The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-01-13 00:00:00

RiICOND COURT.

Before 11. B.l.l—leton,K q, and A. Bankea, RI.
Richard Porter and Joieph Vale pleviel guilty to •
charge of stealing at Sturinii.t rr M &rattail, on the 19th of
November, • cask coutr Wog six calico.' of ale, the pro-
perty of Josue, Davis. and w rs sere need to two cdlen lar
month...nth with hard labour.
Mr Vial prosecuted.
Georyetlaylitd Wooled not rutty to • charge of steal.
in;:, or. the 6 b of N tr m
etuber, at Weyouth, ./10 in told.
awl .C 2 in silver, the monies if Citarl..t'e Matilda Towilla.
Mr. Wills appc tract for the prottecution instructs 1 by
Mr. 'Janne.
Charlotte told la Towing said she knew the prisoner
H.' how been lo,tgiui io their h...the six et seyou weeds. In
her bedrorn wet alt •x, and in it 'little box containing £lO
tog 11, £2 in silver, two ring., a pencil case. and ott.. r
articles. Oa Wednesday. the s•lt of November, shout
hat-past eight, prisoner came in awl went to bed. It we
an unusual thing for I.lm to do. When be bad gone up
she heard a noise. The next mornitt : prisoner cant • down
e'er? early awl went out into • woodbouse, where be
remained about ten minutes. Ile come in and Itsd he
brcalttast., and went out, and sho went upstairs ard 'mind
a great many m itches about, and that he had born.. more
lof hit it Indio than usual. Sou dii tit discover the iota
until Wiley, when she communicated with the police.
PC. Batlett came aged found a ring and a pin.ceshion.
He did not and anything more that dsv, but came again
and found in prisoner's bedroom a penritcase tocloo.:ing to
prosecutrix.
Mrs. T..willi c•trroborateol her daughter's etdta.nent,
adding that she found the bet in the woodbou,e
wrapped up in o a pct, and that on the Monday before
prisoner came awl ...ked her for a chilling, and •he said
mho bad not got any. Iler daughter went oo get a sixpence
W give this, an i while sho was gone prisoner soul—"I
want •ome money, awl I'm if I won't have it."
The jury found him rot pally, awl prisoner was dis-
charged.
Walter Seymour, aged lii pl •ale•i gully of old dote( by
!also pr.•teuces from Ii tsri •t at Lr•nno t
M ttravers, on the 211. h of pctober, one loot, and Situ 5 3
of clieeae. veto • Is. 7 I.
Mr. Templar protee.uted.
Prisoner was senteroid to three calendar months
impri.onmant with hard Istsoir.
',wig' Talbot pl. a led not guilty too charge of ideating
at Witte It •sta a carpenter's truck, value 3.., the property
of Charles Talbot.
Mr. C oveudiah dentiock piesecute.l.
Charles Talbot, a blind man liviug at Wyke, stated that
Is Muy last he took off the wheels of a pair of trucks, and
put the trucks in in out-hues and the wheels luck. ii
in another. He misted the trucks in August, ond gore the
prisener into crtaly at the police station. Prisoner raid
that be had given him permission to sell the trucks. which
he had not.
Mrs. Georgina Talbot corroborated.
Charles Ihnning, a greengro.•er, living at Weymouth,
stated that he bought a pair of trucks about the end of
August, and gave pt isoner tun shillings for them. He
afterwards sold them to Mr. Stevens.
William Stevens, of Weymouth. stated that he bought
the trucks of Mr. Denning for 9r. There well one lynch'
pin in and a nail in the other.
The jury found prisoner guilty, and he was
sentenced to one calendar month's imprisonment with
haul labour.
Lowish Pry plead. •I not guilty to • charge of having
stolen at Maiden Newton, on the 21st of Octtlier, •
Planta, of pig; food, value threepence, and on the 4th of
November a quantity of coal of the value of sixpence, the
property of John Read.
Mr. Wills for the prosecution.
Charles Road stated that on the 21st of October he
heard the sound of • howl dipping up wash, and saw
Ira nor dipping up the wash out of his mother's tub and
pu• tog it In her own tub.
Susand Read utated that the prisoner lived next door.
Oa the 214 of Oztober she went down to her tub and
found some gone she charged Mrs. Fry with it but she
denied it. On the 4th of N tvetaber she was in the pth-
stye and saw prisoner come and take s• .me coal out of her
outhouse. They had been continually tuiasing both coal
and wash.
Sergeant Hitch proved apprehending prisoner.
Or, (Lad stated that he bad great doubt whether she
was responsible for her actions. While she had been in
prison she had been suffering from monomanias but the
last three weeks had been well.
The jury found prisoner not guilty, and she was
discharged.