The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-27 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

ToWNilsw., Weymouth, Friday, August 21. —Before
Captain Manning and H. F. Eliot, EN.
Patrick Hinds ad Jahn Conner, two privates in the
49th Regiment, stationed at the Verne, were brought
up on remand clorrged with stealing Clothes from
several parties at Portland. The first case inquired
into wa that of stealing • quantity of wearing apparel
from the house of George ('coning, a Coastguardsman.
on the uiht of the 30th July last —Prosecutor he
Was •,,oke about 12 o'clock by the breaking of • iome of
Ile gut up Joel found • pane had been broken in
tho Vick kitchen. The window did not open, hut the
whole of the clothes in • pan within reaeli was stolen.
Ile saw no one, but heard parties leave the .iIIIIOIIV and
walk round the house.— Mary Canning, wife 44 the
prosecutor, identified the clothes produced.-- rirrick
O'Halloran, a private in the 49th Regiment, Raid he was
called out of the barrack room about two o'clock on the
afternoon of August 9, and directed to take imase,iion
of some clothes which lie had two or three days before
seen Hinds with. They were the same that had been
sworn to by lira. Canning. Hinds MU converting
three pieces of cloth into • pair of drawers.—Mary,
wife of John Willis, a private in the 49th, said the
piece of print produced was offered her by the prisoner
Connor. It was dirty, and she washed it and made it
into an apron.—John .M'Coy, coloureergeaut, said that
on the 9th August he went into the men's privy at the
barracks, awl found the whole of the clothes produeed.
except the shirt and apron. He bad them taken out
and washed.—Prisoners were also charged with stealing
two white shirts, a pair of cord trousers, and • flannel
shirt, the property of Job Lucas—Mrs. Lucas identi-
fied the property produced by the police. The shirts
1 were wet when they were stolen.—Corporal Hinds said
that about three weeks since he was passing through
the berrack-yard and met Hinds, who asked him to
buy a white shirt, similar to the one produced. A
short time afterwards Connor came to him and asked ,
him to purchase a white shirt. He mid it was Hinds'. '
Witness asked Hinds where lie got them, and he
replied that his avreetheart gave them to him, arid he
could have • dozen more if he wanted them.—John
M'Coy deposed to finding the jecket with the other things
in the privy. —Jane Smith said that Nimbi offered to
y.ll her one of the shirts on the 2nd or 3rd of August.
It was then in • damp state. She afterwards handed
it to Superintendent Underwood, who that day pro-
laced them. Mary M'Cisbe purchased the other shirt
of the prisoner Hinds.—A third charge was also brought
against the prisoners, of stealing sows clothes from a
line, belonging to Henry Summers. Mrs. Summers
deposed to losing the property about 7 o'clock on the
eveiring of 12th August. The articles produced by
Supt. Loderwood were her property. 8110 also *mit
morning lost two shoe brushes from her beak kitchen.
Corporal Whelan said he found the brushes produced in
She beg of the prisoner Hinds on the 17th August.

They were not regimental brushes —There were two
other charges against the prisoners. hut they were not
gone into.—The prisoners nem committed for trial upon
the three charges that were hoard.
Sqmil, was charged with apples from
the orchard of Mrs. Mary Bayley, at Wyk, Regis.—
George Daniels, a policeman etationed at Wylie Regis,
sill on Tue.alay moving last, ab..ut 12 o'clotk, lie a ,er
the d. fondant picking applcs from the trees. Ile
swaclied him, and found in his poilets about half a
peck of apples.—The prisoner's master gore the lid a
good character, and lie wee fined 10a., or, in default, to
by committed for 14 days' imprisonment.