The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS ANT) AGRICULTURAL GAZEITE, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1866

In • person'a private home. The prisoner said be bed
no nosey to pay any ine. end the magieteabw etwwwvere
discharged him on his premilag to leen the town
immedialely.—Thnna Hitt, • young woman, was
charged with stealing • stuff dress, the property of
Elisabeth Lawrence, widow, living in Bedford Tenses,
who sad the prisoner lodged in hot house; she worked at
aliactory. Wittiest missed • stuff dress as Saturday
meg which was kept in • room where the prisoner
slept, the dress was in she room on Friday all right.
The prisoner slept in the Teen, by herself on Friday
night, and on the Saturant morning left the bonse in
consequence of • week's notice she had given her.
Walloon valued the dress at 10,, end identilled the one
produced as the one she had loot. She communicated
her lose to the police on Sunday—P.C. Felthem said on
Sunday morning, Irons information received, he went
to Beaminster, saw the prisoner there, and toll her be
should take her into custody for stealing the dream
which she was wearing at the time he saw bee. She
said she did not 4,4 it, and had left things enough in
Ike hones to pay for it. —Mousier pleaded lathy, and
oishvd the ease to be settled by the ea &Matsui... It
was staked to be her ant offenses—Mr. Tucker asked
her what abs had left behind in the house, sad she said
a print drus, but the preeecutrix said she owed her
rcend supposed the dress was left for @moray, for
i7cl not want the dram which was at bee booms www,
and if the prisoner had not taken her dress she would
I not have said scything shout tin money she owed, but
she (proseoutrix) could not afford to lase her drank In
answer to • gOeStion from Mr. Tooker, promontriz said
Rho could not my whether tbe dress the prisoner left
was the value of what she owed or not—Mr. Tacker
mid whether it was or not, Kismet Ind no right to
take the dress. He then told the wriscraer the maxis-
trate. eseessrted her to one month's Insprisoement with
hard labour. It was • very bad thing for a paling girl
Ilks her to be Seat to prison, but they could not help it
if she shone to steal ; be hoped she weakl At do so
again. Tls• prisoner, who had been crying during the
examinations__ wept bitterly after the saute...was
passed.— WAY ItaDAT. Before J. Williams and H. B.
Hemosell, FAA —John Jones and Albeit Evans. two
Alen. wore charged with obtaining moony and goods
from Jobs %Aeneas, by fshe_pretemose.—Tbe prow
cuter, who is landlord of the Volunteer Ti., So.
street, said Jose. as Sunday last came to his house and
asked if he could lodge Owe: he said he was Loin out
in Mr. Ocrr's vessel to Newfoundland. and that Mr. Co.
at the hathmsr, bad written to Mr. Mx, the ship-agent
at Weymouth, A end on two men. He laid his
was short, Ad that his luggage was at the Ws= 1
.tation, and was sooting the neat day to Bridged. On
Monday neoroing he asked him bow he Goad get his
Inernge—aass cheat and hammock from Bridport
stetson;
to the station, and found no luggage there. He in-
formed Jane of it, and be said be mast telegraph fin
It. No luggage had arrived at. all. He thee
said he was going to the harbour to sign
his articles, and asked hien to lead him • shilling which
be did. The other primmer, Enos, came Mooday
morning and was with Jones when he asked Isim to
lead him a shilling, and asked him to let bine have osse
too, which he did. Evans said his legs was sowing
with Jones. He had seen Joins at Wertnoath station.
Enos also said he was going down to the harbour to
sign the artistes, as doing which they would be entitled
to • mositle. pay. The swimmer had their meek and
slept at his house, sod stayed there until Tuesday. On
Tarsday morning Obile seised for Amber shilliag, which
he
let thew have. He had lapelled loom with food
and lodging to the amount of is. M., and Ileum le. Id,
besides 2a to sash I. cash, this be did on the streagtb
of what they had told him. WA. he lent them the
areond shilling *ash on Tuesday, they him it would
be all right. lie bad aotaidned the to pay
but he had made auguries gad both prisoners
statements were false. Be then obtained • warrant
against them, bet osither of them had since offered to
pay him anything—Mr. Elias Cox, shipbuilder, said he
was she owner of the "Billow CieseVe vessel lately 4th.
harbour and gone to New fouadlead. Both prisooers same
to bin Tuesday morning aod asked if there was any chance
of their Joining his ship, and he said no, be was engaged.
He had not sent to Werrertoth for nun or autboriaed
Mr. Cox or Aran elm there to end Me men. The
chosen bad signed A artistes. TA ship left the
harbour that snorting. Ilia rota bad asked the
on Meader if they could foes the ship, bat be l="iaol
promised that they should. He (Mr. Con) had oblained
two men from Exmouth, or aboald have hired these
men, sad if they had applied on Saturday. no doubt !
they woall have gone oat in the ship—The prisoser
Evans saii be came from Ihniarter cm Salarday,having
beard that two as.. were wanted in the ship, sod
applied to the aaptaia, who told him to some again on
Monday morning, end if them was aev chums, he
Amid ken it lie went on Monday, and was told by
the eartaie to scene again on Tuesday, which he did.
Jones said he newer mentiosed Mr. Coed some in the
houee.—Mr. Williams told prosecutor that the ramie
trustee thought the men had really mom* idea they would
be engaged on board the ship, though there was no
doubt they had made false artemenhe would he still
Ina to 00otlaila the sass, es, if so, they mast ecommit
them for trial .—Mr. Ackerman said be had been sheeted
several times before, and thought there men ought not
to go oboist the emtatry doing this, so wished the ease
met for trial. Afterwards, Mr. Ceix Aid him be would
give 10a towards payment of hts hill. rather AA the
man should go to gaol, end ultimately, alter some coo.
saltation between prosecutor and the priumen, be
agreed A withdraw the ease
EY PE.

Ir is hoped that the bishop of this diooese trill. on
Thonday, April iietb, the day racceeding that of the
cooseoratson of Itroadosk Church, address the amp
at the morning service at fit. Peter's,
ry4p::,tolnmenoing st half•pset ten.