The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-29 00:00:00

IRSET COUNTY EXPRESS

Cromexamlned : Returned from thranage about the Ida
November, having five of the half-dozen brushea Saw Shea
ell within a few da,vs of that time AU the Iva wore non
inheing. Nolvmly sold brushes et their plwve but berm&
lbw Tewkesbury rid that on the 13th January she was at
MrL Murre's house whim the defendant offered her • brush
by sale, saying she had purchased it on Christ:am Eve. and
'dated to sell it t make up her husband's dub money. She
bought it, and delivered it to P.S. Pitlicid on the ldth od
February. Subsequently Mrs Norris came to her and rid she
canto have deetroyed the brush.
examined: The brush appeared to have been used when
she bought It.
P.& flask! said thaton the NM February he received the
brush In question from Mr.. Tewkesbury, and on the following
day apprehended prisoner no • oharlf• of stealing and "'dying
the bruah. She rehl "Sure I have not stolen nut brushes.
I void • little one to ilra. Tewkesbury for td.-- that t pinked up
barb the beginning of the summer, when I lived in the other
house

Crasasraamined.: Believed Mrs. Norris was • raarrlatlwo9ma.

firldport—,:aid VI; believeti the bro.!, in
quantum was one of the half-dosen he sokl to Mrs. Jame in
October.

Cr...examined : Snore to the brush hs the mark 4" tm.on
It. Had •,Id many brushes similar to that durinz the but two
nr three yews. Would not nem, the brush produced one ot.
of
_the Mike sold to Mr. JUDY.

Mr. Weston took • legal objection to the charge being pro-
ceeded with against defendant, on the ground that she, tieing •
=mind woman. was not accountable for goods found In her
nomession, and cited cues heird before the Court of Criminal
Appeal mPPorting his argument
After someconsideration, the Chai•man aid they were die-
nowd to think the techncal objection • good one ; and that,
together eith the want of identification of the brush, l& then,
to conclude that they should not be
.1 u.titiorl In pending de.
Icodatit for trial, but It was a Lane of great auxpieion.— Dis-
missed

PTITY figfiglOge. Monday. Before the
flavor (J. F. Hodge., Esq.). It Davis, Esq., and.
J•irra nowt, of Cpwey, shoemetct, wu brought up In cus-
tody for being Brunk end using Insulting language to Captain
Williams. it maned tint 041 Sunday night about 11.30 deice.
dant "ran mak Mg adignrience at the berm* gates, and
t Captain Williams. who directed the Sergeant.lllajor to give
him Into custody, and he took him to the police, and be was
locked up "tithe f'aptain'seomplaint.
The Sergeant Hefor now appeared to prefer the charge. say-
ing that he fir. found defendant at the barrack gime, ordered
him og. and took hint part of the way along the rued, after
shirk he(the sergeant) went to his room, Then the Captain
unit up. when the defembuit was at the plea again, and .me-
thing happened...which defendant was..:iven int.. custody.
Inquiry V1.,0 made iur Captain Williams, log it appeared he
had gone hunting.
Defendant uid he led got &drop."( drink with Macs...in, and
started to golunne, when, ingead of eing down South-street,
he sent up the town, end when he got to the barracks the rod
...tined to go round with him, he didn't know where he wsu
and shindy inked the •oldier hn. way.
in the elwence ol Captain William., the Bench dismissed the
(Aft, telling the defendant, that If Captain Williams liked he
might be summoned.
Defendant : I shall be at I'pwey.
In mutineer to the Bench defendant said he was In an asylum
lour years ego.
Ile wan cautioned against getting drunk and d
The boy Sarre was brought up oil remand fri.teNl:rieSday,
charged with gull,* a pipe, value ikl. the property Mr.
, How. tobecconist. de., Bouth.greet. He appeared crying.
,iih father was In ettendance, and the Town Clerk remarked
to him that he must have very little control over hi. non. The
I man replied that he had been ill four months, and not alle to
1n..,, the house.

The Mayor said they hardly know what was to be done with
the lad. Thl. was his second t•onsicthin. On the former
iiecasion they pre him. short tem pl Imprloovm.ot hoot,
he would alas hts course of We, hut, the moment he tame out
of gaol, he Mole again.
The Town Clerk: How old is the boy?
His father :14 years.
Mr. Symonds : And walks about with • short pipe in hi.
month I don't know what by. are coming to.
l'itimately the Bench decided to sand him for trial, intimat-
ing that he would pniliably be sent to • Itefortuatory for Ste

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The Town Clerk warned him that If he did not alter his
course he would he sent to penal servitude.
Br. Bishop remarked that unfortunately thia Any Ira. the
rinFlllr ho) rof
grt
I wish to say !tali-thing in snorer to the
chaf:ire.

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The prowcutor owl willing to withdraw the charge on
account f the ill-health of hie parents, but he wag told that
he would then lye liable to he tried for compounding 0 felony.
The boy erne then formally committed to the ...done.

At STOITTNATI FALL —On Saturday last a little
boy aged ten years, in the employ of Mr. Kent, farmer,
was leading a horse, drawing s cart. when on coming to
• part of the rood where the honk on which he was
walking eao shelving, bin foot clipped and he fell, the
bores going on, end the wheel of the cart peened our
him fracturing his aht leg. Re wee token to the
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