The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-01-13 00:00:00

TRIALS OF PRISONERS.
KII/PIAG • DISOIDIRLT HOCNIL

Nfargaret Spencer 1374 wag inlicted fr kespiag •
dieorierly it..e.e at Wolin nth on several occuiess,
sal parlicularly on Stptember 11th, 1831.
Mr. Wi11.... pmeocuted.
Charlie El icklan 1, hawker. living at NVeytnoutb,
saltl in Angud isat he was I..dging at primate., boom,
11. Wellingtoe-p'act. Witaem saw a MILO I 11[0,14
MO TO. come Cy the blute. sad on other occa•ions
a man name I B thitm, The I Wer came there gime-
Imes late at night, and ccael,nalir slept there.
Witnees had observed a call-r visit the house, and
pris net trial to mak • out he (mints.) was (ant)
ant th the was to bar, 2.. aid the prisoner .Is. for
him t • sleep there. The sailor stayed than on •
Saturday night and the VII ,wing Sunday. People
'seedier* continually eight ani day.
Job. Parker, of Wellington• lace, Weymouth, GAY
during September be sobbed the primmer.' house.

Oa the 11th there was • "jolly ow"r there. It er..e
a 11,1'111113C4 t,/ the neighbours. He lasi rim men • 4
bay• A young .10.12.11 one takes away It in
t e to.o d by tit. coolie, eh •ut ea 4 °block oath •
mo.nina I th• 12 h S ioeuther. Th.r. wee ar • •
wane on, an I the u.i,th.r.ny. ja..v 010 .i..0r'...1b
calle•I in th- tr•lint. e nl.l hoer lb- sirl •or.. •
T was a broths'.
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%bur, .1•••• :Slept,. • voong on *4.o' all' •
11th be as. to e c onus y f m .riae. They u. t
the wi.on.r. •Id eho abet theta oSo to he. 1.0 •
Bee d•eliaed at fink but Kt-o.r pees•-. 1 tli•m. a• 4
Mae: w-at. At so she got toes+ •h• w 04•1 I it
boo pri•ooer rebuilt t ell .w te-r to leave. To. mania.
pail pri.coo 8.. for • al. We I. dorm. .•so
ate.ther mac I. the bone-. Ap pees wee r- t
viol- of the time, au I •he preveo4. be, I,,vine.
W•tuese aid *.ois ace, eat L • ....Lab ot •
call-li, lb • plias. ••••7 Ir-A t a
tea,. When wiggles. sot tho snarl, greet the, e
filet poisoner raid thy w oil h IVC t • paytba 24. t
, once, or lours the 1. 0,. Witueas tad been to the
home before, but at 4 with men.
Mary Asa Croft, a wi low, living at Wellington-
plate, said she le .•1 opposite the prisoner's Louts,.
:4pencer s house was v, ry badly coodoctod, sod was a
nuisance to the neighlx.urhool. On September lit t
last you she saw two men go into the hose. Spencer
was with ocs, mil the cid Staple with the other.
Staple was hr bulb ,ad'a nice, and she was out 18
years old. Toe,. owes • lieturbance, sal the polio*
took the viol out fth /tons.. Sprat*, Is • tnure.l
w•onan, but lived alone.
Emily Ana Webber, living oppo•ite pri•ouree
hue, said the place wee pas lusted ve.y belly, a. •
be.. haehand Ca. suing to leove iuvo..oqu as-. Aft r
tvienser was sep•rated In m her h pteol -he
let-1 hve h iu at imprope• mvitter. Ott,. 41 '
Septe•ult tr last witneos 'wo liro the pro.
h.ouro Vogt 1.. ea-'et *O., I oe. S:os eth• ip •
it•ple I Ca; 114 sit S 3, CO I ro onto.: loa •
If bet,. .01 ortt ---•• so •. ft VI • t. ice, be ha •
irroviotely :eon tho too offor vt • lel .ney It g •
tho .40.1

P.C. Cutter Ibe ••a• ••• t it, nil u 414 I
toe peso ar'• bow.. he lona 1 the oil .
eige re I 1., 1.. pitteou..... rad .1 ca • told Mut she ios
left. Ile eimretied, and I uti.l het out, it lb. stair..
ile asked I or what WWI the usettaiug of it. nil A..
&eked bleu DA to say a byth 01 ioloot 1.••• the girl
bat a situation to go to. W.tos.s air • e elois a in
lb* trouts kie (witties.) t 1143. dto tato bad atm AAA
tf the prieoner and her t odes.
The Chairman mum° I up, remarking thit be did
not see how the jury could 010• to say °Ave 0 0.-
einelon than t tat the iodooer was guilty.
At :or a bri-I doliborati . the Jury found the pritoot-r
gully, and oho was sentenced ti or natnths' imprioon•
meat. PriaJnor bad already been confined nearly
two months.
TEM.

11,ory Tubb* (2), labourer, was Jodi. t .41 for. .t.. -
lag • c,eson shitt, value 3.. 111., th. pr..perty
JainenFramaton,at Wicnt,orne, on Dec maw the 4tb.
ISS-1.

Mr. V. Bodo proeecat. d.
Sumonah Cobb stated that she was the wife of
John Othb. 0 I shit mtmt wo shirt, at the latter part
of last October for M a. Frampton. S. ael to make
one of them in • peculiar m pater in nutmeg none .1
the lining running short. Toe shirt produced warn
.h: one m.de for M.s. Fr•WPWII•
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M.rriet kr.m, tmn .1 tted that .he washed one of her
husband's shirts ma the 4th of December, and bong
it out to dry. She lart saw it on that date aoiut bee
p.m., and at one c'clock in the m 'ruing found it w
gone. Tbe shirt prodimed ram her husband's.
P.C. Richard Wallace, stational at Wimborne
Milster, received information the shirt belonging to
Mr.. Frampton had been stolen. Ile went to the
prisoner on the 21s1 December, and asked hiin to t .ks
off his shirt. Toe shirt now producied was the one he
took off. The prisoner ileum] stealing the Mir; an
said he bought it at South,mpton two months ago.
sal gave 2i. 91. for it. The pds mer lived about
three.qua. ter, of • mile from prosecutor.
Prieonsr, in his defence, aadi that • m m upon the
rOad asked him how far it eras S. mthimit tin. and at the
Came time Paying he wee awe.l .red him
the Miet for 3.. Ho b night the same for 2 . 91.
The ju y, Ii gi.ins the prisoner the beimetit of the
donh., foirni him not guilty.
T drnan, ii•unarging the prim iner. mil he
wee Altai,' that hall the jury horn a, much ab
him a. 111-y ('be id they wool I bare not I.
hitn if. It, hi) d that in givi g hiin th•• benefit of
the doubt he would b. more careful iu his dealings
with in n on the rood, an I keep himself out of a court
of judos.