He lin& rstood
that priamer was lin trial for his first offenc, . but.
unfortunately, he Wee now inf rmed there was a previous
convicti ~,, , although some 12 years ago. —The charge
was then read over to prisoner, who said "1 ash not
guilty, and reserve my darn..." He was then coin-
mittarl for tnal at next quarter Ss.ssions.—Mr
Huxtable then asked the magistrate+ if they would
allow bail. He was ins isaition to furnish any sub-
stantial bail, he was tileased to be ably to say. He
had every reason to believe, .nil had highly respectable
witnaelas to prove that (luring the twat 12 years the
prisoner hail striven to earn an hionast livelihood. Every
enquiry 113.1 been iiityle in Scotland Yard, and amongst
the police, lint nothing since Itql :.Alll be found against
him. A Mr. Normanton, bookseller. of High-stroet,
Shon.litch, London was ill taturt, awl also r [leaks,
if the finii of Kilom tttt + and London, to prove
that they have known, awl have had dialings with
prisoner for the last 12 years, and himl books in their
lainnnosuiiii ready to produce to show the dealings
which they had with him Mr. Ilustabli. (said Mr.
Solontons would send a cheque or hard cash for any
amount of bail which the magistrates might think fit.
—The Bench, however, refused to adinit tail, and
prisoner was removed in natody. The previoin con-
viction against prionier was for stealing a watch in
l'ark•street, I )(Thy, in the 17th 111 tivt,ulaur, 1871, and
for which offence he underwent six months' imprison.
ment.
AK, I'LT.

Joseph Orchard, of Arne, Wag summoned lay Beasie
Chisman for assaulting anal Isuting her on September
I Ith. —Mr. Clark. of W.tr..liaut, app -.wed for defen-
dant, anal pleulasl not guilty. Bessie Chisinan, on
oath, said : I an, a married woman and reside at Arne.
On the day in ainesti 111 l , hetwism eight and nine an the
morning. I went to the well to draw water. 1/efen•
dant came mit anal struck me down, and I Isamu°
insensible. When I cline to myself I beim) defendant
was still holding- me in). I called out anal he let me
go Ho c gm.. towanls late again and calight hold of
my anus, aiel dealt in.. ?“..11.• 'wren. blows iin the top
and side of toy head Cro...i.examined by •• r. Clark
When I went to the well there wen- three of defen-
dant's children there, and they insult sl me. I drew
up none water (ruin the well, awl threw it at them
through the I cannot say whether it went over
them or not. Titer, Was an infant there, but I had
no intention whatever to insult the child. The child,
Jane, was In.wt insulting to nie.--Ilessie Orchard, 12
years old, said : I recolleot th.• 11th September
being near the well with inv Imithers and sister. Mrs.
Chistarin C 4111.• ..ut and ..Vll-4.1 liS of breaking the well
and calling 11, W.• e 131,1 Wailing. She
iiedensl u....iw.tv from the well, and said if we did
not. as, .he thrnw bucket_aaf water over us,
and no !winner said than done. My sister called out
to father, who caine asit and caught hold of
Chistuan lay the arm and asked her what she was
doing. She replied "I will throw a bucket full over
you la you don't, lisak out." ll,' puslaed her and she fell
down over the potatoes. When sha got up she ciught
hold of father lay the whiskers, and lif, had to hit her
twice to make her let W...

cross•annimons was then heard. —J oseins Orchard,
on oath, said in the mnorning of September 11th he
heard a 'plash f water, and went nut to Mot, what
was the matter, lie found his infant child, IG months
old, on the ground wet through with the water which
Mrs. Chisman had thrown over it. He asikad her why
she did it, awl she replied " I will throw is • over you
in a minute if you don't look out, He gave her a push,
and she might hold of his whiskers, and hehad to give
her two clouts in the head beim, she would let
She then went into the hinsw.—The magistrates iii,-
missed the CAM, against the woman, and lined Orchard
Is. and 9.. cots. The woman, however, was cautioned
by the Pinch.
Williams \Veinier was 1.11111111.,11.Vi hy PC John Hill
for tiring a gun at Bliotworth on lath September last,
and also with killing One pheasants —Defendant
pleaded guilty to With charges, and said he hoped the
Bench would ilmal leniently with him. He had since
diwibted th.• gun, and would never do a similar
thing again. --He was fined 34. and 7-i. costs in each
case.