The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-02-12 00:00:00

COUNTY PETTY E.',..110N5.

Towwit•it, Weymouth, Thurslay, February B.—Be-
fore John Bryiner and Spencer Meade, Emirs.
IdTeSLINO TtsiarM Yon Via:.w.,o.—l-Isarlre (Aar.
and Mardia, hie wife, were chargid wills ideation* •
quantity of timber, the property of Itnbert Stone, of
tortland.—Promcutor said I ain a general dealer in
stone, timber, Intl building materials. Imu building
smut new houses at the Grove, Portland, and the psi'
sonar occupies one of my booms adjoining. In owns.-
mence of losing some timber on Saturday night, I
directed my son to proctinu • search.warrant. Some of
the timber I lost was siciuiar to that itow produced. I
have lost • great deal of timber at different times, but
this Is all I know About the matter. I minuet identify
the timber produced.— Elijah Stone said, I am nun of
my father (laughter)—of Mr. Robert Stone. I Was
working at the buildings which my father erected at
the Grove, and after I had 'Milled, I and Abraham
Pearce, carpenter, counted the timber, and found it all
right. Between 12 and 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, I
heard some chopping in prisoner'. house, in GUlMitillii'oce
of which I went to the unfinished buildings. when I
got up, and found IS pieces of timber missing. In
searching prisoner's house, 3 pieces of timber were
found, too of •Imich I can swear to front • knot which I
noticed in sawing them munder.—Cruve-examined :
When I went to is. Co. in the morning she told me
she had taken 4 pieces of timber, one piece elm had
chopped up and burnt, and the others she would give
ui iii the same state as shu took Chem.—P.C. Frump
mid: on Monday, the 4th inst., I ...arched the pi isoner's
house for some timber which had been lust from Ur.
Stone's Imilmlitig. and in • comer of the bedroom against
time Wail I found tinter line/ profound. Whet' I
first west in the female prisoner said "A guilty con-
science wants no accuser—l think I know what
you are come for— I expect you are come after
ti,t timber of Mr. Stone's. "—Mr. Howard
ddreased the Bench for the prisoners, to the effect thst
Mrs. Stone had given the fein Iv prisoner leave to take
shavings and small timber, end that she availed herself
of the leave granted, after waiting till lo u'elook on
Satitrday night for the woman who usually supplied
her with wood for lighting her fires. Hui acknowledged
the pi.rote taken amounted to • breach of trust, but held
that there WAS really no felonious intent, and &shad for
• gliamissal of the case.— The Bench raid that if the
pri.orier lived half-a-toile from the prosecutor, and
Smtuntay night was dark and wet, there might be sonic
force in Mr. Howard's argument, but considering that
this timber consisted of useful portions of deal for build.
log purport's, mid the prosecutor's sun living next door,
and they might have asked for wmal for lighting the
flies, they could not take 60 lenient a view of the case.
anti Mr. Howard might elect to ha.. it sent to the
amine, or to it., being taken under the Criminal Justice'.
Act.—Mr. Howard said he would elect the latter count.
the male priamer was • most respectable man and
knew nothilm of his wife taking the timber for fire-
wood.— Both prisonient were then bound over Cu appear
at the Petty Sem at 1/orelneter.
WaSMElNO.—Abreatam Mitchell, Juke Sbice, RobertFlamm, iiiius. Phoot, end f:dirtini SouitA, were
summoned for having taken poasemiou of lan of the
wreck of the 8 relish vessel, Inane, consiAing of a
hawser. and not giving early notice nor delivering up to
the receiver of wrecks in this district. MI. George I rden,
&encl.!' and Norwegian vice-niasul, smeared to
support the charge, and Mr. Floward I 'insured for the
dm fendasite.—Edward Smith said : lam to.,a .ger of the
lire .Itwatar aurks. I recollect t,um b sawing call hg
me on the 1.4 February. I sent with this,,, to the
arr.., bargee but found nothing there. I la uen wont
with them on board the mooring I large as &nee
portions of hawser s rut up, and also mote chain which
did not balong to Mr. Leather. The hatch was down
and the cut hawser and eltuin were lyu. •isaiiii4
the stmie tinier deck used for mooting the tart .
They co itl not he men when oft demi. I express. I
it., indignation that any of tip or, ck •hoold have he, ii
placed there. I do not know nty.lf that ally of the de
feintaitts 11... e earthing to do with this ithe.ring barge
psrticolar. They ere mill in Mr. Lath. r's eniploy.
itt Ciitleetiiletire of receiving a Man fr.iiii Mr. Arden, I
sent for Abrali tn Mmtelmell, sad he acknowledge I being
employed on the barge on the 30th iof JAilibury. N
if the either defendants a. re then present hut tl ey
have worked lb re. ,olunaly Crl • eauss.ilteui; tpn
the tote Bri-Ven, the 14m.w.1 duo tt. and II e
wisiring barge is hrtiught alongside. When the men
lave dotie work, the b..r„e is left without anyone iii
charge. bat there .• is lhali pla ed to wstch the brosk•
water, anti in bed weathet two men are employed. The
im•rge would he moved an tutu quarter of is mile from
the shore, and about 200 or 300 yards from the break-
water. An)ono going •loniside miglmt of rour.o hoard
the large, but it would take several men to take off the
thurchain was in 3 pieces, vail. piece I should thmk
was 20 or 30(milli0n:is long. Two or three torn might have
lifted each pie*: in shallow water, but in deep water it
would ',crimp.e have taken a dozen men. Any respect
due Mao might go on the breakwater, hut wreckers
carrying grappling irons would not be allowed to gut.
In the night time parties might dodge the wataiman,
tool gum on ho•rel the barge in a boat—Joseph Ro•er
stated that he was foreman to the workmen. and that
the Ave defendants had bees working on board the
barge in question, and were last at work on board, he
thought, en Wednesday, the 20th of Jaritimiry, in Laying
down moorings. Crum-examined : A stone vessel haul
shoot two yean since been wrecked on the mine side
uf the hreakwater as the Irene WAS wrecked. The
prisoners worked on board various barges. Boats °awe
to the soot where the Irene was wrecked, and could have
willed up the hawser without the watchman's seeks( it,
even of a moonlight night. —Charles Stephen Monger
and Charles Raddett, ouinitiimioned boatmen. depowel
to finding the property in the bold of the harp, con-
si.ting of imine pieces of junk, or hammer, with the ends
newly cut, and a beep of chain.— Mr. Arden said th it
this was all the evidence he had to offer, arid the
Bench said tlmy would no trouble tic. Howard to reply
to the evidence, as they most tared there was not suffi•
cient evidence to bring the wre,king home to the hurt
amoners. The case was acourdingly dientimed.
CouNve I'uURT. —The usual monthly sitting of
this Court was held on Thureday last, before K
Everett, Esq.. judge. There were 72 original sum-
moners, about half of •hich were settled out of
court. The other moos were undefended, and none
poosewied any feature of interest ennipt to the
parties concerned. The proceedings lasted only
about throe bourn.