The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-10-16 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY BEBBIONB.

fixr"WAT. —Before Lieut.-Oolonel Steward (in the
chair), Captain Mosel, and G. Floyer, Esq.
girenene 101i3tar BY • 'Owing'.
Joe Toner, • private of the let Cheshire Regiment,
shunned at the Verne, seme charged with steeling •
diamond ring, valued at £l5 155., £lB in gold, •
cigarette bolder, • suit of clothes, and a cap, the pro-
perty of Qaartenesterdierguat Moeller mott, on the
Previous 'Cluiredey.—Prossaisto said on Tuesday, the
9th inn., at 9.30 pm., he went to his chest of drawers,
unlocked the top drawer' and missed his purse, £3 10e.
In gold, about 17e. in silver, also • diao.ond ring,
valued at £l5 15i. He then 'imaged the other
drawer, and mined front it about £lB in gold„ which
bad been taken from hie pocket book. Hs also
missed a suit of clothes. On the following day he
missed from the top drawer a small amber
siguette bolder, value 10s. 6 I , and out of his room •
whin cep valued at about 2s. 61. He gave information
to the police. (P.S. Nesmith then produced the
various articles, and the pronootor identified them as
his property. Prisoner had bon acting as his
servant, and as such had woos to his quarters. He
saw all the articles safe in his quarters on the 11:10r
of the day he missed them. —P.S. Devenish, stationed
at Portland, stared at 11 o'clock on the night of the
9th Ootobzr be received information of • robbery, and
in consequence of suspicion Verna the prisouer to
Weymouth, and found next morning that • men,
answering prisoner's description, had taken t oket for
B.rminghato. He telegraphed to thO suPsvinicurhtht
of polio* at Birmingham and Oxford pest Gunn of the
robbery, and, in consequence of • reply from Oxford,
he went there and found penalise in custody of the
police. He charged him with steeling the articles on
the evening of the 9th. Prisoner wee wearing the suit
of clothes produced. He received the up, the cigarette
holder, the ring, and the money (produced), from the
superintendent of poll/net Oxfordie phonier spreesoce.
Prisoner, when taken into his custody, at first said
" Yes " in answer to the charge, but later In the day
he said he hoped he should not get five yeses. When
the things were handed over he pointed to the snob,
and said "That's my watch. as bought the
prisoner to Dorchester, where the prosecutor identified
the articles as his property.—Prisoner was committed
for trial at Sessions.
The primmer was then charged with stealing a
silver watch, the property of Corporal Nolan of the
same regiment.—lt 'guars the watch was stolen in
Jersey, and was fund in the prisoner's possession at
Oxfoed.—Tbe Bench were advised they had no
juritidiction in the cane' the man must be either tried
In Jersey or Oxford.—Thia charge then dropped, and
the probability Ls prisoner will be apprehended at the
expiration of his sentence on the foregoing duxes.
THE MONEY STEALING CASE AT OP WE P.
Elizabeth Edmunds, of thowey was charged with
stealing •£5 note end two sovereigns, the money of
Edward Hooted, of Up_wey.—Mr. hi. C. Weston
unmated, and Mr. R. N. Howard defended,—Mi.
Weston. having detailed the facto of the use, oiled
Ellen Roasted, who said until the sth of this month
she bad lived in • house belonging to the prisoner's
husband, and since that the hat removed to Ridgoey.
She gave notice of her intention to quit tut July.
Alto she gave notice to quit, the Prisoner asked her
when she WY going out to IiWITe the key of the
l.garde.a
gets, in order that she might show people the
The windows of the house were all in front, facing the
garden. In August, last she and her husban I went
to the regatta at Weymouth Previous to leaving she
left the key of the gate with Mrs. Edmonds. She
had never seen the key since; sonethiug was said by
the prisoner about It. being lost, and the gave h.r
another. In September the came to Dorchester to
draw RIO from William.' Bank. It was com-
posed of • note end the remainder in gold. The
number of the note was 1)3,561. She put the money
lobes cosh box, which she locked and put inside •
oopboard in her bedroom. She locked the cupboard
too, end put the keys on the top of another cup-
board, which was In the same room. On the
Sunday following she had occaelon to go to her cash
box, and took oat liellsoissversign, leaving two
sovereigns and the note. On the Tuesday next she
went to the box, and then found the money all tight.
She again locked the cash box wad osophouol. She had
on one occasion lent the defendot £5, and when she
did so, she went upstairs and got it, so she must have
known she bad money in the house. On the 26th
September witnees and her husband was going back-
ward and forward from the house to their new
residence at Ridgway. They were absent about an hour
each time. They left Vie windows partially open. Any.
one lathe prisoner's house could have eeeu them go. On
the following day witness again went to her oath b sx,
and on opening it found • half-sovereign that was not
there before, but the £5 note and the two sovereigns
were gone. She went at o .ce into the prisoner's house,
and told her of her ion. Shortly afterwards prisoner
came b.t her garden, and sal "Don't give it into the
hands of the police until you h ova hat • good search."
Witness, however, did give information to the police
without speaking to the prisoner. She spoke to P.C.
Matcham, and afterwards P.S. Wills, and they saw
her bedroom where th 3 money had been plead. On
the following Friday she was with Caroline Harwood,
prisoner's servant, who was notating her in removing
her things and P.S. Wills cunt up and took the girl
to the prisoner's house. On the next day Harwood
wad brought up at Dorchester, and witness gave
evidence against her. She W• 11 remanded for a week.
—Crosse-a:emitted by Mr. Howard: She had lived in
the prisoner's husband's house sines Oar ober sth, 1882,
and they had all been on the most friendly terms. At
the present room int she owed her • quarter's rent
(1:3 10..), which was due on October sth. Occasionally
she let prisoner Lave the key whea the went out,
and she could bays gone all over the house. She
always had money in the house, sometimes as much as
£lO or £l5 at the time. It was generally her custom
to lock the cupboard and put the keys over it. It was
on the 19th September she drew the money from the
bank. She commenced moving on September 25. h.
The girl Elorwood assisted her in the housework. She
had been in her employ off and on for about four
months. She had • bedroom at the top of the howl.
She helped her in moving the things. Anyb Ay in
the street could have seen them leave the house.
During the time they were moving, on the 26th, she
went with her husband to the Ship lon, at Tipwriy,
where they stayed about an boar. She had nothing
to drink ; her husband and friend might hays
had soon During the afternoon Harwood came to
their house, and her hothead gave her a bottle of beer
to take to Mee. Edmunds. She *leo gave the keys of
the house to the girl to Mk* to 'dr. Edmund.. They
were returned to her at the prisoner's' bones. It was
on the following morning she missed the money.
Daring the time the girl Harwood was with her site
had had to complain of her c nodoct • she had reason
to 000tue her of steeling • plun:opoddine and • pot of
marmalade. She spoke to P.C. Match= about it.
but nothing was done in it. They forgave her. She
was not sure abet rob the things, but the had suapin
ions of her, and she made 00024 Wasp pudding.—ln
further arose-examinatiors by Sir. Weston it trans-
pired it was the prisoner who took the pudding.—
Caroline Jane Harwood said she was a servant for
prisoner, and on September 23% prisoner gave her •
£5 not" and ss. She tdd her to go end change the
note' sbe could please herself whether she changed it
at Weymouth or Dorchester, but if she went to Dor-
chester to go over the hill and not to show it to anyone.
Pismo told her if possible not to change it at
the beak, but if she did 10 to the bank she was to eye
the name of Loveless*. She went to Notting ton first by
prisoner's directions, and then to Littlemoor where
she saw Louise Powell, and she scow:mond her
to Weymouth. They went to the Bank in St. Thomas-
street near the Poet-ofloe. Witco@ presented it at
the Bank and in return received three sovereigns aul
four half.snyereigna. She put the mousy in the
puss. Before she returned she went into • shop and
bought • servant's cap, • basket, an 1 some other
articles. During the afternoon she saw her father.
She ha I resolved instructions from the prisoner to pay
some money at Mr. Wright's, hut in c se.equ once of
whet her tether told her she did not pay it, but to h
all the money home to Mrs. Edmunds Prisoner
was at the time in her daughter's bedroom.
Prisoner's daughter, Bogie Lovelace, was with her. she
said " Iff you eases ma'am, here's your mosey, and I've
not paid anybody." Prisoner replied "Very well •,
thank you. To the daughter she gave the basket,
which she had bought her sea present. On the follow-
ing morning prisoner said to her "If there's any ado
about that note what you choged yreterday at the
bank, say you've not changed one, and there shall be •
home for you for years to come." Later in the day
she helped Mrs. Heuted move her goods. While
so doing, P.S. Will. came and searched her and her
boxes. Prisoner was present. The sergeant Naked
her what she had done with the money and the
purse, and she replied she had sot got it. She told
him she bad not got • parse, as she returned the one
she had the day before to the prisoner. She
(prisoner) then said she had not given ber
one. tininess repeated she had giveu it her,
and then prisoner brought down the parse and
gave it to the sergemit.—Oromonambrd by ,Mr.
Howard: She had ben in the orrice of firs. Spur,
at El.wortli, but during her service there she did not
hem of any mousy being lost. She had been employed
essnsily by Mrs Hernated. about four months. She
sedated her, but she (hire. Hem.ted) was always with
her. On the 26th September she assisted in m.sviog
,sbethlnpland Mrs. Hooted gave her • jag of beer
' to tithe to Mr. E limeade, also the keys for the prisoner.
In the evening, while at to at the prisoner's house,
Mrs. Heassted name in. Prisoner gave her the keys in
witnesses preemies. Mr. Herneted had never charged
her with steeling anything, nor hod she ever coon
Mahood to the police of her stealing • pudding. Mrs,
Remand gave her some pudding, but it did n t dis-
agree with her. When she went to Weymouth with
the note she did not return till needy ten o'clock.
While ia Weymouth, they went into the Half Moon
and had POMO ginger-beer. Between half-past two and
ten she was in company with nobody except Louisa
Powell.
Louisa Powell confirmed her evidence recently given
before the County Megistraten and she was severely
cross-oxemine i by Mr. H sward.
P.S. Wills proved searching Mr. lithouted's
premises, He made enquiries on the following day
at Wein:Keith, and at Meagre. Eliot 's bank ascer-
tained-Harwood had cashed the note. He obtained
the note, and on it was the name Lovelace written.
Witness afterwards charged Harwood with the theft
in prisoner's presence. She said "Oh I I banal. bays
I. minus ? " Prisoner replied" Oh 111 don't know.'
He Raked the girl if she had had any money, and she
said no. He also asked foe the purse she had roster.
day, and she said she had given it to her mistress. He
searched her, but found nothing. Witness rooked prisoner
if the girl gave her any many on her return from
Weymouth, and she replied the did not, but she gave
the girl the puree to go to Nottington to get in soon
money, as she had done before, hut she brought back
nose H , e (mind the pane in • bedroom occupied by the
Lig Harwood that night. Primmer admitted IS was