The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-01-24 00:00:00

THE DoEsET COUNTY EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24. 1871.

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PORWARDID CARRIAGE FREE
By Rail, on receipt of P. 0.0. payable to
SUTION AND SONS, RRADING.

CONTEXTS.

Plod, the best aorta for 'tics Cucumber, hest sorb..
molts's, 6 quarts. lockets.
Ilcana, 2 ditto, ditto. Leek, Ism, sort, I ditto.
t'rench Beams. Runners and Lettuce, Sutton's Superb Cod
Dwarbi, 1} pinta. and other.. 3 packet.
Beet, the flue% 1 packet. Mustard. 4 ounces.
Bury:ale, or Kale, 2 packets. Melon, choiaast, 1 packet.
Broods BproutA, t ditto. lief... Improved Reading and
Broccoli, the best aorts,4 ditto others, 3 ounces.
Cabbage. best sorts, 5 ditto. Parsley, dpiendid curled, 1 do,
Savoy, finest curled, 2 ditto. Paned's, student, 1 ditto.
Carrots, beat sorts, 3 ounces. Radish, finest sorts. 5 ditto.
Cauliflower, 1 packet. Spinach, 4 ditto.
Celery, white and red, 2 ditto, Turnip, floe sorts, 3 ditto.
Couve Tronchuds, 1 ditto. Vegetable Marrow, 1 packet
Endive, best sort, I ditto. Sweet and Pot Herbst, 2 ditto.
Crew,, plain, curled, stc., 4 Tomato, 1 ditto
ditto.
Any articles not required will be exclude I, and others
included according to the wish of the purchaser.

hiced Descriptive Catalogues of Garden Seeds,
Farm Seed,. and Flower Seeds, gratis and poet free
ou application.

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with confidence refer as to the superior quality of
their seeds.

Tlie CHINA MISMOIL—The annual meeting of the
tranychour fund will be hell, D.V., OD Friday evening,
the 27th inst., at 7.30.. in East Fordiagton school.
roern• The Rey. Arthur Houle will be present to
! address the meeting. The fund has been established
' Ave years ; its obj.et being to provide special means
Ita aid the Rey. George Houle in his mission in the
city of Munehew.
FUELDISOTON SONDAT SCHOOL& The I tea (a
very long standing institu, ion) of the East Fordington
Sunday School. was given last Thursday ovenintr. the
19:b. At 430 the large room was filled with the
scholar's, who numbered nearly 300. The tee and cake
provided seemed to give hearty satisfaction to the
guests ; and the latter part of the evening,durins which
• magic lantern was shown, was no lies obeciful and
plerwant. The arrangements were under the care of
Mrs. Morale, the Rev. Handley Mottle' and Mr. M. F.
Evans, with the aid of many friends, teachers, and
others. The 'teal' H. Motile was present throughout
the evening, and at the close gave, as for many years
pest has been his custom, • brief and impressive address
to the scholars. The organist 'Ai choir led, at
intervals, in the Rinsing of some delightful hymns,
"Let es with • gladsome mind," "There is a happy

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BiicFriday last Collins,
e0;0111SpolLIT • DOR-
oI the Scots Fusilier Guard., who has been stationed
isrtganti s or
og r o
at Dorchester for about two mouth., died somewhat
suddenly at the Duke of Wellington Inn. For a short
time pa 4 the deceased had been suffering from an
attack of jaundice, and Mr. J. Good. surgeon, was rent
for to attend him which he did fur ten days previously
to his death. In opposition to the enlace of war,
which state that in the eveot of any man belonging
to her Majesty's service either on furlough, recruiting
service, or otherwise, falling ill, he shall at once be
conveyed to the military hospital and receive the attends
ance of the military surgeon, no communication was
made with Um military authorities at the Dorchester
Barracks, and nothing was known of the man's state
until five minutes before he died, when Dr. O'Brien of
the Royal Horse Artillery, was. called; bat, almost im-
mediately upon his arrival, Collins expired. Great
dissatisfaction was expressed by the military surgeon
at the neglect In carrying out the provisions of the
statute, and he reported the affair to the War Office
authorities. The matter has created quite a sensation
in military circles —The f antral took place on Mon-
day (this) afternoon. About • hundred men of the
Royal Horse Artillery, under the oommand of Lieut.
Burnett, "turned but' in full marching order, and,
preceded by an Armstrong gun, marehed at two o'clock
to the Duke of Wellington inn, where lay the body of
the deceased Guardsman. Here the coffin was brought
out and placed upon the gun, and a procession was
formed in the followingorder :
Firing pariy of twelve.
Quo, bearing the softie, covered with • black pall, upon which
were placed the regimental cap and arms of deceased.
The two brothers of dammed.
Two sergeants of the Scots runners Quanta
Drivers and gunners RILL.
Noecommiseloned officers.
Lieut. Burnett.
The 'revalued' wended its way at • slow pace through
Trinityetreet, and along the Weymouth-road, followed
by a large commune of spectators, to the oemetery. At
the chapel the Berries for the dead (Weelsyan version)
was read by the Bev. J. Hugill, and the party then
ed to the grave where three volleys we fired
ritsesd re
air, and the military party then reformed and
returned to the barracks at qtdok step.
TER Wiluileo or FOnMerwron CHUaca.—The
church of at. George, Fordiairton, has reoently been
most effectually warmed by " Moula's Patent Warming
Apparatus." The means used are described as follows :
" rordlegton Church stands on an eminence, and is
entirely exposed to all winds, exoeptiog the west wind.
Its length, from the west wall of the tower to the east
wall of the chanoal. is 90 feet. The average width is
46 feet, and the average height, exclusive of the tower,
is 23 feet. The ealsio measurement of the entire building
is about 100,000 feet. The tower from the floor
to the elossir.twom measures 33 feet, It has a fine west
window, and is open to the body of the church through
an arch, the height of witish is 30 feet. The door of
this tower, which hitherto has been damp and cold, is
the only place for the girls of a large Sunday school,
and it is now made, from the most unoomfortable, the
most comfortable plain in the church ; for almost is
the centre of it ere have sank the stokrrhele, and this
being revered with as iron grating, the heat radiating
from the front of the furnace ascends and warms the
whole of the specie above, and that so completely that
the boys who in the clock room chime the bells find the
warmth most comfortable. The smoke and hest pass
from the furnanoe in this stoke-hole into the horizontal
flue which runs along the centre aisle to the extreme
end II the ohanceL The wall of the &aortal is built of
flints and ashlar, and is two feet in thickness, so we
have construided within it, by taking out some of the
flint., • 12-ineh fine or chimney. This runs from the
north angle of the wall to the apex of the roof, and our
chimney.pot le formed by the elevation of the top
stone of the water-table, which being hollowed, gives
passage to the smoke to the north and mouth. The
furnsces employed, which have ill's& termed "Hydro-
carbonic," may be briefly described as follows :—beneath
the furnace-bars is a movable tank filled with water.
By the beat of the fire the water is gradually eouverted
into steam, which, pawing upwards through the
furnace-bars into the lire, is, to some extent, decom-
posed, and the hydrogen, uniting with the air on com-
bustion generates heat; thus fuel is saved, and heat
incireleed. Further, that portion of the steam which
escapes decomposition, preserves the farness, increases
the draught, and prevent. the ignition of any soot that
may have been allowed in trine to form within the
flues. Likewise, by the employment of the water-kink,
the limes of heat, by downward radiatioa, is prevented:
BOROUGH PITTT BEBBIOIII, Friday.—Before J. Bishop,
Esq.
Tootles Loasaa, carpenter, of Dorchester, was brought up
charged by Mr Wallis, tailor, of High East-street, with having
stolen a boa of buttons, eit Thu y evening,
It appears that about six o'clock on 'Thursday evening, Mr
Wallis having been seat for from the back shop to the front,
found hie son together with prisoner, who enquire,' of him if
he did not "let out" article, upon Do much a week. He
answered no, and Loader turned to leave, when his son stopped
him acd sated him what he had in his pocket. Te this prisooer
made no reply, and Mr Wallis then aeked his eon if prisoner
had anything in his pocket and he said yea. Thereupon pro-
secutor laid bold of him and prevented his leaving the shop.
Prisoner then took toutething from ble pocket and threw it
Into the greet. Mr Wallis mot his son outside to see what it
was, and he shortly after returned with a box of buttons which
he could Identify ms his property, by • particular mark upea
It. Prisoner then said to him' What should I want with your
buttoner to which be replied "I don't know what you
wanted with them, but I know you threw them away." The
value of the box of buttons was about is, llpon his wanking
to prisoner about it, he was saucy, and he thereupon sent for
the police, and gave him into the custody of P.C. Xeres& Ile
had seen the box mule In his shop an hour before.
P.C. beech maid he went to Mr Wallis's, and received Loader
in charge. Mr Willis gave him the box of bottom which he
reduced. On witness charging him with stealing the button.
• mid, " the buttons; 1 don't know nothin about 'eat"
te etas then locked up.
Prisoner had nothing to say, sod was remanded till Monday.
MOlDeT,—Before the Mayor, and J. Bishop, Esq.
A Man named AIM King was charged with ideating meat
from the Duke of Wellington inn, the property of Mr Charlie.
Meech.
Prosecutor said that about nine o'clock on Saturday night
he bad in his pantry two necks and a shoulder of mutton.
Prisoner was in the home from ten WI needy twelve, during
chtime he believed the pantry was unlocked. Prieoner
paned that door several times. Bo did other people. Suspected
prisoner bemuse he left the house so hurriedly.
Maria Adams, charwoman, said about eleven o'slock she
wont to the pantry for some pickles, unlocking the doer.
King asked her for mu onion, and she gave hint one. She left
the door unlocked, and itim standing In the purge eating the
onion.
lin Month, about eleven o'clock, saw the meat ode. King
was than in the bows. About midnight she was tn tha bar.
King went out and aloof; the mange by the pantry to the beck,
but the did not hear him open the back door. At that time the
pantry door was open. Shortly a:Ur she heard some oaf run
through the purge hurriedly unbar the door, and go out.
She went to see who it was and MX Meg Dearly opponte the
Minim& walking very fast: That was his right way home.
P.S. Cousins found • Deck of mottos in prisoner's house and
charged primmer with stealing it: he made no reply, but,
taking spa dutch-oven from before the fire, he said" Here's
• piece of mutton, but I bought it of Mr. Fudge last night, and
gave is. led, foe' 11," Fin g prisoner had not bought that
mutton at Mr. redge's although' he had purchased a bream
which was hang* up, witness went back and took the mutton,
and apprehended prisoner.
Thomas Gallop, in the employ of Mr. lodge, butcher said
that on Saturday night about nine o'clock King bouakt at
their shop a brume of mutton. Wit... was there I the
evening, and did not me hint buy any neck : if he had done,
must have known it The breast meta is, 104.
Prisoner said that about half-an-how after he bought the
bre:rumba went to Mr. Fudge's shop, and purchased that part
of the neck, and paid is. 94., for it to Mr. R. Fudge.
lie mid he should wish the came to go for trial to the
mime,
The prosecutor asked that young Mr. Fudge Walled. This
was dose, and he stated that King went to their shop on
Saturday evening about half-past eight, and a bream of mutton
was sold him.
In answer to prisoner, wanes, said he did not recollect pri-
soner coming again for a neck. The piece in question was cut
111 • way similar to theirs.
In reply to the charge, prisoner mid he had nothing more
to say than that be bought and Feld for the mutton.
Its was committed for trial, but admitted to ball, himself
and one surety In LSO each.
Thomas header was brought up on remand. and pleaded
guilty, but said he did net know what he was about—he was
" drinky."
Prosecutor aid P.C. beech said they did not perceive any
digautintoxication,
sr was seataisced to one months' kart labour.
! COUNTY Pin"! aileetners, fietorday.—Before H.
Williams, Esq. (chairman), B. 0. F. Steward, Each and If. N.
Middleton Esq.
Cumin LIN. of Owlish, was summoned by Prudence
Cross to show canes why he should not contribute towards the
mint/mulct of her illegitimate male child, born on the Mb
December, of which he was the putative father. Complain-
ant is a single woman, and the intimacy boon in March, WO,
and was continued for six months She had kepi company
with Legg for • twelvemonth before this oonirrcd.—Leg,g low
Wanted that he was the father .of the child, and expressed
ids willisernees to support it; remarking that be was always
willing I. do et. —The Chairman : Then why did you come
beret Defendant: Because her suramonaed ma—The usual
order was made.
MOITDAY. —Before K. Pearce, Esq.
The convict GOWNS/ was again brought up, charged with
Wee bargiariee at Portland, as reported ht our last Wei, and
be wee committed for trial.
0001 ITT Court', Thureday.—Before T. E. P. Laing,
111.0. R. Bak, of Dorchester, v. Whitty, of Maiden Newton.
Defendant tendered the amount of the claim (id Its Yd.) to
Mihail after the summons had hese reeved, and, on his re
fusing to accept it without payment of the expenses, paid It
Into court, So the question now was as to costa. In answer
to plaintiffs application forth. money, defendant wrote, "Yen
can sue and be 01412ged. Now you shall whistle to the end of
the month." His Honour said defendant must pay for plaintiffs
whistling, and ordered him to pay lea for costs sad la lid. foe
pisintiffs attendenes.
Jou Wrgla v. Eduard lig& was • Irian of AI Is. ltd. for
goods and money lent. Part of it was for beer sad cigars, had
when his daughter was married, and els. money borrowed by
his son-in-law, but which defendant's wife undertook to re-
pay. The Judge told defendant he must give up crooking
cigars for thorrowut, tad Pal £1 Is. 11d. by 4s. • month, and
had dater pay the other Gs. or his sonde-law might be sued
for it.
Hood v. Ifiritty was a Claing of Allis ild. for drapery, ex.,
supplied to defeedant's wife from plaintiff's shop at Heiden
NOWIMI. It MIMMad that six years ago last August defendant
Issued an advertisement stating that he would not be
uma for his wile's debts, and he gave personal notice orrrtt
Mrs Treachard who at that tints conducted plaintiffs borings'.
But it seemed that the goods were supplied on the faith of •
letter purporting to be from from is Wakely (defendant's
wife's mother), sulborieing them to supply Mir with goods to
the amount of is weekly. This letter Yr Howard, for the
plaintiff, asked the court to impound, sad the judge eon-
sand • but His Honour held the notice given by Mr. WWII
Inthreli barred the dais against hire, and gave Judgment for
delendant with coma Mr Weston was the advocate for the
deinseset.
filehert Leself Ls of Weymouth, v. Monk and others.—
We Ins ea adleammid aeelleatien for • decree ordertag
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Mr. Howard for applicant ; Mr: Rswline for defendant Shortly
before Use old men's death he got his daughter, Mis:Thedera
Legx
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the will, and there was • " regular row" after the funeral when
it was read. When the ars—eGng witnesses went to the probate
court, William deposed that he did not seo the testmor's
signature to the will, lint there Were two or three lines at the
top of the sheet of paper on which he wrote. Walter testified
to the truth of that deposition, but probate wee not grouted,
and after nesrly ten years' disputing the came came before this
court in December, when William reiterated his statements at
[Sandford, and the nom was adjourned for the attendance Of
the co-witness Walter, who now appeared.
Walter Meech, mid: I am inUse employ of the Duke of
Grafton as keeper in Suffsik. Yesterday I came to my father's
house, and to-day saw my couein in Dorchester. That wnting
(his name on the will) is mine, and it WM written on Sunday,
July IS, 1001. On that day I went to my grandfathers
(the testator's) house between one and two o'clock. He
(Gabriel )Leech) had been ill Gee or six week. I have seen him
writh ewer times. (Will handed to witness.) Coelho certain
whether that is my grandfathers signature, but I should
fancy it is. On going to grandfather's house 1 saw cousin
William, Mrs. Theodora Legg, and Mr. Legg. I don't remem-
ber any more. Wentto grandfather's room es Mrs. Legg said
grandfather wished to me me. She didn't tell me what for.
My cousin William and Mr.. Legg went umudrs with me.
Grandfather was in bed, propped up with pillows. He had
before him • mom of paper and pen and ink. He said 'Oh !
William and Walter this is my last will and deed, and I with
you to Pee that lam in my right mind when I sign this." He
handed the pen to my cousin dr.t. The inkbothe was on the
bed. I cannot say whether there was a book there or not: My
cousin William wrote the word "witness" first, and made •
bracket, and then signed his name. He handed the pen to
mond I signed iny name as it now appean fire was a
book on the bed when we signed. There were other
places where we could have s4neid besides on the bed. Alter
we had signed grandfather mid " he should not be long with
• us," and we comedown stein.
Cromexaminsi : Were not these the words used," I west
you both to sign this paper—this is my lost will and deed" ?-- '
A.—No, but Li I said before—ttumtioned again, the witness •
eald those might have been the words, he was not positive to
• word or two, but was sure he sald "I want you to see I am
in my right mind" The paper Wan folded in half when I
sigiled. The side on which we signed had nothing on it but
witnees" and our names.
TM Judge: If that were no, why did you sign so far from
the top
A.—Beicaum my aunt, Mrs. Legg, who stood by, showed my
cousin William where to ago.
Mr. Howard: If anybody had said there was a line or two
al the top of the sheet on which you signed, but that two or
three had been added since, would not that be niter the
truth?
A.— No ; I saw no lines st the top, If there had been any,
enuit have seen it. If my cousin William said he would
swear to two lines but not to three that would be wrong.
Grandfather had the pen in his band when we went into the
Moen. The paper lay open the whole length (fOolsimp folio),
and my aunt doubled it I told at the Probate Court at
! Risadford. what took place. Did not refuse se go there.
, Remembered going into Dorchester alter grandfather's death
about the will.
Mr. Howard: Did the person you saw tell you it would be
no good to my you didn't see your father sign; you must
my the name was not there at all?
A.—l never • heard such a thing. Father asked mc to
make an affidavit of what took place. He ld nothing about
upsetting the edll. Never heard him my he wee determined
Uti Legg. should not have the money. lie said that it was to
prevent the will being proved. Mr. Legg wished to prove the
will.
By Ilr Rawlins : I have no Interest in this will. Had not
seen the will since 1800, but remembered this morning about
the bracket and commencing to sign William instead of Walter.
Wee distieut in his rleetion that Othriel Meech did not
sign the will in his prseencei or write at all
The Judge: Do sou undertake positively to 'wear your
grandfather's name We, nut there when you aigned
A.—l do your honour.
The Judge: And that it was not written before you left the
room ?
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A.—l do.
Re-examined : I am friendly with my father, and should be
glad if he gut oamething under the will.
Mr Howard referred to the alidasit of Wiliiarn before the
Registrar of the Probate court, in which he said he cow moor-
tdiaill;"alhdeasktel witnse
ess UT; h"ric uno"wdretomldemedbietreddoiwi'.' iliuutms7o-
maintainini that he saw nothing no the ISA (Oho.
. .

• The Judge remarked that if the signature was there,
although he did not see it, the worths of the toitatur %ere
sufficient.
. .

Mr. Rawlins submitted the .Meting witnesses roust either
an the testator sign or he uniat acknowledgo his signature In
their ',mauve:
The Judge said it wui not necessary he should Nign In their
prieenos.
Me. lloward said hi had several cares supporting Ilia
Honour's view. . . . .

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The witaes. further said ha heard his father say two or
three months after grandfather's death that if he (Gabriel
Meech) did not sign the dill in their presence, it wu no use.
Be told his father the day they dived that grandfather
did not.
..... . .

Hubert Lovell Legg, the huabend of Thembira Legg,
daughter of the testator, mid he was at Gabriel Meech'. on
Sunday, July 15, IWO, He showed the document to me and
read it to me in the moralng—everr vmal that Is now on the
psuer eXotipt the witnesses' signatures. He asked :no if I would
Oct up to it, and I mid yam. He told me I should have to Nell
the furniture, pej the debts, and give the over plus to hi, wife.
When William came il2 the testator mid to me when Walter
comae we still sign the will. When Walter mane I toll my wife
who was up-stairs that he had come. She called them up, and
they went together. Iwo. below whoa they mine down. Walter
wont out of the home crying. William stayed for diener, and
afterwards mid grandfather's hand trembled when he was
e-ritinif his name. lam in business in Weymouth, and want
to get the proved before the funeral beams, you (Mr.
Howard) told me, and I waa half-way tiara lam executor
under the will. .

Tned : Mrs. Meech WU about 70 when the old
man died. I read • ropy with. wilt at the funeral. I don't
thlnk the attesting witnesses were there. There was • re,uler
row: John and Charles Meech said they would not have it,
John said if his mother went with me they would soon have
to have • post-mortem examination, After Gabriel Meech had
read his will to me he put It down, and I took it up end read
It myself. It was not Mgned. The will .ea kept by Mr. Johns,
of Blandford, when the dlflkutly arose about preying it, but
he gave me copy.
Cross-examined: Tbe date July 14w.. there when I read the
will. I did not make any remark about the date being wrong.
Hsi never drawn William's attention to lit. statamdat about
the testator's hand .hiking; but had told his wile ami
others of the levelly.
. . . .

William Meech, the other attesting witness was called by
Kr. Rawlins, and said, In denial id Mr. Legg's statement, that
they dined on the day the will wee signed between 12 30 and
1, and the document was signed between lend 3. He newer
in his liG mid his grandfather's hand shook when he signed
the paper
fly Mr. Howard : There were two or three lines written at
he top of the paper when I signed.
Mr. Howard drew attention to the fact that the executor read
the whole will in the morning of Sunday, when the tester
sa.id kind as soon as his grandsons came It should be signed.
When they went up to hla room, the oh% man hal a ism in his
hand, with the will and a book to rest It on for writing, and
the inference must be that he then had signed the will. He
quoted cases to show that it .1.11 unnecessary a will should
be signed in the presence of the witnesses, or that It should
be dated, and one that it need net be signed at all by the tes-
tator.
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—it.. Rawlins reviewed the evidence, maintaining that the
balance of testimony was with the two attesting synthetics
that the will wsi insufficiently executed.
The Judge: I do not wish to make any harsh obsenations ;
but, considering the evidence, and to 'king at all the pnobe.
ditties of the cam, I cannot come to any other eon :linion
than that the will was duly executed. I firmly believe that it
was signed at the time the attesting witticisms put their names
to IL—Decree accordingly.
The code of both parUes are to come out of the estate.

Mr. Howard objected, and the magistrate said it had I
better not be put.
Mr. Symonds withdrew the question.
We went back to Hutchins's and saw the two pigs
we had before inspected. This was about about five
p.m. I remained in charge of the pigs till Deli day ;
betweeen one and two, when Supt. Hare took charge
of them. I saw Hutchins about eight o'clock that I
evening in his honer, and said to him " There's two I
pigs in your stye that oorreipond with some that have
been lost by Mr. Andrus, of Osmingtou ; but I don't
I wish you to make any answer to the questions' put to
you to convict yourself in any way." I then said "Who
, did you buy those pigs of ?" He said "I haven't
bought any pigs of any one; what pigs are there belong
to me." If you'll come on; to the stye, I said, 11l show
you what pigs I maul. He went out to the yard with
me, and was going to one where three pigs were, and
I said "These are the pigs I mean" turning to the other
stye. He said "Oh I that's the pigs you mean." I
said yea. He says "I've got eight pigs there,
and if there are any more some one has, put them there
unknown to me." He went into the stye counted the
pigs and said, "There are eight here and they belong
tome; I bred them." I pointed out the two pip I
suspected to be Mr. Andrews' and said, "Those are
the two pigs I mean, they are larger and of •different
description from the others." He says "I bred the
pip, but they belong to two litters, and are older
than the others ; the sows are up in the other stye."
I said are you certain you bred those two pegs? He
answered " I am." I told him I should remain in
charge of them till the Supt. Hare came back. Ha
said "You can if you like, but they're my property."
This was between eight and nine o'clock. A fire broke
out at the Red Lion promises new a little after nine.
I remained with the pigs. Soon after Brine came, and
began taking about the fire. Hutchins also came, and
said he did not believe there was a fire and would go
up the garden and tee. Two or three times
Hutchins came into the yard, but had no tion-
verities with me till some time after: IThe fire
at the Red Lion was soon put out. Boon after
twelve there was an alarm of fire at the malt.
house, a short distance from the Crown, in an opposite
direction to the Red Lion. I did not go away. Soon
after Brine and Hewlett (same into the yard from the
road. I was by the pigstye. Hewlett sad Brine game
towards me, and I met them. Brine said "This is a
pretty thing np here to the fire," and I said " is." '
Brine said " -- if I'm going to put my heads •
nous% the fire." I says " The fire's nothing to do with
me; I'm going to stick hers." Then Hutchins mum
from his back door. We all went towards him? Hewlett
said "Let's have 'quart of beer." and he and the land.
lord went in. Brine followed soon after. This wee at
about one o'clock. I saw Brine ones after that in the
yard it was soon after they had all
entered the bowie. I asked Brine who he came home
with from Osirington on Wednesday night: He said
' "Tom Hibbs, with his grey horse and waggon." I
said who besides He says You know who you saw
me with comiag up Preston-oilL" P.S. Freeman en•
' tiered the yard. sad in answer to a question put by
bile as to the time be 061118 home, ha said "I don't
know, I was drunk, and you saw us here at the
, Crown." Brine said he had been at the Plough inn,
Osmington. On Saturday Hewlett and Brine were
' I apprehended. Hewlett and Brine were with Htbbe
when I saw him coming up Preston-hill, with some
empty bags in the waggon. Saw Sept. Hare measure
I the wheels of Hibbs's waggon, and they corresponded
with the dimensions of the marks on the ground he had
measured the previous Thursday.
' The case was then adjourned to Thursday next, and
I bail was refused.

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