The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-03 00:00:00

ROBBERIES AT DORCEIEBTER.

On Wednesday morning, before tho Mayor, J. F.
Hedges, L Davis, and K. Demaleb. Esqrs., Charles
Harrison, carter, of Fording/lon, tem &armed with
steeling • quantity of earn and hay, the property of Mr.
Wililaso L'Homose, and Charles Fans. of Fordington,
dealer, was chanted with nearly: sash con and bay,
bowing it to hare been stolen, and also with steeling •
quantity of hay. belonging to the Antelope Hotel
Company. Mr. Weston appeared for Form.
Valises L'Hoenne, coal merchant, said Harrison was
is his service as wirier, and pert of his duty wan to fill
a nosebag for rash hone be took out in the morning
with awn, composed of beans and Mad, and also a log
wherewith to replenish the ncee-begs sa required. He ,
had complained to him that the banes did not look so
eel) ae they should ebb the rem suppli.d for them.
P.C. Army went to the Gram Western railway
etatioe about 10 o'clock ea Trieeday. He saw Form
1 with a hone and earl coming from the stable at the
goods shed towards the mel-yard, sad stop near •
"Mien with two bones, Wog lades, whiah was in
Harrison's charge. The hones were sating from some
hay before them, and Form took souse of it, and put
into his cert. Fonts then carried • mak bee to Harriette,
and he (Harrison) our polaris( sonrethhig from it into
the no" bag, of hit hones. emotied the .a.aer into
Farm's bag. Form then pat the log in his cart, and
corns along the road. Witness Mopped him, and asked
him what it was he maned from Herniae, and bad
pet in his big? Form said nothing, and showed him an
empty mak. Army told him that was not the me, got
up on the cwt, and took up the neck containing the
chaff and beam. Form " I did not know there was
any core in the bag—only straw chat" Witco= said
" theres hay in year tart takes from the hones."
Pona mid "there bay I had it,.. um, mid I pet it be-
fore the horses." Ranh.= thee wane ap, sad be embed
him if bane, allowed todispose of bay, eons, Ind .bat?
Harrison mid "I haven't.' Witness told him he had
seen his. gin moo to Tons. He look Pone into
custody, and Harness wee eftertvarfie apprehended...

Mr
Rosanne produced • sees* alt earn from his bin
and compared It with that tehee frees lane. BMA con-
tained beam paned through • aresher, and a
Mr. L'lloustm said he had m doebetril
woe all his. The •01111 ma worth about la B. meld
net mar Is the bay.
Tim *barge et dram hay against Perm vas this
Wee.
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—lbeperintiedent Underwood mew him so up to the
Ant*lops Company's Waldo, at the Groat Wartorm goods
ahod, with his cart apparently empty, and lame it with
mum hay. He emit P.C. Amoy to watch, and that
amstable found two sorts of hay in hie sort, one of which
was shown M serrammad with that mod by Um prow
cobra and was idowtillod by Mr. Webber, Oak shah.
It was worth 6d.
norriora, on Wag gird Vbe wittod W awytiliwg
mid "I 006111 saysoulethiwg." It. Woke advised him
to room his ithess. prowohod, "T had • good
mind to weak: M. L'Hosoneo never allowrd me any
hay.* It. Wastes apt. used him to say otatiiite, am
It might ho said amebae him, sad ho that. tbowoh vary
relaseantly, said "I aas advised to say nothing.'
Fans remeraul his defame, and Kr. Warless maid he
had an mamsr to the mamma
Both mimeses wore sammitted for trial at the
menions, hea being asompted-130 mob, mid two ennatios