The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-07-08 00:00:00

SERIOI/3 CHARGE AuAINST A LOCAL

PREACHEIL

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Mognay.
A respectably connected you./ man, named Henry
%%gen, who had been apprehend. I ou a warrant at
Shrewsbory. WWI brought I, I ire the Mayor and
Meagre. Roberts, It ipkius, Bock, an I Itolls, ois Mon-
day, charged with iionverting a wetch, bel Inging to
Mr. Hardy, coach proprietor, and of which he was
the bailee, to his own use. The prieoniir, it gem.,
had been in hairiness in Weymouth end roans months
1, Lb:id i prosecutor
him
I.airveit him
ee vearstl.i'md times, !;iitaraani„ri
get it returned. Toe prieoner wee commons 1 to
appear at the Potty Sossions last Tuesday, an I,
falling to do so. a warrant was bl•lli•A fir hi. sligirs-
henaion. P.S. Delamont was despatche to Shrews.
bury, and there receivsd the Me riser, who was in
east aly of a detective. Or Miimi ay Mr. Bossard
Bowen, who defended, applied n to the II es to allow
the charge to be withdrawn. The prisoner was • very
young man, only 19 years of age, and it was the fir-t
time he had ever been lasfori, a C 'Oct. iii, frien la
were very respectable, acid be hoped the Beech w ud
allow the cue to be withdrawn.—Mr. Percy Street.
who appeased to prosecute, said be aispiesce lbs the
application. The prisoner had dom, all he caul lin
his power to help them to recover the watch, which
they had dons, and the pr,,s cati in asked permisdon
to withdraw the case.
Tao Mayor said he underst, mai that both miles agreed
to treat the answer as a civil CM,. but the spieetion
was whether the Bench ehoull air Ole or c wry out
the law. His Worship mike I the Superiutende•d if
Police if he had found any pawrs-ticket, on the
accusal, and Mr. Vickery replied in the affirmative,
and stated thee, was • caw, of el arising out of one of
them, hut it ha I been satisfied. The friends of the
prisoner were respectable people, but fin di I n-.t wish
to say anything about the accused, who Mae • local
preacher and teetotaller, an I he behove . ha 1 been too
kind in making presents to oth r people.—Tne Bench I
retired, awl were absent for some consi I. rable time..
during which the prisoner almwed unuiiiitakable
signs that he WY feeling hie podti n acwi•ly. On
returning into Court, the 31 ayor rail the magistrates
hail given the case very careful coastal 3,4 had
decided to dsal with it se one uulawful pawning,
if the eolicitors did not iibji ct.
Mr. Street and Mr. Bowen both cane.ntsd to this I
course, the latter advocate saying in any ease he felt I
the Bench would be bound to it.—The May .r I
If you raise the leg mlohjsctiou we shall a n.i tho rise
to • jury. At is p-esent we think Ito Cars of unlaw-
al pawning. Who took the watch out of pawn?
The Supeilutewlent : It was taken out by his (this&
and delivered to in..
The prosecutor was then allot to fir ,th that the
prisoner had no right to pawn the watch. Mr. Hardy
stated that It belongs It his • ife• he delivered it tic
the prisoner previous t s the 20th Of April, and he hal
no NOW to pawn it.
Walter Robertmo, sesintant to Ms. Sargeant, pawn-
broker, ‘Veyruinith, etsted that chi, swat In mace iriwrd
by • person named Plowman.
The Mayor sail they woul I have I, •U no tile
care f,r further evi long but %Ir. w •i. 31 fe
would advise the prisoner to idea I amity to on aw-
fully pawning the watch.—Mr. Street rain said that
he dia not with to press the case. and Mr. Bowen t dd
the Bench that there was someone prewat who would
take the prisoner book to hoodoo Li hit Irked, at
i3OCI.

The Mayor told the priso..er he ha! becu well &delft d
In pleading guilty, &11.1 the fir...notion l. .l ease I very
kindly towards him in not pressing the sass. It was
impos•iible for the Bench to allow the EA., t.l paw, but
they could take it as one ..1 unlawful p •wnius. in
whkltt the law allowed them to fits. las
Akitar had told them that he ha I re5t...L.6,4.e (ti.m.lla
who would tube cars of him—noel I h•• go 4.3.,it with
them? The priaoner pr imbed that he wool.i. The
Mayor, continuirg, said it was • very serious case—the
prisoner waa preaching on the one hand &nil acting the
bfPoorite, whilst on the other he we. counnittio4 the
offence with which he wag charged. 'I he fine the Isw
adowied WM not to exceed E 5, and In inil cting that
•Incsant they would sive him the benefit of the cats,
whlch 1,. under.tood were very heavy (t 4 12..)
Mr. Robens also asidremaed the prig, iner. an I told
him by his c induct he hit brought disgrace on rsligisn.
Mr. B men sail he would undertake to psy the fine
at • nce.
I'UILSOAT.—BoIore the Maym, an) M lire. K bun
it ,Wr, Vseceot, awl Rollo.

it.—Defendatti b .tin: procured 64 bads*, the coop
Plainest w•Le wore. He .teed that on the 27th ot
Jane he w.. 'ii toe s .ul ready f.tr hire. Wittig:we
was sec .nd and •lef••adatit fourth an I as a lady was
tuniut t c .utplain.ut carris,re de.endaut piled
and spoke t L., la ly, .ho enrhir.d 4 What do y•ni
charge to Lake LIM t el i ? Ih, deft :ant
replied, • the lady got into tbs.:subs.. —.t Leda..
named Cu .k sail he saw the defen•laut speak to the
iwid, get rif hit catria.p. and opeu the do ,r f r ier.
D.teutiant .auf Is • 44.1 leaving the steel t go Irmo*
ise had I. attend a lu tend. when a It tr
beam. I in tom a,,1 a•ke.l him 0 'lris h. to NO. 2.
Laos i .wan. IL.. bee, r a ilicited the La ly.—A
for the del -ice (Adria I Mem) corronorausd, aol .aid
the caroplsinant• .ind hi. whams made • great some
by Galling after the d.leadmit when be took up the
la 17.—the men were so noisy aud kept on i.terrupt•
log each other to :Itch an Went that the 3tlay ,r
threatened t tines them all lochod up far contempt
.4 Cult.— Nitnese 0.01 he wag q site sore the clet.tul.
nut did u the lady t • hire him, an I Lb it he
W 44 ete.mied by the lady of her uwu he, will. —Toe
Harm iiii t tere wa. no doubt that if the .l.fendant
ac,...ted theta my it was wroug. acid oentrary to t
bytt-lawo, and he would bees be n punisho.l. but they
con:1 not lay down a law that the punliz could riot
select a carriage from t . stall I. In Ole Inc. ut the
evideuc, pr. dueed Its c.,, u.. 1 nut haw proven, 50
pr were iu f of the cistoruirut tb ,t
knee 4144 true. The c smut tbe dimnis.a ,
hu: he leagued him that such lanru.g. i.e he made
Liao of ti suds the cutu.dein....l whoa be retutue I to
4.3 stead, and cs—heat hoe a v 1.1.10. WAS tube
p. itied.—ldefoulant : I souk' the truth, rh.
Mayor said it .444 4111•04,./10104 el the of so
..o mutt try and bri Ile hie wit,rue. —Neither por.y
was ordered. to pay the c nits.