The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-30 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1867.

the cloak, but found solids, bet Woks. One of the
drawers had evidently beim broken open. While we
were searching for the sash box the bankrupt cense into
the sake, end I told hiss I could not find it. He mid
" I am not surprised at the —; they have robbed me
once before." I asked him whom he meant, and he led
tee to believe it was his wife. Lane was then prompt.
I told bankrupt I had &Mel Lem if she knew anything
about the box and she had said she did tot Binkropt
told Lane eh: had brought the box to him from an
room;oppor that she het given him the box ; and that
she hal men him plat the box into the drawer. This
was all the convermtion that passed.
. .

Mr. Symonds said : When the bankrupt filed his
petition, he stated in answer to the offimal assignee's
°hie( stork, that he had no money, and be proposed to
give evidence of that I:tette:mut.
Mr. George Wreford said : I am the principal clerk
in the official assignae'e °film I was present on the
21st March at the adjudication. I asked hint the usual
.twe lons. as 1 among them whether be had ai.y money,
and be said," Noise." Hia answer was recorded.
By Mr. Fryer: I did not oak him what money he
had at his boss.: I asked him what money he had.
Th.t question was put after the qtestions had bees
asked aa to his stock in trade ani furniture.

John Brown said : I live at Btratto...a ke.,, the
post slam, end have lately embarked on the business of
• biker at Charminster. I employ a baker named
Lovelace, as I know nothing of the working part of the
business. I rent the boom of a man named Hall, and
I pays 2r. fel. • week. I took the premises about the
90th March, but the rent was not to commence until
Lady-day. I took them for nit montha. I bought
the baking trough. and other things. Lovelace had
been working as Stratton mill before I engaged him.
Mr. Chiloott had not been stopping at my house at that
time. His children came to live there afterwarda. The
bankrupt had no letters from the °Mos alter I had lb.
notice. He had two after his bankruptcy. I bought
some Soar of Mr. Garland, through Mr. 0. Short I
also bought Sour of .tr. Fookee and Mr. Boatswain.
I bought some barley no a speculation of Mr. Hill, of
Poole, through Mr. Willis. The waggon and pony
used by Mr. Lovelace belong to Mr. Short. Lovelace
Is engaged to hake at so much per sack, and he hash.
deliver. The pony and waggon were leut to Lovelace.
It is not Mr. Cbiloott's business. I went to Mailers
Newton on Saturday, and saw Mrs. Chileott, who said
that she believed the business belonged to the bankrupt,
and I said it did not. She wonted to know from whom
I borrowed the money ; but I told her I should not tell
her, but that I bads t had any money from Mr. Cbileott,
and that be had no interest in the business'. If Stratton
mills started again be should give over the business to
the baker.
_

Hr. Symonds then addressed in opposition to the
bankrupt. He oonterded that Mr. Chilcott had ellfally
over-estimated the amount of the stock which be
poameed in March, 1886 —the date on which be left for
Canada in order to throw the responsibilities of yoir
session on another party, and to make it appear
that it was owing to his property being squandered during
his abeenee that he was now in his present position. A.
great deal had been made of what had taken place on the
19di or 20th February, when the counting Louse was
entered, and the money warn taken away. The bank"
rupt's wife left him on the 20th, and the money had
sinee found its way to the Court, which he did not
believe it would hats done If it had remained in the
possession of the bankrupt; for the probatilities
were that it would then have vanished like the Ell&
It vu certainly remarkable that the bankrupt,although
In the house, should have declined to aceompany the
messenger to his office, to take pcsmeasion of the cash
box which he represented wail in the very drawer which
hod month before been broken open. Bat instead of
doing that be sent a servant, and on • march being
made, the bankrupt would have the Court believe that
that Ind happened which he seemed to have had a
presentiment would happen some thy. previously, for
he had told Prone" Davey on the occasion when be
accompanied him from Stratton to Coombe. Out of
tonne he could not be responsible if any on. broke Into
his office. This presentiment was certainly very
remarkable; and, coupled with the other circumstances
in the eme pointed, as he eontended, to ths eon.
elusion, that the bankrupt had himself taken away
the cash box and It, contents, before be went to
Exeter to be adjudicated • bankrupt, and that.
notwithstanding the amertions of Mr. Brown,
provision was thereby merle for ferrying on the
business in the name of Mr. Brown and the baker
Lamle*. 7'.he bankrupt he also aubmitted,had brought
himself under the 22Ist section, through having ea he
alleged made away with reeeipta and papers and from
having his books so mutilated.
The Commissioner thought there was no evidenae
to scraport any chugs of mutilating the books. The
ankh:mos showed that it might, and probably was dons
by one of the three parties, who had all sworn that they
dad not do it. He could not therefore assume that it
wat the bankrupt who had done it.
. . .

Hr. Symonds would still contend that on the other
points which he had raised the ease ought to be
adjourned dee die on the ground that the bankrupt
laad not made • fall diselosore of hia esta.e and effects.
Mr. Fryer, in replying, ably oombetted the allegations
made by Mr. Symonds against the bankrupt, and
argued that not one of the charges bad been proved by
the evidence. There was no witness to show that there
were not 600 or 700 sacks of flour belonging to the
bankrupt when he went to Canada There could be no
question of the money having been taken by the
bankrucs wife or Me young man Henry Joseph
Symon on the 20th February, when the ogles door
eras bro en open ; and the natural intercom was that
the suns party had taken the other money.
It was very improbable that the bankrupt should have
volunteered the statement to the mesaanger about the
Ell& if he bad previovsly taken it, and resolved to
keep it from his creditors. The bankrupt's conduct
throughout was stralgh, forward. He came before
hie Honour with &mut hands, and he trusted that the
eourt would grant him an immediate order of
discharge.
. . . . . . .

--The Commissioner then proceeded to deliver judg-
ment, and in doing IN he carefully analysed the evidence
bearing on the different charges which had been made
against the benkrupt. The come be observed bad
received, PA it deserved, a very fall and patient
Investigation ; but in his opinion the opposition
had toilet to prove, as they were bound
to do, before they called on him to construe the not
adversely to the bankrupt, either of the first mentioned
°barges. There remained then the question with respect
to the Lila removed from the drawer in Horeb ;
awl (proceeding on the false assumption that the young
man Symonds, was present at the bankrupt's in Marsh
and that it was on that °cession that be bad forted
open the office door). His Honour MU proceeding to
enunciate the view which be bed formed, and which
wo.oitirely [stowable to the bankrupt.
. . . .

--11r:f3;monds at this stage interrupted hia Honour to
set before him tbe true snide of the case—that it wee
in February when the arst money was taken; that
Symonds warn there; sind that Iwo left the evil day.
Evidence having been given by Herrin, the museum,
et to Ole °Moe being looked witen he ohne to enter it.
. . .

The Commission-sr sail: This 'videos, was so
entirely at variance to what he bad supposed to be the
fact, that he must take time to eoesider his judgment.
and should therefore adjourn the case fur a week.
His impression, however, was that tt would not
materially effect the ultimate result of his jadyneat,

BRI nPORT.

Ws understand the Oxford Harlequins intend to play
a cricket match at Pyniore with gentlemen of this
neighbourhood on Tuesday and Wednesday next, July
30th and 31st. _ _ _

COSSICIATION Or DIIIIIPTOIN CBCHCII.—On Bandar,
21st, the litUs church, or chapel of ease, of Si. Mary s.
Drimpton, in the parith of Broad winsor, was consecrited
by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese. The building which is
in very good taste, both in an out, and is beautifully
situated at the entrance of the village of Drimpton, is
from drawhigs by J. IL Allen, Eaq., architect, of Crew.
kerns. It was built under peculiar di/dimities, and
with mush delay, owing to the builder having substituted
plans of his own for those of the architect, without the
knowledge of the Titter of the parish, so that the greaten
part of the work hid to be berin over again at a greater
cost of time and money. The riadisese to help of the
parishioner*, however, especially of the Inhabitants of
Drimltion. for whom this chapel of ease is built, made
easy a great deal that would otherwise ha.. been very
If not impossiblejand the little building, at las
completed, is now consecrated and open for Divine
orrice, to the great satisfaction of that neighbourhood.
The stone was kindly given by R. fipurway, Esq., who
owns an estate In the village, and the whole exposes
ham been defrayed by subecription, and the kind- and
and ready help of friend; both in and on' of the parish,
from his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Lord
Bishop of the Diocese, the Lord of the Manor, and other
high and induentiel friends, to the fermiers, and to Wile
of the very poor inhabitants of the plasm, who were glad
to lend a hand in the building of Clod'm house. Several
dissenters also contributed both money and other help;
thereby testifying to the feeling of amity that reigns
in the perish. The weather was all that could be
wished; the sermon preached by the Bishop wss listened
to with prebend attention, and was very much admired
and liked by the congregation ; and niter the services,
which wax read by the Vicar a the parish, the Bishop
consecrated the churchyard &Mashed to the chapel of
ease ; after whisk the crowd dispersed. A collection
of Ea 13s. 3d. was made towards the debt of the chapel;
but there remains yet about £5O to pay, towards which
the Vicar of Broadwindaor will gladly receive even the
smells.. subscriptions. . . _

ADDITIONAL CURATES AID SoonTr.--Sermons ON
behalf of this society, which supplies a curate to the
pariah of Bridport were preached at Brid.
port church on Sunday, QS 21st., in the
morning by the Rev. Lester UMW, La., Incumbent of
Monkton Wyld, and in the evening by the Rev. J.
H. Jowitt, IL A., Association Secretary, and oollections
made amounting to £7 fle. A public meeting was held
in the Town -hall on Tuesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock,
The 'yen. Archdeaooon Sanctuary was in the chair, and
there were also on the platform the Rev.
Broadley, Rev. J. H. Jowitt, Rev. M. L LiZelLeZI 0.
Ai
F. Brown, Her. J. W. Shelton, and Colonel Marryst.
The meeting being held in the afternoon warn very thinly
attended. Among those present in the body of the
hall were Kra. and Mies Lee, Mrs. fltanctua7, Kra p,
Cox and Mies Cox. Dr. Byrnes, Mrs. and Mum Bynum,
R. IL O. Francis, Rev. C. G. Wheat, Mie, and the
Misses Good, Mm. and Mies Whethem, Kr, tad the
Mimes Newberry, jaw., Miss Collins and platy, ka,
ke The meeting waa opened with preyer. The Arch-
deacon having expreseed his regret that the Rev. J.
H. Jowitt who was expected to attend the meeting am
the deputation from the society bad not yet amved
in consequence of the afternoon train being late, said
he would endeavour in his absence to explain the
objects and principles of the society and whet were
the claims it had on Church people. He remarked on
the small number of persons present, and said that
If the meeting had been held for sonic factious or
contentious purpose the result would have been
my different, and there would have been no difficulty
In getting a large meeting, but this was not a meeting
of that sort, if it had been he should not have attended
it. The society was an institution which the Church
used for carrying out her purpose of prowling the
Gospel to the people of this country, without regard
to any penion's particuMr views but in accordanee with
the Prayer Book and the Artieles of the Church. They
wine met there that day to beer what the of
the Church were, and what the So-iety wee doing to
help the Cheri*, and to take counsel together hew the
work of God should be carried on. He enlarged on the
ruhs and works of the Society and said it. first object
was to promote the employment of additional mates
ia pardons places, the spikfl socoooltiou of orbloh Irbil