The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-25 00:00:00

BURGLARY.

William Damon was indicted for stealing • pair of
breeches, a ca', and pair of trousere, of the value of
the property of the L & S.W.R. Cempauy, at
Morton, on Sept 10th l ast.
Mr. Templar appeared for the prosecution.
Charles Shorn said he was •Villtialt to Mr. Mutfortl, of
Weymouth. 11. sent off &parcel of clothse in the -rapper
(produced) to the value of £5, by the L & S.W. Railway
to M reton.
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Charles Howard, parcel clerk at Weymouth Station,
moved hooking the parcel on the a'ternoon of September
9th laat. trw.. sent by the 130 p.m. train to Motet in.
Henry Holmes. booking clerk at Moreton Station, said
on Sers•ember lith, he received a parcel by the L3O p.m.
train from Weymouth. It wu addressed to "E. L Kinder,-
ley, IN., Cliff.. Moreton Station." He placed it in the
parcel office, and on the next day be placed it behind the
waiting-room door, so there were so many parcels there he
could not get to the telegraphic instruments. He saw
the prisoner at half.past ten on Saturday evening.
September 10th. He uked for a parcel, and the porter
gave him one. It wes a parcel that had not been bookel.
It was • mall square card-board box and had no directions
on it. He mimed the parcel for M.. Kindersley on the
Monday morning following, about eight o'clock.
P.C. Francis Syms, Wooed at Moreton, said on Wed-
nesday. September 17th, he went to Broomhill Farm,
where the prisoner'e muter lives. Prisoner wail a labourer
there, lie searched prisoner's bedroom, and found a pair
of trousers, a coat, and a pair of breeches. The articles
(produced) were in a small box in the corner of the room.
He charged the prisoner with stealing them, and be said
he bought them of a man, and gave him 4.. for it. He did
not know who the man was. Witness raw the prisoner
on the platform of Moreton 'dation on the Saturday
before. He said he was come to meet • friend by the
down train.

William Henry Roper. innkeeper of the leramptni
Arms. Moreton, said he picked up the wrapper (produced)
on Wednesday, the I.llh, O•LT the stabs.
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prisoner handed in a written defence, in which he
reiterated the statement made to the constable that he
bought the clothes of a man unknown to him.
Tee Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty." They recom-
mended him to mercy.
The Chairman: You don't know 1111 much about him as
we do,
The prisoner had bean previdusly convicted of felony in
1390 at Dorchester. He was now sentenced to nine
months imprisonment with hard labour, with polio,
supervisiou for one year.

SUGLAIIi IN riOaciteirrnt.
Samuel Hiscock pleaded guilty to feloniously interior the
dwelling•bouse of Joshua Tovil iundy with Intent to
commit a felony; he wen &leo charge with stealing two
pairs of boots of the value of 12e. 61., the property of
Sound,.
Mr. Pearce appeared for the prosecution.
The priaonar pleaded guilty to no lesa than 1.3 olances,
and the prosecution were of opinion the case ought to be
dealt with somewhat severely.
For stealing the boots he was sentenced to • day's
imprisonment, and for the second charge he WM sentenced
to penal servitude for seven years and two yesius police
supervision.