The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-23 00:00:00

BOROUGH PETTY SESSIONS.

TOMBALL, July 16.—Before the Mayor, and J.
A yling and W. Talbot, FAqs.
Thomas Langford and William' Lucas were brought
up on remand, charged with stealing an umbrella, •
shawl, and • bonnet, value 6e., the property of Mrs.
defended —The ee-

Sarah° Webber.—ki. Howard ts.
plainest said that about 11 on Saturday night
as she was going down fit Mary's-street she saw the
defendants, and they followed her. They taught hold
of her and she screamed out. She afterwards followed
them, and gave them in charge. She had the articles
named in the charge— those produced were her property.
—ln cross-examination witness said her husband was at
Portsmouth, but she refused to state what he was
doing. She was not there, she said. and couldn't tell.
One of the defendant' thrust ninepence in her hand for
an unlawful purpose. She gave it heck twice, and as he
refused to take it, she kept it. The defendants behaved
very indecently towards her, which was the reason of
her screaming out. Langford told her she had some
money of his, and she told him what he gave her could
not be his. The defendants were bantering with her an
hour-and-a-half. She didn't know what was the "long
room" at Guernsey. Had never seen either of the
prisoners at Guernsey. film pulled off her shawl and
bonnet, and lay down her umbrella at the bottom
of the stairs of her lodgings, at Frank Moggridge's.
and as she was going up one of the prisoners pulled her
back, the other took up her things and went away.
She had not seen her shawl since.—By the Bench :
Yesterday a man called her out of Court and offered
her 15s. to make the matter up. She told him she
did not dare do sot She had not offered to any one to
make the matter up for 15s.—P.C. March said that
between 1 and 2 o'clock on Sunday morning last he
took the prisoners into custody. Langford was in the
brig Marnhow, lying in the harbour. He was lying on
the umbrella, and prisoner • asked where the woman
was? He also said "here's her umbrella, she may
have it. I don't want it, I only took it in • spree."
He found the prisoner Lucas on board the brig John,
lying close to the other vessel. He said he knew
nothing of the womax.'s things. The bonnet he found
in Hope-street.—The Bench said this was • disgraceful
transaction from one end to the other, and it would
accordingly be dismissed.
than Chick was charged with creating a nuisance in
Bast-street. Edward Arnold said he lived at No. 6,
East-street. The defendant lived about three doors
below. About 10 or 11 o'clock on Monday morning,
the defendant brought a bucket from her house into
the street, and in carrying it along the street, she
slopped the contents on the pavement, and emptied it
In the grating opposite the Cutter Hotel. The liquid
was very offensive. The inhabitants of the street
were frequently annoyed by the offensive matter
brought from defendant's house. It was not cabbage
water, but something very foal. Mr. Sly said the
contents of the bucket were very offensive. The
effluvia penetrated all through his house, and extended
itself to the end of the street.—Defendant said it was
nothing but the liquor in which her Sunday's dinner
wse boiled.—Supermtendent Lidbury stated that the
nuisances created in this way by defendant and others
in the streets WWI disgraceful and the more they were
spoken to about it the worse they were. Ho therefore
determined to bring up every one against whom he
could obtain evidenee.—The Bench fined defendant 10s.
and costa.
Elizabeth Blimadainer was charged by P.C. March
with emptying a quantity of filth from a bucket, on the
grating in Maiden-street, about 10 on the evening of the
12th July. Defendant denied that it was filthy water.
She was desired by Mr. Groves, her master, to throw all
the dirty water in the sewer. Every body in the street
carried their dirty water there.—Henry Groves said the
defendant was his eervant. He was not at home on
Friday evening. When he returned, Mrs. Groves told
him a policeman had been in the house and greatly
frightened her. He went to the house in • very
surly manner, and she thought he must be drunk or
be would not have acted in the way he did.—Fined 10s.
and costs.
Edward liedgooil and his wife were charged with
stealing two sovereigns and a stick of tobacco from the
pockets of William Gardner, on board the Aquilla,
while on its way from Jersey to Weymouth, on Satur-
day last.—Parkman, a seaman on board the Aquilla
said he was on duty from 12 to 2on Saturday. The
prosecutor was asleep on the side seat in the forecastle.
Edward Bedgood stumbled on him and afterwards sat
by him. He afterwards sew hills put his hand in
Gardner's trousers pocket. He took something out and
tusto the side pocket of his own coat. After this,
od tried Gardner's other pocket, and in doing so,
=1.1; woke up. The woman was below. Witness
did not speak to the parties at the time. They after-
wards tossed for three glasses of bandy and water,
and then went below. As soon as the mate
came, witness imported to him what he had seen.—
John B. &dell, steward, dated that the prisoners
went on board the steamer as paupers on Saturday,
having a pass from the special constable of Guernsey.
Nothing was paid for their passage.—P.C. Harvey said
when he was about to search the prisoner, be said if the
money war not more than £2 or £3 be could pay it, as
his wife had some money. He also said he had only 2s.
about him. He found him the cake of tobacco which
he now produced—The prosecutor indentified the
tobacco as being what he had lost from his coat pocket.
—Eliza March said she searched the female prisoner and
under one arm she found half-a-soverign in • glove and
under the other, in a purse, half-a-sovering, a 2s. piece, a
sixpence, and &double. The prlsonerspleadedguilty, and
were sentenced to 3 months' hard labour. The prisoners
were also chargedwith stealing a small puree captaining
sixpence, the property of Thomas Novis, one of the sea-
men on board. The male prisoner was sentenced to
3 months' imprisonment for this offence also, but the
former sentence of the Bench in regard to the female
was reversed, and she was discharged.