The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-09-04 00:00:00

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NOVEL WAT OF OBTAIIIIIIO CLOTN.—A good dad of
aminement was caused at the Liverpool police court, on
Tweeley, by the ease of • tailor, named Needham, who
was charged with rutting off the tails of a number of
costs. Needham. finding himself in want of cloth, and
being avers. to buying any in • legitimate way, availed
hissistl! of the collection of • crowd of people opoo.tte
the Adelphi Theatre. Clinstian-street, to cut off the
Goat-tails of a number of spectators with hie tailor's
shears. He was theedily arrested, but not before he had
secteted • large bundle of cloth. The complainants.
who appeared in court on Tue•day, presented • very
comical app. &ranee. The pri.oner was fined in the
amount of the damage which be had caused, and in
default would be committed to prison until the sum was

THI rCIWriIYILE Or A PlllllollEira the
gaol of • northern county, considered ore of the beet-
tuanagrd inatitntions of its kind in Ireland, • gentleman
Ii at present undergoing • sentence of twelve months'
imprisonment, pawed on him at the Bpring Assists of
this year. A otirreepnndent informs us that on &Ant,
day last three of the Board of Superintendence entered
hie cell, and were greatly amazed and scandalised on
discovering therein • variety of luxuries not included in
the scale of dietary laid down for prisneers, and approved
by the Lord-Lieutenant. "They found," says our
correspondent, "oases of preserved meat., &considerable
quantity of 'John Miller,' and beet 'Coleraine,' an
extensive supply of the 'weed,' with three pipes to
assi.t in its consumption. There was also nucleus of a
compact library. consisting principally of novels, among
which those with the peculiar binding indicative of
suspicious French works of fiction predominated. In
fact, the cell contained almosteverything cticulated to
wile away the tedium of prison life,nat forget ting money
wherewith the prisoner might provide for any wants
which his anyone friends had overlooked. Before
eeparatiog, the Board of Superintendence despatched
• letter to the Castle, demanding an inquiry into this
strange affair, and it is now looked for with considerable
interest. It is feared that this discovery may not only
nip in the bud • memorial lately sent off praying for •
commutation of the sentence, and which was supposed
to give tokens of bearing the desired fruit, but possibly
entail • further term of impriaonment on the occupant
of the cell, whoa' conduct in being in possession of the
contraband of the prison, I am told, amounts to a
misdemeanour. "—Northern Whig.

COMMITTAL Or AN INNOCENT PIOUIOII.—At this Wol•
verhampton P01k..-spurt on Treursday a toes was beard
which showed how justices are sometimes deceived. A
botcher, named Benj.min Davies, was charged with
stealing • quantity clothing from the 'hop of Mr.
Simi•ter, draper. It appeared that on the 6th ilia... the
prisoner. in company with another man, went to the
shop of the prosecutor and looked at some clothing.
He left before his companion, and shortly after his
departure Mr. Bimister missed a child's coat and vest.
He went in the prisoner's house with a police °facer,
but failed to obtain any trails of the miming property.
A few days afterwards& woman named Martha Houghton
wee arrested on the charge of stealing the clothing. The
defence wits she picked the coat and vest up in a field
near to her boom. She was committed for trial at the
asersions. Subsequently, however, the polioe got
Information which led to the arrest of the prisoner. A
drover named Williams deposed that on the night of the
robbery and shortly after the pollee bad been to Davies'
borne, • man named Trainer requeered him to throw
some clothing into the field in which it was afterwards
found by the prisoner Houghton, be did so and told
Davies what be had done. After Mrs. Houghton was
committed. William& oonacience prisked him, and be
told Davies he wart sorry she had been arrested. Davies
then admitted that he had stolen the clothes. The
magistrates committed him for trial.