The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-04-11 00:00:00

MILBORNE ST. ANDREW.

1411/11Cli PCMIANT SEED FUND.—A subscription has
just been made by the members of the liilborns
Farmers' Club, amounting to £7 2s. W., which has been
orwarded in aid of the Fronoh Peasant Seed Fund.

BLANDFORD.

Exicasnorr.—Oa Tuesday moioing last about
forty emigrants left the Blandford railway @Leiden for
Liverpool. on their way to Canada and the United
St• Les. Miny of them wero sent out by tho Blandford
board of guardians, and some others though the
liberality of the gentry of the villages from which they
came. They were nearly all labourers, and appeared to
be strong, hardy men, well fitted for colonial life.
BUILDING OPERATIVES' BENOIT HOMY!. —The
society has recently taken place. The surplus capital
of £230 was divided amongst the members of the society
numbering 155. The division was made on the prineiple
that the balance of each quarter dating the seven years
should be divided amongst the members of the society
who wero good on the books at the end of that quarter.
The amounts paid to membsrs varied from LI 17s. Gd.
to 44. 61.
BOROUGH POLICK, Monday.—Before the Mayor and
0. W. Daniell, Esq.
(notion CIIIIII4IOIAV, labourer, was charred by P.C. Seavionr
with being drank and riotous on Anturd it night, in School-
lane, Illmillord.—Fined 10, Od., Including costs; allowed •
week to pay in.
PLYTY 81.81CONs, Saturday.—Before Lord Portman,
awl J. C. Manuel, Esq.
William KM9 and William Lane were brought up on re-
mand from Wednesday, charged, King with stealing, and Lane
with receiving, knowing it to be stolen, • truss of hay, the
property of J. J. Farquharson, Esq. The cam ensiled same
niteriat, on account of the position of Lane, who is a lime
burner,of Thonicombe,King being In his employ. Mr. Atkinson
dofended.—Bupt. Underwood on Tuesday, Rith Initt.,reeffived
formation that* Muss of hay had been stolen frown field by the
side of the road loading to Dorchester, and went to the field
and traced hay across the Downs up to Lane's *table door. He
told Lane of it; but Lane said there was no hay there, and be
might search anywhere he liked. He then inked Lane to come
round to the front of the house, and as they were going to the
stable Lane mid, "You won't search there without a warrant."
lie sent P.C. Hazzard for a warrant, and stayed at Lane's till
he came back, when he searched the stable, and in an out
house adjoining, found the truss of hay peoduced. He also
produced hay taken from another truest in Kr. Fmquharson's
Sold, and it appeared to correspond. The value of the bay
WOO about In Ile then took Lane Into custody. About nine
the same night Kiug went to the station the worm for drink,
and confessed stealing the hay, and said his muter knew noth-
ing about It. The superintendent locked him up, and
next morning when he was sober King made the
same statement, and repeatedly saiu his master knew
nothing at all about it—King: No more he didn't.—
King then pleaded guilty and elected to be tried by the Bench.
He mid "I will tell the truth ; I took the hay. I eras in
liquor or I should not have done it. My master's son came
came home and I bad some beer. My master did not know
anything about Atkinson on behalf of King asked
the Beach to allow the coessiction to stand over. —His Lord-
ship said it wee a most difficult and painful case and called
on Br Atkinson to 'produce additional evidence (besides
King's toenculpate Lane from the charge.—Mr Atkinson then
called Eliz•betii Rogers, Lane's niece, who stated she was his
housekeeper, and said lame went out with his son (who had
come home from Staffordshire) about 4 o'clock in the after-
noon:, of Monday and did not return till 11, when he can-
planed of liming tired and went to bed, and did not Imre the
house again till next day when the policemen came, and he bad
not been in the stable since the previous Saturday—his Lord-
ship decided to allow King to give evidence for Lane, and
ClVssexamined him at some length, but the answers were on-
satisfactory to his lordship.—Mr Atkinson stated that Luke was
44 years of age and hal never h • Main on bin character,
and he bona' also the Bench wood tale a merciful view of
the conduct of the other prisoner, who k sow .ng that he alone
was guilty had given himself up to justice.—ills lordship said
It was very distressing to see an old man of lane's Ars before
them on such a charge. It all arose out of that ' horrible
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by any means Burg that if they
sent Lane for trial • Jut/ would not convict him, for
thov would weigh very seriously the statement
of the superintendent that you permitted him to
warcil anywhere, but where the hay was conomled,
hut when he was going there you doinuidod a warrant.
Both mymlf and my brother magistrate, arc however disposed
to take as favourable a view of the cam IN we can, and consi-
dering that you ate an old man and up to the present time
base lyinie a goad character, we shall give you the benefit of
the hit and dismiat the charge against you.—With respect
ling, huh it not heels for the very usaatielacte-Y essen.re
which he put to my questions, we night have boon disposed
to aecole to his solicitors request to hold overour Judgment,
hut under the circumstances, we must con Viet him, and sent-
him to II days hard labour.
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