The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-07-07 00:00:00

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Ilicirge Loader (74)), labourer, was indicted for
litualilut hunt the Peraon of Williston Knight, a pume
containing KO in money, at Mhapwick, on the 14th 11
Mar.—Mr. It. ricseett lock prmiemited.—Priamier
' pleaded nut guilty.—Mr.llintu Knight +Timed he
, was a bricklayer, and lived at Illumwick, lie mown).
heml tieing at the Canh. Inn 11ii tip.. II 01 .if MitY.
; hall received money for a Job lie had flow..
I Ile remembered ...wing the primmer there. Priconer
I lobl him he hail no money to got any breakfast with.
I He gave him Is., and 1111111 for come bread and cheese.
About nine it.., they left the Caatle Inn, and went
to oilier house., where he paid for law, changing
a lialf.covereign in the pn.cence of the primmer. Ile
noticed he had in hic piirce tlve cm...reign. and two
lialf.covereigus. Ho put the 11111,.. in Inc left liand
troncers pocket, and the Challp from the half.
! covereign in him right hand pecket. After they left
the last hey went into a field and ..at down, the
prisoner miffing down on hic left hand side. He fell
acleep, and did n..t wake up until about three o'clock,
land liately 1111.441 hi.. mow 1 the prisoner.
He went to Shari% ick, and gave information to the
police about the prilson:rd whom he caw in custody the
IMine evening. He h known the primmer sonic
years—Eliaa latch *aid chi. wee the wife of Stephen
latch. (hi the 11th of May the priconer came into her
*IMP about three p.m., and asked for 2.irs. of tobacco,
'there was a woman in the chop, and primmer offered to
pay for 111 s. worth of good. for her. He took out
of his pockut a handful 9f ..o%creigna, and when
naked where he get then. fronj ho teidied that hia
hand* had worked hard for them. Mary Ann
Redditch maid she was the landlady ..f the Cactle Inn.
She caw the prisoner in company of the imicemitor
on the 11th. Ray at her 1101140. Sit,, aerved the
priconer with half an mince of tohacco. He left about
nine o'clock, but came back again in th.. afternoon
and had a pint of beer, tendering a half covereign in
payment for the sane% He had previously told her lei
had no nionev.—Sydney Herbert blinunds aaid till
was aasistant to Mr. Hunt. a grocer. lie remembered
the priconer coming to hic chop about three o'clock ..0
the 11th of May, and buying it Hint of clothes and
other articles to the value iif which was !old for
with gold and milver.—Rhoda Mamennan cail chic
had known the prisoner for a number ..f years. He
came to her tonne on the day in (jimstion and acked
hir a cup of tea, but chic said she had none. Ile then
ithowed her hi.. ttttt ney, and gave her two covereigna
to mind for him until half-pact ...even, at which tune
he came to fetch them.-11..nry Powell proved appre•
bending the priconer, who, when searched, wac found
to be pocamissl of olle half covereign and eight
chilling!. in 0i1y.% His sicter was there, and chi' told
him prisoner hall just given her a covereign. —The
Chairman having mitinnied up, the jury found the
guilty.-- Primmer pleaded guilty to a ("niter
convicti.,n It4t4, and was ecnteneed to mix calendar
inontha' hard labour.

Peifin mafiNlM
Gilbert limit (231, labourer, was CllArg...l with
attempting to do grievous 1.. slily hart to Elisabeth
Travers with a knife, on tin' 28th of April, at Nether-
Isary.—Priminer, who appeared to be if weak intellect,
Pleaded guilty.—Mr. tidal IllopPlrOCl for the primed'-
: tion, and said the pm...matrix would besatisfied if the
prieoner was found guilty on the charge of on
, assault.—Elizabeth Travers said she lived at Nether-
bury, and on the 28th iif April the prisoner dune to her
house, and she thought he had been drinking, the con-
sequence was they had 110111 r words. Prisoner, who
was eating i,ii dinner at the time, had a knife, but she
did nut see what he did with it. He afterwards struck
her with his hand.—Mark Hunt tested he was
brother to the prisoner, and used with Pis notlicr at
Netherlivry. On the 28th id April lie remem
breed primmer eating his dinner when he went
into the 111,11s0. He saw tile pri.iner strike
his mother on the side of the head. He went and
fetched the 'silky., who took the prisoner intocimitody.
Primmer struck his mother in the presence of the
policeman.—dimirge Miller, P.C. at Netherbury,
deposed to the last witneee fetching him, NA 110 said
prisoner MIA killing his mother, who accused her of
stealing eggs and potatoee. He saw iwimmer make a
rush at pnisecutor with the knife 'induced, and he
wasobliged to take him into custody, and the prisoner
was so violent that belied to be handcuff ed. —The jury
found the prisoner guilty of a common assault.--The
pnmecutrix, in answer to the Chairman, said she dill
nelt, SY 1.4* t prems the charge against him.—The
Chairman said lis Lad lost had a communication from
the govenew id the prism", wkich led them to alter
their decision, and that was he would be kid to hard
labour for one calendar month.

STEALING A %CANTLE.
Clara 11andall pleaded guilty to Altai JJ iJJ g 131,4!
prut.,n,,,„ r,,,,, ph.,„he 'Ratchford a tuantle, of the
value of gl 19s. lid.. the property of Robert Raudell
Talbot. with intent to cheat and- defraud him of the
same. on the 24th Juno.—Mr. Wales prow,egted, itipi
Mr. F. It. Lock defended.--The latter asked foi the
merciful consideration of the Court in the ea....
Prisoner bad been for many years a most respectahle
inhabitant of Wyke, and was the wife of tin manager
for many years for Messrs. Hodges, winemerchants of
this town, and living on the premises. 11.- had a letter
from them stating that during the time they had
known her Ale had always acted AS all holiest w•mgal,
If IsP might make a suggestion to the Court, h,.
ask theta to allow iii r out on her own recognizances,
as the prosecutor did not wish to lie hard on ber.--
The Chaim= said it Was very painful to have to pass
sentence, but the Court felt they had no other alterna-
tive except to paaill a short selllpUtre, ValiEll %as
fir one month without hard
labour,

UTTHRINO (OUNTYAFFIT
Elizabeth Chalker was indicted for uttering a cism-
terfeit coin .4 the supposed value of half a rovereign.
—Prisoner pleaded not guilty.—Mr. ii. Fission Lock
pitsmecuted.—ElirAbeth Crabh, of St. Thinnasintreet,
Weymouth, depoied she kept a wardrobe. ship. On
the Inth if June the prisoner came to her shop and
purchased a dress, of the value of Its, She tendered
wit:it she thought was a lialf.so‘,..reign, lint which
afterwards turned IMt ti be rolueli.s. She
saw the prisoner Again in the evening, who told
her the C> in was sent to her by a sailor, afterwards
altering that statement by saying she mot it from dn.
Post Office. Prisoner then gave her Is. and Is. 6d,
kick, saying she would return the other later on.—
P. C. I tartlett moved ging to Mrs. Cral,Ws in Ow 16th
of .1 lle saw the prisoner there and asked her to
o„,w hha what montly she hail about her. She sl ci
him the coin with two hewls im it, and another of
different make. He told her it iota a serious matter,
and lie canti•oned her. Si,,' told him that she had
• smallo sent her, and the coins were given her in
exchang.• for them, but °add not say wile gave theta
to tier.— Prisoner, in her defence, said that the coin
was given to her by a commercial on the Esplanade,
which she tie sight was quite good, She had n., in.