The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-01-13 00:00:00

, SECOND CUURT, WEDNTOIDAT.
&gore Mr. 11. WivaLme, Mr. .1. GUNDILT, awl Mr. J. M. P.
MONTAGU.
MIMING GC1530118 AT LODUS. _

William Jamei Reich/we, 50, gas fitter, trap indicted for
stealing a pair of mimosa and an apron, the property of Eliza-
beth Gale, at Loden, on November V, and pleaded guilty,
alter 'Mlle difficulty In making him give a straightfonvard
plea. lie was also Indicted for stealing a flannel shirt, value
tec, the property of CLorge Stone, at Bradiole, on the same
dam.— Mr. Lock prolecutaxl ; but evidence waa not given in
the second charge.
Mr. Williams said the primmer travell..l about the cowitry,
and got his lasing they did not know how.
ffix months' hard lalour.

OTEALIMI WIIT AT rfIIIUIRERT.

Ittekant Watts, who had been out on bad, was indicted for
stealing Wti of wheat, the property of William Macey, at
lietherbury, on lks.seinber ff.-- Mr. Temi;lar prosecutnid, and
add the question would be whether Mr. i acey could identify
the wheat. Ile employed prisoner to dmw reed in the barn,
and in December prlsoneeswile took wine wheat to Mr. Tucker,
to be ground; but it being peculiar wheat, the trill'er did not
Find it, but sent it to Mr. Macey. I;risoner said lilt was Mr.
Mamy's wheat, It was gleaned wheat; but In opposition to
this Mr. Macey nail he did not alien. the field to be gleance
from till alter they had been raked, and then the
wheat would have presented a different appearance. Mr
Macey saki this wu an extraortlinaty bright wimple of a
particular sort of wheat, the Golden which mute out
of Beer Chapel, two yews ago. no- field was not gleaned till
after the wet, and then it was mostly grown out, and looked
very different from this, which was kept in the lane
Mr. Macey, Jun., also identified the wheat, and valued it at
ad. tkl. lie never saw prisoner', wife gleaning In the
proseculues field.
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Primmer fiercely ems-exanclned both witnesses but (anal to
elicit anything in hi favour.

Mr. Piicker", Miller, corroborated: the wheat was rare for his
neighbourhood. P.C. 75 arrested the prisoner.
An elderly woman said she wont to lease in Mr. Macey's
field with prisoneee she, and she gleaned • bright sample of
wheat. Some was grown out, and some not.
A young man deposal to helping carry the recd-drawing
press, and while he was there there was no wheat in a heap in
the barn. (Mr. Macey had deposal that there mut)
By the Chairman: Ile VW son of the last witness, and lived
about 200 or 300 Yards (rots prisoner's home.
Cross-examined: lie was discharged by Mr. Macey, because
he would not make up faggots at Mr. Macey's price.
Prisoner said his wife gleaned the wheat, some of it was
grown out, and some not, and he kept it separate, and lamed
It through the same machine as Mr. Macey made his own
sample of.
The Chairman pointed out that the prisoner could not state
when the gleaning took piece.
One of the jury salted what bet-arn• of the rest a the wheat,
when prisoner said that Mr. Tucker ground it for him.
Mr. Tucker was reea/lod ; but could not remember the
prisoner bringing wheat to the mill.
The Jury consulted together for terenty-flve minutes, and
then returned a verdict thatthe man had the wheat ; but there
wan,, evidence that be stole it.

Th. Chairman, then ehargcsi him on the ascend count, that
Of receiving, knowhig it to hare been stolen, and the Foreman
add he did not KV how they could tell that They were
referred again to consider their verdict, and ultimately brought
in a r enbet of receiving. knot ing it to hare been stolen.
sine months' hard labour.