The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

BL &NDFORD.

DOROWATIOS DAT felling this JOLT on Sunday, was
oomtnemorated in Blandford church by suitable
sermon preached by the rector, the Rev. J. R. Quirk,
who selected u him text Proverbs xxiv., 21—" My son
fear thou the Lord and the King, sod; meddle not
with those who are given to change."

Mesta —On Thursday ermine we were again
favoured with • choke *election of meals, performed in
the Market-a:o,re, by Mr. Ityer'• band. " The Death
of Nelson." on the Ingle horn by Mr. T. HlUlty wee •
masterpiece, and the whole of the selmation wee most
'admirably played.
&MALMO • UNIX 811.21%—0n Thursday last, at the
magistrates' clerk's °Mos, before J. J. Farquharson,
Esq., Elisabeth Davis, of Milborne St. Andrew, was
charged with steeling a linen sheet, the property of
Smoot Vine, landlord of the Hombre Arms, Milton
Abba& —Ann Vine, wife of prceocutor, stated that on
the 30th May she pecked up in • basket Sr. dozen
things to be mangled, and amongst them a linen sheet
(the one produced) which was then whole, and which
she knew by piece" on the corners. She took the
basket of things the same day to prisoner's mother's
house at llilhorne, to be mangled. The following
Monday the basket of things was brought back by John
Rolla, but at the Bose she did not examine the basket.
On the following Saturday, Jane fith, when she waisted
the thing' she found one article, • sheet missing, and
on the following Saturday, the 13th, • girl noosed
Cornelia Hutchings brought her a parceL She opened
it arid found the sheet she bad lost. It was out up in
the same manner as now produc.iL The parcel was tied
no with a piece of the sheet end directed on • piece of
paper in pencil. The parcel was given to P.C. Bishop
by her husband. The value of the sheet was about 85,
—P.C. Bishop deposed as to the receipt of the parcel
from the prosecutor. He state t that he saw the
prisoner on Thursday, 11th June, in the Stickland road
leading from Milton Abbas to Stickle's& about half-past
, seven, and that she was going in the direction of
Stickland. Prisoner had • reticule brisket with her and
, was dressed in the same way as now.—Jane Allen,
reaiding at Stickland, said that on Thursday, June 11th
about seven &stook in the evening received a pare!'
lik e the one prodeeed from the nee, who come an
asked her lint for • slew water, and appeared
tired. Prisoner ukod her to tals• a parcel to seta to
Mrs. Vine by sume of the Milton glovers. She stated
it was tome work a person let her have, but it was not
quite finished. The parcel was directed the same
manner as the one produced. Witness gave the parcel
on the 13th June t 3 Cornelia Hustiop to take to Mra,
Vine. Francis Ricketts gave evidence as to the
prisoner going into Ere. Allen's house, and stated that
she was dressed In the lame dress as she bad on at the
examination before the magistrate.—Cornelia Hustings
corroborated Mrs. Allen's and Mrs. Vine's evidence,
and further stated that she believed the parcel pro-
duced to be the same as she took from the former to the
litter person's house.—P.C. James Butt stated that
prisoner lived with her mother, at whose bons* he appre-
hended her. —Prisoner, who plaided "not guilty,"
:idled as witness on her behalf a woman named Anna
Collins, who stated that on a Thursday, she could not
remember how long agn, she law • woman go into Mr&
Allan's boom at Ettackland, &bootee's's in the evening.
She did not think the prisoner was the prim.—
Prisoner was then committed for trial.