The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

OUUt.TY POLICE.

Tnt, 4T.—Befora It. Swallield, Spencer Meade, and
K. if Eliot, Kivu.
John A Idorsley, private 810th Regiment, was brought
Pin custody charged with setting Ins to crick of hay at
Wyk e Regis on Outwit, night last, tw-lotiging to Mr. R.
Keeping.--Rithard Keeping, farmer, Wyk', Regis,
,1 posed that on Sunday evening lest, shout ten to sleek
• saw that the rick was Ai right. It was mitosis Inc
hid *lose to in the home risk yard. About eleven detach.
eben in bed, hasew a light dating through the whitlow.
tie at first thought it wee lightning. bet on looking
wain be saw that it wee • Ire. He immediately
tressed himself, and after waking his 'rim& be pros
medird to the rich, cr4 thes- rode to Weymmth;but
mild get so engine from the polies station. He then
cent to the &Freaks, and the military at ones
isiparched en engine and • quantity of men to the fire.
rho haystack (about 2010..) was nearly destroyed, only
• fsw tons being left, and those not it for sale.—
.1%.,e),.e won., of Wyk° Regis, maid he we, ermine
Ynnie hoot Weymouth on Sunday emnisg,about &Mom
.'clock, when he saw • Ire, bat could Got tell ohms it
vas until machine the top of the hill, when be saw it
was lir. Keeping's risk on Ire. He then went to Mr.
Keeping's house to give ieformatiou.—P.S,
ieposed that on Satyday night, about 11.30, be west to
the hayetack, which was than burning. He there saw
We. Keeping, who gave him informant's that the rick
"ad be ii wt on am He (sanest) than made imam-
lists inquiry into the ease, and about ten minutes to
• web,. he new the prisoner corning up Burdna=
ea jog from the sea to the Mansion stack. He
orisoner his name and several other questions. Prisoner
said he bad been knocking about for • couple
4 boom and had lost his wsy. He a kid
snootier if the rick woe no fire when be pared
Yy, and he said " No." Primmer had bees drink-
ng hut he was not drunk. Prisooer mid at firet
he was absent, breaking his leave, and afterwards sa4l
Ye was on peas tiU twelve o'clock. As prisoner did not
ti's mtierestoey answers to several other question.,
he (witness) tommunicated with the *Meer 4th. 80th
m the arrivsl of the detachment with the Ire eagles,
not alm told the cotour-nogeant with them that he
suspected the prisoner. Prlnw warn 50 or 60 wits
(min the stark when ha lir& saw him. He had &beadle
4 peas or pee-haulm in his hand at the time. The
fire ei gins arrived shout ten minutes afterwards—
‘lotosrAsrge•nt .rth smite, acting Sergeant- Major
With Reelment, statiomd at Weymouth, desesed to at
from information received from the sergeant on picket
AGM Sunday night, he went to the prism., yesterday
morning, who we. than in custody for heir% ahem&
'le questioned him as to his &booths, also shoat a ire
that has, taken piste. He told witness at mos that it
MIX him that set Ire to the sleek. As soon as prisoner
.nada that statement witness went ha the sergrant on
sward IColour.Seereant Half rill, mad asked hits to go
he maid-mom. When there, witness, in the premises
of S resent Halford asked, the prisoner if he hitended
to adhere to the statement be had lathe. He replied
that he did and repeated it again, and added further
that when the sergeant of police spoke to hint at Wylie
• priaothr, had POMO green PllOll in his band, which be
let fall. Whams then yet 11., a police mastable, itod
handed prisms r over to bis charge, at the same time
.slrne him if he intended to stick to the statement that
he ilred the sem K rind prisocer revisited it again in the
polimintea's p month Witness asked prisoner, in the
ormenee of Colour-Semmes ttalford, what be net sr• to
thestack for, and be replied tbat be did it for the pennon
of getting sway from the regiment —Prisoner : I might
b see mid an bat I cannot recollect it.—Crilonr-Sergerint
Raiford, 110th Regiment, deposed that on Sunday nrt
he was &roused byalsrm sound, and he, in elning• a
ire Purfl, Plumetled to WYke Regis. On arriving
there he fell the men in waiting for cedar.. The tier-
geant of goober. (Pitlield) mute up and asked hint the
name of the prisoner. Wither told him his num sod
that be belonged to a company Wither

rime went to prisoner and asked him what he wanted
there. He replied be was on palm. meld not prance
toe pea The police sergeant then informed witness
tat he bad some suspicion cd the prisoner setting ire
to the sleek. Witness thee ordered an escort to take
prisoner to Weymouth. After returning from the ire
he Wormed Sergeant Garthersite the circumstances of
V.. cam, and about seven o'clock In the morning,
wittier went with hint to the guard room, and SAW the
t,e prisneer there, who oe being asked if he fired the
stark said, "Y'... I have done quite enouzb drill
Portland al I want to get out of the regiment."
Prison, ad been in the regiment shoat 18 mouth..
—Prim..,: I enlisted in Frbrusry, 186&—P.C.
English (Weymouth borough page) said from infor-
mation he received be went to the Weynionth
barracks on Monday morning, and saw the asting
sergeant-m.4m there. who informed him that
prisoner had fired • rick. He celled prisoner, and in
the preseece of • witness, said him if be still adhered
the statement that he bed fired the rick, whet
"1 dime it and no oue elm." Witness then
Etllll prisoner to th• polio. station, and oe searching
hins found • pipe, and four pass of half., matches,
one with eompositlon on it. na heing told what be
was obsrgod with, psi mermaid "quite right." Prime'?
ha taking to say, end had no question to ask the
wawa*, and was committed for trial at the
Mate&