The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-09-24 00:00:00

WARZEILII.

Calmre. —The retorn match between the Corte
Castle and Wareham elevens was played on the ground
of the latter OD Monday last, and resulted ía the victory
of the home team by eight wickets.

THE Cli ARCM OF FORGERY.
COMMITTAL 01 TIM ACCO6IO3.

rOCNTY PITT! SX4BIIOIIB, Ifooday.—Befuro tho gad
of Ildoo.

Join l'eccird Andm,s, of Corfu Castle, veterinary
surgeon, was bronsot U. oft remand, in the custody of
Superintetuhmt Zeiss, by whom be was apprehended
under a emerald near Amesbury, M Wiltshire, en the
11th instant.

The charge against him was for forging and uttering
a cheque to Ann Spencer, wife of Robert Spencer, of
Puddle Mill., purporting to be signed by the Hey.
Richard Pinney. Corte.
li. stated to Mis. Spencer at the time ho had sold
Mr. Pinney his horse for £25, and, borrowing £3 or £4
of her, hai.ded her • cheque, deep iug her to keep it •
few days before cashing it, when she could pay herself
from it, as Mr. Pinney was gone from home and he
still hid poewsition of the horse, and he did not wish
the cheque to be tree< nted to the bank before Mr.
Pinney. return. Some little time afterwards he Galled
upon Mrs. Spencer again, and In the course of *on.
verfttion she said she dotiLted the s'grature of the
cheque to be Mr. Pinney's liandwritiog, and that gibe
could not each it, as It was dr.rn payable to order.
Andrews then wished her to at gim have the cheque
again. Sbe refused to do so until she had orinimunisawd
with his fatner, who resided at Fordlogbridge, Mote,
The Per. Itiohard Pinney was then exitoined. Lie
stated that he had never signed the cheque or authorised
any one Ise to do so on his behalf, and at the time the
cheque ws purported to have been drawn Andrews had
no itooonut with him; that he never purchased • horse
from him or had any transaction with him at that time.
He had slime attended • horse of his, for which he had
paid him 15s.
Prisoner was theu chargei before Mr. C. Willcox,
Mayor of the borough of W•Zes.lllfo, vita having passed
• cheque on the 21st inst., purporting to be signed by
William Yrs Smith, with whom he was iodgleg, for Cd.
lie was also charged with having pained another with
the same signature to Mr. James Poynter in payment
of • suit of clothes for f. 6 ss.

Mr. Poynter and the clerks of the Wareham branch
of the National and Provincial Rank have been ex-
amined, he wee committed on all three *bargee for trial
at the assism.

Mr. P. H. Tanner, of Wimborne, conducted the
pro•eaution on hat of tho National and PI
Bank,

Pruoner during last year was tried for stealing opal
from the WI of • publiehouse at Fordingbridge, and wits
sentenced at the spring quarter stations to four months'
imprisonment

BWANAGL

DORLUTON PißXYaluh—The two houses lately
greeted on thu *date by Meows. Trayte and Polling,
have found purchasers orlon before their completion.
This speaks well for Serausge, and must be gratifying
to the builders, who, we understand. intend erecting
more house, on the estate, for which no doubt other
purchaaen will be forthcoming, Swanarre baYing 0111.1
such a reputation for heelth that bowies are eagerly
soaght for.