The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE FOWL ROBBERY AT QUID..
HAKPTON.

At the County magistrates cleric's office, as Mondry,
before W. Pinckney, Esq., Webb Davis wee &wiped
with stealing 11 fowls, the property of Mrs. nabs&
Williams, of Quidhamplon, on the msviou Wedneedeff
night. The following evideees we. glue.
P.C. Raff said On Monday moraine teat be wee min
duty at the Great Western Railway erasing at Beessrlwa.
About seven o'clock b. °beamed lb* primmer seinfiag
towards Salisbury front Qsiditampten. He wee
a beakat on his beak, and witeese stopped hiss, sr.=
what it contained. 71w prisoner replied "an oil bims"
—Witoees put in his Mad, and took out • fowl, and WI
' him that wag not • bare. Prisoner replied it was so
old fowl. He toads a further search, and finding there
were more dead fowls in the basket, he took bin isle
custody. When charged with having Melon do finds-
the prisoner replied " You had better go down to the
Ship and take that fellow down there, as be is waltbs
to receive than of sne.` Two knives ware found wipes- •
the prisoner, one of whisk was stained with Moak and
feather, were ankashed to it. Oa examining, the *Mess ,
found that the basket sustained 11 fowls, and diet Asir •
mouths had been out. Wit..., told the primmer ef 116
and he anawezed : " Worries to the wit ,
Ship) lent OM the knife, sod showed we the way to do
It I The other wan has let Ise isle it." The *sow
did not menthe any.
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Samuel Roger. said be was the • 'a bag& ,
Mrs. Williams oecapied • farm al haapho. flo•
fowls roosted in the wagon-boar, is the sielciard.
oppadt• the dwelling-bones. Fowls had been 111111111111
from the farm three tunes daring the past meath. On
Tbunday morning last be missed several fowls. sad be
sae blood on the wheels al the ware. Ila hv
roosted on a hewn over the neva. Rs wild idlesilly
one of the fowls produced as being Mrs. Wallow's's Pm`
perty on esoolint of its having dried blood ease. el Mei
wings. He believed the blood fell ape. the bird it lb.
previous fowl robbery. H. hollered the saber feels
produced belonged to the prommatrix, bat be imald dU
positively identify them.
In answer to the primmer, witness said be bad newer
seen him on the farm.

Maria Andrew., a servant in the employ of Mrs.
Williams, and who generally fed the poultry, identified
three of the fowls as belonging to the promates.
knew them by partieubr marks on sash. She beds.,.
them on the day before the robbery.
Thomas King, a labourer, Identified the three !owls
sworn to by the previous witness, to enema positivelj.
es
he had bad it in his hand on the previous Monday.
The prisoner, when celled upon, said : AU I have he
say is that the man down at the Ship, Thomas Chasm
said on one messiou, when 1 ems in there having
some beer, that he would buy anything off any
one. I have since sold him three fowls. One
of the knives produced, with the feathers 'Stashed
to it, is his property, and &twills basket. I mets sem
known as Charley, near the Skew Bridge, *hopes me
the basket, and who oould prove it. Ido not know the
man's real name. Superintendent Matthew. said the
man Green referred to had been receiving steles
property for a long time past from Davis and other&
Green was in the habit of getting up in the morning
before the other inmates of the house, and reoeivlni
the stolen property. This be was aware had b
carried on for Dome time past ; he thought hi. woi
ea endvour to stop it. Accordingly he seven
his men at different points round Salle rY, and thud
blocked up the whole of the roads leading to the
and the very first night the prisoner was —The prisoner had been previously convicted of filmy.
At the March Assizes, 1862, he was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment for stealing • lead pump at
Wilton, and there was a second charge against hisa
for leading a prong, lint that was not gone into. There
were also two summary convictions against him ler
poaching. The prisoner was then fully ooramitteff
to take his trialat the ensuing March Amines.
Thomas Green was then placed at the bar,
with receiving property knowing it to have been
—Superintendent Matthews said the prisoner had been
apprehended on suspicion of having received stolen
property, but he should not offer any evidence against
him. If any further proof could be obtained he mug
be again apprehended. The prisoner was then dis-
charged.
Great praise is due to Superintendent Matthews fat
his conduct in this matter. It is well-knows that the,.
have recently been several fowl and other robberies ht the
eigb boy:hood of Salisbury, and it Is equally well
known that the city has been the receptacle foe the
property stolen. It has been a matter of surprise hose
these depredators have been enabled to secrete theif
property on their arrival within the coollows of the
city. The constabulary force of Salisbury Is
both in number and efficiency, and they have
considerable credit for their vigilance. which we Will
not question is their due. But it is somewhat
astonishing that so much stolen property has beat
brought into the town without the cognisance of one of
the members of that efiicient body. This having gone
on for BOUM time, Superintendent Matthews, with •
foresight worthy of example, posted seven of his men
around the suburbs of the city, and the consequence
is that a thief is captured the very GM night. This
perhaps could not have been done by the city fares,
Its strength might not have been sufficient ; but my
leave it an open question whether something el
this kind could not have been adopted previously. We
trust Superintendent Matthews •ill continue this close
watch for some time to come, as we believe that it will
have • very beneficial tendency in checking crime in
this part of the county. If thieves find set that they
cannot enter Saliebury with their booty without being
detected, some other place possessing greater advantages
will be chosen, and thus the Mims will be rid of that
class of individuals who are now walking in their midst

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