The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-26 00:00:00

THE VISITOR FROM JERSEY.

Henrietta Courtney Rye. s women about the middle age,
was be eight up from the Union, whither she had been
remanded last week, charged with obtaining refreshment.
at the Golden Lion by false pretences—Emma Dibble,
from the Golden Lion Hotel, said defendant went in there
on the 11th inst. and odd she wanted refreshments.
Witness showed her into the coffeerroom and took her
order for what she wanted. Debit:dant said she would
have morns tea and meet, and on witness asking her what
meat she would have she said a little steak. Asked her
for payment, when she replied the captain would Par,
and witness asked her what captain, and found that she
meant the captain of the Jersey steamoarket Defendant
slept in the place two or three hours, and wanted a bed,
but witnesss told her she couldn't have one—The Mayor :
Was she wher when she came to the house I—A. Well,
she wu not, sir —The Mayor: Are there any charges for
leanly on that Mill—A. Directly she came in she uked
for brandy, saying she was very ill—The Maier: How
much is charged for brandy on that bill?- Mr. Vickery:
A shilline, your worship—The witness : She stated that
she had been and was very ill, sir, and we let her have
the brandy. She wanted to stay in the house, but I told
her she could set stay any longer—Mr. Arden When
did she have that brandy I—A. She had it the very
minute she got there. -4 Before she had the steak f—A.
Yes, directly minute she got there she said she wan so
very ill. —Captain Palle was present, and was asked what
he knew of the Ca..? The Captain said—nothitig at all,
eir.—The Mayor: Did you bring her sway—A. Yes, ohs
Catlett over with us.—Q. Did she pay her fare I—A No,
sir, she had not money enough to pay her lare.--131apt.
Vickery produced • telegram which he had received from
the chief of the police at Jersey stating that he would
send full particulars, but those isarticialan had not
arrived, and he (Mr. Vickery) could not have them till
to-morrow.—The Mayor: Hol she any oieans about her?
—Supt. Vickery: None at all, your worship hut when :
she wee sent to the Union she stopped opposite the I
Belvidere and beetowed her charity on the two union
men, giving them 'wend,: but it was at the landlady's '
expel:me for defendant promised to pay and did not—The
Mayor said the Bench were rather at a lose what to do
about Henrietta Courtney Rye. That she was entitled to
re to Dorcheater Gaol there was no doubt whatever. She
had gone to this house (the Golden Lion)eaten and drunk
without the slightest probability of paring of that there
was no doubt: bet at the same time it did not appear that
she used anyone's name. It &pottered that she belonged
to a clam the most mischievous that possibly could he,
she was eufficiently wiry not to we anybody's name, but
she went to the puhlican's and feasted at his expense.
The Bench could scarcely vend her to prison under the
Vagrant Art, nor had she done anything that they knew
of as to obtaining goods under fa's, pretences She
would have to leave the Court, and they would like all
the tradesmen to beware of Henrietta C iiirtney Rye, as
neither more nor less than an impoter. A telegram had
been received from Jersey with reference to ber, and the
character he must sae was such that she really ought not
to he permitted to leave this court in the manner she
would this morning. Bat the Bench hoped that, after
being brought up there, she would try to get money and
pay for what she had had. This should he • looms to
hotel-keepers to take care what kind of people they
allowed to have refreshments when they entered then
houses. She would have to CO. hut the pollee would k,v,
• strict watch over her end prevent her doing again Arg
she had done before. The heat thing he r .uld recom-
mend her to do WWI to leave the town.—Prisoner
then discharged.—She aftere•nis wen. .1 the union.