The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-02-28 00:00:00

STIIIININSTAR NIWTON.

WlloLeeste Sirordantritt —Ugric-non 111 Ogrount.
—S one remarkable cases of shop-lifting, in which the
thief was detected In • very curious manner, were
investigated by Captvin [Lanham, R.N., sod Major
Forbes at the Polio's-court on tionday.—Joeuin
Klewortb, labourer, of Starminater Newton, was I
charged with stealing from the shop of Mr. Henry
Lem tailor and outfitter, of Sturnaluster Newton,
on. pair of sock., value Is. IJ., another pair value fid.,
and • necktie valor, Iv. It —Pre-rotor &posed that
he bed n tho prqi•rty, bot on Sun Ley. the
12th inst. hi was sitting in th chor at chord% by Mr,
John Faris, tailor, when, on Mr. Rose stretching
out his loge, he noticed he had op • pair a ennke
similar to 0641 he had added t hit 404. As he
raid nut removal:or having sold any, he was induced
to ask Mr. Kr where be got tuna troy', and he
replied "I bought them from Josiah Ellsworth. Being
anxious he examined his stock on going home (win
church, and found the par mis,ing. On seeing Mr.
Wes pass hie house he asked him if he would kindly
step in, which he did. On comparing the socks they
were loan i to c,rrespond. On th. Monday he sent
for the prisoner to come to his shop, which he did.
He irked him where be got thre • wks from he
'sad to John lire, and he replied that his d 'tighter
b night them at Bumdford for 9.1., accib;. gave ler
the same price for them. twee Ad preouer
he would go at opal and see a'.ont it, as he had
loot .0 many things from his shop. He ordered& trap
fir that purism), but before it wag ready prircer c.nAn
Ist' the shop and camtered to having picked tbaro,
outside the shop door, • Ming "1 bays never taksu
anything from your shop bee, r very • eery
for having done s pow.' • could Weer to the tie
produced by Ks baron/ his stamp on it. The socks'
he could not swear to, aatiough they were similar to
the ones he had in stock. He had never sold prisoner
• tie or socks, nor entrusted any to his Care. The
large socks were the ones he confessed to having
incked up at his shop door. —John Row", tailor, Stu.
minder Newton, said the large socks produced be
bought of prisoner in his house, giving him 9,J. for
them, either on t. 814 3r 9th burnt. —ldr. Superb'.
tendent Grant deposed that on the 14th instant
he received the laige pair of socks produced front
Mr. John ROll. He apprehended the prisoner, and
charged him With stealing• pair of socks from Mr.
Lemons shop. Prisoner thereupon said, and lie pia it
' in writing, "A. true as I am • living aro I found
them on the roue outs de the 4kor, 'rudder night
He revelled the premises on Tituredsy. the 16th, and
found the necktie and small pair of socks (produced),
with acme other articles, hung up loan old Dutch oven
against the wall. On Friday, the 17th, he told prisoner
he had searched his house, and found the small
sock/ and necktie, which he would be also charged
with stealing from Mr. Lemon. Prisoner replied, "No,
I didn't."—Prisoner eected to be tried summarily.—
Prisoner was then further charged with stealing a
field exercise book, valise La; " rite Year Book of
HI a and Orscee," value ; a Church Service, vales
341. 6d.; two Prayer Books, value 6,1. each. • diary,
value ; and • packet of guirt, 12, bottles, Caine Is.,
from the shop of Mr. C. S. R elt—Proereutar deposed
that he was a booips-ller reedit.' at Sturminster New.
too. Hu could positively swear toi the field exercise
book and the Church Service as being his, and had on
tloorbt whatever the other property produced belottrel
to him, lie could prove the fieldi exercise book was
in his shop on the 213th alt., having offered it for sale
to a me.,.ber of the *Se Corps.--Soperintandent
Grant dap red that on Thursday last whilst prisoner
was is his custody he went and searched his outh,,tue
and premier. He found books and the Packet
of gum in an old dutch oven hung apart the wall
In the outhouse, the other oven,
he (wand upstairs
In a drawer. On Friday be showed Wismar the
hooks sod gum, it the same tints tilling him whore
lee popoia wee Weed, and that he watiki be

forther charged with stealing it from Mr. Hese'.
clip. Prisoner replied " No, I didn't." He told
prosodist that morn ng there was • Church Beryl*,
whir, he soli to M. F. 'l'. Pitt, also stolen
from Mr. Hve's ahoy, istd that he would be chatgod
wili etealing :his alio. Prisoner then said "I am
sorry, and will Istl guilty to havii.g stolen it ail.'—
Fie lerick Tom Pit, blacksmith, Sturminster Newtoo,
stated that the prisoner came to his shop about the
beginning of January, an I offered to sell him • Church
Service. He urged him to bay it, which he did at last
for &I. He gave it up last night to P.C. timpeon.—
P.C. Simpson proved receiving the Church Service
from Mr. Pitt—The prig MIN wished to have this case
slaJ settled at ono*, an I again pleaded guilty.
H anhana very euitably aMresse 1 the prisonerTsr.74
he Wall very sorry to We a men in such • degramW
p wition, it being clear he had been • long time pesetas-
log theoe petty thefts. It was not the wish of the
court to pass a vindictive sentence, and there warn one
redeeming feature in his Case, it being the brat time
as far as they knew he had been brought up in a court
of justice. Still, they must paes such a sentence as
would deter other. from committing like offences, and
trusting it would boa lesson never to be forgotten by
him, and that he would even yet retrieve his lost
character as tar as laid in his power, the sentence of
the court would be six weeks hard labour in each
case