The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

BTOURPAINS

STSALIMG • WATCH TROY • POLICEMAN.—
George Read and Eliza Read, husband and wife,
residing at Stoarpaine, were brought before J. J.
Farquharson, Esq., aLthe magistrates clerk's office,
on Thursday Jan. 3, charged with stealing a elver
watch, the property of Thomas Loader, formerly
police-oonatable at Btourpeine. —Prosecutor stated
that on the 27th September he wreath John Seager's
house at Stourpaine a littleafter ten o'clock at night.
He was asked by Seeger to go there. John &agar
was there and Ann Doman. Eliza Read came in.
They had something to drink. John Seeger went to
the public house and brought in some rum He
(Loader) drank some of it without any water, about
three wins glasses hill. He went out of the hones
to go to his beat. He was thee • polios-oonstable.
As soon as he got out of the hones, he became
I untamable. When he left Jells Seeger, Ann Deana
and Eliza Read were in the bones. He took out he
watch about ten minutes before he left the bowie.
He was this sober. He did Dot -osoome conscious
of anything until the next morning,!wben be found
be was in bis bed at his lodgings in Stourpaine.
He was undressed, sod found his hat, cloak and belt
in an outhouse on • copper that morning. He had
not to go through the outhouse to hi. bed.room.
Re then missed his watch. He went that same day
to Ana Deman's house, toast her if she knew any-
thing about his watch. bliss Read came up, and
he asked her if she knew aaytning about it; she
said she did not, if she had she would have given it I
to him. He asked Dorman and Read if they had seen
anyone go home with him the night before. Eliza
Read said she expected it was on. of the policemen;
she bad man • strange man shoot there. About a
week afterwards he met Elias Read again by John
Retries house, and told her that the had his watch.
She said she Ind not. He had been told that she
owe out of John Seager's house the night he left it,
and Mame unconscious just alter he left. About the
middle of December lest he heard that George Read
had sold a watch to Crab Cole. He then sent to
Dorchester to get the number of the watch from the
man be bought it oL On Thursday, 27th Deoem.
her, Criah Cole showed him • watch, it was
the one produced. It was his watch end the
floe be lost. —Elizabeth Doman stated that she
lived at Stourpaine On a Friday morning in
September lash the prosecutor (Thomas Loader) came
to her house. Her daughter, Ann Daman, was
there. Thome. Loader told her that be had last his
wraith, and asked her daughter if she knew anything
about it. Eliza Read then came in, and Loader
asked her if she knew anything about it. She
said rho did not; if she did Sh• would have
been more than plowed to tell him. Witness
asked Eliza Read after Loader bad goes away if she
had seen anyone go home with Loader the night
before. She said she had not. She had seen •
strange man shout; she thought it was a poliomnao
in disguise—Cribb Col* stated that be lived at
Stourpaine Down. George Read was at his house
about eve weeks ago, and palled out • watch to
compare the time with his (witatees'o) dock. He
said to him that he should like to have the watch,
and would not mind giving him 10s. sad his watch
to change. About three weeks after be ma George
Read. They went to Remus! Eisager's together
sod bad a pad of ale. He asked witness to lend
him 2a. and thee Is. Witless asked him again if
he would sell the watch he had sue before and made
him the seine offer. He refused it, and said Fri
would not do it like that. lie wasted Sibs of ham
for Eliza in addition to the 10a and witneee's watch.
Witness said he would give it. He said be supposed
Eliza would be hurt to desk he bed sold the watch,
to which witness replied that he had better go and
get the kev of the watch, and thee he would know
whether Eliza was agreeable to give no the watch
or not. They then went together to John Read's
house He than saw Miss Reid sed asked her if she
were willing be should bay the witch of her husband.
Witness then gave George Read 10a and be the.
gave it to his wM. He than gave witness the watch
soar produosd. ass Read told bin that her

husband's sister had want down the watch from
Luidon as a present, end he was not to tell her
husband's mother of it. He gave George Read his
watch. —P.C. Wallis stated that he received the
watch produced from Uriati Cole on Thursday
the 27th December last. He apprehended George
Read last Ikeda, morning. He told him the charge.
Read mid he searoely knew Loader; he had only
seen him mar or twice. He Alm said that the
watch he had wild to I:frith Cole was given him by
.hit old woman. Witness *apposed be meant Ma
mother. Elise Read was upstairs and heard what
, was said, and said something contradicting her
buil:and, but he could not my what it was- —la
answer to the eharge, George Read : All I knaw
&host the watch is that my wife brought me watch
up to me whea I was in bed. I said, where did
you get it She replied that my sister bad
sent her the watch from London. —Elias Head said:
On the 27th September I was in the road mar the,
White Horse, Btourpaine, ; Ana Denim was with
me. We wont to John Seeger's. I went to the
White Horne, and got a noggin of ram Loader
maze in. He drank a smell gime and went out,
sayiog he meet go to his duty. I followed, and he
asked me to un with him, which I did. and was
with him shout en hour, during which time he gars
me the watch. —Prisoner, were oommitted for trial
at the nest assizes.