The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

Somersetshite.

80MBRTON.—Pivrt Sinuous, Monday, Novem-
ber 21M—Manistrates : R. N. Grenville, and
Stuckey, Rolm—William Grey, of Somerton,
wee summoned by Mr. Masten, of the same place,
in whose employ the defendant was, for furiously
driving his master's horses. Mr. Talbot, of
Somerton, proved the cam, and defendant was fined
101. including costa —George Tucker, of M manilas,
Turnpike Gate, was summoned for illegally taking
toll for flee hones drawing • thrashing machine, be.
longing to Mr. John Travis, of the same place. The
prosecutor was ordered to return the amount of toll,
end pay the oceta—Albert Fourscre and Lydia
Fourscre, mother anci son, of Pick's Hill, in the
parish of High Han*, were summoned by Robert
Grossman, of same place, for assaulting him on
the sth of November. It appeared from the evi-
dence that the Fouracres had owed complainant •
grudge in conaequeuce of his having informed
agOint them some time since for selling beer without
a license ; and on the night in question, tb• defend-
ants collected a mob around complainant's house,
and burned effigies of himself, wife, and daughter,
which rather moved the metal of Crewman, and
°sued him to interfere, when be was set upon by
the Founores, and beat in a most unmerciful manner,
rendering him unable to follow his occupation for
more than a week. The magistrates severely
censured die defendants, and fined them El, and
7s. 6.1. costs. each. —Robert Walton, of Somerton,
for being drunk, was fined se. —William Nutt, of
Somerton, for being drunk and riotous, was
tined 101, including costs. —James Woodman, of
High Ham, was summoned by Mr. Smith, inspector
of weights and measures, for hoeing an unjust steel•
yard, beam and scale, and two weights in his pos-
assaion. Fined I3s. including onto
BAT H. FATAL Accrues?. On Thursday
morning a deplorable accident liappeuei in Kings.
mead-terrace, which resulted in the death of two
men. It appears that Mr. Gregory, painter and
plasterer, of Westgatobuildizip, sent two of his
workmen. John Grottos, of Besehen.oliff, mid Joseph
Beard, of Wide.mbe, to repair the roof of • house
in Ringainead-tarrace. Both the men ascended to
the roof, carrying with them two short lahlers for
the porpoise of placing them across the tiles. pre-
paratory to the cemmennmant of the work. Raving
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placed one ladder against the roof, with • rope
fastened at the end, they were, it is supposed, in the
act of ascending it, with the object of attaching the
other ladder to the rope and I.tting it drop the other
side. While so engaged the ladder on which they
stood is supposed to have slipped, and both moo ,
were hurled over the coping on to the pavement
below, a depth of 30 or 40 feet. They were taken
op insensible, and removed to the United Hospital,
where they expired shortly after their admission.
Exisszvi EMltuLammurn William Edward
Bradshaw, who absconded some UM* ethos, was
on Thursday, November 24th, charged at the Guild-
hall with embezzling various sums of money be-
longing to the Christian Knowledge Society, the '
Society for Promoting the Gospel io Foreiri Parts,
and the Bath and Wells Diocesan Society. Mr.
Williams, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; the
prisoner was undefended. --Mr. W. Long said: I
have for some time acted as treasurer for the Christian
Knoeledge and Propagation Societies. lt was the
duty of the prisoner to pay all mousy received on
amount of the societies, for which I am treasurer, to
my account 1111 each treasurer into Stuekey's
in Kith, upon which amount I drew cheques tomato
remittances to the went societies in London and
Wells. The prisoner kept the pus books. In con-
sequence of Mr. Carpenter's application, I wrote to
Mr. Large led Augnit, and asked him to audit the
accounts of the prisoner; Mr. Mundy, to whom I
first applied, being unable to take upon himself the
duty. Shortly after that I left home. On my re-
turn, I found • letter from the Christian Knowledge
Society in London, complaining of the irregularity
of the remittances. This letter I sent to Mr. Scarth,
in consequence of my Mame. I received it at the
end of September. About the let of October the
prisoner, who had been ordered by the committee
to remit the money forthwith, brought me two
cherries to sign, one for £137 6e. 104. for the
Christian Knowledge Society, and the other for
£l9B 10s. 44. for the Diocesan Society, at Wells. On
the 7th of November 1 received • letter from Mr.
Soarth, Melding one from the Christian Knowledge
Society in London, stating that • cheque which
ought to have been received the middle of the
previous month, had not yet come to hand.
I wrote to Bradshaw complaining of it, and
requesting him to explain the circumstance.
The next morning be called at my house. I asked
him bow he explained the non-remittance of the
cheque. He said it was an accident, that he had
put it away in his box and overlooked it; also that
he had sent it up to London that day, by the day
mail, in • registered latter. I then told him that I
was very much afraid he had been making use of the
money that had passed through his beads at the
Depository, not with any intention of ultimately
defrauding the enciety,but with the view of replacing
it at some future time. I also ssid I seas afraid he
was behind-hand 'nth his *Mira He twice armored
me that his affairs were not in confusion, and that
he had not taken away any money belonging to the
societies. I told him that he had removed a great
weight from my mind. On the 10th l received a
letter from Mr. Fagan, the secretary to the Wells
Diocesan Societe, stating the money doe to them'
in September (£l9B 10& 44 had not been received;
in iconsequenos of which I went to the bank and
examined the ledgers, and found only • balance of
£2 7s. 24. in favour of the Christian Knowledge
Society ; 1.20 12& 7d. in favour of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel ; and £52 Os. 7d. to
the credit of the Diocesan Society. I sent to
Bradshaw for the Christian Knowledge Society's
passbooks, which he brooght to me at the bank •
few minutes afterwards. I told him 1 wished to
make a remittance to the Propagation of the Gospel
Society, in London, and asked him for the money to
enable me to do so. 1 observed, by an examination
of the ledgers, that none of the money belonging to
that society had been paid in to the credit of the
society since January, when • sum was paid in to
make op last year's balsam doe to the society ; he
mid, " I hewn% got it." I " But you have
received it, and you moat account for it." He I
replied be did not know whet had become of it, or
some such expression. I then asked him how it was
he had not made the remittance to the Diocesan
Society, and where the mousy was that was necessary
to make it. He gave me very similar ILD.Weri
LI in the former case, and asked me to come
down to Union-street. I did, and there I found
Mr. large paying his subscription. 1 took up the
money which Mr. Large was paying, and said
to him in prisoner's presence, "This man whose
accounts you audited a short time age, Ins been
robbing us of hundreds—the Propagation Society."
I said, "Es bee plundered us of £3OO or £4OO ;" on
which Bradshaw said, "Not so much as that, sir;"
and he took down the book in which he keeps an
account of the subscriptions, and turned to the
money he had received for that society, and showed
me that it was £176 3e. Bd. He then gave me the
two cheques which 1 had drawn in favour of the
Christian Knowledge Society and the Diocesan
Society. The Christian Knowledge Society's cheque
be had not drawn out. laekedhicnbowilwaahe
had not sent the cheque to London, and he said it
was because there was not money enough at the bank
to meet it I asked him if there were any enbscrip-
time that he had received which did not appear in
his books. He paid, "You will and the books all
right; but I have dealt with the balances," or some-
thing of that wort I asked him how long he had
been carrying on the system of appropriating the
money of the societies; and he replied, after some
hesitation, three or four, or four or five years, I can't
say which. I asked him how he could make his
accounts correct at the audit if he went on in that
way? He said, "By borrowing and other ways."
I also asked him bow be managed to deceive Mr.
Large on paper, so as to make the balsams appear
correct; he answered, "By arranging" or "altering
the figures," 1 don't know which ; but he led me to
infer that he had dealt unfairly with the figure&
He did not make these admissions under any threat
or promise. I preened him to know in what way be
had spent the mosey. He hesitated about it,
and said that he had a heavy payment of £l7 to
make for life sesumnas ; also that be found it
necessary to keep • servant, which he oonld not do
for the money. I told him that if he could not doi
with his salary he should have made application to
the committee, or have thrown op his situation ; he
said, "This is very true, but its too late now. I I
am • ruined man. lam your prisoner, and shall
not run away."—P.C. Hall apprehended the pri-
mmer at Manchester—Mr. J. M. °atter, of 14,
Bledod'•-buildings, accountant. mid—l remind
directions to audit the prisoner's acoodita I bed
the balance due from him to the Christian Know-
ledge Society is £364 9a ; to the
Society, £175 7s. 30. • and to thisnlirlimeesa
Society, £l7O 13s. 10d. —The pass-books are M the
same stets as when I received them.—The primmer,
after the customary caution, said: All the free con-
tributions have been omitted from the amount I
am speaking from memory, but I know there are
four or five; the firm was • musitianoe of £5O, which
was made isi my mooed year; and then in the
following year of 1:410 • at the seem time £5 was
gives to myself, for making en bidet to • minute
book ; also £5BO the Bev. William Les, in aid of
his echoed at Downside. la the following year £5O
wee gent to the Permit Society. The present year,
in April, £6O was mot to the Parent Society. Aboet
February, 1662, there was • return of unialeahle
books of upwards of £43, which Mr. Ostler has sot
given me credit for which leaves £33 odd in my
Eimer. Mr. Odle; has emitted another item of
7, paid for alioaceeks this month, and sent up to
the Monona &deg.—The pensioner vias then com-
mitted to take his trial at the 11•1401111.

WIVELDICOMBE Oa Bneria—y evades
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