The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-09-14 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS

CHILROZ OF STIULE4O SAILLItT

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Mr Wire .t pros-ente Igal Mr. Writes If rdl.
G.,goSisi.lr. in tho fuel .y ..f Illf. W. S tat ke,
carpenter, wile hassling b.rley on that Tnnrwl ty; all day,
and bets/eon one awl two wormed have dinner, went
flown the fl +with the h 'mut to tree them some water.
b.. got to the ba-ton, be saw Hwtry Seineir taking
he.lee off the OA. Witness said "This is a hold trick,
this tme of the d.y ;" hut. Spencer made no answer.
twman ant Wilt's, were tt loping in the ~ad with •
wages,. ant Soenc-r put the barley in the wagg .n. Alter
dinner Mr. Brain., the b.tlltf, took him to the Pilldie at
L digton, where was ths same waggon and grey pony he
um
in the real. awl in which the barley had been p it.
no I sena waf then in front 14 th bore, who was eating I
It. It appeared to be tiv same barley be saw Spencer put '
in The waggon.
Cr"'"X "nine.' by Mr. Weston: Conti n ,t swear to the
burley. This we. in often day. Oa the next morning
when he mw them he could not say those were
the same men. Had uot told P.C. Abrahams he
bad not seen theee men before' but he heard
P.C. Abrahams say —" Very well, then, Mr. White;
there's an end of it." Os Saturday bist, he went with
PC. Miller to Liwman's and toil him he had never seen
Litman before " mad yesterday.-
The witness seemed to have &difficulty in understanding
the question, and was very slow in answering. Be might
have said to Milltr —no ht didn't say ,o—oouldn't recollect.
Couldn't swear that none of the barley fell off, in going
from the field to the b•rton ; but the barley Spencer took
up had not fallen off the load. Spencer took it off the
rick. If he had picked up any in the roil, he must base
seen it. Witness corrected himself, and said he ouldn't
say that. When Speneer took the barley off the rick. the
other two men were there; but no one else was there.
bet the two men in the wsogoo. The &Id where the
barley wse Is two fields off from the battens
Alfred Brain., the bailiff in ilf. Sparks' employ, said
last witnees came to him on August 116, and witness, in
cuosequence of what he slid went Ii the Sim Tree Inn, 1
Laur.tou, and sent a blacksmith ts ask Spencer to ask the
owner of the waggon t, e .me out. Theo he asked the
oener where ho got the barley, and he said he brought it
fr 'in Albotshury. On askin, hi. name, the man said he
had none. At thi time tb horse warn eating the barley.
Mr. Barnet'. tasked : Hal witness any doubt that the
batley belonged to Mr. Sparks!
Bt Mr. Wes'on oidected that this question could not
be tube I; the witness we. not • skilled witness.
Mr. Burn-t then had • sample of th t barley from the
rick produced. and that when from the wagg and
witness sail It was much the same; but he could not
swear to it.
Mr. Weston said the barley were quite different, one was
a bright Wier and clean, the other had a lot of trumpery
In it. Was there any next to go on with the easel The
value of tbe barley was stated at about a shilling, Satin.
dens being re-called to swear this.
Crest-examined by Mr. Weston, Saunders maid not
give any data for Hs estinute—couldn't buy mach for •
shilling. Tile wasn't • quarter of a sack; It was as much
as he could carry. Sponeor put both arms round it, to
carry it.
Lowman and White were dismissed. the Bench being of
opinion there wee no charge against them.
Mr. Welton then addressed the Bench for Seinen..
urging the cue against him had failed, for the Wheys
produced were not the same. Spencer had brought bier.
Icy from Abbotabury, and besides it is not likely, If
Spencer went into the field to steal barley, he would have
stopped and fed his horse with it in a public place.
Spencer warn committed to the Sessions for trial, but
admitted to bail, Mr. Lowman being security for his
appearance.