The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-15 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE,_TtEstiIt MARCH 15, 18/o._

risad mattock kit three mouths, the Jar bold
cesse could not he submitted to the jru7. In the
rreeent ease polar...ion meat have been had three
months, and there wee nothing to show Mr. hitt did
not leave it when here six uionths ago.
The Town Clerk said there was • cam reported in
the rises a few clays ago of • similar character to
those mettioned by Mr. 'Weston, but he Larissa the
Magistrates that in all these cases the persons having
the stolen property had no means of knowing to whom
it belonged, while ie this case prisoner had means of
knowing oboes the parcel was, for "Mr. hitt" was
written upon it.
Mr. Waste 0 ternarked that there was ne proof that
the flannel prisoner gave to glia bongo" was Part of
the panel, and Mr. hitt refused to own it. The fact
ass the boots took poesesion of the psecel finding it
left behind, and if Superintendents Pountry and Hue
had not gone and examined his room, the partial would
hare been hooded over to Mr. mitt when be cares
yesterday, sad boots would have exported, and no
doubt got, • shilling for . his trouble. It was clear
prisoner had no felonious intention, or he would not
have kept the pareel all this time, sod in an unlocked
drawer. There was no luggage room at the Antelope,
sn I therefore ' prisoner took the parcel to his room, no
sato ensure its sdety. It was incumbent on the prose.
coition to mete out the CAM distinctly, which had not
been done. Prisoner so far had borne an untaroished
theracter, tad therefore he hoped that in this case,
which was merely one of suspicion, and, taking with
that fact, the legal objections he had raised, the Bench
would dismiss the ease.
The Mayor said the maristrates did not think the
legal objections taken by Mr. Weston applied in this
cage, as prisoner had means of knowing to whom the
parcel belonged. If he had mentioned the matter to
Mr. Sly it would have been different
Westou And have lost hie shilling.
Th• Tows Clerk intimated that if prisoner wished
the cue disposed of by the muistratu be must plead
guilty, as the value ergo above ffe.
Mr. Weston again urged hie otlection that there was
no proof of • sufficiently recent pusession to call on
prisoner to amount for the psrul, and also that there
was a total absentee of proof that at the moment he
took it Le bad • felonious intention to convert the same
to his own use. As to the former point he reminded
the Bench of Reg. r. Chrielopher, respecting the pos-
session of a wateh found on the toed near stinsferd
House, which he took to the Court of Criminal appeal,
ant rot a decision In favour of Christopher.
The Bench maintained their former opinion that
this ease was differeal, and that prisoner's intention
must be gathered frogs his sets.
This being so, Kr. Weston said prisoner most plead
guilty, its he had no means to defend himself at the
Seesions. It hat been icsinuted that there was a sub-
serirtion on foot to defend prisoner, but such was not
the cue, as he bad been paid by Post-oflies order from
his friends for attending there to•day.
Prisoner was remanded till Monday for centers*.
Moense.—Before the Mayor (.1. F. Hodges, Foci.),
M. Devecisb, Req., R. Davis, Fog., J. Bishop, Esq..
and Dr. Aldridge,
William Lew having pleaded goilty to the charge of
stealing patterns at the Antelope Hotel, was sentenced
to three months' hard labour. Prisoner fainted, and
fell down upon the floor. He was assisted to the
adjoining room and given brandy and water, when be
soon revived, and was taken on to pot.
William AlidltbargA was brought up charged with
stealieg watches. Mr. Weston prosecuted.
Nearly a month ago prisoner was apprehended in
Fottlington for leaving his wife and family abareeable to
the anion at Norwich, and the magistrates Of that city
sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment. In the mom
at the Bull's Head, which he and a women named
Ballard occupied, four watches were found, two known
to be stolen, and the others suspected to be; so lest
Friday P.S. Cousins went to Noreich, and, on Saturday,
when prisoner left Norwich Castle, apprehended him
for being in unlawful pusession of four 'ratchet
P.S. Cousins said that on the 17th of February, in
oompany with • Norwich sergeant of police, he went to
the Bull's Heed, Fordington. to spprehend prisoner,
and brought him to the station.louse. A female
subsequently came to the watoh•house, and said she
wee the wife of prisoner. She committed an astittilt on
him, was senteooed to two month, imprisonment, and
was now in the county gaoL She @lid Fliubeth Mary
Ballard was her maiden name. When in custody she
gave him the key of the room she and prisoner occupied
at the Bull's Head. He searched that room. In •
chest of drawers he found a small bag containing a gold
Albert chitin, which the landlord (Mr. Riggs) identified
as his property. In • cigar box over the fireplace he
found three watchea. One the landlord immediately
Identified as that attached to the chain when lost. On
the 19th of Februery he again searched the room. In
the drawer of the washstand he found a fourth watch,
wrapped in paper, which Mrs. Sarah Bishop, of the
Railway Tavern; identified as her property.
Mr. Wastes now salted for a remand till to.morrow
week, at ten o'clock, when be hoped to be able to find
the owners of the other two watches.
As the woman passing as prisoner's wife is in gaol, it
was arranged to hold the edjourned hearing at the
county gaol.
DIVISION•L PETTY SESSIONS, Elatorday,—Present :
H. Williams, Ea.j. (chairman), R. Pearce, Req.. Captain
Butner, and Major Aatell.
SALVAGII cAss.—A great deal of time was occupied
to-day by the bearing bf an action brought by seven
Portland fishermen, named William Ilium (coxswain),
Joseph Way, William Plants jun., John Way, Thomas
Pitt, Joseph Miller, William Way, against the owner
of the Greek brig Angelica, to recover the sum of L'2oo
for salvage of the said brig 03 the 13th of February.
Mr. F C. Steggall appeared for the salvors and Mr. R.
N. toward on behalf of the owner, of the brig. Before
opening the case Mr. Howard raised an objection that
the service of the summons was not 1-cal, inasmuch as
it was served on Ito captain of the brig, whereat; it
might to have been served on the owner. A great deal
of discussion ensued between the solictitors engaged,
and the Bench segued in ootPultation for some time
upon the mut. The Chairman, after examining the
clause of the Act, expreeael an opinion that the rajas,.
lion was not sufficiently strong to justify an adjourn.
meat or crate any obstruction to the proceeding of the
CYO.

Joseph Cartwright having being sworn Interpreter
between the Oreek Captain and the Bench, in answer
to Mr. Stegall, Nicholas Constantine said he was
captain of the Angelica, and bad been so eight 'sera
William Mon said be was a Doberman residing at
Portland. On Sunday, the 13th February, about tiro
o'clock toe brig Angelica went on shore on the Perry
Bar. He with sit others tried to launch • lerret, but
the sea was so high they could not bench off
Castletown, so they put off just above the Ferry
Bridge. When they reached the brig the captain
I had the long boat on deck ready to launch and
&leo all their clothes. He caught the captain by
the arm and showed him the book and with his
crew, 10 in all, with sin of those in the boat, left the
brig. He (•itoess) remained on board the brig. They
wished to take their elothea, but this witness wodld uot
allow for fear of swamping the boat alongside, and con-
sequeetly they went off anti landed this side of the
Ferry Bridge, from whence they were conveyed to the
Passage Public-house. The NA wag so rough that night
that he could not he got off. The boat earns to hint about
nine p.m., and the whole of them remained on board
in consequenee of the broken sea. About 8 o'clock the
nett morning, he went on shore anti returned a few
hours after. Some of the boat's crew remained in
custody of the vowel till two p.m. on Wednetrlay. He
thought that if the brig's crew had out off without
soutanes and endeavoured to reach shore by t'tem•
selves they would have beeledrowned beyond doubt.
The pulling to the brig in the lerret was attended with
considerable danger. The wind was E. by ;N. The
opening between the Breakwater and the shore
is about north-eaat. The brig was about 30S tons
register. A groat many men—to Ve number of ten—
were also employed in getting the lerret off. The em-
ploy of the horses used in drawing the lariat from
Castletown to the place of launching would have to
be paid for. After they were on board the brig
it drifted in some three lengths. Cross.
•camined. -It took about an hoar to reach
the yeses!. Our lerret is about 19 feet 6 inches.
About the time the coast guard boat came
alongside the venal, the lerret had landed
the crew. The coastguard remained only about a few
minutes on board, they then returned to the shore
About half-an-hour after our boat had left the vetsel
the cosatouard cisme alongaido. It took about ten
minutes to land the brig's crew on the shore out of the
boat. One of the coastguard asked me howl was to get
on shore, and I replied "If they have taken on shore a
lot of foreigners, it is bard if they cannot come off
after me," and that I should not give up posseseioo of
the urea —Re-examined : The gale abated in the
evening ; if it bad not done so the boat could not haws
come off.

_ .
Richard Bothell, chief officer of the eoutignard under
hill at Portland, said : On Sunday the 13th about too
p.m., it was reported to him that a brig wee running
uhore. He ordered on., of his men to follow him end
on proceeding to the direction of the shore, saw the
fishermen with three horse. drawing a has; along. They
hoisted it over the railway palings and polled away.
They had to proceed head to sea for some distance, and
then bore down before the sea towanis the brig, whieh
was • very dangerous proceeding. He assisted them to
laeneb the boat. The tenet's crew were stripped reedy
for any emergency. The gale at the time wee the
strongest that had been experienced this winter,
accompanied with sleet, and the weather was piercingly
cold. If the weather had not abiteel, the brig would have
gone down before it. The crew consisted of old men, one of
them • eripple and none of them at the time possessing
sufficient strength to have managed a boat, even had
they got into one. He considered the danger so great
that be sent to Weymouth for the lifeboat. He had
sonaiderable *swims.* as a oustsuard, whilst at Lyme
he saved the lives of fie* French men who had fallen
from the lifeboat, for which aerviee he received a medal
from Mit rewash Emperor. He was coxswain of the boat
at the time. He had been stationed 25 years on the
coast of Scotland and England. He saved the lives at
Lyme on the 7th January, 1854. The rescue occupied
some for or five hours. He should imagine that, as
the sea was very short and lopping at Portland, there
woe more diengvr attendant on the rescue of the
Angelica's crew than thom at Lyme.- Croo-examined
Did not know why the Weymouth lifeboat did not go
out, He had been given to understand it was because
they were afraid to do in.—Re-examined : The reason
why the fishermen did not go to the Ferry and launch
the lerret was that it would have been a lose of time.
John Hartley, coastguard, under the coma:mad of
Lest witness, said that in consequence of what he saw
. from the shore on the 13th of February, be followed
Mr. Boxhall dowu to where the fishermen were launching
the ferret and satiated them. He was decidedly a
opinion that they polled off to the brig at eousiderable
risk of their lives. He saw the crew of the brig landed;
they were old sea and very much exhauster:l—Croft-
examined : He did not know the Pis* of the coastguard's
boat.. Si.. wee lerret built .

Richer—a-80-113511 here 'Used that the °ergo, plate u.
and railway iron, was extremely 'Linable; she was a
very line vessel. Re considered that the weasel waa
worth at least
_

Yr. Howard wild be should not wish tour 000 word
In depreciation of the services of the Portland Men . As
for as he was ransomed he had simply a foreigner to
advise him, but whatever would be the result, be we,
aware, from the well-known character of the Dome,
magistrama,tbst the foreigner, his client, would go hoe
to his oottittry with a conviction that be had had jasti -
*done him. And proceeding to oho foots of tho eon, de
ootaildod that it had bora provftl lo du *radon*, *b.

bed the Perthind man started from the Ferry Briddir
there would hive been far less danger than by Mortals
from were they did, as they would, In that rase have
gone bead to wind instead of crossing the sea. His
instructions were that no risk whatever had been in.
mined in proceeding to the vessel and none in remain-
ing on board, inagneneh as William Man had remained
on board, and he contended that if the septain and
crew of the brig had remained there they would have
iocurred no risk. In the next ease the captein wan •
foreigner on a perfeetiv strange coast, and as he raid,
when he was so handled by the coxswain of the Port-
land boat, he Understood be was obliged land. And
as to the age of the Greek crew, it had been staled that
they were old men. He admitted some or them
were so, but the majority of them were not aged in the
common aceeptianoe of the term. The chief ingredients
in the case. therefore, were the risk of the men lives
in saving those of the crew, the labour incurred in so
doing, and finally the value of the vessel and cargo.
Nicholas Constantine re.eriimincei On the night in
onwition the brig had two anchors out in Portland roads.
At two pm. both anchors parted. Then he hoisted his
jibs or foresail so as to run head on shore. When the
; ship went aground they foetid the water shallow, and
they endeavottred to I•anch the lona boat. A beat then
came to thin and forced him (the Captain) to came on
shore, without allowing him to take any article of
clothing—their best being ready to be launched at the
same time. There was no risk in their going on shore;
, not • drop of water ems into the levat. He would not
have gone with them unless he thought they were min
of authority, and that he would be breaking the laws of
the country in not taming off with them. He should
have preferred going on shore in Lis own boat, as it was
• larger one-22 feel long. Some one broke open his
private chest and strewed the contents over the floor.
The ages of four of his crew are 19, 25, 28, and 38
' respectively, and only one was over 50. His mate wee
aged 55. His own ago was 36. If the Portland men had
allowed him, he was certain he could have launched
his own boat. He did not wish to go on shire; but
merely to have the boat ready for an emergency. He
was not part owner of the weasel. He had never loaded
• c.rgo railway iron before, and did not know the
value of the cargo. The value of the venial might have
been £5OO. She took on board a Gera. of 350 tons.
Did not know the amount in which the vessel was
insured. . _

Gonetantinis Andras, through the medium of the
interpreter, said he wan mate of the brit Angelica. Had
been to sea 45 vaars. Hews. the lut MILD to go into
boat. He did sot think his life in danger when he
entcred the boat. He saw the others get in, and th-y
came and took him out of the cabin and compelled him
to go, bet did not allow him to take anything with him.
They hoisted DO signals of distress ; but were intent
upon leunching the boat. Their boat was In such •
oondition that he wee certain she would have carried
them on shore without a doubt. His leg was broken
at the time, and Ids clothes were taken to him after.
wards.
_ _ . . . . .

Mr. Stepan here stated that his witnesses were
willing to swear that the whole of the clothes were
taken on shore at the Name time.
Mr. Howard said be did not wish to oast any iosinue-
Hon upon the conduct of the Portlenders lie merely
wiehed to arrive at the facte?f the awe, . .

The witness Andrea said they had. been in the
roads ten days when the boat from Portland mune to
them. _ .

The Bench then retired and oti their return into
court the chairman said they coneiriered that the Port.
land men wereentitled to salvage, and more on amount
of saving the lives of the crew this in having saved
the vowel and cargo, and they awarded salvage at
Xlll5 and costs.
Mr. Wtlisms here left the &nett.

Tgowes Gwyn sad Ening JzseoP were charged
with poaching on lends belonging to the Earl at
Ilcbeater.

William Barg. keeper for Lord Ilohester, said that
on the 20th of January he was in a field in the parish
of Everabot, about four o'clock in the afternoon. He
raw both defendants go out of the footpath towards the
fends, one on each aide. Saw Groves take a net out
of hie poeket, and set it near the hedge and Jesaop did
the same on the other aide. He went up to them and
found a eaboit on Groves. He took the rabbit, and told
them they would be summoned,

•
In aniwer to Droves, witness min They had neither
ferrets, dogs, nor sticks. They were were 100 yards
from the footpath.
Defendants denied the charge, but Groves admitted
having the rabbit, accounting for the possession of it
by saying that at time' rabbits were killed by vermin,
and that be picked it up.—A previous conviction for
game treepass was proved against Jessop and one for
assault against Groves.— Fined 10e. and costa.

Virtue and Ifrmarir. Jaha Disok.-Plaintills were the well
known seed merchants of Weymouth, be. and defendant was
laid to he reeding at Westotnizer-Mare ; but he dad not
weir.- Mr. Welsford we. for Mdf.--The claim as for
£ll 1 15. 3d. formed supplied to defendant, *farmer. Mr. Virtue
had never sawn him ; but he had written to him several WOOS
asking for myenent. The goods were ordered by letter, uand
Mr. Vertu' only knew defendant'. handwriting, front former
badness transactions Since the i'mods hsd ben. dekvered, he
had bead nothing fronr defendant.-Hla Honoor asked Mr.
Verbs If he knew that there in such a person m John Davis. -
I with that
Mr. Venue revile I that he always premmed nn.-.Mr. Weldon:l
said several /Mere bad been sent to the addren. and as they
had never been returned front the Dead-letter Office, the pre-
sumpthin wa• that John Davis remised them.- -The Judge mid
uld.r..Lertjniuemssaapaitniathishopcsholtnmem,ctiti helletter.dld nilgrt„triene melt•
name ; but he knee nething fm personally. -Mr. Welded
remarked that the summons had been 'erred on such • rnion,
and Mr. Vertue stated that he could prose the goo& welli
delivered he the Railway Cosnony to John Davis-rib Ouches
mid that Mr. Virtue most get some person to we John Darts
personally, and if be admitted that he had the goods, that
, would be sufficient. At present the mss • ould be adjourned
for that purpos.,
sword v. liffman. --Claim for t 8 W. 7d. fur stone.--Mr.
&riven. agent for Mesas. Steward (the newly-elected trustee
of her Ma}esty'• (Irem) proved dist the veld:, were milt. He
did not knew defendant tensonally ; the • new we. ordered by
letter. -The Judge! Then you UV In the same predicament at
plaintiff in the laud cam. Mr. Weisford, who appeared for
Menem Steward said that they had an adntitsfun of debt by
letter, but they were in this difficulty- that they could not
prove the handwriting.- -Kr 8 -riven sell the aignaturs was
very similar to others which he had previously received, and be
believed it to be Millman'. He had been sending goods to him
f-r orders under that signature, and had received payment. -
The Judge said he would take the letters as an admission,
though It was rather loose. If defendant objected he could
apply for • now trial. Judgment forth' whole amount claimed.
aoudad, .. rah.- Claim for 14 7. ON. by a baker and
grocer of l'pwey again* • packer on the ra)lway. -Debt
admitted, and defendant offered to pay Os. • month-Plaintiff
would accept this on condition that plaintiff pall two 'natal-
insults forthwith, but this defendant meld he was unable to do,
He had Y. SW. a day when In work, butt he lost a great deal of
time In bad weather. Plaintiff rather tenarioudy held out for
two instalment. at Snit, as defendant', pay-dsy was yesterday.
/.ut Will. said he had mid his fortnlght`a engem all away-The
Judge' You had better take ea • month. Order at that rate,
defendant being warned to keep his payments up,