The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-10-05 00:00:00

BOROUGH POLICR-oOURT.—Dformr.

Before
D the Mayor (W. Burden, Esq.), and M.
onnish, Esq.
STILLING Al:3ol..—Praith Milburn, of the LILA.,
wee brought up on remand, charged with stealing *pint
cup from the Phoenix Inn, of Use value of sevenpseun
—Lieutenant Price, R.H. A was present. —The *ale
further evidence adduced was that of Driver
RH A., who stated that he was at the Phenix In.
on Fridzegnight, between nine and tea o'clock. Than
were artillerymen In the room. Hs saw
prisoner come in, have a gime of beer, and than pick
up the crap and go out. He (witness) was drinking
stoat. Prisoner had been drinking. Hs (witness)
thought he had dons it for a joke, and
be would come back with the onp—Prl.oocr
said he had been sufficiently punished by being locked
up 12 hours, arid in else guard-room 43 hours. He did
not take it with any felonious intent, it was a drunken
freak.—The Bench thought he had been sufficiently
punished, so they dismissed the case with a caution.
Senausa Cf-onne. Jots Ledo Bissisontis was
brought up on remand charged with stealing clothes,
the property of a recruit, named Harry Partridge, and
of the value of 34.—An officer of the I3th Retiment
watched the cam.—P.S. Mitchell stated that on Thurs-
day, September 30th he received information of some
clothes being stolen from the barracks of the 39th
Brigade Deptt, by a man named Simrnonds, who had
broken out of Barracks, about 12 o'clock the same
night. He saw prisoner coming up Grove-buildings,
put his light upon him, and asked if he was •
soldier. He said no, he was not. He (witness) told
him that he answered to the description of • man
named Simmonds, who had broken out of b
and took him into custody. He then ad=
his name was Simmonds, and asked to be allowed to
return to barracks. Witness told him he should not,
and charged him with stooling the clothes he had on.
He then locked him up. He also charged him with
desertion. —The Mayor said that there was doubt 'butt
prisoner taking the clothes with felonious Intent, and
as he had been in gaol two or three days, they should
dismiss the and hand him over to the military
authorities for desertion. -

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Amor/tin SOLDIIIR rw Taunts. —Joan O'Donogkut,
• private of the Nth Brigade, was charged with
assonitlng a potion:cut whilst In the execution of his
duty.—P.C. Heggerty elated that on the 110th of Sept,
he web at the bottom of Grove-buildings, ani hearing
a noise in the Walks be went them and now """'''.'ni
with • woman. She was shouting to him to let her
gO, and witness ordered defendant to release her, when
he were at him. He, however, let the woman go, but
he himself refused to go, and oontinusd to make a noise
in the street. Witness went after him, and ordered
him off. He then pulled off his coat and belt, and
wanted to fight. He was using very obscene language.
Witness wee following him to the barracks to obtain
his name, when ha hit him in the month with his Lt.
Prisoner was then detained by the corporal.—H appears
that since the defendant had received the smonstme he
had obtained private cigars and deassaned. end now
was nowhere to be found. Defendant had ban ha the
patn,..—The Beech ordered dollandrat ro bo
met to gaol for mom dayo, and a warrostio bjond
for Mr apyrobrorion.