The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

CAPTURE CF ARMS.

EXAMINATION OF TUN PRISONEIL
The pr:soner, Thoma. Walsh, described al • carpet
planner, was brought up at the Clerkenwell
Police-
court ou Monday, °beryl with "feloniously receiving
and fraudeutly dealing with certain rifles, bayonets
and other firearms,believed to be the property of H.fit
Government, since the 6th Feb,uary, 1881, at 99, St.
Johu'e-street-ruad, in the pariah of Cl rkeuwell." Ibe
prisoner was also described In the charge-sheet es of
Imperfect education." He is t and strongly built,
his lace, which is marked with smallpox, being par.
Bally cosine I with • meaty mmatache and bead of •
san,y colour. l'he intermit shown in the proceedinre
by persona . the prisoner's clam was very c 0 derable,
and for dome time before he was put into the dock that
put of the court set apart I.r the arm immodation ~f
the general public we, crowded with an eager audience,
several members of whom loudly claimed acquaintance
with hint as he stepped up. To all this, however,
prism./ utterly declined to lend a ear, but during the
whole of the hearing, which occupied less than an hoar,
leaned hit buck against the duck and, whilst evidently
paying clams attention to the evidence, played with his
beard and mottermabe in • nervous =MOAT.
The prosecution was conducted by Chief Superin-
tendent Wiltiemson, of the Criminal Inveetigetoo
Ihipertment, S.-calimil-yard, while the prisoner was
represented by /fix. Abrahams, solicitor,
he first witness called was George School,
wa,chtit.k,r, who said be knew the prisoner by the
nausid I Sidgrove. Be first batons acquainted with
him at the Departing of the present year, or the latter
end of last, when he came to know about • stable
which he Lei to let. Me eventually agreed to take the
stable at a • month. P. is wee said he was an
export,r rI auslacca'd goods and Birmingham
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article., sad should :equine the stable to -stow
empty crates in. Ne theme spoke to seeing
prison,r brieg in a cart &quantity of what betook to be
empty crates end paaltil boie-. lie luck d the do r
awl gave witness the ke,. Alleteektate he brought at
s-co c art to .d of castes, which appeared to be full.
tie the, I,llt • padlock cia hie own on the stable d.e,r
and k. pt the key. Palsoocr gave his address aa
readgroifr, 37, Ounisirstre.t, Burinuigtutui, but whim
wiknwe let • Ictwr to that ad..irilui it was retuned
to blot th.ougu the Dead bett!r

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Puliee-Inapeckw Peel said he saw the prisoner at
the le lice-station, where he hied been MANI by his
dire° in. Waimea told him he had made a seizure of
rifles, r. volsels, on i a large quality of ammunition
eL
the ,thbles. Ile denied he routed the stables. In
reply to s demand to give a satisfactory account of the
pr_opetiy, he said" •rbere are others besides me."
Witoess again asked if he had any invokes for the
goods, cud he answered "so." Wittiest said" Have
ou a license to deal 311 firearms?" and be said "No."
He " Can you show me any person or give me any
referer co the will lead me to believe you are engaged
I. an tweeet Ululate i U with this property?'
replied " No." Wane.' baked him 'Can you give
Old he names the others you allude r .ad he
said " ' Wanes,' continued "home of the riles
have the Governmeut mark on them" He reprised
"1 did not know there was auything wroog with
than or I world not have had them." Witness
said he went with two other ott.cors to No.
13, Charles-street, Hatton-garden, sod found in
prisoner's rosin (the first floor front) a six-chambered
revolver which did not teen] to hare been used for a
loog Lime, a box of taps, a box of small pistol car-
t:Ogee, and 400 isrire cartridges t fit the revolver.
The M igortiste : How many of the rifiell have the
Tower mark?—They are not all examined yet. lii
rep,y to the charge the pris net said, "It will all be
setteractortiy exelainecL" When searched six keys
were I.und to hi. porimesion, and one of them opened
the kadlock of the stable door. In the stable were
found 24 coma closed up. A number of ear-ridges
were scatter., all over the The caries were
subserviently ouvdto contain A. and 111Mmunit1011.
Toolo were alms a number 01 carthidgeo, isme loose and
some in peeksikea, ens:mitred about toe Boor.
A Math:haute wee here creited in the court by the
wife of toe krisoner, who wes standing in the public
part, excietruing in a rich Irish brogue, that ih, inspec-
tor himselt eca..iered the caruidges about, and
that he had be I. her boom from 1 till 3 o'clock on
bundey morning, brie wee, however, promptl re-
moved, but for some tune afteriverds she could still be
heard loudly protentiog agadist the evidence of the
witness.

hvidsoce continued : There were also some barrels
onaiiü.zart• idges packed in ...wdu.t. the crass
cont.ined rifle. and ravolvcrs, but I could not say whst
nuintkr. Tu.- re w re heteron 300 and 400 altoother,
witti bayoheta La each rill
By 4. Abrahams : The rdie prAnced is a Solder,
and the same Uin Volu.teeis now use, and cm, I
Lemon, were u•ed by the &nue in the late war. I
Lawm heard the Goverutuent grout tune IJ time
sell devoted arms. _ _

Mr. Ainatowne : Werball be able to giro a perfectly
satisfactory acc-unt of Llama Mies by-an 1-Ixte. It,. no
pur•utug toe mos,- x•nuttatiou further now, as
understand Lb.& an expert as going to be milled front
the rower. You will •raut • remand, ar a matter of
cJunw, and 1 hope that on • future otcmion you will
a!low me to put soy further qu,etiona to Mr. Peel.
Your attention her, no doub , tern directed to is
exact nature of the charge male ago;not the planner.
He Is charged With 111AlaWilll pomeamoo.
The Cierk : No.
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siu—r-aha— •i;s7 Yes, he is charged with feloniously
rezoiving the r.fles, but there is no evidence whatever
that he did rece,ve theui. There is as evidence eituspt
that he was its pJsoessiou of this property. I do n
prop sis at this o.o.neut to say anythingaot that. I
shall Isere is tdi the case is coucluded, but I do list
know wbethsr I rui,,sht make any application on the
subject of baiL
LIAO Msgists ate : NJ, I cult not allow bail in such

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Mr. Abrahams : The fact that he was in possession
4 the rifle. twee not show that he unlawfully 'votive,'
thew.

lee Magi' Jima : The wh,,le case is extremely
buspici-u. . taougu dune ma) be au armwer, of course.
Atirakiatrui : Yee, Poi no doubt tn,re will bJ. 1
can. get baii to a moderate

lite Map'trate I could twt accept it.
'1 he prisouer wee then remeachmi until the 77th

An impir.aut piece f evidence hag, it is said, been
obtained by the in refereuce to the timing. of
the ',roomer 0, atelt n attua. It appeara •bat early ID
Jarru.ry lot the psieoner called up ot Me. Puldip
riightnsid, an arrow maker, of 34, Whiekluotroit,
Clerkenwell. Cud .00,0‘0,1 jut, negotiation. with him
rerya.taas we Lire of • workatioe belonginr to the
lather, atiacbe I to the home N. 61, Croes-street,
Esoz-roaa, Llington. Walth gate the Mune of Sea-
grove (whicti, it will be remembered, was the name
be gave to Mr. scho4t wuen taking the wtaulga
II)da-creocent), and Ida add,..... 3, Grevilltsetreet,
liattou.gamien, stud the rent we. bei at Bs. per week.
Walah coursaued as a tenant t.. the ithd of lebivary,
when he complathed thet once kir. blight:l.We men,
who had ch.rge of the DOW*. and wawa tue la ter had
discharged, had left the Fit maim, hi. (Waisted) g
were 00 luager safe for he bad tumid lasi one of the
e.g. had been tempered with, •tid '' a Intual taken
out. Mr. iligisfisld, who Lieu Irishman himself, has
c nue for wara end uishtlied the prisoner as the man to
whom he hit the workshy mentioned. The police
have not up to the prisons been euoceadal in treeing
any other places of storage mei by the prisoner In the
metropolis, but are coutale.,t, however, that before
many days are over they wall bs able to trace all the
pri.oner• moverneuts to mionectiou with his 001/01114.•
mauls, an I COSIP,VIIIIIIIILA of.lll, . .

he a isa, wLsh hay.). hen ...was.' at Clerkeuwell
p li. -41 Li .13, were rewooed on Thursday eVeuiakg to
U. Tower an a corersd werorw sbnost unobserved,
and the report ut the or:perta who outunnol them rid
Dot IA tondo known until the rate against Walah la
&gala resumed.

BATHING FATALITIES.
At the villa4e of Barrow, neer Derby, on Wednes-
day, while a number of the 2ed Derbyshire Militia
w.r• bathioe in the Trent, Privates Mollin.fwortb and
Watts were drowned.