The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-08 00:00:00

larvetitlakd lb. robber,, sad seined the foremost porter
for the woybill, hat had Roe seen It dace. Mb was se
ZUee,ee °mislaid called Mr. Olkaart, the Woodford settles
master, who said it was lie basresoloa the way-bill had
been soot to the head oeths Ws were assail, pat
In • book to the Mlles, sad as leaking for It last night
It was missing. It had hese kept out of the book tee
the purposes of the ease, sad be was not sere whet had
become of it. After tkia seldom,. as to thi warddli
was stopped,
Brewer, oroovadioas said he delivered the box to
Kerley, the carrier, whim is sapsseed to be in the same
state and weight as we released.
George Stuart, the staties-mastar, received Worms.
lion of the lam of the good; sad smiled prisoner to lies
aloe, sad asked hien if be had say reason to think the
h.' had Mill taillered wits, He glowered be didn't
believe it had. Witness was present when some of the
artiche were found mersted under the goods station
platform, and were afterwards owned by Yr. Gossipy.
Kr. Collins:Wl, did you ask prisoner ? —Because I
thought him a decent essa,
What do you waayAo honcet trustworthy man.
In the day time nil the servants of the 000tOm31
would have sopa, to the goods station. Two ware on
late duty. That week prisoner sod William Morris.
It would be be duty of moms to look up the goods
shad, and he would take the key to the early porter.
The other would flesh is • lamp.
Itobert Nesbitt said os 17th April prisoner showed him
• paper saying it versa:lP sole, and that • sailor named
Jetikins,of Sksurpaine,hed offered him EIO to cheep it ;
and odd he woulLiiNl whose, ES if be could get it
changed. Whores he'd speak to • bank clerk. Hem.
log Mr. Lanes In his garden, be sad " Hold on, I'll go
and ask," and, prisoner beteg wither, he went to, aid
Mr. Loos said be did tot think he could get it sashed.
He gave it bock to prisoner, and told him he had
better return it to the moo he had it from or they'd
both get into trouble, He said he would! Primmer
told hiu, Lb. sailor o'es drowned. As to the mutual*
of the paper the witness was not slowed to give eel.
donee. At tee-time be saw prisooer and asked him if he
gave the note book, aid he said be did. After this he
said the sailor had teen a Haat and goo* to Porto-
month.

He wu not orsos-oassslnsa.
Waller Lamm said Shs lost witnoss on 17th Apse
shooed him s pops! •liish he rood. As to Nu
ooutonts-- . _

Mr. Conine said till Why allowed the piece Of pipii
WM the valuable sew* of the indictment ree
Gould be given on It.
Mr. Woodford* bold essoadary *widen** could be
given about it.
The Chairman overruled Mr. Collini's *Nestles.
Mr. Lazio* bald the daemon% wan drawn at Yoke-
b.ma, on the Orlastal Bank. London, for £2OO, and
Maned "0. Domlay," with by the side of It" specimen
signature" printed.
Croseexamir. I Did Dot bare thii piper throe
minute', er se* the prism's'.
ftweransbeed : Did not knew a person named
Jenkins, or a sailor at Stearpalne. Went there aa
relieving offing weakly, sad wibe also registrar of births
and deaths. and knew the parish well.
W. J. Read. bookie( sleek, laid on 17th April
be .114 not brue a ticket foe Fortamesith.
_ _ .

Crow-examined : By 9 slid 5 trains soald book to
Portsmouth, but Dot by tits 11 o'olosk, ouly to Willi.
born*.

Mr Lams re-colled rid It was about titres o'sloek be
saw the draft.

lr. Woodford.: After that then would °sly be the
5 train, by which they °sal book through to Ports-
mouth.

—Pee7 Stockier said, on the Tuesday, 22ad, after the
roltbes7, with P.O. Hisoook. be band a large riabatltr
of snicks nder the Blandford goods station, and on
the 23rd other things buried deeper insdading • cigar
came, whisk was 18 Inaba under ground. and contained
• locker' We, gold and silver watches, ie. Mr.
Doroiny ,Untitled them.
Supt. Underwood appreheaded primmer on Monday
evening, the 21st. and slimed him with stealing a
credit note for £2OO and other snide. beioagiag to
Mr. Hominy. He said "1 didn't itioal It; I had it
from. sailor. I did ask break the hex epee." Told
him if be weld not give • saliefeetery amount h.
should take bim into custody, as the asks he showed to
Mr. Nesbitt. Ho said he had the Kole, and the malice
promised to give him ,ClO to get it changed. Where
wen the miler Oh Ihe had gone sulky that night.
He did not know bias: had lIIITST mien Idea before.
Prisoner did not mention the name of Jenkins to
him. Ho said he (STIP the note back to the sailor

This wee the can for the progeoution, and Mr.
Woodforde summed up, putting it to the jury that the
bag w.i broken open at Blandford station. He did
not think some of the railway witnesses had gime their
'videos* eatidadorily. Be wird that the nue was
mode out Wafts& the primmer. He was (mod ceding
with the letter of credit, and the tale about the sailor
was altogether imaginary.
Mr. Collins remarked that not a Miele thing found
under the platform was traced to the prisoner. Whet
the box was received, It was noticed the lid was
loom and, after some days, when the loos was die-
cov..4d, the station-master asked prisoner about
it bemuse he was the moss honest end trustworthy
man be had got. Probably the letter of
credit was the one stolen from the box, but prisoner's
oonduet throughout was open and straightforward.
He made no secret about it, but showed it to Mr.
Nesbitt, who with his sacetien showed it to Mr. Lams.
Mr. Nesbitt returned it to hint with good advice, tell-
ing him to return it to the sailor, mid, ageing him
after, he said he had does se. Now all mei of people
had woes' to the station, and probably the person
who stole it would given false same and therefore sot
be trainable. Bat all their efforts had failed to tree,
any of the other property to primitive, sad his tale was
supported by his when sondmit from beginning to
end.
The Chairman summed up the ease.
The jury found prisoner guilty.
Testimonials to charades were put In by the prisoner's
attorney (Kr. W. H. Atkinson).
Mr. Dosalny wilted the wort to deal with Me ease
as leolently as they meld.
The Clubman remarked that priorities' was in a posi-
tion of trust, and thsrefore the offenses was greater
than ordinary, He 1111 sentenced to sin months' hard
labour.