The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-04 00:00:00

BOROUGH PETTY BEBBIONB.
Tam DAY.

Aagit/LEIro fiewien.—At the Borough Polk:s-
oma on Monday. before the Mayor (W. Durden,
Esq.), Mr. Alderman Ceram, Mr. Alderman Davis,
Dr. Aldridge, F. Lock, Esq., and J. Peard-Jillard,
Esq., Prank Newman, a labourer, who did not appear.
wee snananased for assaulting • Corporal Jame., of
the Ma Regiment, on September 184.—Th' service
of the seeemone was proved by Police-wadable Dunn.
--Complaisant sold on the day in question he was on
duty M dam of • picket from the Barracks. He
received lamination that soldiers were fighting in the
Pal
..01 the Plume of Feathers, and on going there
wood two soldiers Sating. One of them ran away
aS soon es he saw the tgaket approaching, but they
lellowed Isla to the back of cheavp4ack's ems, where he
saw the defendant kicking the soldier, who wee lying
an a meoure keep. One a Use escort pulled him away,
rad he them termed round and struck witness with aU
kens oath, *set. He had never Woes seen the
ermageed.-41a Um Mondani had act appeared up to

this U. • warmest wee shoat to be bleeed,,bl the
Bench, when he made his aPPeerance' Re wa
identiAed by the complainant as the man who struck
him. He denied striking him.—A private of the
picket, named George Mee, corroborated the complain.
ant's evidence. The defendt, beside. assaulting the
corporal, used very shindy, language. —The defendaat's
sums was that he only took the soldier's part.—The
Bench inflicted • fine of 10s, and costa.

• DOUBTFUL CAA&

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Torn Bradford was charged on remand with uttering
oonnterfeit sovereigns sa Pordington on Saturday.
The prisoner wait brought up on Saturday, and woe
formally retunded.—Mr. M. C. Weston, who appeared
for the prosecution, said he did not think there wonld
be sutHcient evidence to convict, and asked the Bench
to disuse the oherga—jr. 1,1„ symonsis (magistrates
clerk) said, taking into oonsideration the positive
nature of the evidence of lionsyunn, to whom the
money wee first given, did not advise the Bench to do
this. The cam warn then proceeded with.—Walter
lioney bun, dairyman, of Fordington, said liesold a home '
to the defendant on Saturday afternoon shortly Liter
two o'clock, lie sold it fur kW. lie was pad in
halimversigne and 17 son, Prisoner gave him the '
mosey opposite the Bull'. Heed inn. When he took
the horse be rid he was going to Winchester. Witness
did not see him again till he wee in custody. When he
received the mousy he put it in his pocket. lie had
no other gold in his pocket at the time. Within five
minutes at tee he purchased a horse of Tutus Adams, '
and at the time Sydney Roberts was with him. He
was to give fuc it, and he paid him ill the Bull's
Used, out of Use money he bad taken irons Bradford.
lie counted out the money on • table, and gave it
to ltoberts. When he was counting it out Roberts
remarked there was • sovereign there he did not ;
but he took it into his hand. lie asked the landlord to
clangs another sovereign, whirls he had in his pocket.
Mr. Pitfield dicier). Roberta than asked witness to be
"off the bargain," and offered him half-a-sovereign.
Witness refused at the time, and Soberts then
went out into the passage, and on coming back
he again repeated his offer to give him halfors
sovereign to be off the bargain. He threw down on the
table the whole of the Lb whkth he had kept in his
hand, and the half-sovereign besides, saying he would
not have anything to do with it, remarking there were
two bed sovereigns. The two sovereigns (produced)
witness afterwards handed over to P.S. Carter. lie
also gave information to Supt. Coward, and obtained
a warrant for the apprehension of Bradford. %wadi
MA/ positive the money he gave to Roberts was the
money be received trom bredford.—The prisoner,
who was undefended, was advised not to make any
statement, as be would be remanded, and a coli7 of
the depoations would be sent to tne Treasury. it
would then be known if the prosecution would be
taken up by' the Treasury authcwities.—Phe Bench
decided to remand the prisoner till Mouday.—Bail for
£5O wars granted.

EVAGLART AT DM ISOUNDT'O.

Samuel Memo( was again brought up on the charge
of breaking and entering the dwelliughouse of Mr. T.
Sound', outlitMr, el High West-street, and stealing •
rabbit akin; • woad charge wee now brought of
4tealing • pair of boots from the shop of the prosecutor
on the same evening.—The evidence given by Mr.
doundy's d 'mastic *errata was confirmed, rod the
young woman added that the door of the scullery from
which the rabbit skin was taken was left ajar; it
would not fasten. Sae did not droc any mstches
about the platy on Saturday ; they did nut use matches
like throe produind by P.O. Gould.—P.t.l. Gould con-
firmed his previous evidence.—latabelle New, the wife
of the laudlord of the New Inn, was called, ;Lad stated
her house adjoined that occupied by Kr. Soundy, awl
the yard WY open to the back street and was public.
3he recollected seeing prisoner at her house on the
night of the 24th September, about 10 minutes to U.
He 'eked for some beer, but she did not let him have
any, as the girl was scrubbing. He then left
the home again.—Mr. J. T. Soundy said on
Saturday, September 24th, his went to bed shortly
before eleven o'clock, and was soon afterwards dis-
turbed by 1141120 of the young people in the house, wit.'
told him there waa somebody in the yard. He got up
and went downstairs in company with one of his
assistants. They searched the back premises but
found no one there, but they found mine matches
partly consumed and others broken and scattered
about the yard. He then gave information to 1
Sergeant Mitchell, who returned with him again,
and they again marched the jpremises, but without
moms. After having let out Sergeant Mitchell, and
while they were in the kitchen, he heard • sound an
of wood breaking, and they went out into the yard I
and called to the police, who were in the ship yard, to I
come. Behind the house were two yards, but they
only searched the Larger of the two. When the police
came they searched the smaller yard, and there they
found the foot-prints, as described by Gould in his
evidence. On the following morning witness noticed
that a small piece of wood-fence on the wall, between
the two yards, warn broken down, and glass was also
knocked off the wall, between his yard and the Ship
yard.—PO. Dunn warn then called, and he stateel that
after the case was heard last Monday, he took the
prisoner to the gaol, and on the way he said volun-
tarily, "I shall plead guilty to the charge; I done it.
I shall be booked for seven years, and I shall be
Damon's mate."—This closed the first case.—Tbe
prisoner, who had nothing to say in defence., was cool.
mitted for trial at the sessioruL—The charge of steal-
ing the boots was then proceeded with.—Mr. Souwly,
In the course of his evidence, said he had a moveable
' rack, in which boots were hung, and in fine weather it
was placed outside the shop door. The rack NVIII filled
each morning, and it was full on the evening of the
24th. The day had been wet, and the raok, in o in-
sectuente, was plaided in his aide pamage, at the street
end of which was • door which opened with a spring
lock that could not be opened without • latch-key. In
the same passage the shop shutters were kept. On
the night in question the shop wee closed before ten
o'clock, and the shutters were put up. Shortly after
ten o'clock he went into the passage and found the
front doer open. He blamed the boy who put up the
shutters for haring left it open. During the day they
sold five pairs of boots, and some had been sold similar
to one of the pairs (produced). lie identified one of
the pairs as his property by the private mark, and the
other pair also had a mark on them which be believed ,
to be that of one of his aseistanta. Witnem was in the
habit of ticketing the boots placed on the rack with
labels similar to that produced, but when he sold them
he invariably took the labels off. On Sunday, the
25th, on going from his house to the chapel and in the
thoroughfare he picked up the tickets (produced),
which he identified as his own by the writing at the
beck. The figures merited on the tickets exactly
represented the prices of the two pains of boota
that had been stolen. On Sunday morning, about
six o'clock P.C. Gould came to his house with the two
pairs of boots. He at once identified them as his pro-
perty.—Harry Smith Kerby, maistont to Mr. Soundy,
said he had the management of the boots department.
lie identified the boots, (produced) as Mr. Sound'''s
property by the private marks on them.-1".0. Gould
gave oorroborative evidence.—Stwarinah Warren, who
lives in Cuckold's-row, said on Saturday night, the
24th, about 10 o'clock, she we. stand* at bar door,
and whilst there the prisoner passed and went
standing
towards Mrs. Yooks's houae, where he He
had two pairs of boots on his arm—Mary wlawd,
living next door to flit. Warren, said she was standing
at the door about 10 o'clock, and she also saw the prisoner
pees by in the direction of Mrs,. Book& house, with
two pairs of boots on his arm. She saw him about 10
minutes afterwards. He was then going towards the
town. He did not then hare the boots with him.—lefary
Ifealci she resided near Mushroom Bridge. On
Saturday,
September 24th, the prisoner was lodging at
her house, and had been doing so, out and in, for nine
years. In the evening about six she had occasion to
go up to the town, and she returned about 11 o'clock.
She did not go to bed directly, but dropped off to
sleep, and was awakened by P.S. Carter and P.C.
Gould. The prisoner was not in at this time '• &halted
not seen him since eight o'clock that evening, when
be MN near the King's Arms. When the polices came,
Carter wait upstairs to get some dry clothes for
prisoner. Gould took up two pairs of boots that were
on the met just inside the door. There were no boots
them when 'hobbit the house.—Kr. Weston said this
was his case, and the prisoner, who had nothing to say
In his defence, was committed for trial at the ensuing
Quarter &Wow on the charge also.