The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-15 00:00:00

TRIALS OF PRISONERS.
81E11008 CH•ROIS.

William John Martin (34), cubical In tker, of Wey-
mouth, wadi in lieted for foloniously steeling one
Iron clamp, two planes, draw knife, spoke shave,
handsaw, and square, the property of Richard
Shtyherd, on or about March 25th.—Mr. Wiles
prowouted ; prisoner wee undefeeled.—Prueecutor,
who ma timber merchant residing at Nieholaeitrue,
said the prieoner ha Ir- nted 4 email abed ot bin. If.
had the to ds iii question in hie y.rd. He mismi them
about March 36tu. He never authuris 4 It.. prie dier
to take thom.—John Hato, aimistant to Mr. derge•
proved receiving ihe toils in pawn from the prisoner
I. the Dame of Rainiall.—P.O. Carter elate I be
received the Arnoithieg plane from the pawnbroker's
shop. He charged prisoner with stealing it, and be
replied he dud it from want. P.t. Mullen
proved apprehending prisoner and en find On him 14
pawn tickets, five related to the tol. in question.
—Prisoner admitted the theft. Prisoner, wo read
hie defence, said the proucutor know HO" hut t is
tools. He adm tted pawning th thadne, but be
Intended relatable them. —Tne Chairman, in summing
up, said the prim -nor being in want did not juetify
the prisoner etectiog the goode.—The jury found Via
prisoner guilty, but recommends i hun t me.cy uu
aimount of hie poverty.—Tnere wee • second eh ergo
obtaining by fake pretene-s from Hobert liawkes fire
yaids of hair math g and 33 p 'nods of hair, the pro-
per., of ideure. Hawke. and Freeman; also 44
pounds of horehair, Vie property of Mary Hurdle.
Pe weer plea led guilty—Another :huge of honer,.
breaking wee not proceeded wili.—Prie -nor, in id.
die ,oe, said he bad been • us lumen in Weymouth
for • great number of year.; he had bun an iuveutor,
aed had exhibited In the county town. This wee the
first time alyLbing hal be -n brought Against him, aud
coked the (..t.ipt to be se lenient as they could.—Tne
pr,iioner was SenlenCed to throe ealiiodar months for
stealing the lii., -in-1 for obtaining geode by falies
pfttmoss three month,.
A BOGUS DIRECTORY.

Charles Lamborn (34), deecriberl am a publisher.
Tee indicted for obwmuu mouey by false preteaeo,
from Thomas Ksllasses, Henry Pit,is, Homy Jams.
Miler, Alb,rt lii.hllet as, assa others, at Melcouvis
Rego., with imeut to defrau.l.

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Prisoner pleaded n It guilty.
Mr. Wilke proarclted, and Mr. B. Palest Lock
defended.

Albert Ms I•llet,n, cab proprietor, and lan•liord rd
lb. Cliftonll4.l, Weym.otb, mid the prisoner was In
the habit ••f c •touri.: into hid 11.81.43 in Aueu.t 1.4. On
one OCCI4in he told him he had very lag. ffic.e in
Alinhilif(Mt. and tut he woe • direct ay publisher.
He show ,d him a printed pro•pectus of a '' Directory
of D••raetsliire." cod Juke I him t • schwane in it.
Wittier.' rave him an order for an advertisement, and
paid him .5.• lie orl. gave him an order Irr a coil
of the directory. met gave him a printed r.c.tipt.
He ran up an account at the butiar for 14* or ii..
Witness ba I carer received a c rpy of the direc-
tory.
Th una, hewarne, hurlbird of the Princ A•liert
Inn, said the Kiri intr came to hie houae in July and
Augu•t. HI told him he was about to publish a
directory, read the prosp-etas, and a-ke•l for an order
for an advertieenrent. Witness I him 4.. for the
notice, and pawner gave him a receipt for the
money.

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Henry John it re. r iprietor of the Illoucester
Chanel 11..u.e Sot. d, said the prd, .ner c dlo.l on him
In July lsot. and to:di him he was A illibilehqr aI ,t
to bring nut o directory for Honied and Heins. He
showed him the copy ..f an old direcCory, and sell one
or ten echoolmau,ere in the town hal prowieed hi..
an advertisement for a now publican n Prisonrr
Yoked him to give him an order, end wito,a gave him
an order for a quarter•page advent-em •nt.
P.C. Bartlett proved appreh•nding the prisoner
at H-aezderrace, ft mroemnuth. He charged him
with obtaining mon-y by false pretences. On search
bug him he dr,ud a metal watch and knife. but no
monoy• lie found come letters and pawuticket4 in
the house.

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Matthew Crabb, detective at Plymouth, said ho had
known the prisoner by sight for six or seven year*, and
Intimately f.r the Isat 15 . r 16 months. lie knew 1,
Al.na-street. It was • small six-roomed house. There
wore no printing works them It was an ordinaly
holt.. a portion of which less let to loaners, Prisoner
had n t lived there since January, VW, nor for some
time previous to that. Prisoner WWI a CAMVaa•ar for
dir•ctories, and was s • eogage.l when he fir t knew
him. Witness
publisher. He should as), he Wag not • tuna .4 means.
Or...examined : Before the present tenant bad 1,
Alma-street, prisoner's in ther occupied it- i'ris nor
also had • silter living there.
P.C. Bartlet. re-call-d by Mr. L+ck. producod •
packet of printed receipts tumid at prisoner, house at
Bonrnemouth.
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'• No twrant pawing ilirm.th th a clumy cm want for
food, and if money he mem it OM May enontraito the
recipient to lent • miserable life and enable bon to defy
lb. law, which have bm.i paned with the view of reducing
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The CHAIRICAN said he should be glad t: move the
report be received awl ad:pted. From the com-
mittee', return, it appeared there had been a reduc•
tion of nearly one-helf in the number of vagrant.,
but hie good friend Cie Chief C mutable rather quell-
fied that by pointiog out that toe new statutory a:re-
vising: which enable I I.l,trde of Guardian, to detain
vagrants in workhouse for two night, make a con-
siderable dfferenoe in Dee statistical calculations. He
said in hi. report" It is evident, if tide regulation be
universally enforce I, the admission, must be reduced
by one-half, although the sousaler of vagrants on the
road remain precisely the nine." Well, now, he
thought it was from the modesty of his good Inoue'
the Chief Con4able that he did not wish to claim
better result.. thau really followed from this treatment
of men•licity, but he (the ch drums) rather demurred
from the view he had expressed. Ilia idea would be
thee if the number of veered' on the road remained
the same there woul I certainly be the same number
of admissions to the workhouses. The result of de-
taining them would be thus—that thee, would be
double tin number in the workhouses if they were kept
there two nights kedged of one, and granting, ea his
good Dion Igrente.l in his rep art, that the same number
of vagrants were travelling in the county, the resale
would be that the number of admission, would be the
seine; but if they were kept in the house two nights
ther, wolf,' be double the nutuber in the workhouee.
Taking the test of the number of eimiesions in work.
houses there had really been • bonc fide reduction of
0 per cent, and he thought hi. friend qualified this
decrease • little too much, though he did not say the
a Imission. were • complete proed about the num-
ber of vagrants in the county, still, as fat as it went,
that we, the result, aa:l it was very ntisfactory. The
paper which the Chief Constable hal laid on the
table—a return by the Poor Law inspector, Mr.
Boldwin Fleming, se to all the counties included in
his district—ohowesi the reduction in Donet to be the
• largest per oentsge of all the counties. He thought
that was all very .414a-tory, ant ass he wee disposed
t • take even a more hopeful view than their excel'ent
Chief Constable, he hul very great pleaeure in moving
the adoption of the report.
Lord DlUBT•reCond • I th • in tion, which was c arried
0r,.. con. I --
t' .14 do Aetrarr Mattel tie re hid lens. hotting BREAKING INTO A SOLICITOR' I OFFICE.
given one. 1876 to the • Ilwrantee mots for t,. .air extra ! %troilism Damon, labia. ar (19), an I John Reach,
labourer (2)), were indictee.' I r breakieg into abd
work, which, no. 4 oubt, was vsry considerable. and he I
asked the meeting to sanction the payment ti them M enterinc Cho c duotiog-leouse ..f Mr. E Burnett,
£l6 out of the ha and in bond. Ile mentionod there n did,,,,., pornbn.der, and
'healing £.2 If.. ii I. in
were 11 superintenolente—uina in toe county and two mousy, 19 portage, and 12 Fsench c in..
ia boroughs—who collect, I ticket,. and owe easel( who Mr. Will,, and Dr. Pearce prosecuted,
male out the return,. Ile sugge-ted fill /should be It appears I Irom the ole•nons 'peer!. of Mr.
all to the euperinteadente ago! 1."5 to the clerk.
~_ Willem that On the 214 of February on Mr.
Mr. NIAI4Bth•PLATDICLL moved a reeelutdou to anis 1 Burnetee clerk going to the office he found
effo-at, and the Rev. CARR GLTN seconded. 1 that it had be-n bsoken kit°, and tho money stolen
from a deek. The two pris 'nee* were s-en together
The CHAINMAN moved a vote of thank. to the Chief
Constable for hi. custiuued good end mince efed the night bet ore, when they hol end any money en
an an•gernent of the aosiety, renter kin.: 111. Wan 'gement their Denton. Oue of them made • c ommunication as
was au re •oc septet than ho we, drepomd to • twit, to what they were going I. do that night, an I the
Lord Diner seconded, and the madou having been boats of one of the prisouer. corresponded with marks
carried, the proceedings terminated.
in the garden. Further than that, one of them
WID3I3DIT• borrowed • screw-driver the night before the robbery
Toe Court opened shortly after ten o'clock. Mr. wan discovered, and the following day they were
J. Floyer (Chairmen) presid-cd
found to have money on their persons. Fr am the
the following were sworn on the Grand Jury:—
Mr. T. S. Biggs (1) Ircheeter), foreman ; 11. A len evidence, which was similar to that aleesde pnt.ll bed,
it appeared that else eenw-driver c orrespondod with
(Weymouth), T. Autell (Holwell), A Bartlett (Shape •L
wee marke en the oleek, and that Idtbeegli it tea*.
wick), S. Bennett (Wareham), G. Broad (Oirosteel Keech said, only hoer...red for five :Mantes for him to
Fiszpaine), W. T. Cane Sielhery Osucocel), T. Chi*
see oat tom.' it was P. t returned iontil the day follow-
(Stratton), F. Crabb Weymouth). %V, Edmunds . fog the robbery. Dam non the prod in, nial.t a'eout
(Langton MatrarrO, . FI wee
.(Fontnaell), J. T. 10 o'd cis, aaks.l a solader t s lend f ' 11 1., telling him
Gan coal Winne). W. Ilerri•lge (Kinnit.Bl 14.4 b.)• tbost be ap,,et t' have Cone tads le before maraud,
C. Kent Nei ii'n Newton/. (I• Kit"li (Wildrith). A. : and emedi repay him the so xt d .y. On the follow.
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Kent (Cods. Caratle), W. I. serene* ( elorden), K. hg day be appedel t, be 111-11c1 e ith needle, for he
Little (Winterborned C. Norman (Yetninster), J. T.
Randall (Win:bone), IL Rumen T. ' (Portland), his friends..
went to various publichoune anal chops and treated
Steven., R. Thorpe (Fordington), and if. Wellspring
Damon, for his defence, called his mother, who mid
(Dorchester).
! she rave him half-a-crown ou Saturday, sad another
In charging the Grand Jury the CHAIRMAN sail: ~a Mmday. Ile returned home about IL o'clock on
Before I advert to the business in connelion with the the :debt of the robbery. .
oxieodaro I may menttou to you that yesterday the . In cromexunination, wiener, admitted that 'lmbed
Court of Quarter Sessions adopted • motion t 'forward ' been take a:mooted of &dopy, and was at present '
an sudines of eymparly en I con haenoe to oar most ' under poka mpereision.
gr mime Soy, reign up an the heavy affliction that has ' mg Dapaty.Cbeirenan, in summing up, said the
befallen her end her family. It may seem to you • IR nob thought the proncution ehoold withdraw the
peci
fitting occasi on, representing .. You do tn"" count of bresking into the c euntiog-bouse, and rest as ally the agricultural and commercial classes in
the awe on two other count., which would reduce the
this county, to talcs • similar step, and course OR I charge tome of larceny. He thought there was di..
your part, and on the part of theme you represent, an
. elect evidence to connect the two prisoners with the '
awuramm to GUY gracious Queen that you also miter ,ff,not. I tain the name teenage of loyalty and affectionate Tb. jury Pend the prisoners guilty of stealing,
repel and sympathy with her Slaj este% If you Damon admitted two previous convictions for felony,
should think proper to take such a step, the Clerk and }leech one previous conviction.
of the Peace will be ready to give you any mein- Damon was sentenced to five yeare' penal servitu le
tance you may require in mtrying out your and two yearn' police aupervision, and Keech to 14
object, and in deriver ;iog any address you months' herd labour.
may think fit and proper t : adopt to the proper
PALS, PRILTINCES AT EMMET.
e : authorities for promoting to Her I t q-sty. —Referring
to the calendar, the Cl,ai rono remarked there we, an John Borrow. (6.1), French poli.her, wee indicted
average number of prisoners, and the offence. were of for obteining by fals pretences the sum of 9.. 61. of
an ulain:rydescriution. Ile &leo mentioned that the John Read. with intent t . cheat and defraud him of
report of the Cnief Constable to the Court yest.rday
pr sweated, sal I although the auaount was small, this
the O&M et Upway on the 111 le of April last.
The prieoner pleaded guilty ; and Me Cased who
tghaeve.aufnatiyrlyfoieratthilaci.t:try,ovLetwerlof tile. sithat ...fence:tn.:
toin
refer to the report of the Coss:wisdom on the Ildform- sort of thing had been going on for some time.
story end Industrial tichoo!a, in which statements Tne pris nee, it seems, goes about saying he bee
were made of • very remarkable and eatiefectory • blind daughter, and that he wetted to collect .1:50
character—sh owing, ea they dl', . itinet gratifying to ilet her Into • blind echoed
who wee convicted in 1881 for obtaining • eovereign i
decrease in the nember of aeotences to penel aervitu ie, A policeman from Bristol said he knew lb* keel:Md,
also in the number of javenUe committnents Mace the
establiahment of the reformatory sad ladAstrial 'b7 'knits: means-
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schools. Soatswold to four mostlis' hard labour.

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Mr. Willem: H 1,8 you taken the trouble to reckon
up how much prisoner has recsived
Witness : Yes sir, £129 2.. 61.
Mr. Wl.. then ad ireee-ct the j ary, and said the
wh de of the time expended would boys been
sawed by the prisoner if he had called a single person
ti prom the bone ti tee of the Directory,"
Mr. Lock baying ma le an able ppeech f.,r the
defence, the Chairman summed up at come length,
directing the jury to rye the prisoner the benefit of
anymagmable doubt.
The jury Inland the prisoner guilty.
Mr. %Valles informed the C iuit the prisoner was a
companion of Rowe, whd was convicted at the last
sessions. He was varietal on three other warrants for
similar riffences in di ff dirint parts of the country.
Prisoner. In answer to the charge, sail: I am
innocent of it.
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The Chairman sail the prisoner had he CI convicted
upon the clement evidence, and he c .uld not under.
stead hie plea of innocence. No one could believe he
intended to bring out this directory—he di lot. He
would be sentenced t )six months imprisonment with
hard labour.

Prisoner : It was my intention to publish the
work.

h. Cimarron° : We don't believe that.
Priooner was then removed.
Tbe Court the. rose.