The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-30 00:00:00

THE CHARGED AGAINOT FOX AND FIRLING.

At the Borough Pullorcoart, o M,aday, before
the Mayor. (U. Darden E•q.), Alderman temigury,
Me. G. A. George, Mr. 1. Bennett, Mr. F.
Fisher, and Mr. J. rudor,
Edmund Jolla Fox, of Gore-building., wee oharged
with stealing a pure* oontelaing £6 in money and a
chinne,_ the property of Captain A. E. Man..!; and
John William Falun, ol Loudon, and late of D 0,..
oireetar, was charged with receiving the saute, well
knowing it to here been stolen.
Mr. MC. Weston appemed forth' proascutioo, and
Mr. Edwin Barnett de.ended Fox.
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Supt. Coward oonficosed his 'video°, given at the
last Wade'.
Orms-ezemined by Mr. Bassett: Do you know
Fox at all T—l did not know anything of him till I
saw hien in ouatody.—Heve you ever kit aro him to
I.,AW•OP ••••.• amyl/ ONO Ail
Dorchester—nearly 14 years.
In further "gemination the supointendient geld
when Fisting t him in LAadon Lixat the letter he
received from Foe had been tors up and thrown In
the grate, sad that the servant had cleared it out, he
inetraoted her to maks a search lo the dual-bin, acid
she gave him the fragments (prgictotii).
Cataract M insel wee next •worn. He said he
resided at Grove House, in this town. Oa Mouday.
the 95th of last month, he &aoudad a cricket mach at
Kingston Pack. 110 bad in his pissession a black
leather puree, with • silver metal clamp. It contained
five or six sovereigns, a little silver, and slew coppery,
a cheque upon Stuckey's built for .C 9 6s. 81., aud to
the beet of hie babel some visiting cards, which he
always carried in hie puree. The cheque (prod Hied)
wee, to the best of his belief, the use be had lost.
When he had lilt wee nit endoteed. The handwrit-
ing upon the cheque wee out his, or in the writing of
anyone euthonsed by him. The last time he saw the
parse waa between six arid seven, whoa he was coming
back from the Park. He was then l High West-
street. The cheque was in the purse at that tima
He took Is. 61. out of the puree, aud, se he thought,
put it safely back In his pocket. At alb time he wee
in a carriage °ear Mr. 'radar's house, He alighted
from the caniage at his own gate. He wan not aware
he had lost the purse till the following morning, sod
as he failed to find it he gave information to the
police on the succeeding day. He dopiest the chervil:
at the bank before that. He issued a toward for El
for the recovery of the purse. lie did not bear scy-
thing of It till last Thursday weak, when kir. Knew
and hie clerk cause to him and Idi the charm had
been presented.
Mr. George : You swear, Mr. &Luisa, to the best of
your belief you had "owe visiting cards in your puree.
Can you meat you had them ?
Captain Hansel : I aways keep them in my purse,
and as I had recently reploniebe I them they could
uot have been exbaunted.
Mr. George ! But you won't swear you had them
there? . .

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Captain Mussel: No. I could not positive?, our
to th'4'
By Mr. Weston tlr,. Firing, mother of the
prisms., lived in one of hie house., about fiJ or 10
yards from him residence.
Ueda Sheet and, • little girl, said she was the
daughter of Daniel Sheppard, an lived in Friary-
building,. She rise seeing Captain M kneel gat
out of • iserriage near his house some time ago. She
MY on her way to the liar.cko. See did nit see
Captain Maned drop anything, but eh* saw • boy
pick OP a dark purse from the ground near the gate
where Captain M semi got out of the carriage. The
boy was .tending by the gate at the time. When he
picked it up Captain Maned was near the door of his
hones with another gentleman. Toe prisoner F c was
the one who picked up the purse. When he picked it
up ha put the puree in hie pocket, and waited till the
gentleman who was with C tptain Mtneel came out
aside. You then went .io down the road by the aborC
Walks, by Mr. Barnett'. house.
Mr. Barnett Dii you sea the purse dropped by
Captain Mengel?
Witness: No, sir.
Did you know Fox before?
No sir.
What makss you so positive it lith, boy who picked
up the puree ?—litscanee be la so much like him sister
who comes to our school.
Who did you first tell this Cory ti ?—To my sister
when I neon home.
You did not tall the polioe of it ?—N I tier. r heard
anything more about it. I told my father fit on the
Saturday following, sal the lame evening Mr. C ,ward
came.
How far were you from Fox when he picked up the
puree was close by me.
Are you sure it was Fox I—Yes.
Witness added be saw the puree on the ground
whim Fox picked it up.
Mr. Weston then applied for a formal remand till
next Monda• when he should again apply for .
remised in order to complete the case. He timbal to
save axlmas in bringing down the witllol4llllfrom Lou-
don t
The Bench granted the application.
Mr. Burnett renewed his application for bail for
F.a. He thought it very hard ti remand him week
after week for no reason whatever.
The &nob : No remain whatever
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Mr. Burnett meant to imply he had never been up
before. These remands from time to time were forth.
purpose of obtaining further evidence against Filling.
Fox was not mixed up with it is coy way. He was
charged with merely stealing, and not with forgery
or alythlng of the sort. The eau no far as Fox was
concerned was complete. He trusted Mr. Weston
would not oppose Ir.
Mr. Weston replied be should not oppose the appli-
cation for bail • moment when the case was complete.
Till then he should ask that both pawners be re-
mandrel. .

Alter some deliberation the Bencb a Imitted Fox to
bail till next Monday.