The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-27 00:00:00

I) AGRICULTURAL GA2

William Seward, High East-street, was summoned
by Joseph Symes, situenuiker, for being " then and
there a baker beyond the weekly bill,' of mortality mid
ten milt, of the Royal Haelian,ie„" did refuse to weieli
a certain loaf of bread, contrary to the statute made In
the oth Rll.l Tilt years of the reign of Ring William
IV., regulatiug the making mod sale of bread—Mr.
Weston appeared for defend ont.—CompLiiioant s oid
that he went to defendant's ohm. on the 14th Au,,ust.
A yunng WUMRO and Mrs. Seward were present. tie
asked for a 2110. loaf. A loaf ea. lauded him and he
asked the price of it. al ra. Se ra rdsa id nil. Ile put lois hatch
lIISO his pocket, and fiedieg he ha I but 34., he told her
he Was I,ioy going arr., 1,, ho, brother, at the Clpsmers,
and he wood.' Ito b..ck ni a minute. Mrs. Su .v.lrd
to trust him for the minute, end he went Over to the
Chetitart% to get another halfpenny. On lois return to
the shop he said -" Ni..,, Mrs. see aril, I want this 2lb.
loaf if you please." She ssid " here it is," and handed
him a loaf. Ho paid loer, and she lout the money into
a till. He then said. "nix SCRIM to me a small 21b. loaf,
I will thank y3O to put it into your scales and wcigh it,
before I leave, if you please." She said, "No, I chant
weigh it." " What," he Baia, " not weigh your own
bread r It is weight, I suppose?" She said, "No, I
chant bother myself about weighing the braid." He
then, finding that she refnied to weigh it, went to
another shop, and found' it wee 2ox. short—Cross-
examined : Could toot hay whether Mrs. Seward had
very weal remota for nut trusting him. The defeteolant
had obtained judgment agaiust I at the Comity
Court. Had beard from other linities that Mr. Seadol
intended to distrain on his furuiture in payment of his
debt. The price charged fir the loaf was 31,1. Was
certain R fartloiug was not returned to bun out of the
30. Was quite certaiu lie did not take the
loaf away before lie asked to have the
loaf weighed. Did not bring the loaf away and then
take it back. As he was leaving the situp, Mrs. Seward
mid "If you don't like to take the loaf as it is, tske
your money back again."—Seth Greening said he resided
with lois father in High Wed-street. He was in Mr.
Satanic shop, when Byrnes came in and paid " Now
Mrs. Seward, where is the 2lb loaf r Mrs. Seward gave
it hint, and he paid her 3.i. for it. He asked her to
weigh the loaf, and she refused. He theu took the loaf
away, and did not return. Cross-examined : Symms
spoke to lint about corning here to-clay, last Saturday.
Ifeliniply asked witneu to come and give evidence.
Did not state what took place in the stop. Relieved
Space paid Mrs. Seward herself. Did not notice what
he laid down on the counter, but bad that day heard
Spurts say that it was34d. Was quite sure Mrs. Seward
gave Sperm the loaf, sod was also certain he asked to
have the lost weighed.— Mr. Weston, in replying to the
case. said lie was prepared to put quite •
complexion upon the affair. It eas
true Specs went to Mr. Seward's shop for
a loaf, but he asked for it on trust, and the
young woman refused it. He then canoe again and
bought a loaf, and it was not till he had taken it away
that he returned to have it weighed. Of mum* Mr*.
Seward could not tell whether anything had been done
to the tut, and she considered she was toot, under the
circumstance., bound to weigh it. lhe fact was, the
defendant had before trusted the complainant, and not
being able to get his money was about to put an execu-
tion in his bowie, and complainant had tried to entrap
him either to delay the execution or to obtain • part of
the penalty. As, therefore, there was anima evidently
on the part of the complainant,he (Mr. Weston) thought
he WWI fairly entitled to any objection lie might make,
and lie found, on referring to the Act, that the ioforona-
tion must he laid within 48 hours, or within such
reasonable time as tloo justices might think fit.—Tht
Justices di tided to bear the evidence. —Charlotte Rolls
said she assisted iti Mr. Sewanl's shop. She recollected
:Vine,t aiming into the sloop on the lath August, and
asking for • 21b. loaf on credit. She did not let Ilion
have it. He then left the shop. He returned in per-
haps a quarter of an hour or more, and asked for a loaf
again, and witness let lain have it. Symes gave her
31.1. for it,.and she returned him a farthing in change
lie then left the shop, and front ten minutes or •
quarter of an hour af:erwards he came back again
and asked to have the loaf weighed. It was
not weighed, but Mrs. Seward offered to return him the
money. He did not take it, but left the shop. Spun
was tipsy at the time—it Was between • and 5 o'clock.
Some boy was in the shop on the last occasion the com-
plainant cattle, and Mrs. Cox was there the first time
whea lie came for the loaf. She did not recollect that
anyone Wlts there when the loaf was paid for and firat
taken away.—Seth Greening Was again called: He said
he went to Mr. Seward's shop bor half a pound of butter.
While the young woman was serving him, complainant
came in awl asked for the 21b. loaf. He olid not bring
the loaf with him. Mrs. Seward served him, and he
paid her, and without !cooing the shop, asked her to
weigh the loaf, which Mrs. Seward refused to do.-r Mr.
Weston caked the Bench now to consider the objection
he hail taken with regard to the information not being
laid within the proper tione.—Mr. Galpin ash' the
magistrates were desirous of arriving at • correctdeciaion.
The evidence of the lad certainly told against the
defonolant very strongly, and they believed the case had
been proved. They were, however, willing to consider
the animus which influenced the complainant in
bringing the ease here, and the penalty would
therefore be but trifling. The defendant would be
fined Is. and costs.—Mr. Weston said the amount of
the tine was unimportant. He asked for the Bench
to great a cue on the point of law with regard to the
time of laying the information.—The Bench granted
a case. This, however, can make no difference with
regard to the facts.
Edward Lynch, a stranger in the town, wait charged
with drunkenness and disorderly conduct on Saturday
night, and was fined in the drunkard's penalty.

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