The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-09-23 00:00:00

LITEXSIVA ilillri Bit SOLDINRIL

Hobert Smith and John Erase, priests& I. the let
Cheshire lt,gianent, were coarged with it sling from
the dwelling-house of Job ii omsford, at Portland, a
mortgage deed .i • hooaer, • church gift, seine silver
cud copper, amoral handkerchief+, • purse. three
rings, owl a watch cholla—M.o. liana erd, wife of the
landlord of the " V.cteris " oublich ruse, Ptlltliad.
'shish* paid her brewer on M !of, the tith, about
one o'clock. 5311 took the cosh-box %toothier anti put
it cal the drawer,. It contsined several deed', two
theta once p.llaoes, and on the top • peund's worth of
small silver, and to. worth of copper. ; she also left
some loved silver and coppers on h.r deeming table.
She missed the following tbihge th at morning :
A mortgage deal of a house, • church gift, some solver
mai c.oppor, three cott haththerc ohte, a purse, three
rings, an 1 one welch (Morita. She ideatiti'd several
hroulkerchiefe produth I by S a.paut liale. At the
police statics at Dorchester toue of the pri.onen sold
they burst the doe la at the toarrocia.rooon. About
balt•paet eight of the ev ming when she put the
things away ioriamer. tame t,l the bowie and had
some beer. She ids otilie l toe I, Clan I chain, two
rouge, purse, key, sod toe hstpleerciviel4 now pro.
cluned. With the exeeptiou of • silk hmalkerolvief all
these were her daughter's. Al,c, 11 .0.1 Hthefor,l, the
daughter, said she ideotitial the things (produoe.l).
.the aIW all the thing. sof oh the ou unity( of the lith.
Toey were ha her bedroous. She anise.' them oh the
10th. Oh the Sth, about half-past eight or ohm
primmer WO! t the h reed coo.,afterward:
eunith went out of the back, sod in a few minutes the
coMer we'll to look for him. She mike' Beau,' where
the other we., sal be rtyli.tf "lie is all right sod
will be in in • minute or tw o.“ Ahout twanty.five
minuets@ after livahe went wit again, awl then they
returned together. Smith woke,' for a qthrt of ale,
and ten lend a shilling on psymeht, It. also asked
bent, fetch two cigeze. •ol g iv, an ,ther ehilliog to
pay for it. They hod to 1) vis Li" .tsirs to go out.
She could hot have ee.ro :hem if they ha I tow up-
stairs.—Mr. S.apt. irate mild oh Saturday l•dt,
Selpt.Mber 13th, be receive 1 isaformatioh of a robbery
st Portion I. erom what he heard from l'.C.
Mat Mam, at ilioway, be tel -graphed to From., sod
receiving • reply, he procee led toe., awl fowl.; b ills
prisoners as cultody on another charge at the poloce•
st taloa. On Smith he food the puree, t oro
rings, a em .11 key, the salk has lk ere:lief, awl 4..
111 on may. Oa Beaus sssoe-6 Unit, lan 'Cher haul-
kerchief and Is. 41. lie brought prisohers to
D•orcheater, and on the following Monday morhiug, in
their presence, the last witneee and her mother
identified the property (prod o.ved). Mrs. Hanoi toed said
I, Smith—" Smith, di t •II the where theme pap,rd
are, they are dee:he ant valuaole to we, awl I coneut
get them replaced under la Sae spoked him several
times, and he replied • I ..0 s t thew, miseu.. in the
barrack-room.' They area Hotly charged with
stealihg the artMler, an I am; ail ie ii reply,—N ither
of toe tals,nere lidt4 suyo.• so to ...Jr, and they were
committed for trial at the As-ithe.

Another charge of stealing to., snits of clothes, •
slur:, • silk hanAkerr.hief, • pair bream', and a cap,
the prop,rty of James Trev,r —Pr issoutor, • private
of the Cheshire Regiment, soil groom to Colonel
Carry, said 121 left the collie rises 0 the 12th about
twenty minutes ti seven in the ere _ling. be window
was fastened and he I 'cited the Alin. He rotor ied
&butt twenty minutes poit six on the morning of the
13tti, and tonsil the win log, sat been bun: open, and
two suits of c10th..., a shirt, • silk pickothui iharchief,
and cap gone. lit reported it a: t the isergeaut of
the guard. The suit. (or panoel) wen, thou, he had
lost. S nue of the clothes belong. Iti him per•onally.
nod souse to the CA owl, but it was all in iii. charge.
—Ur. Sept. Gale proved apprehending priioners at
From.. eimito was wearing the black coat, vest, and
pair of [-wiser. (produced), auil E•ana the ire, suit
(*ls produced). 'nine were the clothes identihed by
hut witness. —Prisoners ware oommitted for trial at the
A.4.1Z so on tt.l. cbar4e.

Smith wan then cli'vrei. I With stealing a hat and pair
eh es. the propertf of William Aspen, private in the
Cheshire Reglmen's—Pris mer was quartered in the
same r oom as pr....guess', and on the morning of the
13:h he misse I the thing*. Smith had then gone.
Sopt. Gate gave evidence as t soprebamaioc at
From.. Smith was wearies.; the hat and ehoet.—:l7ond-
mitte 1 for trial on We charge ale,.