The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-02-06 00:00:00

SMASHING A WINDOW.

At the County Petty Session., on Friday, before Major
Wool, Colonel fiwaiMeld. and R. ff. Eliot, Km., Robert
Williams, • soldier, was charged with committing damage
to the amount of affl 19a. 64, by breaking windows. *a,
with • cone. at the shoos of Ma.. Childs.
Kr. Jamey% Limudngtoe Childs, • chemist, of Portland,
maid that ou toe night of Tuesday, the BM. ash. WS/
attending to a lady in his shop, be heard • tremendous
crash ma of glass falling, • little after also in the evening.
He went entail& and new th• two plate dam windows had
been ditnallatted, also some glees shelves had fallen, with
their contents. and • fancy pane of tees at the back of
the &op was split. • somber of people eslleMed outside,
and told him about what had happened. (Br. Childs pro.
clawed a atone aa large as • m on's bed, or rather • large
and very thick oh madam of mutton, which he had found
outside on the pavement)
Henry Bummers, of Puttnnes-Well, on Tuesday week
last, at a quarter past nine in the evening, wag at the door
of hie i'mp in Foatamie-Well, about 10 yard. from Mr.
Mild.% and saw defendant throw a stone at the chemist's
window, and heard • fearful crash ; staved till the man
walked at a fair pace towards witnes% on hi way to the
CSadal, end passed him • few pause. Witness followed
him, a little to the rem, about three.fourths of tbe war to
the barrack., then Meares!, and called to the colour-
sergeant of the guard to make • prisoner of him. The
eSourwergeant came up, and cites, told him here was
a men who had done wilful damage the oolonr-sergeant
took postweloo of the man, who cams op to where they
were, when he told the sergeant this was the man who
had broken the window.
By Major Wool: No other midi re were present when
the soldier threw the stone; he took it up and gave it •
fair huh, with both hands, at about 1113 off: but could
not Ilar tots was the atone. Could not say whether defend.
ant was drunk or sober. There had bean other window.
breakine, and he was generally on the look-out shout that
time, ash. bad property there. Only lam *light of primmer
when he stepped on In front, and was so • this woo the
moo; another joined him shout 30 or 40 yule loom the
hamlet's window, and walked up the hill with him.
By Prisoner: Was in the orderly-room on the 18th Mat.,
two days eater, to glee the report to several gentlemen
them, when he gave t'm same information as be had given
hers t—day.
Prisoner argued with the wit., that the picket took
him ant not the sergemat of the guard.
Witness said he wee sure of the man, for he followed
him up, an i the prisoner was rather • rematkable man.
By Mr. Shot: It was an evening eiren.ement of the
soldiers to break windows, and be had one broken, went
up to the Barracks, and had has expense..
Supt. Gale corroborated this. and Mr. Sommers said the
polr!celitall they
....aid.

David BuU.r. lad la the employ aM. Brett. era/ a
that doorway, and saw tbe soldier throw • rtone. The
prtsoner was the man who threw the atone, another was
L.hind: witness followed up the prisoner behind, and
ays hint La. chars*. Sow prisoner brine the .tone up the
road beton he threw it, and it was ex wily the same she
as thie . . _ .

—HT-Primer : lo the orderly-room he mid he was sure
defendant was the man who threw the "tine. He told
re flag °nicer he was sore of the man up to tbs
entrance of the Verne.
Oa behalf of the prisms., Private William Cox. in the
Sod Shropshire, war lithe King's Anne on the 10th hut,
and eurod there about Svc minutes. Privets Williams'
woe there, and was the worse for (Utak, end the landlady
sakod "Mani to se• his to Barneka Witmer set him
away; but when they were within 110 yards of the
chemist's shop, be heard • window Woken. looked round
to see what it wee, end wee "track by 'au., end
Wiliams was knocked down. Witaeoe got him up again
and half- way sip the bill. Williams hod • cut on SU head
with • ans. lit. • usual thing, eh...the suldwn go up
the Irll, for them to get insulted. Waller went on to
get the picket, ea the air liana were a nesmhim
hustling William. about hist the picket on the
going oat, b
and saw #7illiains taken by the picket lo=
✓ased-room.
By Mr. Eliot Should think there were about 15
civilians around Williarns half-way no the hill, witness
was koooked down. and afterward' Williams. This was
between Kr. Threabor's and th• Britannia, whim be heard
the crash. About Moo K soldier, were running to the
barrack, to get In; they wan in different parties. The
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