The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-26 00:00:00

swasson.
e.EE AND GANDERS.

At the W . p• c ort I' ...r. 16% I.6fore M
(1. II [1..0 I Thomas S ock!ey nu I JoAe Wedts
Up 111 custo4, c a4rae4 .4th ate 4.u: •he • 4,5e4e of the
value of a. .he property of Mr. S. Mm.htle.J,
Stemma.% on the 14.. h of Fehru.ry.
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John Summers said he was carrier and resided at
SNIVISae. Ou the 15 h instant he received the hamper
produced (row the pre. iner Week to take to the Ware-
hsm station. It was aildreued to Mr. Appleysni, poultry
dealer. Waterloo-road. Ile inwie out the c in•Lininent
no produced in the tutu., of St. eikler a; 'he 'wader, awl
pet the hamper et the pl itlorm to go by the opts. iin.
lie g,ve the r mai:nye-v. note to dimanaers. On the 115-1
be saw Siockl iv nal 44,1 him if he k newt anytlAi ./..,
the geese. lie na• le [1 sn•wer He (wano,s) said if
he knew it be would nit have ha 4 anything to do with
the hamper. Stockley aaid "Don't say anytuhw about
it.

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Mr. S. Marshfiel& farmer, said on the 16. h instant he
1,4 the three geete prothr Ned on his farm-1e alder and
two seem—stock hint.. Ho bad carefully ottine.l them
aad know them to le hi. by the tarrkt an I plummte. As
he did not see them on tho 15th ho cau*el a search to be
mole for them. In all I whem he heard thotn on the
14th he saw some blond and down festhort He sent for
Freeborn. the con.table. mid they examined the spot for
footmark* and covered them op with stones. He was
present on the 16th when some boots were compared with
the marks. an.i the twit* corresponds I with the imprint.
node by the boots. On the 17th he was present when
some more hoots were conapsred with the other net of
marks ; they *leo roer,mond,..t. Ofl the 19th he •*w the
produced at the Waroham Police-station. They are
hi. property, and were srorth
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ree torn said he .ra..tatione.l at Swamme. On
the 15th he and the proxecntor went ton ca,e in the corner
of a field, he taw 3,10 .1 and feathers 411.1 two set. of
'6,4 prints didiu-tle, he ematred ...me of thsm up with
tile et no, he ohtain-el a .reireh warrant again, ',nth the
prisoner', he tr wed the hod mark. fir shout 13) yank in
the directi Ir. of the pei" men hones" when he 1.4 eight of
them. H. afterwit..l. loin I the track an'n le taint
aer so. a mealow ; there we. r • ..1 for germ- there and
followed them V, tP, ckler', hon.., were he found the tw,
ed of m oh. main in S wkleteo leaden, he did not find
an. thinz when metirehin: the pri.oners h0w...1k he fleet
comp ....1 tome hoot. of Stockier', and exansin.al • ere ,1
moor of the traeks, the lamts produced are St abler', It
ix • .tIT clay toil. on I th.• traeka were lett exact. On the
17t in ..ompinv with P.O. Wile. and the p.o.ermio,. he
comp.red the hoot. produc..l with the other rot of tracks,
they correoloonsle I es trite. Whn thy searched
S'ockler's hoes. the found three Ed net. in an mi.-
), ot.e, one we, very wet, animrently la-. a washed. and
on no of 'he other. ther fonn.l ...ova of 1,1 eti, awl in it
ho found the leather produce& Ft nekler's wife hromeht
40104 swhe, from the fire. sad PC. Wills tont out the
larze fe tither proditeed, and handed it to me. He produced
two pi 4.04 of hono atm trentli, ft nu the wine of a n.. 0.10
which he (mind where the view were killed, lie had
since 'Ramie...l the geese and found • pi.ve of bone gone
from the win .rof one of the Neese.

Moelom Wiles mid he wee • pollee exonstehle
atationeel at Langton. On the 16th he wag watching
Stockley's bon. .. Stockier wife came oat of the house,
she had • pair of Nieto, and was walking away. He took
the beta front her. He the. corroborated Preeborn's
evideiece ag t e the hoot tee, be and finding the fe ethers.
Robert Strum re meld he wag • porter at the Wareham
maiion. Ou the 15th I received the hamper produced
from Sommers. the curler. I weighed it awl found it
weighed one quarter and IS Pound I mock lit on the
congignment note render.% awl MI initials " R.S " in
the nwicin. The hamper Moo addreased to AntileYarde
and Willuthilig &61Ut. the Waterloo-road. There was
some dispute about the coweignee receiving the parcel.
and it came hwk to Wareham he the 121 train on the
I.lltlt, when it went away. I could not esee what its Con-
tent, were,
.hitt when it came hack I could see some geese
in it. I weighed the hamper when it came back, and it
weighed the now., a. when it wog gent I sent the parcel
IT train on the 15. h tt Nine Elm., and on receiving it
back handed it to P.C. Butler. The orengignment note
;Pt i lured.. the owe! received (rem Suonnum.
E beard Botler gold he was P.C. at Wareham On the
11. h he received the hamper containing the glove from
to, 'vet wane.. On the 19. h the prowcutor Identified
then., hie pr..p.rtY, and th .y h.eve teem it. hig(witoem)
pee.a.•.elon ever pince. The pv sinews, who had nothing to
say, were then committed for triit at the afailig.