The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-08-02 00:00:00

BROAD V. BROAD MID BIRD.

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11r 44. C., and Mr. Indrrwrielr fa.
the petitioner, Mr. Pritchard for the respondent, and
Mr. Bayford for the c ..respondent
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The pe-titioner, who is aL officer in the Royal Navy.
married the respondent, • Miss Clark, in July, 1861,
They lived together on aff,ctionate term., and had
several children. In October. 1865, the petitioner was
appointed to the oomn2and of the Cormorant, on the
China station, and be joined that vessel. leaving bin
wif and ihildren at Weymouth. In the autumn of
1861 the 514 Regiment of Foot was quartered at Port-
land, and the respondent made the acquaintance of the
co-respondent, • lieutenant in that regiment. It was
evident from the correspondents. which WWI produced
that an improper intimacy was formed between th-m,
and in Mtge'', 1869, Mrs. Broad gave birth to a child.
The petition cmtained • claim for damage..
The jury found a verdict for the petitioner, and
assessed the damages at f:2,500. Decree nisi, with
emits.

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00 Tuesday Mr. Bayford mlved for • rule nisi for a
nor trial on the groutd that the damages rare Goose-
else.

The Court grsnted a rule IllSi or. the tArms that the
00-respondent should deposit 1;500 in the Registry.

CHARGE OF ROBBERY BY A CHEMISTS
ASSISTANT AT WEYMOUTH.
A respectable looking young man, who gave his name
as Joseph Gardiner, aged 27, from Somersetahire. was
given into cu-tody on Saturday night by Mr. Munn,
chemist and druggist, St. Thomse•street. on • charge
of robbery. It appears that Mr. Mason had inupected
loss s of an extensive character. at his oherni.t's shop.
On Saturday night, when Superintendent Vickery
returned from the Assizes, he received information from
Mr. Mason, and they marked a quantity of money,
including half-crowns, twochillingepleoes, and shillings,
and sent different parties to Mr. Mason's shop with the
money to purchase variona artieles. about halfmast ten
at nisht. The Superintendent afterwards went into
the shop with Mr. Mason, and the latter charged the
prisoner with obtaining his situation by means of •
false cheracter. Gardiner said that be had, and also,
that a friend made out the character for him. He was
then ordered to turn out his pocket., which he did, and
there were found eight sovereisna, two half-sovereigns,
a shilling, and a sixpenoe also two of the marked
11.0-crowns, one marked by Superintendent Vickery,
and the other by Mr. Mason, only a short time before.
On marching his boxes, Ac., £7O in bank notes was
found, and also a large quantity of articles, sold by
chemists, such as sponges, hair dyes, valuable scents,
sargial instruments of many descriptions, and in fact
specimens of most of the things such as Mr. Mason has
in stock. The Superintendent considers these things
were puked up ready for removal. Prisoner was
brought up before the Mayor at eight o'clock on Monday
morning, when he was charged with obtaining Mr.
Maion's situation by means of • false character, also
with stealing two halfrorowns. The Sup-rintendent
gave evidence sufficient to justify • remand. He was
also charged with stealing a gold ring, value 44.,
belonging to Edmund Bland (an assistant at Mr. Mason's
grocer's shop) ; but no evidence was given on this
charge.- Prisoner was remanded till Friday.
On Friday Joseph Gardiner, alias Joseph Grusby, of
Eartoo.on-Humber, chemist's lassistant, ar.s brought
up on remand, charged with stealing a gold ring,
,slue £7 te., the property of Edmund Bland.
Supt. Vickery said that on Saturlar last, prisoner
was apprehended on another charge. He was ordered
t, turn out what money he lind in his pocket, and
amongst it was • gold ring. On Sunday morning wit.
ness received information from Edmund Bland, that be
had lost • gold ring from hi. bedroom. Witness showed
him the ring. and be identified it as his property.
Edmund Bland, assistant at Mr. Mason's grocer's
shop, said he lived at Mr. Mason's, 53, St. Thomas.
street. Prisoner lived in the same house, and there
was only a door and a partition between the room.,
prisoner passing through witness's room to go to his
, own. Witness missed the ring on July 10. The ring
produced wax that which he loot, but the stone, with
his initials on it, was gone. Witness had enquired of
prisoner, and all who were in the house, but all said
they did not know where the ring was, and the servant
searched the room.
Prisoner reserved his defence.
He was then charged with obtaining • situation at
Mr. Mason's, by means of • false character.
Mr. MII/00 said prisonar came on Noirllth. 1869, and
witness engaged him to take the management of the
chemist's business in his (Mr. Mason's) absence. Wit.
engaged him with a character, and gave him i:4O &year.
Primmer gave a reference' to which witness wrote, and
received the following character in reply.
" Not. 1, 1800.
" 11r. 11\4011,
" ikar tiir,-.To your letter bearing date October 30, which
has Just i•orne to hand, 1 have much pleaaure to inform piu
that during the 1011, time 11r. Gardiner has lived with me. 1
I hare found him a very steady, sober, and induatrimm young
man, of very obliging manners, and gentlemanly appearance,
and do nut doubt but what lie will lo every reveet suit you
yen, NA he ls a very competent trustworthy person.-Yours
very truly.

" lisear asses&
15, Penton-street, lierntbury•rowl, London."
On the character he engaged Lim. He had been
auspeeting something wrong for some time, se his
money was always nosily alike, good or bed days, ex-
cept on Saturdays. Witness had also received • letter
from Mr. Langford, chemist, Wellington, informing
him that he obtained Mr. Langford's situation under
false rretenees. Witness had paid him two quarters'
salary. On Saturday night witness accused him of
baying used a false character, and prisoner admitted
the charge.

A n Wll6llllO number and varirty of chemistc' artielai
were produced in court, to the great mammal:a of the
public.

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Mr. John Brown Langforl, demist, of Wellington,
Somerset, said he had been in business 15
Prisoner came into his emphy in July, 1865,
and left in the beginning of Oetobef. In answer to

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