The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-07-06 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPREis AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, TIJEsDAY, JULY 6, 1880,

for wog drunk Bosom—It lip- heel my sole I must bid him
hAeRNZ AID SOIL —Mani Dello was eummoned Mons which sleet me. Before allowing a oobbler to
"gang ower the fund'
pored from the evidence of lir. Richard Davis, of mental'," not sway of theoon sod,.
of fairbt,,
Stratton, that defendant was three parts on, fought but also of the "seventh heaven." Whet authority
his father, and knocked him aboot, *awing • great shall I unapt in choosing my test? The Bible What
disturbance. A witness named Newbury car. commentator shall enlighten me? The creed of •
rolurated, and said the father was 60 years "sect?" The word smacks strongly of grievous
of age, • labourer for Mr. T. Dunn. and 1" masculation." Such an important issue needs
_Ho ...wet to Dat. Bankst)_o respectable old man. infathislity. Mart I kiss the Popes toe? If you are
—befendact said he did net live with his father, but right it is • tempting mnreeL Thera is a future in
went home to see his brothers and sister, when his which all men believe, the near-future which pre-
father would not let him in. There wee • quarrel, vents all thoughtful men, orthod a and heretic, from
and his father hit him with • mattock, when he being so selfish as you say. As testa have =weeded
(defendant) fell on Mar.—The oats in this case were so well no unbeliever could have aided in the list of
very heavy, therefore the Bench only inflicted • fine crimes you present, for is not Mr. Brsdlangh the first
of . and costa. —Supt. Batty said
IL was not long ago Atheist who has Maimed • seat? Was there ever a
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that his constables were called, and found his father time when England was really Christian? When was
ill in bed from the assaults of dedendant.—The Bench : the Christian Church sot "In need of •grest revival?"
Why was he not summoned then I—Mr. Batty replied Christianity has no ramp to be alarmed, and much
the father did an wish to proceed on thelast occasion; less reason to accept the obstructionist tactics of
but now the neighbours bad taken the matter up.-- Tories and Catholics in the war against evil. I hope
Defendent, in answer to the Bench, said his father I have not Intruded on your space or patience.
would not Bain to him when he toM him what be Yours obediently,
ought to do.—lle WU fined £1 7.. including costs, or L.
28 days in default, and on his catinuing to lay
th,4 (L. prooseds on the supposition that the function. of
blame on his father, he was de•seveali and severely • shoemaker and • legislator require the same qualities
reprimanded by the Bench, who refused to allow him a mind __,,,
as
are
sometimes
called—of
any time to psy the fine, codas he could not pay at mind &sr jibe really
befievestirat
hitt
faith
once, sent him to prison fur • month. is more marvellous than the ttnfaith of the agnostic
ASSAULT.—On outlay morning, before W. prune!, manic
—ED.)
'Req. (Mayor), M. Devenish, , and J.
G.
I Orrery, Esq., joie Mawr was charged with mann.
ing Thomas enuthlin, and alit with dispelling Sarah
Franklin's door.—He admitted damarag the door;
but did not admit the assault. Mr. Franklin,
on Friday week night, heard a noise about
half-past 10 or 11 o'clock from Winsar's brother's
house, which is next door, and went oat to see what
was the matter. Thinking it was a fire he got over
the division wall, but found it was a fight between
defendant and the people in the house. On this witness
returned without interfering in any way but defen-
dant In about ten minute' came into wit ease house
by the back door and wanted to go into the kitchen,
but witness refused, defendant not being sober at the
time. On that defendant said "Now you —' you
shsll :e it," and kno.tked witness down. The door
was abut and laAted against him, but he struck the
In r. burst in the panels, cod forced the b llow.
over, witness kept him back, and about half-
au-hour after, opened the door. Prisoner came in and
demanded half t-lint of ale, which witness would not
draw. Prison, : said he would have it, and threatened
witness for so, time, but eventually went away. Mr.
Davis had eat Dated the damage at 6,.—Ordered to
pay the amount of the damage to the door, and costs;
and in the *vault case fined Sr. and coats, with •
caution, as defendant had been fined twice before, in
default 14 days' hard labour in each cue.—Allowed
fortnight to pay El 63.—A woman was heard proton.
log against the drawing of beer, which led to such
trouble.

PIDDLITIMIWPSIDII.
TIMPZILIOB Pers.—On Wednesday the members of
the Piddletrenthide and Piddle!Anton Temperance
Society, with their Band of Hope, assembled at Piddlehinton Cross, to the number of le. They formed a
peeceseion, headed by the Puddletown Bram Rand and
a new banner, unfurled for the first tune, and peram-
bulated bdh the above-nu:red Villages, after which
they repaired to l'iddietreothkie Church, where Divine
service was read by the Rev. J. Dicks, there'', gentle-
man taking for his text Proverb, :xi", 6, "Train up
• child in the way bs should go, and when he is old
he will not del art from it." In the course of his
sermon be remaiked on the fact that they professed
to he total anstainerr, while they only abstain from one
sin, and Loneu led dy oving a fsw wor IA of advice to
the children, who, we are plumed to say, behaved very
well. At the c malusion the pr,cessisn WM re-formed
and went to ths Manor House, and fr mi thence to the
National Schoolroom, where the elder ones sat down
to an excellent luncheon, presided over by the
Rev. J. Hicks. After luncheon Mr. Sullen pro-
posed a vote of thanks to the chairman whi h
was seconded by Mr. 11. Payne, and was suitably
responded to by the Vicar, who pripoeed a vote of
thanks to Mr. Jacobs, vies-charm sn, who said he was
pleased to see the prosperous state of the society. A.
vote of thanks to the ban I was responded to by Mr.
Gayer, bandmnster, who sail they would d ) the best
they could, but they must not expect very great things,
the brand having only been formsd eighteen mont.
Alter several others they repaired to a field kindly lent
by Mrs. Symee, of Doles Ash, where various amuse-
ments were indulged in. Tws horse races between
local gentlemen attracted a great deal of attention.
At six o'clock about 100 sat down to tea in the open
sir.

BREAKING INTO A RAILWAY OFFICE.
Henry Gear was brought upon Friday morning, before
the Mayor (W. Dunlap, Esq )and3.l. Devenish, Esq.
Mr. Burnett appeared for the prosecution, and said he
should simply ask the Bench to take enough evidence
to justify a remand, and then to remand prisoner for
• few days —Charles Norris, signalman, L. and B.W.
Railway, was on duty from sit o'clock last night till
six this morning at Dorchester Station. About four
o'clock this morning he proceeded about the signals
(No. 1 to the main line), and went round to put them
out. They are at the end of the goods shed, on the
Dorchester side. On his way he had to par the office
window at the goods station, and on passing he heard
a rumb'ing noise, more than be ought to have heard,
stopped and listened, then went towards the figure of
• man who panel the window inside. It was about
three inches open and broken near the catch, so that
anyone could have pushed up the window. Looked
In, but could not see anyone at first, and after he had
gazed a few minutes, primmer lifted himself up, and
on witness asking him why he was there, he replied—
" For a night's doze." Witness told him he had no
business there, when prisoner asked him to forgive
him and let him go, and while witness was going round
to the door, prisoner jumped oit of the window and
ran away. Witness ran after, and caught him just
beyond Mr. Bennett's coal stores, and gave him in
charge of Warren, a policeman. Could not tell if any-
thing had been missed, as witness had ti leave—By
the Mayor : The door of the offiee was locked.—
Remanded.--On Monday Mr. E. Burnett appeared
to proeecute Henry Owr for breaking into
railway offices. —Mr. Burnett said there would be
two charges preferred a,rainst the prisoner, one for
breaking into the goods office of the South Western
Railway, and another into the offi is of the Great
Western Railway Company.— Inspector Liddiard, of
Bristol, watched the case on behalf of the Great
Western Railway, and Inspector Gardner, of South-
ampton, watched it on behalf of the London and
South-Western Railway Company. —Norris's evidence
bavinr been repeated, - - Mr. Alphonso Wolff,
chief goods clerk at the L. and 8, W. It., said on Fri-
day morning last he was called shortly after four by
Norris, who said a men had broken into the office,
and witness at onoe dressed and went to the office.
On arrival he found the door locked, and unlocked it;
he lceepe a duplicate key, the foreman porter, White,
keeps the other. Found a pane of glass broken in
the upper half of one of the windows, near the fasten-
ing, and the 1-war half-sash was up. The drawers
were all rig:it, just as he left Qom, an I as far a. he
knew no t hir g was missing from the office.
Francis Charles Clark, goods clerk on the L. and S. V.
Railway, who has been in that employ between three
and four years, said on Thursday evening, he left the
offiee at eight o'clock, after fastening the three win-
dows, locking the door, his duty being to see every-
thing closed up. He locked the door and gave the
key to White, the foremen porter. None of the win-
dows had a broken pans, when he fastened up. On
Friday morning he was c /lied about five by Mr.
Wolff, went to the office, and found one of the win-
dows wide open, a square of glass was broken, near
tie catch, and in the upper half of the window,
so that a person could get at the catch and
oden the window. Examined the drawers and
found a paper knife had been taken out of
an unlocked drawer, the locks had been tarn-
pored with, a lease key had been taken out of a
drawer that was not locked, and tried in one of the
lucks, a pieca being broken off and left in the lock of
the drawer. When be went to unlock the drawer that
the key belonged to he could not do it. took the lock
off, and handed it to P.C. Gould; in it was the piece
of Vie key.—William Warren, night polieeman, in
tho employ of the L. & Cowpony, went on
duty on Thursday night from half-past nine and till
eight on Friday morning' and about five Norris gave
peisoner iu charge for breaking into the goods office.
He asked him what made him go ia there, and he
replied that he went in for a night's sleep.—
Mr. - yin-suds : Did you caution hiin '.'— Witness: Ni.
sir.—Mr. Symonds: When you take prisoners into
,nitody, you are to hew what they have to say; but
you are not to ask them questions without cautioning
them.--This was the case in connection with the L.
and S. W. Railway Co., and on that he was committed
for trial.—Gear was then charged with breaking into
an office at the Great Western Railway station. -
Alfred Collier, in the employ of the Great Western
Railway, as chief porter, at the goods station, wanton
duty at eight in the morning of Thursday, and
remained till eight p.m. Before leaving in the even-
inr he fastened the windows and doors of the office,
took the key to the signal box near the office, and
gave it to • signal man Orchard, in accordance with
his usual practice—Orchard, switchman and signal.
roan, had to signal all the trains that came in during
the night, and at intervals to go round the
goods sheds. and see that things are all
right. Ile first went round about a quarter to
twelve, and that time by the goods office; but saw
nothing different from what he did at other times.
The key of the goods office was kept on a nail in the
signal box. On Friday morning he went round at five
minutes past three, and then saw the cash box en the
top of the step just as he got to the geode shed. No
one was with him at that time; but he called the
attention of Bishop, the head guard, to the cash box
lying on the platform, and remarked "We had better
see if anything else is mining." The cash box was
shut, but not locked, and the guard op ned it, and
found one or two small books, • Pencil, Pant
holler, &c. Came back, and found the goods office
window wide open, and one square of glass broken in
the top part. A person by putting his arm into that
broken pane could open the window by unfastening the
catch, and sliding down the upper ha of the window.
He looked in, saw the things were disturbed, sod went
to call the county police, one of whom came with him
and took the cash box to the borough police-station,
when Set. Mitchell returned with them to the office
with P.C.'s Dunn and Gould. Mr. Coward came,
and witness fetched the key from the signal box. Mr.
Mettingley was also fetched, and all went into
the office, where they Saw both of the drawers
had been forced open, and in one of them the
screws and all had been drawn from the cover.
Joseph blattingley, head goods clerk, G.W.R., was
at the office on Thursday up to 7.30 p.m.. and before
leaving locked up two desks, each of which contained
▪ cash box, one locked, and the other unlocked, the
lock being out of order. The locked cashbox con-
tained postage and receipt stamps, Ac., and the
unlocked box contained a few pocket book, and articles
of small value. The receipt stamps and nearly all
the postage stamps were perf..raled with the letters
"G.W.R." Two coats were harming hehind the door
of the office when he left, awl One Wu stolen. Next
morning he was called by Sergeant Mitchell, so 1 at
the office found both cash boxes missing, and the other
articles scattered over the dask.—Frederic Masters,
goods clerk, G.W.R. left the office about half-pain
six or seven leaving his coat behind the door. Ned
morning the wet was gone, also the spoon, sum-book,
and ecissori, which were in the pocket. Witness
identified the coot and other articles as his property.—
P.C. Gould spoke to being called on Friday morning,
receiving prisoner into custody, and finding a pencil
case in his pocket. Charged prisoner with breaking
into the G. W. goods office, when he burst
out cryinin At the police-station he made a
further search, when in the lining of his trousers
he foun I an antelope with 60 receipt MataM
and six halfpenny stamps all perforated— G. W.R.,
also two penny 'tamps not muted. In Obe sand enve-
lope were four photographs, three of Mr. Ad/4*de),
and also inehlethetrousers' lining wen three books,two
load pencils, and a comb. Witness went to the Great
Western Railway station, found the desk famed iopen
and marks on it which corresponded with • broad
chisel, which witness afterwards found under • hayrick
beside the rowd leading to Maiden Castle. There were
also found the coat, and the second cash-box. From
Mr. Warren the witness received a pair of scissors and
a pamphlet relating to a Lott/wit., The scissors had
been foun by Mr. Warren just behind me water Jar,
In the South• Western booking office ticket enelosons,
where prisoner had been taken while he was waiting
(or u
whereGottil,
edpdatinerthe lottery
hiLdbemitmpamdingphl!±,prieonjust
—Prisoner, ,
who
comes from 87denhant, said nothing when the case
was concluded, and be wise ooldnitted for trial. He
states he is 1.6 yearn old. and Mr. Coward said be had
been at a reformatory school. It is said the chisel used
was stolen from dears. Guy's shed.
To Me Raider.
Sir--As the self-elected champion of Mr. Brad.
laugh in the roforsat, allow me to =Ulan your
Was, Ii you are child I must apply a test as to
belief in • future life to every person performing Inc.