The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-12-13 00:00:00

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CIMIL ROBBLRY or • SWCZTHIRAIIT.—OII Friday
last, before W. Talbot, Rag., Ur. Drew, J. Robertson,
i;e4., and J. & Robens, &sq., George Williams who
had in the summer stolen £5 when in the &eget
Militia, was charged with stealing Alt. from a box,
belonging to Emily Moore, • young person living at
5, Myrtle Cottages. Proeecutrix hal known the
prisoner' and reoeived a letter from the Dorchester
erison, making her to come to the•Pri3O.l gates, and
bring up his coat. She met him, and they walked
about Dorchester for two hours, and went to the
Registrar's Office. Ho had previously kept company
with her, and when they returned to Viey snout°, they
went to 19, Bath-street, where she Bopp o..ed him for
a week, in her mother's room. They did not live as
husband and wife ; but on his promise of marriage,
theprusecutrlx. who had been • 'errant, took rooms
at 5, Myrtle-terrace, which she furnished under the
Idea they were to be married. In a box there she had
81s. 9i, which was in • small box, iuside • Large
clothes box. She did not know that prisoner knew of
the money; he slept with another yoang mall lodger;
but one morning he went away, ant she found a
sovereign and half sovereign gone.—ln &Ismer to Dr.
Drew, the girl said she had been in service, and this
money was what she had saved. She had kept prisoner
a week without work.—P.C. Bartlett, on We Inesday
went to Brenpood, in Ewes, and found prisoner had
enlisted in the First Easel Militia, in the name of
Ashley. The constable read the wa, rant to him, and
he admitted having taken the Mt.—Prisoner said he
had nothing to do here, aod wan obliged ti get some-
thing elsewhere. lie did no, intent to see the money;
but to return it; only he hal 00 chance, and he bad
half of it in his poseeedou when arrest A.—Dr. Drew
Pal,l the maristr ate, knew more than pre-ower supposed,
for they had read a letter to his aieter, wnereiu he wrote
that the girl might go to-- if she like ; he should
have nothing more to do with her. Was he not
ashamed of his conduct 7—Prisoner had been con-
victed on May 12th, for stealing ES. —llr. Talbot
only regrette I they had not newer t punish prisoner
more ; but next tune he would be sent for trial with-
out any choice.—,ix months' hard I sh.mr.

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THIPC AT THI GLOBS leg.—Job Sea was brought
up on Friday charged with stealing two glass salt-
cellars and • glaas cream jug, at the Globe Inn.—
Prisoner went into the houte abate, halt-pant, two, and
sat down in the back kitchen, in a dosing state. The
landlord went in. and rattled, and roused him up, when
pris inersaid—" Mr. Player, I'm nearly drunk ; is hire.
elayer at home?" The landdird replie I she was out,
and prisoner asked to have a bed and sleep there, but
the landlord thought he could not. Prisener had with
him an empty basket, and said he was so phi ~.red that
he wanted some rum. Said the landlord—" You have
had nearly enough already;" but as prisoner wee very
c Ad, he let him him have half.a.nogrin of rum, and
prisoner rose to leave. Something rattled in his basket,
and in it the landlord found a cruet-stand, two glass
salt-cellar., and a cream jug, which belongial to the
house.—P.C. Carter went to Buckland, and saw
prisoner's wife, and on the table in the houee were the
things produced. Witnees took the property, and
went to a field where prisoner was spreading dung,
and on charging him he said "It was all owing to the
drop of drink."—erisoner now said he was very sorry
he took the things; he thought they had at the house
something belonging to his wife. Hs hoped he would
be leniently des t with.—Feurteen days' hard labour.
--.Prbsoner'a wife, Selina, was then charged with
being drunk last night, at a quarter t-) 1.2.—P.C.
Morrie found her wandering about, drunk, but not
Incapable, and offered to find her a bed. She refused,
and paid she'd rather be brought to the station, and
brought she wa&—Dismisswi with a caution.