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

Mt KILL STRUM BANK.

Mr. Themes reported he had had the bank of Mill-
stream, between High East street a.! the Friary Mill,
repaired.

TRINITY-STRUT V OTPATH.

The General Purposes Committee had inspected the
Trinity•atreet footpath, and found it in a very bid
state. They recommeode I that the Surveyor be
empowered to obtain a sufficient grisntity of et.ff ird-
shire bricks for the portion of the to tpath commenc.
log at the top of New•street and ending at the house
occupied by Mr. F. Minor, with the view to sirein4
whether a more extensive uos ii such bricks w al be
advisable for the repair of to Oaths in the borough.
The Surveyor said nearly every rti iu the country
was adopting the Staffordshire b.i k. io preference to
the stone paving.
Mr. G. Davin thowlit it a•lris lible to try the brick..
He was sure they would answer fir in re than 25 yeers
without any repair.
Alderman GALPIN : I think you ought to look at the
state of our finances.. The rates will be increased very
materially another year if we go en at the rate we are
gonz now. . . . .

- There is money spent ',groat deal
wnr.ie than in keeping the paving in ..rder.
Mr. G. DAVIS : There will nut be much expense—
only about no.
Mr. AIiTI4US TACK : But five twenties make a
hundred.

rue recommendation r.f the comm tt le was adopted.

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SHIPPING Nrws.—Arrivalr: Great Western, Slam.
p,e I, Ch,rbourg„ general ' • Aquila Flisher, Jersey,
general; South of Ireland, Pearn, Cherbourg, general ;
Harlequin, Cl., see, fish ; Item:laud, Allen, Sun ler.
land, coal ; Ad niral, Baton, Poole, all; Eliza Blazwell,
They, Shiel Is, coal ; Fanny, M 'ore, Pori! oid, G .vern-
ment stores.—Sailings : Great Western, Blampied,
Cherbourg, general; Aquila, Fluter, Jersey, getviral ;
South of Ireland, Petro, Cherbourg, general; Harle-
quin, Cole, fishing, nil; tvon, Goldfinch, Newcastle,
old iron; Admire', Bilson Cowes, ; Iterate, Alben-
sen, Elsinore, ballast ; Salads, Limenden, Hartlepool,
ballast; Nimrod, Walker, Penzance, wheat.
HOPE or WEYMOUTH LODGE. I.O.G.T.—The above
lodge gave an open meeting on F7iday, December 2nd,
at 8 p.m., Bro. Capt. Clarke, W.C.T., in the chair,
when the toll swing programme wee well rendered by
member, of the order to an appreciative audience of
abow. 200 : —Opeoi cm remarks of the chairman ; "Dare
1., be a Daniel," choir; reading, Bro. H.. Rumen ;
chord., " Dare and Do," choir; cleat, The Gipsy
C mntees," encore, Love and Pride," Sister Pitman
and Bro. Howard ; address lire. G. Staple; chorus,
"A Father Reclaimed," choir; reading, "Mind your
own Bueinew," Bro. Bendel' ; organ ado, Bro.
Ken tall; duet, " Roses underneath the snow," Sisters
Pitman end Jolliffe ; rea ling, " Übe Juv .tile
Temple," Bro. Clarke; chorus, "While Topers must
keep Drinking," choir; recitation, "Lady Clair,"
limo. Tompkins; Song, " The Engli.humn," lire.
(toward ; eddiesees, Bro. Bolt and Bro. Salmon;
chorus, "The March of Life," clod-. Bro. Cook
offered prayer, end the meeting closed by the audience
singing the doxology. Temperance tracts were given
away as the audience left the room.
ENTERTAINS( (NT AT ST. JuEIA'S SCHOOLS. —Preened
over by the Rev. Canon Stephenson, the members
and friends of the useful reading rooms, which appear
to be the head-quarters of a good work among the
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people'

young men of the district, gave an entertainment on
Monday evening, to a crowded audience, which seemed
to be a happy combination of the upper ten from the
fashionable North with the good folks from the Park,
and other districts around. Art I in the programme
there was a pleasing mixture of pieces in the quite too-
t,. sweetly sweet style with those sekctions which
pleas-d a broader and stronger taste. The first, sung
by the members of the reading-room, was that relic of
Jingo times—" The British Lion," and • large propor-
ti perhaps' nearly all, of the audienoe applauded the
retraiu—" Beware How you Tread on his Tail."
" The Huntsman's Chorus," by the ladies and the
&vol., was far more musical, the " Hark, Follow"
being most harmoniou., and perhaps that was mainly
oeing to the Mimes Stephenson, Miss Hopkins, and
Mims biases, who meetly led the rest. Mrs. 0. Donnell
sang" Robin Adair," with much feeling and a go xi
vole., she was encored, and resplede 1 with "Oh
Seer My hark to Erin's Isle," when she was again
warmly applau led. —Mr. Warren ve-y tastefully gave
a no.—" Beautiful Bird, Come Live with Me," some
friends taking up the chorus; applause was a matter of
course. Mr. Hodge read " rhe Pied Piper of
Hamelin," and was applauded. The members of the
re ,ding-room excited much merriment by their "I'm
a Young Man from the Country, but Y. u Don't get
over Me," exciting great laughter and other tokens of
approval. Mr. White sang "Casablanca, 'with much
taste and feeling, and was enc,ireid. "Softly Fall the
Shades of Evening," was next sung by th s same four
ladies and Misi Walls, assisted by His choir, and very
sweetly it was rendered. Mr. Stone and Mies L.
Stephenson next performed a duet for violin and piano,
some id the most rapid passages being beautifully
harm-nised, and Mr. Stone's delicate playing being
very charming and worthy of ao good a musician. Sao
and chorus by Mr. England—" The Old Man's Dram
of Home," the chorus being especially imore
reading by H•rford folowed—a concession to the taste
of the, who like something odd—" September Gale.,"
amid immense laughter, when the era ler seemed to
give himself an encore and read also" I Reinemher," in
equally ridiculous style. The five ladies previously
named, with tome members of the choir then gave the
glee" Who shall Win my Lady Fair ?" and that with
such brightness that every one longed for more. Tnat
favourite bass amateur, Mr. Oakley, sang "Jack's
Come Home," and being encored gave with equal
spirit "A righting We Must Go." Mrs. 0. Donnell
sang " Kstie's Letter," with a rich contral o and so
full of deep and true feelieg that she was persistently
encore I, when she replied with "dome, Sweet Home,"
in • in rat delightful voice and taste. Rev. Mr.
Randall then read "Shadows on the Blind," and
excited much laughter. 'lhe choirs sang "The
Muddle Puddle Porter." A glee by the choir and
the la lies followed, and the entertainment closed with
the National Anthem.

R,Diel7;11100.
rverilli.nor'sit-laonlier.—a Chlrespeei"tVaieihalaohirtVintg. age u welshed, or
what you didn't want; I want to know what 1
83, expired very suddeney. It seems that on Sunday
71'he Mayor: Did you book the order to anybody /
Prise- - nor-I
Ido not want to know what 10 . . asked
Mr. Roe. went to sae his son, who had te-el knocked sty usedy_._- I have it in my book.
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down by the fall of a bale near Mr. Wei lie sore; but Pr.. er : You sent me the bill didn't yout—L. Yes.
In the evening the father ate hie nipper sod .'rask hie 1d d,
cla,s of ale se usual, and we. qu't, , clieerfu% Next Priamer : The bill wog aidres cil and sent to me. y,tir
in ir ins Mr-. Ruse was &lore by a n iv un I to r Wnrahip. because I did
husband died almost directly. —W e Kl'i to hese , Mr. Hardy :It wee not addnued to you,
that the s, are - * at •t know your name. H . l .
in, who was burr, is recovering from the ' ei al assistant
effects of the blow. Mr. B-nyainin Coleman erns : am prin p
' • sir Hobert Talbot's. draper. 'f t 0,,, two. On Novern-
GoOD TEMPLAR FUNKUAL.—BM lii^e, of the Good a' ' •
her MNI pn came to the sh“p on horseheck—
TemplerA, lately living at Cert.'', i?..tta;e, having (pri uer here bugled qu'etly to himsell)—he asked
recently die I, ,it the are of C.?, we' inttrred on Wed- whrher we kept pilots, no be eislied for some prints for
ve'ulaY• A. lie w,a wottby secretary of lodge aprons, and some .t "eking', to in do, a preterit to the
"Flowrr of the V.-t' at his deco , about 30 servant. He sad first cf all "Seal 'ho bill with them.
brethren folow,d his rusted:4 ta their h >me in the and 1 apt pay it." I we. to send it to No. V...qt_rilt
ueuus epr. M 'it of them were froth "Flower of the terrace. end I clit,illl:en‘mt :rialto.
wortat,tde the parcel IV
West.' .At the .:r ive they sang "Rook of Agee," the tollirit....near, to the Rena" :It is not very decent, your
lost hew a her It. repeat, ito.l after the funeral the w,.r.h;p, to put clot of dirty things before a lade e nose.
brethren r. p ired to the lodgetwom in High4treet, The Mayor: Taere has been n i complaint from toe
before die •er.ding to their homes. hdr.
A FEw THINGS WOlllll Xi tecingi.—(l). Persons Prisoner: I complain. your WotaSip.
desimus if purchasing Share" or Honda in COsenii and Mr. Hooper : The thmis have be.en disinfected. sin
Co (Limited), should lease their namea at the office, Mr. Mania: prisoner :. ['hat is only a solicitor • viwore.
I told the man to wa trit or tbe money. I
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when they wt'l receive the earliest intimation of any
should hot have let him have them at all unless he satd he
for sale. (2) PhiiMigi tickets' to the Mediterranean, woald y tor them when sent.
Cape of Goo I Hope, M ideira, Australia, New Zealand. home smiling being ob•ervel among the audience.
and all pale of Am:rick by the Orient and Cunard prminrr sad: " This appears to me more like a farce
Steamers to be obt tine lof their Company's Repro- than a Court; it would not i.e allowed in London, and I
sentative, Me. S. J. Fowler, 4, Trinity-road, Way- am eurri.d at Weymouth."
m iuth, Agent for the General Fire and Life Insurance The Mayor: You will be more surprised before it is
Company.
__ finished , I dismay.
Pri.ouer. (to. Mr. Harris): When I came to your shoe, I
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said tie you—" Do you keep prints r-A. :
Q. : I said. "I vrant seven yards r-A. : Yes.
Q : You wrote that down on a pieca of paper Yes.
You .aid. 'What are the prints for r-A. : No.
Q : Did I say the prints were for the servant's dress?
The prisoner ppm...slum rather rapidly with his MY-
eXaLeatiati.m, the Mayor asked Min to keep an eye on the
clerk, who was writing it dowu, when Simmons rudely
replied—" I canoot Ittep my eye theta I have two GYM.
but they both point the same war.
He con' killed t. Mr. Harris : You took the order down
tn paper I—A. : Yes.
Q. : Did laity lie you. "Send these things to 9, Grange'
terrace '—A. : You
Prisoner: "Aud I will call and par for them I"—Mr.
Harris: No. "Send the bill, and I will pay.'
Prisoner: Kenton the exact words used.
Mr. Ham.: You awd you wisbe Ito make • present to
tha servants—.' Send the bill. and I will pay."
Prisoner: I am surprised at a man of your,age standing
bars ant tame etiCti a-. tughter )
Richard O'Sullivan, porter to Mr. It. Talbot, said on
Nov. 43rd, Mr. Harris gave him a parcel for 9, Grange
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tearoom, with instructions to wait an answer for a bill—
that is, the money. Byt the gentlemen wag not In.
Mr. Hooper : The prisyner was not In I
P. isoner : He said—" Toe gentleman."
Mr. 13 toper: We call a spode • spade, you know.
Priwooer retorted aomethinglebout a shovel.
Watucw continued be de jeered the parcel at the house.
and returned to the shop, when Mr. Harris *ant him beck
between six and seven fur the bill. WilDella went beck,
and handed pilaster the bill, telling ham he had to wait
for an answer. He said, " Ail right, lu come down and
see about it in the in Kiting. He did not get the money.
Prisoner : You ar.i.in tam habit of tithing parcels to
maple's houses an the execution of your duty I—Yes.
Prisoner: ThaL Mee 11,4 the only house you had to wait
.• I—Witness : Well, no.
Q : Does your mister sive you instructions not to leave
role without the money I—A. : When he has suspicion.
(Laughter.) In shale cases he did—Kr. Harris did—not
thy Illeatelf.
l'risoner : He is not supposed to know hie master's mind
altos' s '

-rut suip.ciou, and the snuwer cannot be accepted.
To. Mayor: If you ask a witness • question, you must
aloe his answer.
Prisoner (to alines.): Then be did n•-,t tell you to leave
the go. di without the money /—A.: No.
Q.: When you went back what did your master say to
yod I—A.: Us never spoke to me; Mr. Horis dd.
Q : What did Mr. Dorris say /-41.: He asked in. if I
saw you. and I said 'No.
In &hewer to the Mayor: Its asked in. if I saw Mr.
Siminone.
Mr. Arden porting • question, prisoner extended his
baud, 'eying " Wait a tuoirieet ; the witness is in my
Leads." and cuntinuma hi, crooo-examination, elicited that
Mr. Harris did tot send the witness back for the money
ether: to- returned.
M a Join:. Theresa Bryan: I was employed by hlrr.
Chaut.ou at 9, 6tatate-t..rra4c, when the house was to let.
After the primoer arrived at he hours), an arrangement
wag wed, between us ; but not for the erre sought. On
M uday roe arranged ;cc agreed to give use 3s. iii. a day;
I to d him it was a treat deal too mica, sod would
consent to take half-a-crown. I worked fur a few days,
my daughter was going away to a situation, and alt.r
writing to Mrs.Channon„ I asked prisoner for some money,
when i.e eel I be had no money at hand just then, bit he
was going down town and would send up anything that
was wendd if I would stet, what it was. As he was •
gentlenion, I dui zoot like to tell him what was wanted, as
It was or female clothing; but eventually I told 'Arn—
hem s.x to seven yards ut print, three yards of croes-
Imi rid inu..in for aprons, and three pairs of hiss. These
Chimp sere sent up from Mr. Talbot's to the house the
some afternoon, and delivered by O'Sullivan. He did uot
make any remark about eating for money.
Cross-examination Did I ask you what Mrs. Channon
had been paying You I—A-:
Q: l agree to pay you weekly I—A.: You agreed in
this weir
Q.: Did I agree to pay you weekly 7—A.: You agreed to
pay me daily.
Q.: When 'he man brought that parcel and left it, he
went away I—A.: Yes.
Q.: Nothing oesoro said by him about money I—A.: I asked
hint tor the hill, and he said he supposed he bad bat it at
one of the other house..
By the Mayor: When the man brought the parcel I
asked him if Cure was a bill He said Is had not got it
about haus, he might have had it in another parcel, or
might have left it at one of the other house.. or might
have dropped it.
Prisoner When he left the parcel was he on his way
out of the gate woes you asked him for the bill I—A.: He
said seat the time he h ondrd me tie parcel
I Prison •r remerhed he had asked the witness if after the
I mau delivo red the parcel he asked for the money, and she
had said that he said nothing when he sere the parcel.
—Witness: When he brought the parcel I baked aim if
them was • bill.
Prisoner I want to elicit from the witness whether he
aske Ifur the money. Was the man on his way to leave
the door when you said to him "liar. you got the bill?—
Witness: lam not quite sure. It was about the time he
left the parcel.
Q. : Did you think he would Inve left the parcel if you
had not asked tor the bill I—Witness : He might have
d .011) ; I ate DOC sure.
The Mayor: Das of the magistrates wishes to know if
the goods wore sit in the home, and banded to you.—Yes,

: Did you see the prisoner after I Did be ask you if
the goods ba I been riceisedT—Witimas : Yes, he csme to
the dose on harsehack, and asked nie it I had received the
parcel from Mr. Talbot's, said if I was satisfied with the
things be had sent? I told him yea, and be said I was to
understand it war an equivalent for part of my wages. I
said "Very well: sod tie went into the dinitie•roons. I
do not thiuk we had any further conversation about it.
There were seven yards of mint and three yards of cross-
bared muslin—the goods I had told him I should like.
He said he bad no money.
Prisoner I. that on the depositional—The Mayor: It
lion the examination-in-chief.
Tbeltayor then told:Pomona he was charged withobtaiin-
ing goods by false. pretences. the property or Mr. Mumford,
from Ititur Talb,t and others, and &eked him to plead,
giving him the usual caution.
Prisoner : I say this, sir, first of all, I admit having the
gods. Is it your intention to commit those cases for trial,
even if I can give you reasonable explanation of my getting
the goods I—The Mayor: We have not tLe slightest haute.
ton of twodiog these cease for trial.
Prisoner : Then I will tot address you on these cases. I
plead guilty to having the thing. as debt., not to having
them by false pretence,.
The Mayor: That is a question for the jury.
Prisoner was committed on this cue.
Mr. Homer said the next case was for having fraudu-
lently stolen a te!egrani, the property of Mr. Channon or
the Postmuter•General.
Prisoner : I would rather proceed with the furnished
house cass.—The Mayor: You have not that Dower.
Prisoner : You have thst per.—The Mayor : No. it
Is for the solicitor for the proo,eu ton.
On Mr Channon being called. asked that before
the facts were s'ated, the wan. sees might be removed
from the iurtr.h—T.Udeo/sLa.i.iyuogr
_assented. an 1 the witnesses
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26.ih. 1 expected a telegram from Mrs. Channoni
..buenttdwid
, not rei• • one 01l day. Fineling none came
toe Pii-t.Oftica at eight o'cl-ck. and made etiquilili
weal_ to
what h oir I coutd receive telegrama They lc
ten o'cli ck. Froin enquiries I found one had ern ed but
I never received it. and toey gave me • Pie..ee_arb.per......
..c.‘ we. written t—" Telegrams from ear.
cony of •
HOsilir.villa. to stay in ;" they ale' rev" me a •
y retriever. acid
telegram. I own brown dog,
prisoner bad that doe out with Tbilt:i.-I.b.,cut. two cisciolocklen.
Towards the evening I taxed Prisoner with nav
the te.e.:rain. When I saw him at two o'clock he seri
nothing about the telegram. In the 'venial'. 'ben I
taxed biro with stealing ft, he denied andwohenhisl
re .d the telegram to.him. he telegraphic I the number
b ink-book.
Hugh Austen Talbot, Pest'efile• c'nfatkAiangals
hi. prey' old evitlenee Wail Vold over,thatca lip. pd.
risoner
ordered the telegrams for Bullinivili“ aa, ;Et and
before IAI obtained • telegram addressed to r:
Chanooh. He added that prisoner had • brown retriever
dog sit i him Wben he came into the office, and wee
drowsed al he was pow.
C0a5t...1,4c Bartlett'a evidence was also reed over, and
added that on the morning of the 26 h N ovecobcr, prisoner
was coining past Gloucester-tunics towards the Post-
office, with a brown dog. Thu night he wee appreheaded
th- re was a very heavy gale withrsio.
: Whet wade you none me coming down the
street :—A. : The reason was—l received information that
you were here, and it wria thought you wi re eroogi
Prisoner here t ,ok a note of his, and asked: id you
watch where I went : I saw you going down the
Ter race a good way.
Prisoner lii answer to • question put you by the
I,spector, did you so I came out col tin Post-odice 1—
No.
Prisoner: As I have only • policeman to back it up, I
do not think it material to press this, atone policeman will
be sure to support the cab. r.
The hi syor : It is a pity to make such remarks.
Prisoner : I was told the inspector said of me—You maw
him come out of the Post-offi as, and this man said yes.
Prisoner: Are you not going to proceed with the charges
&holt the turoirhad house!
Thu Mayor: Ocr yet, there are several charged against
you. You are now charged with stealiug bii postal
letter.
: Prisoner: So lam aware. lam muck obliged to you.
He au then firitially charged and reserved bra defence.
when he was calauntted fog trial.
Mr. Hooper said iii the third cue he could proceed but
eliehtly, and should have to ask for • remand, as witnesses
would come from the Bunk in L radon.
Prisonei : The Vritnelics will t have to come from the
Mak in Li moon wi.h regard to the urnimed
Which I was first charged with, and which Chard°
wash price 'sled with.
Toe Msyor to Mr. Hooper: Go on as far as you can
rids the cue. only avoid as far as possible bringing
Witnesses from Loudon at this preliminary aogoilli
because it will pu: the county to considerable expense,
sod you have an oporlunity of bringing them down by
ambpaina when required.
Mr. lioo,er : We proems to bring the wltnesees from
Loudon to show that prisoner proposed to borrow .f.. 20 on
Us furniture at Orange•tTrrece.
Mee Gnaw:ion was then caned, and on:otter asked that
Mr. Coannou should leave the court.
Mr. Hooper stated the Grange-terrace house is Mrr.
Onantion's privets property.
Mrs. Ch.nnon spoke to advertising the house in the
London papers, and receiving a letter auout the house from
prisoner whim' was to the effict that he was about to be
. married, and wished to settle and furnish his future
home, so that he should not take it for more than six
,• somas. Be should he obliged for full particulars, and
would pay weekly or monthiy in advance. He took the
house from the 14th, and arrived on the 16th. he agreed
to take the house at £.13 Si. • month in advance, and the
agreement was reduced to wriliug and signed by prisoner.
Before be signed the agnement he gave as a resrence
Alderman Hadley, of Knight aidenetreek Doctor.' WM-
tU in, and witness asked it or had an income. lie said—
Yes, and repeated it ...vend times, lie said he bad nOO
a year, and his wife £l5O. Wan..s asked him if it was
rosily true,and he said "Yost decidedly, Mrs. Otiannoo." A
few dsys alter rho found he had written to • loan alba,
aad she put him the same queatisin, when he gave a
similar answer, and wad once or MIMI indignant she should
doubt him. Up to this time no egreetireot had been
signed. Having her doubts, sae said also would forgive him
the root if he would make a clean breast of everything
and pay the tradesmen. lie was rather indignant, and
reiterated isis f riser statement. He said be bad money
in the Birkbeck Bank, and wished tier toga there. After
his repeated atatem nu, she produced the statement ftir
him to man, considering him a man of means, though she
had her doubta, as his asseruotia were so strong. He gave
her a chtqad tor £l4, and • note to the manager of tray
Subbed( Bank. AS tla. of the cheque was to be for rent
in advsnce, snd she went to London, and presented the
cheque and the let Cr. Si.. got no money, and het
enquiries were nor avourab:e ; he had no aC:Unt at tile
Bane, and was not known there. Also she went to
Alderman Hadley, and found ptisoner wadi not known.
Next sue weir' to Ws mother at 243, Southampton-street,
Camberwell—a respectabbelooking house—but his m,ther
was living in one back room, dep.orably furnished. There
was • bedstead, a calor, aid a table, and his mother
seemed in
living with her
Prisoner spotted to be allowed • seat, as he woe under
the doctors hoods, and h. WY allowed to sit at the
solicitors table.

In answer to the =mist:ales' clerk, Mr. Hooper said
he certsinly tied not cutuplekd bia cm*.
Prisoner : Wneit is to prevent the completion of this
evidence

Mr. lio,per, to witness: Would you have let him the
house if you had known the circumstances in which he
really weal—A. Cdriainly not,
Pritioner: In answer to your advertisement, amongst
tu tny, you received one from met—A. Yes.
Prieoner : Than two or three letters passed on your
p.n., and two or three on mine I—A. Yes.
Q. Is it the fact that when I Came to Weymouth on the
16to you gave me poseession of the house T—L. You told
we you had no luggage.
Prisontr (st 'piling the witness) : Except sign.ng the
agreement did I not to all Intents and purpo.es hay.
possesdon of the bonnet—Witness: We watAted the key
very closely, and one night you ran off, and Kra Bryan
told me "He has the key. Your conduct was very
strings, and you said you could not stay with us as you
were wove el..

Prisoner: Before I came down to Weymouth did you
ask me for any reference I—a. Ni. I do not think I did.
Prisoner: Is it the fact that on the lecti you gave me
po.asecou of the house (—The witness told about what
the prisoner had said, it appearing that eke watched toe
key.
Prisoner get annoyed at her recital, and on her living
"You al owed us to think you hal • deg trap, be
exclaimed "I( you ~re going to talk like that I will sit
down till you have done,- sal down he sat.
Witness: He said he was recently Aned 40e. for driving,
and that he drove in Hyde Park in the season. Hoe con-
tinued if be salmi her questions he should be pleased to
answer anything to relieve him from that painful
poeition.
Pawner : When I came down to Weymouth, where you
ready to give me poem:salon of the house I—A. Yes, of
C. 091160. .

Prisoner: And you did I—Witness: Woo thought it very
strange you mould leave your wife at the station to go
back tor the Magma
Prisoner : Did I make any false representations to you
before I tout the house 7—Witness; I cannot recall
everything ; there are the letters.
Prisoner: Did you write to me in London and agree to
accept me as your tenant t—Yes.
Prisoner : Lu it the fact that when I came down on the
16th you gave me posse-sionl—Witneee: You stood there
and said ' Wort am I to dor You. said you had left
your wife at Waterloo station, and I pitted you and said
—"Come up to Rosina.'•
Prisoner repeated his question, and witness replied "Of
cowrie you came (sown to get poseession.
Prisoner: And had poseessmo /—A.: Yes.
Waters*: You said your cheque-book waste your luggage,
Q: Was it about four days afterwards that I mentioned
about my having an income t—A.: Almost immediately
you began to talk about your means.
In further cruarexaminadon, Mrs. Chen:ion repeated
that Mei. Bryan and herself watoned the key, and once
took it out of the dom. Prisoner tried to get the key
befog° the agreement was signed.
• Q.: Is it toe fact that you have a great many valuable
things in your houset—k: Yea, and we watched them
very carefully we locked up some of the things, and the
rings I have on my fingers.
Prisoner: Theo you put me down as a burglar. Is it
tho fact that at one time you offered to lend me £2 or .C3l
—A.: Never.
1,1.: Did not I write the cheque voluntarily I—A.: Yes,
you offered to du so. I sited you to pay the tradesman's
l'risoner admitted giving the cheque, and asked the
Bench that he should only have answers to his questions,
but was told he must take the whole answer.
Prisoner: The magistrate has the poser to stop the
witness.
The Mayor: Perhaps we ought to stop you staking
quotations.
Witness: It was on my irking him tom the tradespeople
that he wrote the cheque.
Q.: At whsr suggeetmo did you go to London t Did
your husband send you I—k : I want by mutual arrange-
ment.
Mr. Hooper: From first to lest did you part with actual
possession of the house until the agreement was signed t
—A.: N.
Me. Hooper Feld that was all the evidence he propos rd
to offer in this c , but from the know) -dee of previous
convictions that had c. we to them, he asked for a further
counted.
Premier objected to • further remand; on a previous
oecsaion Mr. Vickery led them to believe that fresh came
would be brought forward from London ; but no fresh este
had been produced.
Superintendent Vickery said that Mr. Nicholson, of the
loan office, c 'old move the prisoner ban tried to borrow
money; they had also a Mr. Dawson, a barrister-at-law, and
• great number of other witnesses.
Prisoner sad there had been • week to bring fresh
evi.ionee.
The Mayor: Seeing the number of cases evilest this
man, Mr. H.pee still you kindly direct your attention to
the question of means. Ii you and the superintendent
will c,ofer together the magistrates will be inclined to
help you in saving expense to the county.
Prisoorr : I alwaye thought the magistrates should show
impirtialtiy, and that 1.. very strange remark of youra
at so early • stage as this. It would not be slowed in
L tndoe. I here been shown anything but intputiality
In tots case. When I go before • jury—
Th. Mayor: You have.
Prisoner: I say, when I do.
The Mayor told the prisoner the Bench would pass by
his remark.
Prisoner: Your worship, I want • change of linen ; I have some dirty shirrs here ; can I have them
This was left to the police and the Governor of the
prison.
Kr. Vickery: All the property I want is the collar and
the gloves.
Prisoner was than removed below, being remanded till
Tuesday nest.