The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-12 00:00:00

months' bard labour.

lITIALDIGI MAT.
David Liam (43). plaided not guilty to all indict-
snout charging him with stealing Ms. of licat, tli• Pro.
party of James Gal*, at Esamitster, on the 17th of
January last.—r. Compton for the prosecution, and
Yr. rooks for the defence.

—.117.-iTial—pin—werd-b;;;;:e—i; butcher M Beaminster, and
that on the 17th of January prisoner einl• into his shop,
and after talking DOOM time, be went out. Prosecutor
did not then mils any meat, but be was told that pri-
soner had taken some articles from the shop. He Shea
after the prisoner, and brought hint ha* le the shop,
when be took the meat from him.
In cruse-examination, he said he had known the pri-
soner for some time, end had never known anything

against him. -
A shopkeeper, living opposite Mr. Oalpin's house, saw
the prisoner take Um moat, and pat it into his Nara.
He pve information to Yr. Halpin as soon as the pri-
soner left the .bop.
P.C. Hoare, who apprehended the prisoner, kroner%
Lb. meat into count, but his Lordship desired him to
remove the meat, as " did not whir tUe breed •
plague in Dorchester." (Lengliter.)
Hr. For, magintratei sleek at Bedminster, said be
had known the prisoner all his lifetime, and had never
known anything against him. His family Were highly
reepeekyhle.
His Lordship, hewing Utah summed up, the isry
returned • verdict el " Guilty, " with a nroommendation
to meroy.—Bontenced to one week's bard labour.
ITIALWGIRON AT 51111a10111X1.
Charles Brows and George Day, pleaded not guilty
to an indictment charging them with stealing iron from
the Sherborne Railway Company, on the id of Jan.
last.-11D. Flocks prosecuted.
From the evidence of William Heal it appeared that
prisoners had been working in • yard, from which
roma iron had been missed.. An assistant at Mr.

galkinl.s; matins store dealer at Sherborne, said that on
the 19th of December the prisoner Day OM. to Ms
IMAM°. shop and offered a quantity d iron for rale.
He said he had come in from the actuary. The weight
of the iron was nearly three ewts., mad he paid Day
9t. 4d. per cwt. for it. Os another ormasket, the 2nd of
January, some more iron was brought by Day. Mr.
Belbin asked him where he had H. He said he hal

bought some stones, and the iron was amongst Qom. He
went to the poliee-station, and gave information to the
police, and did not buy any of the iron. P.C. Blacke
searched the prisoner Brown, whom he found on the
Bristol road. He was driving a horse and cart. Bane
Iron was in the mart, and the pslioeman said be should
take him into custody for having the iron in his ma-
stodon. Brown said it was nothing to him as it was
Day's. Tim policemen took them both into eustedy.
Bapt. Lewis, who accompanied the last witness when he
took the prisoners into custody, said be went to Mr.
&Ain's house and received some iron from him. Boise
of the iron bore the nano of Mr. Bruen% the railway
oontesotor. Be searched the house of Brown, and
found some iron bars and other pieces of iron. The
prima= had in the tart when taken into custody about
10i awls. On the 4th cot January he went to Mr.
Brassoy's yard, and look 80111111 pieces of iron whim
corresponded axes* with that found in possession of
the pruionors.—Mr. Breasey's summer said the iron now
produced resembled Mr. Bramey's iron, but be could not
swear to it as Nome iroa had been sold train a hoop
which was for sale in the yard. No iron had been bed
by them sine• October ; therefore, as the *es now Ow
&and was bright, it was impossible that the iron found
on the prisoners had ever 'been sold by Mr. Dreamy.
SOM. stoma were sold in December, and these were
being carted at the time the iron was lost. The stones
were in the lams yard as the iron. A man named
Walton said he bought some stones from Mr. Brainy,
and employed Willis to cart them away. Day worked
for Willis, as driver, and witness employed Brown.
He did not see any iron amongst the stones be bought.
On the 2nd of January he saw some km amongst the
stones. He asked Day what this meant, as be did not
buy any iron with the stones, and that it could not
belong to him or to the prisoner. Day told him to
mind his busies's.
A paper was then reed from both primmer', which
stated that they found the ironamengas the dome, and
that it was lying about in dilatant places in the yard,
and that they book the iron in iguoranos, as they thought
it belonged to the man who employed theta to earl the
stones.
His Lordship briefly minuted up, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Guilty" against both the primness,
and the learned judge *entwined them to one month's
hard labour.