The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-01-08 00:00:00

stua 101110111 D.

Edwin kidoot, on b.!, obtaged with being tho
frendulmtl belles of a pair .4 boot*, klougios to Jane
Warren, at earne, Ocitor Slat.

i Matilda tilt.ine, 17, merysitt, *barged with obtaining
la quart of al* from Robert Llllo, at Portland, by tabs
prateuots.
TauLa OF PILIIIOIIII2L

William Haskell, 46, labourer, was convict...l of
stealing . bushel of ryn, widen wa. .early the whole of
the prole... of • newhteer'm ground, • pour snare
named William Hewlett, at Cowboy..., December 21.1,
and having been several times Whole salivated for
larceny, was aanieiwed to seven years' penal sent ads.
In the case of Fredyrick Meaden, on bail, charged
with being the fraudial.nt bailee of • waggon, value
beloeging to Janirs Wareham, at Code Mullen,
Nov.a.b.r fith, no evidwee was carved, a.d priwnier
Iwas dl.chargecL

Edwin Foster. 19, hawker, was charged with stealing
gesso bag. the pi. oe of rib Lon which tied the bath
. lad I met of boos., mitts(' at 4.., the preyed, ug
!fedora* Hardy, at Blandford. on 198 b October. Mr.
Cloilina proeserotel.—The proseonior, • marine store
dialer, on the day In question, hod seven; bap of booms
potted, mod plotted an his yard, ready to send sway.
About 7 meet m.crning, one of the hags Iraq namong.
While the bags were being tied, • piece of ribbon beiug
foetal too ghost, was thro•st into one of the bop by the
promulator, sod this identical big. into which the
ribbon bad been throes, was the subject nature of the
.h.rge., A torkey'aelai was also found in the tog, and
hi belleeed it waa one be hal bit one of the boys
acrom the metals with, when packing the bonet, nod after. ,
owls threw it iota the bag.--ufetnims Foot, of ths
Castle lon, Hisadfo,d. said prisoner brought a bag .4
ban.* to her sod alis we 3r. 81. for them. Ths
defence was that he bought theta of a Mao
lialtiat.—ln answer to the chairman he sail he had
limos toldsimt it was no good to bring Halton there.
Prisoner said be had written to his mother to end
Halton, bat she had boot unable to do so.—Alfred
aisidawak Dunn. Han (lease, was called by the
Kisco's, bat be could not bolo betimes. There was no
▪ Olha. he wiXmasAi Saha votking at nerdy's. Is
mow it amid he Sold Id= big grog wog

Idaidment, and went on tolmy llaidreett was one of
three men employed in emptying • closet in the garden
sdNalag whom the bones were siepoeiied, el lie told
him he picked them op there, end he (pi-mower)
hoe _hi hem for Sa,- The iury found priemer
guilty. He pleaded go.hy to b-ing winriet,d at
'he last Esster sessious, and Mr. Collins mid
thi re were thim or four °them—Prisoner asked
the Court t • lissome bun us light*/ or Pmnsbin•—le
oil- r to to chairman, the gorer"or o 4 the 10.4 reid
Prisoner ILA been at Ifilborneß-fornistore. and prisoner
sisi.l be 1110 J montioof him arivriiee there forgive.
him for good condole. —The Ch..irionn mid as prisoner
ba.l been trie.i tire or nix time( he was: be sentences' to
seven years' penal servitede. —He ...iced for it to be
made lire yeam, but the Court refused.

Hofer, on bail, charge I with being the
hawed vt •• of .. sovereign, belonYing to John
Abner.. earsYnter, l,tob.i gent.avero env found not
guilty by the direction of the Court, the evades., did
nut eustaiu the indietafret.

Willimui Ileidutant. 17. carpenter, plended pilty to
tas.ultme P.C. John Hunt, nt th. ssestl.k.n of lye
dtpv, at Blni.dt pi, Oa. 30 —Mr. Ffooks wee for the
pr”ce ution.—The Chairman retn.rkcd that there was
110 boll of raceme for this offence. Int, as Inieueer had
not bran Wore the C .ert previimay, the
would he coinperatiocly light. Ho was *Missed to
.it mouths' bard lob .nr.

kisry Ann Newb-rry, 49, charged with stealing •
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skirt of dress, tto property id ttet'utr. st
Ly.nt Regi 150 found muilty. and having been eight
•.we previously consieti.,, lIWI WWI Pelltellofd to wren
years' pens! servitude. rho prisoner, no tearing the
sentence, svas much affected. and tears flowed frvely.
John Me Cluir, soldier of the beith kteuintibt 01100*,
was charged with stealitig a silo-r watch, belougmg to
Eismii..l Winter Kendal, at Nuclei& 10th Nionsinher.—
Mr. rooks prosecuted.— Prosecutor's shop window was
hrog.n, and th- watch snatched out. Pri-uner s 'so I
JO, car after, and suimitted his guilt to toeponstable.
—Prisoner ikiniplainvd that • Val. 111..ut rasde to the
Polio-quart Wbego be as., drunk should be brought against
hilt. He was Naiad guilty end sew ene.l to t ree loon t hs'
hard labout. Pi irons r enlisted in 1946, and sineetben his
obarsater has hoes dwrierately bol. Drunkenness sp.
p4.rs to hsve been his besetting sin, and for this and
°lopes wising ont ot it, he has been repeatedly bn-
prieobb I, kept on bread and water, received 100,1 ashes.
and branded with D. .

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Elise Sweet, 18. a reepectablevlooking stress% girl
Wes ind cited for stealing • puree containing El ss. and
• pettiotet. belonging to Thomas Dunkley, at Portland,
November 15t1. ; and Michael Price, • private to the
56.11 regiment, wee charged with felosionaly resolving
the sm., Mr. Ffooks orientated. The female pleaded
Knit!, I. 'Waling the mooey, but said 'ha did out Meal
the lattice-tat. She added that she was sorry for what
.he had done, end should not have committed Om
ff.nce if the a ddier hoe net threetened to take her
life anises she did it.—Priee pleaded not talky. The
girl wen in prosesotoet erairiae, end stole Us money
hem a bite which elle broke open, and the petticoat wu
one of her mistress's which she bad been directed to
place in a drawer. On the evening when she stole %hie
i.tmeriy, Eris, neat • child I.lk. hones to tell Use girl
be weaned bar; she left about nine &cloak, and it
turned out that she meant the night with Pilot at •
heatthoem in Weymouth. Other ctroomatances tended
todit.uw that Price was privy to the theft, and rewived
lb. mooey, and he made an admittai in to that effect to
Supt. Underwood —Price was found guilty and sen-
tenced to 12 months' hard iebour, and tbe (aikido to one
ninth of similar putihholect.
William James T11.,11161, 59. labourer, pleaded guilty
to obtaining, by falm erst*nees, cood• valued at 2.. 61.,
flout iteo.ge Drake, on the 6th November. Ile urged,
in mitigation of redttaidte, that ha was an old toddler,
awl once his discharge had had • paralytic stroke.
'lenience, two calendar n.oatdia.

filailmn CoOnT. --(Before H. Wituage, req.)
Albert Evans. 22, seaman, pleaded guilty to stealing •
pale u tionscra, • Cap, • °Gat, and • pgrat Containilbg
Si, f.OlO Joni Oriint, at W. yurouth, 6th October:,
and mid he did it throuah want. The eh.iirman said
that plea %roved not rorUl him, u he wss in employ-
ment at the tine of the theft. He was sentenced to
three month'. bard Isbour. _ .

Ed ward Player, 23, labourer, pleaded guilty to steal-
ing a pew of troseets and • pair of boots, belonging to
Felwerd Ltver, of Fordingtm, aud a coat and; pair
of reins the property of G. ergs Andrews, in toe wane
perish, Dee. 111.—Tbe Chairman observed that though
he wes 000 50 right in his miud u tint sew relit] of
poop's, sta he knew right from wrong, ad the Court
wan sorry to learn he was misehierous. Tiny thought
tug he.; thing to do was to gent. hoe lore to *even yeas,'
p-00l servitude, when be would he taken care of. and
probably emit to an &obi= popes. for Mts.—Sentence
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Allred Newton alias Hoary Tailor, 24, • smart look.
ing ittile tribe, Menimmlny dr. sent, who was deserib-d
ea • 'fedi in • *are' nose, woe charged with obtaining
by false pretence* El and • .uit of cloths. Non William ,
John March, tahor, Southatreet, Dombe.ter. Mr.
Collins promouten. The primmer got the a .vereign end '
clothes trum prosecutor by represetiting to him that •
written paper purported to be • cheque for CIO drown
on the Loudon sod County &tisk was • reel one.—
George Edwin Outran., the heed el rk of the country
depertment of the [golden tind County -auk. .tete.l
that the " cheque" was presented et their Imok Bud
payment refused. He did not know any Alin ii Newton
and no as 13 pencil hal as imoomit with any branch os
their bank, either in L .ndon or the country, wo.e
quaintly he hod no right to draw • chigoe on the
hook. Crommeamined : Ti,, cheque, if drawn lo
Ate. d Newton on the seollaot of • Venue: ka•ing monei
et toe balk. would not be paid without such person'.
endoreeumnit. Witnem tip', seed sir.. .rise that he
should be asked each en eetraorilinery question.
Before leaving the dook, he mimpl.ined of the hied-
tqume allowsome to witore-el. —The C,nrmon said the
soda wee ordered by the Secretory of Sate.—Mr
Collins aiid Or fe.r.ol it would be & lobs t ~. b.f.,
e C .u.t of Quotor Socions mould alter it.—Mr.
Outran mid he thou*ht if witnesses generally mete
• reptiewuktiou it would lead to on alteration.—
In defence, primmer said he omitted in drawing the
cheque to Vete the name of the person in whose emmuut
low.. de.wo, so he called on Mr March on the Toes-
cloy evenins when he wag given into mutely, to rectify
that error, tliaugh he know prosecutor had put Hie
polio. of or hies. He coked, what could have been hir
modes in calling, after obtaining all Horeb wee dis-
c-mei to let him have, ripen% for the purpose he stoked.
—The jury to ind him goilty.—Mr. Collins stated that
prisoner sais eonvieted for foquy at the Dorset Len.
Itimises, 18 5. end sentenced to nine months' herd
labour. Since then, he bed got miirrletll,tore respeet.
able young woman in London. who we. not, however,
living with him, end ll Niel, been living in pretty
good society at Weymouth till he was found ottt.—He
wos sentenced to 12 monihelertr. labour. .013 le.evine
the dock, he bowed politely b. the Court.—On the
application of promroutor, the clothe+ were ordered to
be glens at. to him, and the Chairmen improved a hope
that this, would make him more careful in future.
Henry Seel, • boy of 13, on bail, pleaded guilty to
eashessiing three sum. of 1.. 6d., 91., and 3., insong;eg
to hi. mmter. Jem,sYmeent. s'memaker, of i'eas.4soe.
Dotche.ter. Mr. Collins wee for the primeoutioa. It
Waal that 15a. 3d• Oa. Milbank,' altogether, but the
prosecutor sidd be did not wish to prose the owe.
Mr. and lira. Hod er, who have brought up the lad
&lamest from him birth, spoke to hie hen ng bees • good
boy up to this time. The Onelnesu said the Court
thought that the best thing for the boy would be to
send him to • refiirmiitorr. nod be was sentenced to •
month.s smpei...o3ent, sod afterwards to go to a
Mefor,oatory school for live years. Mrs. Hodder meni-
feekd much eurithin on hearing the sontione, and had
to be led from the Court,
Xace Hatcher. 33, was found guilty of breaking into
the derelithsphootie uf Jame Dibben, at Shilling Okofoed,
and steeling El 19e. Bid., • oneM•boz, and a knife, and
was sentenced to three months* hard labour.
Atirmtas G.lton 30, labourer, was charged with
stealing se. ead • shad, belooging to Sorel. Galton, •
widow and no rehitioa, at Bore tisglrn, Oct. 22. He us*
found guilty, and had been convicted eve times
previously. He pleaded hard for one more chance.
Sentemos—eeven paws' penal servitude.
Tom Christopher, labourer, of Dewlish. wee found
guilty of ettmline four rabbit traps, belonging to John
Rogers, under the circuomtances st•tird in our het
' ILome, end it was shown that he had been convicted
semen times previously. Sentence-12 months hard
labour.
Cowie. Satin, 15, laboorer, indicted foe stealing
£2 13, 6d., b longing to George Kerley, et Martine-
, town, Nov. 22, was sentenced to three month% herd
labour, _ _

John Lori, 17, servant, for enibesallni two gems of
6s. o,nd 4. belonging to Charles Edward Eater, at
liroadinay no, was sentenced to two months' hard labour.
Sarah Littlejohn, 42, for shealioe a piece of pork,
value Is. 4.1., boloogiag to Join Yearsiry' battler,
isorchester, was seastard bo aloe months' hard La on,
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