The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-07-04 00:00:00

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Bowan Ssemoes, Tnesday.—Before His Woes/lip
and Mr. 11. Hovrell.—Thomas Lovelace, fireman at
the Blame Twine Works, Bridport, was summoned
for fraudulently removing his household goods without
notice to his landlord, Mr. D. E. Biddlecombe, of
whom he had rented • cottage and garden at 30. Id.
per week. The rout doe, not disputed by defendant,
was EY 18s. &L Defendant said he gave notice, and
then took away the goods at night, as be could not
afford to do so during daylight, being at work. Prose.
tutor said the goods were removed without nodes but
he was willing to accept the bereave of rent. The Bench
ord, red payment of arreare and Bs. 6d. costs, the
former in Isaiah:emus of 8.. per mooth.—Bobert
Bakst, a young labourer in employ at Asker
pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in S iuth.
street on Sunday nigtit, the 11th inst. P.C. Caffey
proved the cage. Fined 2.. 61. and Bs. Csi cost.,--
The Homes of the Sun Lin was tranderred from E.
A. Baker to A. G. Fone, and that of the Market House
Inn from T. Welsh to Alfred Ozenbury.
Cotten Prrre Siestoes, Monday. —Before J. M.
P. Montagu, Esq. (chairman), S. W. Whethaw, and
W. k .01f.A.P.sqrs.,John Smith.fann Labourer of Marsh.
wood, Whitchurcb, was charged in custody with steeling
monies from the Now luo, Marsh wood. thsprope. tv of
the landlord, Henry Jobs Morris, on the Uted inst. Mr
Elizabeth Morris devised putting si. 31., in unmarked
money, Into • little preserve-pot, placing the same on
a ahslf in • private sitting r ,orn, about 10 a.m., on
Friday last. About 12 o'clock she lout three mire
shillings in the newel, and at three in the afterwain
she saw prisoner ia the room sitting by tha window.
He had no business there. He asked her if be had
better go, and Mrs. Morris replied he could do as he
liked. Prisoner occasionally worked for them. She
afterwards looked into the pot and discovered ss. were
gone, and elle called her hos iand's attention to it.
Her husband and witnese then marked 15s. in silver
and 2a. in coppers, placing the silver in one pot and the
copper. in another. Prisoner took some tea with
witness awl her husband in that room after the to iney
had been marked ani placed then Prisoner was then
left in the room by Ida:sell for the time, and afterwardi
went out at the back door. He came in attain and
asked for something to drink,payiog witnese'sdanghter
for some beer, and the daughter headed the monry to
prosecutor. The twopence given by priminer for the
beer were marked (produced), the marks were the
same as on the other coius—also produced. Prison
afterwards delivered up some marked silver. A
quantity of money he.l been lost lately. Henry John
Morris, prosecutor, said in the preemies of Its wife,
he marked 15s, in silver and 2.. in coppers, the moneli,
being placed in pots in the sitting-room. Prisoner bad
• cup of tea where the money was, and then with...s
and his wife left the room, leaving prisoner in it; ill
remained there about tan minute., and then left the
house by the backdoor. Prosecutor followed him, en I
prisoner said" Mader, I'll stand • pint if you like hi
drink with nos." Prisoner then went in aid or.le e I a
pint, and paid his (prosecutor's) daughter twopence for
it. The coppers given by prisoner were marked by
witness. Witness accused him of stealing the in
when he said he ha in't touched it. Witness told
prisoner he should retain him until he gave up the
money he had taken, but he continually declared he
hadn't it. Prisoner afterwards took from his pocket
41. in silver and another peony—all marked
money—and have it to prosecutor. Acting• Sergeant
Devenish said, instructed by Mr. Morris, on the
24th lost., be apprehended prisoner on • charge
of stealing is. 3d. Prisoner was cautioned. and
said—" Did you take the m4:121,1 John!"
rissosreriorsaid " I have it my pocket ;by merger,
I did take it." Pidsoner now pleaded gu le. Ind
prosecutor said be had always till now been a good
servant, and be did not wish to prise the charge. Mr.
Montagu said he had betrayed the confidence reposed
in him by his mows in • very ungraisful way, but this
being the first offence he would have but one month
with hard Lib mr.-- William It .berts, landlord of the
Sun, Moicom, slake, Whitchurch, was summoned for
permitting drunkness on his premises on the 13th
bat. P.C. House sail he saw a man—Joseph &ridden
—leave the bins, in a drunken state in company with
his daughter. A man named Moores took him towards
h a home when they met another constable, P.C.
Reckon', who told Scadden to go home quietly.
Seadden, however, went beck to the Sun, and there
wittier saw him seated with • cup partly filled with
eider before him, ticedden's wife came for her husband,
and witness went to the landlord, and told him he
was doing wrong in allowing a drunken man to be
served with drink. The landlord said Scadden had
been to the Star for an hour and a half before that.
P.C. Rackem corroborated the above. For the defence
Alfred Hunter, labourer, declared that Sudden
wasn't half drunk, and Memry 'field, • young girl who
served the cider, deposed that Scadden came to the
house very quietly. The Hooch fined defendant 10..
and costa, 95., with a threat to endorse the license on
the next offence. —Joseph &adder' was then charged
with being drunk on the premise. on the above date.
He pleaded not guilty. Evidence, similar to that in
the firmer cis', proved defendant was in an ',doe.
rated state, and the Bench fined him 9s, and costa—
Job Crebb, who did not appear, wee summoned for
being drank and disorderly at Milton, Powerstock, on
the 3rd May. P.C. Brown proved geeing defendant
drunk ant stripped to fight, and P.C. Custard, in
another charge, said he beard him using awful
language, and .track witness on beinz spoken to.
The Bench, finding there 661 been several previous
convictions, sentenced prisoner to seven days' hard
labour in each cane—There were several charges
tor breaches of the Relocation Act. but they were
void of publii interest. Small fines were imposed in
most cases, and in the remainder • caution was gives.