The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-05-04 00:00:00

POZTLAND.

BIUMI Of TI PllDLtie AOL—A an Bead was on
Friday oharged with a bretch of the Pedlars' Act.—
Mr. Hanna appeared for the deftuci.—P.B. Belch=
said he saw the defendant at the Portland Railway
Station with a basket, in which she had tobacco pipes,
which she was offering for sale. He saw her sett two
nieces of tobacco to two bins-jacket' of the Boecawen
for sixpence. When asked for her license she said her
husband had it, but on settees' going to him--he being
on the platform at the tiuse—he said he had it at home.
They lived in Chesil and kept • shop, and bad a license
to sell tobacco on the premisea—Mr. Hann. contended
the defendant did not come within the definition of
• pedlar aooording to " Stone's Justice." He also main-
tained that the husband was the person who should
have been summoned to answer the ohnrge. —The Bendi,
however, did not take this view, but considered it a
trifling cam and fined her is.
Limon Bales Pnerucen.—At the County Petty
Sessions on Friday, before B. if. Eliot, Fag. and
Captain Pretor, a boy and girl named Arthur and Jane
Orchard Wag were charged with obtaining on April
10th, by false pretence., Kiss. of sausages, 2tbs. sugar,
and throe packets of woos, value 4a 21, the property
of Mr. R. Score, grow fs, o Path's:A—The prosecutor
said on the 10th of April the girl came to hie shop with
an order purparting to come from Mr. Hodsdon
asking him to seed down the eauesges, sugar, and
cocoa. Mr. Hodadon was a anstoaser of his. He
was in the habit of reoeiviag verbal orders from him,
but he did not think he had ever had • written order
from him. When the girl came in he gave the order
to his assistant, but witness had his doubts shout it,
and he asked her who gave it her, and she replied Mr.
Hodsdon, Witness knew the girl by eight, but not
by name. She had often been in his shop before for
goods, butch. had always paid cash for it. To his
knowledge she had never been to his shop for goods
for Mr. Hodadon. Ha asked her who wrote the note,
and she said she did not know. He asked her if she
was certain it was from Mr. Hod•don, and she replied
she was. He then ordered the goods to be put up,
although he was satisfied it was not Mr. Hodscion's
order. He told one of his men, John Attwooll, to
follow her, which he did. He did not wish to press
the charge.—Mr. J. H. Hodsdon, proprietor of the
Victoria Hotel, Portland, said he bad never sent the
girl to Mr. Score's shop for any goods for him on any
occasion, and she had never brought any goods to him.
The boy had been in his service twice, and he believed
the order was in his handwriting. He left his seniors
about two years ago.—The mother said the girl was
12 years of age last January, and the boy 14 nese
January.—John Attwooll said he was in the service
of Mr. Score. He remembered on the 10th of April
the girl came to the shop. The boy did not come in.
He saw her leave with the goods, and Mr. Score told
him to follow her. She went down to Mr.
Hodsdon's door, she then turned, came hack, and
went home. On her way to her home she put
the things under • wall in Lower-lane. He slid
not see her drop the things, but when he saw her
at her home she did not have them. The brother was
there too, but witness had not seen him before he got
to the house. He came to the door, and witness
asked him if his sister WM in. He said no at first,
but afterwards admitted she was in and was upstairs,
Witness called her down. She would not come at
first. When she 01111120 down he asked her where the
parcel was, and she said she left it in Lower-lane. He
5-Id her to go and fetch it, He followed her down,
and he sa s her pick up the parcel, and he taid barb
take it to Hr. Snore I she did so. When she returned
to the shop she told Mr. Score that a woman in
block gave her the written order at the station.—The
Bench considered there was no evidence against the
boy, and decided to dismiss him.—The girl pleads
guilty, but, notwithstanding this, the Benoit die.
miwed the charge against her as well. They did not
consider the charge of false pretences had been proved
to their saUsfaction. They did not think Mr. Score
ought to have let the girl hal the things when he
knew he was satisfi•d that Mr. Hodadoa had not
written the order.—Both were accordingly dismissed,
and Mn. Wey warn • ivised to take more care of her
children.