The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-05-02 00:00:00

VIZZZZLINO MONCT.

Mums nimbi'', • cartar in -the employ of Meagre
Holland and elum, coal merchant'. %vaa chargod with
embessling monies of his employers.
Mr. Z. Burnett appeared for the prosecutors, and briefly
stated the facts of the CY& Messrs. Holland and Hay-
man have dors@ in Trinity-street On Saturday morning
two nsen went there, and purchased a half cwt. of coal
each, for which they paid, but which defendant never
accounted:

Holland, • coal merchant had stores in Trinity-
street, and at the station. Skinner had been In his em-
ploy, as carter, and had authority to sell coals, at either of
his stores. It wee the custom to settle accounts every
eveninr, on Saturday evening he settled with defendant,
with reference to the station account. He paid
£4 18e. 10d. Asked him then if he had sold an; coals at
the Trinity-stores, and he said "that was all. He had
suspected Skinner for some time pest Defendant came
to work at six this morning. Witness told him he had
sold coils to three people on Saturday morning, from the
Trinity-street store, when he replied it was not three.
Discharged him at once, and told him he should prosecute
him.

Defendant wanted to know why he warn suspected more
than the other three men who worked for Kr. Holland;
but the Town Clerk told him perhaps It would not be
worth his while to prow that 111111Untl. He said he paid
Mr. Holland £4 Us. ed. on Murday evening, and not
£4 ISt 10d. as he.had.ititill,

--The Town Clerk Holland had better produce
his account book.
Frederick Norris lived at Fordington. On Saturday
morning between six and seven he went to the Trinity.
street coal stores, and purchased • half-hundred weight
of coals. Skinner weighed it for him, and for which he
paid 7frd.
James Loader, also living at Fordington. purchased
}cwt. of coal at Holland's stores on Saturday morning,
for which he paid Skinner 7ed. He was with Norris.
Mr. Holland here produced his day book. showing that
Skinner paid over to him £ll2B. tkl. on Saturday eveaing
for monies received at the station stores, the difference
between that amount and the It 1k ltid. being coals
sold by Skinner on credit.
By the Town Clark: He does not give names of persons
to whom he sells coals on receiving payment, but only
those. he sold on credit

This warn the case for the prosecution, and on behalf of
hie clients Kr. Burnett said they had no wish to press for
a severe punishment They only brought the case forward
as a warning to others.
The Town Clerk told prisoner that if he liked to have
the case sent for trial by a Jury he mut may so. If not
the magistrates would decide whether he wee guilt/.
Prisoner said he pleaded aunty to taking the money.
Be wee sorry for It; he had not been before any =M-
t:rates before. It wawa mistake; he had been busy taking
money and entering names of people who had had coals
on credit all day, and It quite "slipped out of his mind."
Be had • wife end two Wren.
The Town Clerk asked prisoner wu in the habit of
visiting public-houses, and being answered in the affirm*.
tive, said that usantated for the men :fen could not go
to pubbc-houses and spend money out of their earnings.
It was said prisoner had 11a. • weak and the Tows Clerk
remarked that Perhaps he could speed lie • week in the
public-houses. It wee, he went on to say, a well-known
Net that plenty of boys la the town spent mars in public
-
hostess than they earned in • week; and where did the
money came from I He remarked that it was a Ter/
serious =re serious Seen than the last
Tbe Um.. regret of the Heath at
menu Prkerorr in that pee Mal nom goad
advice, warned hint that coortottaa would be retarded
aghast hiirandd it would go hard with him if be came
iope
IrD he would lead an honest life after be
ofinNaltof gaol, O blip for a am-We hard laiionr
at the "grand boost.

riansinsa.
The lionise of the Great Western Hotel wee tr:itsf=V
from Moran% Grim to G. D. Searle The new
.1 formerly eke alio-mermaid of the Dorset
lary, and promisee to be as 'anent In the one slate of
life se he was in the other.
An erns hoar was granted to Mr. Read, of the Royal
Oak Inn, for the "Dorset Bliekbirde after the eeeewt
at the Oora Exchange on Keodia evening,-Th. gime
mike/ a OK peat alter the Wm= of the waning.