The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-10-24 00:00:00

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MALMO COATS AT WITYOUTH.

Dart' Carirrigla and George Pager, privates of the
7th Pointers, was indicted for stealing two ooata, value
404 the property of Mr. George Smith Rinsell, at Wey.
mouth, and the sans, with Henry Bower, lance
corporal, werc indicted for assaulting P.C. Me Mahon,
at Weymouth, on the 9th inst.
Mr. W. Flocks prosecuted. and stated that the case
as regarded Samar turned on the question of his
indeatity. Hs believed prisoner was not guilty, and
would offer no evidence against him.
The sergeant bad come over from Portland to give
Honest a good character, and he was discharged.
Foster and Cartwright were sentenced to three
calendar months' bard labour for stealing the ooths,and
three calendar months' afterwards for assaulting the
policeman.
ISTIALDIG BRANDT AT WITIIOUTIL

Thomas /cases, 28, labourer' was indicted for stealing
at Weymouth, OD August 3, three *asks, one hamper,
and • quantity of brandy, the property of Means.
Donnish arid Co.
Mr. Weston, prisoner's attorney, challenged several
of the jurymea, and others had to be swore.
Mr. W. Ruin prosecuted, and Mr. Castle defended:
All the winsome were ordered out of court.
Mr. W. Finks said the enquiry on which they were
about to enter was • very long one, and when it would
end they could not tell; it would depend greatly on
the sagacity with which the defence was maintained.
Be then detailed the facts of the cue.
Mr. Holt, manager of the prosecutor's spirit depdt,
add that on the night of the 2nd August he locked' up '
the spirit store as usual. At 6 o'clock next morning,
he returned and smelt brandy. and found the spirit
had run from some taps which wore turned. About
50 gallons altogether were ran out—best foreign brandy.
Some bear bands had been piled up in the yard, all
numbered, and he Ind since seen some beer barrels
which he recognised as some of those which were in
the yard that night, and some brandy which he totted
by test was similar to what was in the auks.
Cross-examined by Mr. Castle: The strength, 14 or
15 under proof, was a very common strength. Five or
lix persons have keys of the door, and could get the
barrels out, and any one who buys barrels of Messrs.
Devenish's beer has similar reeks.
William Tacker, clerk at Mews- Devenish's received
the keys from Mr. Holt, and took them to the outer
office, and this he did on the day in question. When
he examined the spirit store, afterwards with Mr.
Vickery, he observed marks on the ridge between the
store and • smith's shop, as if a man had come down
from Newberry-lane, and a pane of very thick glass in
the roof of the shed was broken, potty was forced up,
and on the next pane was a white mark, as of a man's
foot.
Cron-examined : it was not by breaking the glass
that the spirit store was entered. William Weston
who looks over the casks in the yard, bad missed three, '
and he then made • memorandum of the numbers,
which were 832, 680, and 1225. The auks produced
bore the same numbers as those mining. If they had
gone out in • legitimate way of trade, he would have
taken the numbers down, but they did not. He knew
they had come into the store, because he received them
himself.
Cross-examined: One of the casks was received from
Mr. Charles White, of Portland, in July. Sometimes
150 or 200 casks go out in • day. Any of the five
clerks, had the power to issue casks and enter them
In too day-book. If any of the clerks had Issued casks
and failed to eater, his list would not show it.
Re-examined: Had no doubt that one of these casks
came from Charles White.
John White, of Belmont-street, spoke to prsioner
borrowing a handcart or trucks on the second night
after he came out of prison. He said he wonted
to take some potatoes from his ground near Sandsfoot
Castle, which was in an opposite direction to the
Chickerell.road from witness's house.
Cross-examined: The hand-cart was returned about
eight o'clock next morningt
be hand-cart or trucks was called for; but It was
too large to bring into Court. It was identified by the
witness-
P.C. Delamont was in Newberry-lace between ten
minutes and • quarter to four on the morning in
question. He saw • pair of trucks close to a hedge at
the back of the Brewery. They were the same as those
produced.
Cress•examined : Did not report the circumstance,
II was common to see trunks in the street.
Jane Weston, wife of William Weston, got out of
bed on the morning in question, looked out of window,
and saw a men settling some trucks under a hedge at
the back of the brewery. On the trucks were two barrels
the chines of which were painted white. There was
also • hamper on the trucks. The man went across
the road, stood on the kerb, and wiped his forehead ;
he then stood on tip.tos, looked towards the brewery,
and up Dorset-plus. He afterwards took the trucks
up Dorset-place. She was quite certain prisoner was
the man.
George Pope, of the Beehive Inn, said prisoner came
to his house about • quarter pest 10 on the night
of August 2. Saw him go out about half-past 12, and
he did not return. A bed was made up tor him at the
lan.
Crossexainlned : Told the magistrates he returned
about a quarter-put five next morning.
In the depositions it was stated that prisoner returned
about five, and called him up.
Thomas Reed Northover was at the Beehive Inn on
the night in question, and left with prisoner. He saki
he should go for a walk, and not go to bed that night:
Williams Charles Stevens, aged 11, worked for Mr.
Churchill. On the morning in quo,tion, he saw pri-
soner near Mr: Dennies stablea, near Boot-lane. He
had • hand cart with him, and on it two casks and a
hamper. He told witness he had fallen down and cut
his knee, and blood was coming therefrom. Witness
pve him a little help up the hill, and afterwards saw
him nemi Me, Gird's: