The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-04-20 00:00:00

SMASHING ON A LARGE SCALE.

draws Truett, and his wile Lew (with • billn).
Frederic Truett, his brother, and Harriet Reynolds were
brought UD in e inflection with the &eve charge
Mr A. I. es wa•ched the case for Mr& Trevett.
Macto 11 ,editch. sister of the testmaeter at Hosiery,
and msistant to her brother, said Lucy Trevett, on March
22, came and regiaterrd a letter, of whisk the countetfoil
, was prod ue. Mr. Charles Reynolds, Wainwright-street,
I n •ar Wellington. Aston," and witness gave a receipt.
The letter appeared to cooties coin. and Lucy Trevett
asked if witness wished to know how much there was
inside; but wane g did not what to know, and the letter
was sent off by the mail-cart
Cross-examined : The money was seat in • registered
envelope; but witness did not remember having sold such
an mush pe that d sy, or to Arthur Trevett st all, nor did
she remember geeing Arthur Trevett in the Post Mae.
Supt. Batty: On the 119th March Isset Arthur and
Frederic Trevett were brought to the oonatabalary station.
Dorchester, in custody. on • charge of having 100 counter-
feit florins in their possession. They were locked up, find
after being there some hours Frederic sent • nausea that
he wished to see the superintendent. He was brought in.and
commenced making statements, when witness cautioned
him ; but he continued making statements, and implicated
his brother, who was in custody. Witness thereon to
him, and told him that if he broasbt his brother's name
into the matter he must be present to bear. Arthur was
brought in and cautioned. Frederic then seid--"My brother
sent me to the station after the hos, and told me to break
it open, and take out what I did from the middle." Arthur
answered " What he said is quite right." Witness con.
Unwed : On Sunday, 110 April, in consequence of inform&
=Son received. he went to Aston. near Birmlnghsm.
Harriet 15e700145 was brought to the Aston police-station,
and identiffed by a Great Western railway
which witness apprehended her, on • charge erbretliee
possession of 100 counterfeit florins. on Marc Ii r, and
sending them away in a box from Snow Hill Station to
John Palmer, Dorchester. She said "I have not been to
Snow Hill since July list; I know nothing about it. On
Thursday, 15th Inst., witness escorted the prisoner in
custody from Aston to D wchester. Just as the, ware
starting in the cab, she said—" lam not going to tell any ,
lime about it." Witness than cautioned her, when she said
—"I am guilty of what you charge me with; I shall speak
the truth. sal did before the magistrates on Monday Lut "
She added" I did send the has from Snow Hill on the
Saturday night in March." (This was the ffth.) She
continued "On the Thursday previous I had received a
registered letter from Arthur Trevett with some money in it,
requesting him to send me the win, as he was ee bed off,
and wanted to make • start, and get bulk to Manchester.
I then got the coin, packed it in • box, and sent it away
to him. I then received another letter from him on the
Monday morning, begging me, ill had not sent the money,
to do so at once, as he very badly wanted it.. I bare not
seen Arthur Trevett for some months: be came to MY
house last year withlalmen named Yardloy"—(" Haerdiee
said the prisoner fteyeolds)—" he his only been to my
house twice. My deught-r Sella me the police took away
a memorandum book from my house; what did they want
that for r Witness said—" You can have that again' I
merely wanted to see If I could compare it with the
' address on the box."" said prisoner. "Arthur Trevett
sent me the address himself in the registered letter." She
also said her hush Ind was innocent of the charge, and
give nothing about it. Witness had not seen her husband
at that time.

Cross-examined by Mr. A. Lock: This statement was
made between Aston and Dorchester.
Mr. Lock here announeed be appeared for the three
Trevetta.

John Winkles', detective of the Warwickshire police.
want to Reynolds' house, in Wainwright-street, near the
Wellington Inn, Aston, and naked Una Reynolds, "Did
you receive • registered letter from Dorchester • few
days mot' She replied "No," when witness asked.
" Are you surer' She replied " Yes ;" I have bad no
eters except frune my friends in Oxfordshire. Witness
searched tho Reynolla's howm, but found nothing.
Witness was very well known to both prisoner,. On
Wadneaday, April let, saw Willmra Hymen, porter at
Snow Hill, and on F 3 =day. April limb, went to prisoner's
house, told prisoner, " You did tilts a box to Snow Rill
on Saturday night, 117tk March, addressed to John
Palmer, Dvehester ; do you choose to tall rue where you
bad it front' She said, " I haven't been to Snow Hill
since last Whitsuntide," and he added, "You'll have to

;0.4.; the POliCe—s-t;tion with me; the porter from Snow
14 there waiting to see you." She said. "All right."
end wont to the station. lie then went onto corroborate
Sopt Batty' evidence. On Monday Mrs. Reynolds was
brought up at Aston police court on the charge and re-
minded to Dorchester. She snid. "I am guilty, but my
husband to innocent; he knows nothing about it."

William Brines, carman of the G.W.R. Chrripany, at
Biiminghatn, we. in the parcel °Slut Snow Hill, when
Mri 12,ynolds brought in the parc,l. asking him not to
knock it about It happened to be the lust bog brought
In on Stturday night

Frederick Gray, outward parcels booking clerk, said the
box produced—(that taken from Trevett)—was among the
parcels booked by him on March V. for despatch by the
10.22 a.m. train on Sunday, March 28th. He identified by
his writing on it—" Is. Si."
William Serous also identified the box by its being
corded a ith two sorts of string.
Richard Henry Dyke, Vcket collector at If ewer, was on
the Sander, March 22 home to dinner about 1.15, and WU
in front ,f his house near the main road. Frederic Trevett
came along, and said—" Oh. Mr. Di he, there is a little
' box coming to Dorchester; how can I get it bower Witnese
sold he'd writs to D wchester for i.,end Trevistt continued
—"lt is coming from Sheffield; it is addressed to 'John
Palmer. Dorchester;' but It. for we, and he added he'd
fetch it in the morning. When witness resumed his
duty, he wrote by direction of the stationmaster to Kr.
Teo, and the blx arrived on Sunday night. On Monday
morning. Fre leric came and asked—" Is the little box
come r Witness returned that a box was come, not from
Sit. Meld, hut from Birmingham. Prisoner said that was
ail right, that was where the box was coming from, signed
the partial receipt book, paid the curiae*, and took the
parcel away.

Br Captain Hansel: He eisned the b3ok " Travett,"
not "Palmer."

Grosstexamined : Offered to save prisoner the trouble of
going to Dorchester. he asked bow he could get the box,
ant witness volunteered to send for it
Rv-examined : Prisoner told witness "I forgot to tell
you I bad • totter this morning to say it would be there
either to-night or to-morrow morning."
Frederic Trevett exclaimed that this evidence was false,
a statement briskly resented by the witness, who added
It in no benefit to me to come here and state what is
false"

Sergt. Coate's evidence baying been read over, added
that oa March Itilth be found two addresses on the
younger prisoner Frederic. and he now produoed
them They were those of Reynolds and Hoardlay. On
April 8, be searched Arthur Trove:Ws, and found amongst
other things, an account book (produced), which Mrs.
Lucy Ann Trevett said was her little account book. There
Is writing in the book similar to that on the box, -bare
is, besides the address—the sentence "Put this address
on the box.'

The writing In the book appeared very mach alike,
every doublet having two little corves,which were specially
noticeable in the word " butter," which was written
several time.; ; the p'a were peculiar and alike In type in
each came, having each a little curl or twist in the short
part.

_
P.O. Haine's evidence was &leo added to. Yesterday.
April 16, be went between four and gra p.m. to the house
of John Palmier, labourer. of Upwey, and apprehended
Lacy 'Prove'', on • chants of being concerned with other
prisoners In haying counterfeit °Gin. She denied knowing
anything about it.

Jesse Taylor, at Lonxbredy, hrothertn-law of Tom
Rigler, sail Risley is a prisoner in Stafford gaol. When
taken up ho was living at Stubbard's.green. near Walsall.
Stafford. It wee about three weeks before Clbristroae.
Mr. A. Lock urged this could have nothing to do with
tho prosiest charge, which related to the fith of March;
but the Bench held the evidence could be reoeived.
Mr. Batty pointed out the two matters could be heard at
the same acne.
Witness continued: Arthur Truett was then living at
Shelat, near Walsall, about tbree-perta of • mil* from
witness, with whom Rigler lodged. and the Tmetta urns
to his house and asked if Tore Bigler was oorne horns.
He repliel—" No," and Arthur said—" I don't expect
he will cwe yet ; he waa taken up for peal-
ing bed half-crowns." Arthur took out of hie pocket
something like half4a-crowit and threw the coin in the Sr..
He added that Higher was caught in • publichoue ; he
(Arthur) was outside, and had to run away; he had about
twenty of those in his pocket, and be was obliged to throw
them into the hedge as he ran along. Witness asked what
he had been doing, and he said Bigler had been caught
puling bad money, and he (Arthur) would have to bolt
himself, or he should be caught too. A man outside the
pablichoue took hold of him by the arm; but he struck
at him with a stick, and shook him off; if he was sure Torn
Bigler would keep good counsel, he needn't run away ; but
be was afraid he wouldn't. Witness said the beet thing
he could In was to go if %was like that Witnees's
" !Miens" said she would not have one of them (the
bad half-crowns) in bar possession for the world ;
but Trevett's wife said she wouldn't be afraid of hay-
ing them, for she and her husband had done £3
of them at WOW', in about two hours in one evening,
the week before baby we. born. They left the house on
Friday night, and the police came on Sunday evening, and
I searched Rider's box. Arthur ?revisit said he could buy
the coin at 61. for aC. He said he and his brother.in,law
came down here about IS mouths ago, and WerS Paining
SOMO at Weymouth, when " they were on their treat,
and knew what it was, and told them they'd better be off,
as they were Brummagem chaps ; but they had
about £lO in one day in Dorchester- he had changed Wine
at Maiden Newton, some at Porioallam. Ind some at
Ahbotebury. They bad made, he said, an agreement with
Tom Rigler tint if one got caught the other was not to
split on him.
Cross-examined by Mr. Lock This was said shoat three
weeks before Christmas; but drst told It about March 29
to Police-Sergeant Coates. Should think it very wrong to
piss bad money, or to be implicated to it. In December
Mot, when the police came to search Itigier's box, they did
not ask him anything about it, and that wee why he did
not mention it before.
Further queetioned, witness said they asked him if be
knew Mew had been doing it before, end be saki "No'
he dvet mentioned it to Sergeant (bates. His wife was
not there to-day, but at Longbredy, and could be fetched.
Had given the whole of the conversation as nearly as he
could remember. This pert of the conversation was, he,
believed, after his wife came in.
Supt, explained that he could not oomplet• his
evidence to_day, and he should ask for • remand, in order
to suborns& other witnesses, men in the service of the
Poet-canoe, who would sot be allowed to leave their work
without oabgninaa