The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

STURMIXSTER NEWTON.

PrTTT Strettoee, Monday, April 27.—Before Captain
Hetham, R.N. (chairman), J. Huseey, Esq., Colonel
Glmcm, hlorwood S. Yeatman, Fay., Rev. H. T. Bower,.
and if. S. Bower, Req.—James Sharp we. summoned for
non.compliaoce with an order to abate s nuisance on his
premises. It we. arranged that usesaures thould be
adopted to remedy the evil, and he was ordered to MU
7.. 61. including coils.— Albert Loader, of Okeford
Fitzp•ine, for being drunk and riotous in that tillage,
WU fined 7a. 6d. including emu. --George Beatable,
of Marnhull, for allowing • hone to stray es the
highway, in that parish, was fined ss. and 4.. coats. William Tuule, of Stoke, end Christopher Drake, of
Haz,lbury, for being drunk and riotous at lisselbury.
March 30, wet, fined To. fel. each, including costs.
Nehemiah Tuffin, of Shroton, was summoned for allow-
ing a horse to stray on the highway in that parish. It
we, proved that he had • right to deputure cattle in
the lane, but ae no one was in charge of the horse, he
was ordered to pay Is. the coat of the summons.
William Coward and John Benson, both of Blandford,
were charged, the former with being drunk ist Child
Okeford, on the 11th April, and the latter with •
similar offence at Ibberton, on the 14th April. Both
pleaded guilty and were each fined ea. and 4s. fid. coots,
or seven dart Allowed a fortnight to pay in. —CAorpe
of strafing 0 E 5 itote—Jobn Sheppard, of Child
Okeford, was charged with stubng a LI note, belonging
to his sister-indaw, Elite Amer; who lives at his house.
Frosecutrix raid that on Good Friday stie pot a £5 Bank
of England note into a small box, which ifie placed in
the °had of drawers in her bedroom, and locked it up.
It was theta on Sunday. the 12th. On TOcorlity, the
I 14th, from information received, she went to the drawer
and found the note was gone. The note was rather
dirty looking and appeared to have been used • good
dsaL —P.C. Wren was told by piessuutrix that she
suspected bet- brother-in-la— of stealing the note, and
from that and hther information he obtained on making
inquiries, be apprehended Sheppard at the Union Arms
beer-house, Child °keit:nil, kept by Chalice Adams, and
charged him with stellang • fire pound note from his
ifister-in-law.—The constable said : At best he refused
to go with we, and denied all knowledge of it. I took
him into cuotody, bet be resisted. I succeeded in
taking him to hi. °en house, and there searched him.
He gave tee his purse, which °ordained one sovereign, •
half soverei•n, and eleven shillings in silver ; teopenee in
copper I found loose in his pocket. He Muted to
ueotopeity me to Sturminster, and persisted in saying
he knew nothing of the note. He afterwards said "I
found the five pound note at the bottom of the stairs"
(pointing to • particular place in his own house), and
the money in my house is a part of it, and if I were to
see another I would spend it. He boa since told me
that he °hanged the note at Mr. Adams's, the beer-bows.
On my way with him to Sturminster be said "I bet •
shilling I °cone back again, for you'll see she wait come
for ward to prosecute ins. "_Mary Ann Adams said : My
husband is very ill in bed, and unable to getup. On
Monday, April 13411, the prisoner came to our house,
about the middle of the day. I was up stairs with my
husband. The prisoner came up-stairs to us, and asked
me to change him a five pound note. He produced •
five pound note, and my husbend gave him five
sovereigns for it, in my presence. My husband took the
note, and since that time he gave it to one of my woe,
who hat paid it away, to the best of my knowledge. It
was a Bank of England note. The note the prisoner
*hanged was a dirty-looking note.—P.C. John Biles,
constable at Sturminstu Newton, who has charge of
the prisoners in the cells there, .aid: On Thursday
morning I had prisoner in the yard, when he said
" What do you think I shall be done to r I told bim I
mild not tell. He said, "I cannot deny having the
note; I changed it at Charley Adams's, and paid for
some poles and other things. Shall I be committed
for trial'!" I said "That'. your own option." It.
said, "I shall plead guilty, and have it settled
here."—Mr. Atkinson, who defended the prisoner,
saboriNed there was not sufficient evidence to warrant
a conviction, and the prisoner was discharged !
TAe Stalbeidge Affilu.f loin Cue.—Eliasbeth Hutchings
v. Richard Davis.—This use wits adjourned from the
last court, for the obtaining ef evidence Rs to the hand-
writing of certain lettere put la by the applicant, and
alleged to have been written by the defendant to her.
Mr. Chity, who appeared for the applicant, said he
should now be able to prove by a letter received from
the defendant by the Deputy Chief-Constable, Mr.
Hammond, in answer to one sent to him, that the
letters in question were in the handwriting of defend-
ant. —Mr. Lethwood submitted that if it was not proved
by a witness that the letters were in his client's bend-
writing, that corroboration could not be received as
evidence.—Mr. Chitty. in reply, said, that as be under-
stood the case was closed at the last court, and only
adjourned to prove the handwriting, no further
evidence was required He had, however, three
additional witnesses he could calL —The magmtrater,
after some consideration, agreed to receive the evidence
of the superintendent as to the letter be had received
I from Mr. Davis. —Mr. Hammond, Deputy Chief'
Constable, said that on the evening of the het exami-
nation, Marsh 30th, las wrote to Mr. Davis to know if
be would require to maroons any more witnesses. and
on the next day received the following reply :
&Weide° Park, March 01st, 1862.
Sin—ln answer to yours c.f thl. morning, I bet to say
cannot enter on the subject till I have men my solicitor. I on
assure you It Is a very hard ca..e for me to have such a scandal
booed U1..11 DM I can with winfldenoe swear I nave OVICT
sent her lemono or gave her any. Neither have I had any In-
timacy r fth her, or molested her In any way. I forgot to state
mterilay that when she was in our were she went home
to liken every night, and I don't think I was left In the boo-n
oboe ith her during the time she was In our service. I hove
to get sufficient evidenm by the 27th of next month to clear
myself .—Youre respectfully, MICH/sill) WWI&
Juo. Hammond, Ea' y.
Mr. Hammond said he had compered that letter with
those put in by the applicant, and he hod not the least
doubt but that they were written by the same person.
—Mr. Chitty then proposed to put the letter received
by Mr. Hammond into Mr. Davies hand, and see if he
would deny it was his hand-writing.—Mr. Duhwood
objected.—The magistrates, having examined the
lettere, expremed their full conviction that both were
written by the same person. They then handed them
to Mr. Duhwood, Who did not deny it. He, how.
ever, reminded the bench that, supposing the letters in
question were written by Davis, yet they could not bear
upon the cue, as those which had been impounded
were written • long time before the alleged intimacy
took plats.—The Bench then decided to her any
additional evidence.—Mr. Chitty said other witnesses
be should call would be to prove that the evidence
of Hoot, the registrar of births and marriages, was
false. He then called as witnesses Jane Hutchings,
mother of the complainant and her sister, who both
stated that when Hunt called and asked the name of
The child's father, the girl's mother wished it inserted
so that the father might bear the disgrace as well as
complainant, but the child's mother refused, and no
name was given. The complainant was then re-
examined : She denied all the allegations made against
her, and that she had been familiar with Fredk. Seymour.
--Joseph West spoke to seeing Davis and the •pplicant
talking together in Stalbridge perk two and • baLf
years ago. and when they saw him they separated.—
For the defendant, Elisabeth Duffett and Harriet
Parsons were called to say that in April of the year
before last, they saw the applicant sitting in a waggon-
bons/ with George Hine, and he had one arm round
her seek. With the other hand he was eating his
dinner. Dnffett called him" • nasty stinking fellow,"
and said she would tell his wife, but didn't.—
Frederick Seymour, mason, of fithlbridge, said
he had known the applicant four or five years,
and had been intimate with her several times.—
The Bench here informed Mr. Dashwood they did not
require any further evidence, and ht giving their
decision, the Chairmen said it was not a ease in which
they could grant an order. At the same time, they
wished it to be understood they were fully convinced
that the letters put in by the complainant
and impounded by their order, were written by the i
seine person who wrote to Mr. Hammond, and that if it
had been proved by witnesses that that was Mr. Davis's
handwriting, be would be liable to be indicted for
perjury—Mr. Chitty pointed out to the Bench that
they were empowered to proceed in the case, but this
they declined to do, and they eventually decided to Five
up complainant's letters to Mr. Chitty, that he aught
have the opportunity of proceeding with the case.
—William Ellsworth, of \Tolland, was fined b. 6d.,
for allowing • horse to stray on the high way.—Jemes
Cross, of Shroton, was fined 10a, including ants for
selling beer during prohibited hours on Good Friday.
—James Lassiter, Crown Inn, Sturminster, was
fined 30s. including costa for having three unjust quart
messures.—Frederiek Seymour, of Stalbridge, was
fined 3s. 6.4. for riding without thine—Sidney Strange
son of Mr. Strange. grocer, of Sturminster, was con-
victed of cruelty to • eat. He took it in • bag to afield,
and there turned it out to be hunted by four dogs.—
Fined 255. including amts.—Jane Chambers, of Child
Okeford, was fined Is. ed, for allowing beer to be
drudc on the premises, she having oely an oat-door
Honeyfield, of Fiddleford, • large
dairy-farmer, who did not appear, was summoned for
selling cider on his premises without a license, and also
with selling cider during the hours of divine service.
Both °burs were proved by P.O. Poynter, and
he was fined 30s. for both offences.