The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

SOUTHAMPTON.

RAILING ROBBERY AT SOUTHAXPTON.—At the
Southampton Quarter Sessions, on Thursday evening
Charles Horatio Fittherbert, a sinister-looking man,
54 years of age, was indicted for housebreaking, and
stealing three gold watches, the property of James
Manning. The prosecutor is a watch-maker, carry-
ing on business in Hanover-buildings, Southampton,
and on the evening of sth September the prisoner was
observed looking into the shop window. A smash
was immediately heard, and the prisoner was seen to
make a snatch at a trayful of gold %matches through
the plate-glass window which he Ind broken; but
before he could decamp with the plunder he was
seized by Mr. Martin, a tailor, residing opposite, and
UAW handed over to the custody ef Sergeant Rags, of
the borough police force. He then dropped two gold
watches, and a third waa found close to the shop
, window. The jury convicted the prisoner. Mr.
'Brewer the governor of the Southamplost emol,
handed to die Omit • written eelasselailtanaflair
the prisoner, which we subjoin :--flostissiipttersaid
October 4th, 1540.—Hir,—I beg to state a the year
1826 1 was tried at Newgake, Loudon, in the won
of Mouse Smith, in May sessions, and sentenced to
two years' imprisonment, for privately stealing in •
dwelling-house. In the year 1832. in April, at New.
gate, Loudon, I was tried in the thine of Henry
Smith, and capital convicted for a buillary, and sen-
tenced to death. After waiting a few weeks inz
sentence was commuted to transportation for life. I
was sent to Van Dienian's Lind. I obtained a con-
ditional pardon in the year 11536. I returned to this
country. In the year 1835 I was tried at Maidstone,
in the county of Kent, in the name of Thomas Har-
rigan, July sessions, and received a sentence of 12
months for housebreaking—Charles Horatio Pita-
herbert." The learned Recorder (Mr. Smirked maid
this robbery had been committed with circumstances
of great audacity, and it appeared from the prisoner's
own confession that the punishment had been una-
vailing that he had received on numerous previous
occasions. He believed that be should be doing the
town of Southampton and the country considerable
service by removing the prisoner for a lengthened
period from any contact with honest men. tie there-
fore sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for
the term of 10 years.
CHRISTCHURCH.— Vale of Aron Farmers'
The first dimensional meeting of this club, after the
usual summer recess, was held on Monday evening at
Newlyn's Hotel. The attendance of members was
very large, the room being quite full. The subject
for discussion MAN "The Social Economy of the
Farm," intneltieud by a paper by W. Tice, Esq.,
Sopley. Many important topics arising out of the
consideration of this fruitful subject wereably treated
by Mr. Tice, and afterwards discussed pro and co*
by the members. Sonie admirable remarks were
wade by Mr. Tice with reference to the social influ-
ence the farmer has over the labourer, and the right
mode of exercising that influence for good. The next
meeting will be held on the 7th November, the sub-
ject for discussion being "On the Anatomy, Physi-
ology and Pathology of the digestive organs of neat
cattle, horses, de., to be introduced by Mr. W. M.
Clark.

RINGWOOD. The Game Law. —At the Ringwood
petty sesaions, before John Mills, Esq., and J.
Coventry, Esq., William Corbin, of Ponlner, was
charged with cutting and wounding James Hayter„
on the 98th of September, with intent to do him
some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that pro-
secutor suspected Corbin of having stolen some rabbit
traps belonging to him, and meeting Corbin with
something in his pocket in the high•road, Hayter
said, "Well, .;orbui, I want to see what you have
got in your pockets, to see if you have got my traps."
Corbin replied, "No, I have not got your traps."
Prosecutor then said that he would search his pockets.
Corbin said, "If you do, I will stab you." Prose-
cutor then seized Corbin, and threw him down to
search him, when balker out his pocket knife,, and
stabbed him in the side twice, and cut both hands
very much. After hearing the evidence, the case
was dismissed, as the magistrates considered that the
prosecutor brought it on himself, in taking the law
into his own hands. The prisoner Corbin was them
charged by James Tarrant, keeper to Mr. llorant,
with killing game without a certificate, and fined
I:13, and 10s. 6d. cost, or four months' imprison-
ment. The prisoner, not having any goods, was sent
to Winchester Gaol, leaving a wife and five children
totally unprovided for during his absence.