The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-01-18 00:00:00

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BRISTOL IR= RS ATIO NrAL PHOTOGRAPHIC E RI BRION.
—At this exhibition Mr. Wheeler, of the Vandyck
Photographic Studio, Weymouth, exhibited a frame
Rortraits taken at his studio, in competition with
the work of photograkhic artists from all parts of the
world, 4,nd we are pleased to note 'lilt the offlois4
journal —the Ptetograpipc Netbi -speaks in high terms
of praise of Mr, heeler's good style of work. This
must be very gratifying ta him, sod his operator
especially, when it is tAkeu into consideration that his
studio has only been opened vs months, and, conic..
(Lundy, he had the work of that short time only to
select rom, whilst most of the exhibitors had the work
a years from which they could pick out the geme,

MR. EDWARDS'it TREAT TO THE POOR IN TEE WORK-
HOURL—The annual gifts by Mr. Henry Edwards,
KY., to the poor folks in "The HAM" were
distributed .tn Thurs lay afternoon and evening
last. Tnere eras a capital tea for the women and
childreu in the women's kitchen, where they were
fea.ted with cake and god tea. Whent his was fairly
under weigh, Mr. Th. na. and Mr. Ayleibury kindly
went mini i to all the wardii and divati•iut-d packets
of tea and sugar to the women, playthings and orange+
to the children, and two ounces of tabs:es.) and a pint
and half .4 beer each to the men. The women and
children again gathered in the women's kitchen, where
a magic lantern WAS exhibited, and ceused much
pleasure. The old women had come snuff while the
men were blowing their cloud in their ward+, and even
the vagr oda were supplied with shares of tbe
allowance, to remember the member for Weym teal.
Among those who masted at the tea were the Rev.
and Miss Addison, Mrs. Crockraft, Mrs. Pally
Hooper, Mrs. Shuttleworth and family, and Mies
Aylesbury.
IDoaciterrint Meat Sinews° Wink—Frederic Nor-
man and William lianhain, two draymen of Messrs.
Eldridge and Pope, were charged wtch +toiling wine
from the Queen's Hotel on January :ith, eoi a bottle of
sherry on the 12th. —Mr. Henry Pitti+, 1 undord of
the queen's rioted, said the two prit • ~,r4 were dray-
men of the brewery-waggon, and briught beer and
spirits. Ou November 22,11 he wog possession of the
hotel, and then had two quarter-casks .if sherry in the
beer-miller. Soon after he went to the queen's, he
commenced losing wine, and in consequence marked
the corks .4 some bottle*. On Weduesday last he was
in the cellar, and after that missed tso bottles of wine
when he weut down. The boots, William Lyons, had
been down pievituoily, and he had gone down himself
and seen everything right, and it wee on his return he
missed the wiue, and made enquiries. Went to
Dorchester, and when he came bacic he informed the
police, acid a coustable in plain clothes went to his
house soon otter two. Witness, then niarae.l three
hitting, of chi:et iu his presence, put them in the wine
bin, on the eatery, and concealed a constable in the
wine cellar. Shortly afterwards the prisoners It/AA
into the cellar with goods, and after they had left the
constable came and gave him information, on which
the men were apprehended. Witness now recognised
his marks on the corks of the bottles produced, the
corks having been notched with a knife.—P.C. Hawn
was called but not sworn.—Norman was willing to
plead guilty to stealing two bottles; but eventually
both pleaded guilty.—Mr. Hamm, who appeared for
Norman. said he had been in the employ of Messrs.
Eld-idge and Pope for 14 year+, and had always bores
• good character. fie had A large family, one being an
infant, and his relations were very respectable in
Dorchester, and they felt his position acutely. Mr.
liaune asked that the Bench would, if possible, inflict
a fine upon him, instead of sending him to pieta,
which would probably be the cause of sending his wife
and children elsewhere, aad would be • cruel thing to
the family generally. Of course the men would lees
their situations awl their characters to a certain
extent. lie galled Mr. Supt. Vickery, who said he
had known the family of Norman for 20 years, and
they were very respectable.—lianham said he had
worked for Mr. Galpiu for 12 years.—ln answer to the
Bench, Mr. Pittis said the rubbery had been going on
for about six weeks, and he had lost 20 bottles of
sherry and two bottled of claret.—Dr. Drew said this
was a very serious offence; the man who would rub
the customers of his master, who had found him bread
for so many years, would no doubt rub his master also.
—They would be gout to prison fur two mouths with
hard labour.
Situocadeo IN THE CTOMUS.—Pour firemen of the
Weymouth and Channel Islands Steam-packet,
Cygnus, named Th .mss Watson, Joseph Moggeridge,
Frank Murray, and Walter Chinn, were charged with
smuggling 541 be, of foreign manufactured tobacco, and
two bottles of can de Cobigne.—Mr. Hanna appeared
for bloggeridge, Murray, and Chine; but Watson on
being asked if he had • solicitor, replied that he only
had his wife.—At this there was a laugh, and Dr.
Drew returned: "That is a very good substitute, I
have no doubt.—lsaac Lush, a young Customs officer,
said the prisoners were firemen on board the steam-
ship Cygnus. The treble value and duty of the
articles smuggled was £45 12a. 3J., and the Commis-
sioners of Customs had elected to sue for that amount.
On the arrival of the Cygnus from the Channel Islands,
witness examined the starboard coal bunker, and
observed • certain board in the fluor, upon raising
which they found the 53ilbs. of tobacco produced in
Court, and two bottled of Cologne.--Asked whether
the prisoners had made any admissions to him, he
said no; he had had no communication with them.—
Cross-examined by Mr. Hague: Believed Moggeridge
was on board when he boarded the vessel—about a
quarter to nine. Woald not swear to Moggeridge, but
believed he saw him in the engine room. Could not
say that Watson was there. Had not sworn that these
four men wore knowingly conoerned in concealing the
goods.—Mr. Hague: Why I on your statement which
you have sworn to and signed, you say these men were
'knowingly concerned in concealing the goods."—
Witness : 1 might have signed the statement; but I
knew nothing about it.—Mr. Arden : You understood
what was read over to you as your deposition before
you signed it, didn't youl—Witneas : No.—Mr. Arden:
Why did you swear what you didn't know anything
about ?—Witnees : I only said I believed it..-.lllr. Arden:
What did you come here for, then?—Mr. Hamm: What
grounds had you for believing it ?—A. : Very little
grounds.—Mr. /Janne : I should think so; you had
better go back to the Custom liouse. (Leughter.)—
John Attwooll, examining officer, deposed to examin.
lug a floor-board in the engine-room, and on removing
it he found the tobacco, &c., produced. The four
prisoners were firemeo.—Crose-examined : Would not
swear that more than Watson were in the engine-room;
could' not swear the other throe were there. The
tobacco was perfectly hidden; no one could see it
without lifting the board.—Mr. Price, c 'hector of H.
H. Customs, speaking from the Bench, stated that
Watson had admitted that all the other three besides
himself were concerned in the smuggling.—Stephen
Hood, officer, was called, and he said Watson admitted
that the tobacco, &c., all belonged to him.—Dr. Drew
said there was no evidence to connect any of the
men but Watson with the offence.—lt would be just
as reasonable to charge any one else on board, —lt WAS
returned there was the evidence of Watson; but Mr.
Hanne replied that would be only the evidence of an
accomplice, and uucorroborated.—Dr. Drew said there
wen no evidence to connect bioggeridge, Murray, and
Chinn with the smuggling, whatever the opinion of
the Bench was, aud those three might Bit down. As
to Watson, they inflicted on him the full penalty of
£45 12.5. 31. as • warning, and they regretted these
boats seemed to be used by some of those employed
for this unlawful traffic. In default of payment
Watson would be committed for three mouths.—Wat-
son said he had two bondsmen who would pay the
money to-day or to-morrow, and was told that they
could pay at .Dorchester.—He was committed to prison
there.