The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-07-08 00:00:00

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I "Ight If I went to see the seal
and s,y body vu
samisped.
" whether she made "caries a the
&Melee seat and Mused trona the ',maltyi
the made nose.
Mr.
Wwidiade mid b. did not west to put an im-
perilment reasstioa, hat vs. not that minks' manage-
meat I
Ma. you may think el. In tiliord
" "_!als, Aston said thee was not at an
the • me had three work -bags, in whisk
"6" her daughters to Mrs. Caddy. she
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her. The school warn for Ilttle ones and the poor.
Were not the CadAya poor !_We do not call a
peneleser poor.
Oh I don't you? Not a man, who alter "'Ting his
eetiatry 20 years, has • pendon of 61. • week. I wish
ear Government was more liberal.
Mn. &Mall : They ars not so poor as those without
=dos. Her daughters
M =to the WM).
nor, ima um Summers, was at West
14k° as Indl'e•maid seven month.. She never gave
Mrs. Gaddy &aching. Saw her in the street this
morning. when site mid that she (witness) took a
bandkerehlef at the time she (ilre. Caddy) took a pair
at act& She dirtied It. She never took anything, or
had aay premien% made has while there.
Crose-ezeraised, she mid sometimes portions of the
WI" la" tot dirty, and were pull aside to oo washed.
Its-esamined : lieoaase it was dirty, it vu not thrown
away.
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Colonel Adell spoke to bringing the Into in question
from India. About two years ago hie went to Mr.
Rsltnnld Tberetoe's, sad found himself without
pookst bandkerchild, eo he borrowed one of Mr.
Thornton. Whew he wanted to news it, it could not
be found, Tb• assiwesiacial market " LT." asd now
fall of holes was appareatly the one. but It was not ia
the stele now se whew he ha it.
Wee Roes Asian, asked if elle ears Any of the articles
ia gawkiest Is gm Caddy, repild "Most distinctly
KW."

Crome-atemhuti : Sometimes en h•r own thine
sway, with ber mother's esoottoe. Very trecittentiy
upset ink—(lanyhter)—sad wiped it up with s pocket-
handkerchief. Her meld me, ban used mite of lemon
So remove Ink.

Ro-examilood Hoe baadkerokiot would be masked
with bar isitlolo or fall Rona
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Ulu Evelyn Amgen said .be never gar* any of th•
arilelso to gra. OW,.
Croor-examiaad : Ono* save bar 00/00 oath, and a
photograph. In O. raa bag naa kopt Owe. of &saw.
Nom' gar* array soy of Mrs. Aatell'a dreams or hopes
hold thlop.
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Mtn Binaries Aston &leo denied giving easy anythiog
without her motbee's permission.
Mr. Bummers's statement before the magistrates was
read to the offset that part of the things were given by
the Misses Aston, part by the lodise maid (iummers),
and the rest belonged to Fanny Jeans, a person now at
Southeosphoa, who used to live at tier bocce.
o:thee! Aston moaned said MIS. Lockett pre
taformation which led to the search warrant. He
disliked to tell it before the magistrates, by advice.
Mr. Uollina said that war to prevent neighbours'
quarrelling.
Mr. rooks addressed the oonrt on the law of recent
possession, remarking that none of the 0414. recorded
extended over 18 months. In this thee none of the
witnesses could say they had seen or touched soy of
the ertiolee for two years; yet them were Wags width
might freely pees from head to hand, and. saJosties
Pattenon said, in rush oases "two months was a long
period." Be pat it to t'se mart whether the piece of
thirsts was to be submitted to the jury?
The Chairman saki he had never been asked belolll
any gaols thing.
Mr. Collins said, if there was nothing but the things
being foetid in her palmation, the learned within •
argument might hold, but here he showed the woman
was in Colonel AMOR./ service, had opportunity of
stealing them, had them le her possession, and she
gave a false amount of them ea the evidenes showed.
If the doctrine Ur. Woodsfoede advanced held good
the might steal anything, look it up in • box two
Jean, sad than sell it without hindermost.
The Court &aided the ease should go on in its
estirety:
Mr. Collins summed up theme for the prosecution.
Mr. Ffooke-Woodforde addressed the jury for the
asking them to give a calm consideration to
the ease. There were many unusual points in it.
There mimed to be meat desire to get a mosiviction.
Before the magistrates the husband was charged, no
old peceloaer, but the Grand Jury ignored the bill.
Much evidence had been called, yet not Mn. Marsh,
who was employed the whole time Mrs. Ca idy was la
the lanadry. He did not wish to make any charge
mallast Mrs. Marsh, but she might have explaheo a
good deal; and he thought it would be win the man-
agement of the laundry was not no careful ma it should
be. More unkind and harsh treatment of that old
pensioner than In sending to his house a pollee Super-
latondeat and two constables to search he never heard
of ; and till to-day Col. Alton refused to tell who gave
him the information on widish that was done. Had
they known, some explanation might have been offered
of the reason why of this secret communisation. The
prisoner stated that besides the articles given by the
Mimes Aston sad Moe Word, the rest belonged to •
girl named Jeans, now tiring at Southampton- That
woman had four boxes in her house; and It
was a reasonable explthatioa. Being snob, the
protheutioa ought to have called her—sbe would
have been a moat material witness. Communing
ea the character of the articles, be remarked
that persons of the rank and style of the Astell's
would not make use of the ragged thing' whish
had been Identified here to-day ; and after snob oars-
lermeme as had been shown in the laundry, he meted
them not to convict the prisoner unless the case was
clearly made out, especially remembering the artielos
had been mimed for at least two year,. Marked as the
collars were—nasty, ditty, shabby collars with a name
on them, we. it not altogether unlikely that the pri-
soner shoal' have kept them openly for two years
anima she IMMO by them properly? So with the other
2i:rße remarked on the off-ltami way in which
hea Aston said they never gave anything away.
As to the Indian lam Mrs. Astell gave them to under.
stand that the whole of it composed one dress; but
the lady's maid showed it was in bite, some dirty,, some
elean—evidently pert worn at one time and Part
another; how easy, therefore, was it for bits to be lost?
And if so, It woe not larmay for Mrs. Caddy to have
them after 2 or 3 years unlees there were thsolal cir-
cumstances strewing to whom it belonged. If pimple
...mild live fashionably, and leave everything to servants,
they most expect to lose their properly; and this ease
was loft in sock regioas of shadow, mid in such grave
doubt; that these miming things might have been gives
to the prisoner by the Misses Amen or by the numerous
servants who Mid bees in the house. He thought ff the
prisoner wee found guilty opal this chase no one
would be safe. He would in oonalosios call witnesses to
the chancier of tAe messed, and maildently anticipated
se aoqulttaL
Mr. James Lovelies, Puddlohinton, said he was Vise.
charisma of the Dorelestor Board of Guardians, and
18 years woe churobwarden of the parish. He had
kaolin Mee. Caddy Irma her childhood, and sever heard
anything agatest her in his life.
Oreen-examined: Had seen Mrs. Jeans in Dorchester
to-day. Didn't know who brought her down; on •
former day Mrs. Caddy did.
Mrs. Baker, Paddielintoa, spoke of Mrs. Caddy as
an hooest respectable woman ; nods letter to the same
offset was put in from the Rester of the parish.
The Chairman summed up the ease, goieg over the
salient points, and pointing oat that they mast first
wady themselves that one or more of the satirise
swore to wen the property of Colonel Astell ; and
second, not from direct seldom's, bemuse there was
none except that the things were (thud la primmer's
house, bat they thug satisfy thiamine trout all the
evidence that she was the perms who took any one or
more of the articles front the prosseator's hones. If
they answered both to the affirmative, they would
find her gailty, however painful it wee to onviest •
puma who bed hitherto borne a good cheraster ; bat
If they had any reasonable doubt they would give her
the bereft of it,
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—After • few minuted conehletatiuw. the forums& tad
they thought then wan a doubt in tin, case, and tbey
would give her tho !meat of it. They then gave a
verdkit of acquittal, end prlecaor was &inhumed.
Tim verdicts was applauded In court
10131 IT AT BLANDPOID STATION.
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3111111141 8011041, • respeotablelooking yoruag moo,
who had bass on bail. warn Indicted for stealing • valu-
able esourity, two silver watches, three silk dresses,
aid other artistica, the proprrty of George Domier. of
Sitreilon, in the onstody of the Somerset and Dorset
Railway Goutpaay.-11r. Fooks-Woodforde promaeuted,
and Yr. Collins defended.
Primmer pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Woodford.„ in stating the 0611.3 said prommutor
came from foreign parte, and at the beginning of April
sent two portmanteaus, &a, to Tattoo, and subs*.
nasally they Wa• forwerded to Blandon] station.
When delivered It wlllll found the box had been broken
open and the property named was gone, and a letter
of or.mlit for £2OO, drawn Is Yokohama. This security
was traced to the prisoner, who dealt with it, and made
various Midmost. about it wbiels were untrue. Some
of the odwaing aria's,' they had not been able to
dimmer. Prisoner was &porter in charge of the goods
station at the the box warn then..

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--Owego Dummy said on the 91 April he dimoted two
porlansatiam sad • be: to be tal.n to Plakford and Oe.,
carriers, for forwarding from London per South- Western
railway to Talon. In the box which was corded was
• moll looked portmanteau. They were all addressed
I. his name to be 101 l at the station till eallod for.
From Totto& he sent oite box sod one portmantes• to
Woodford statioa. At that time they were moored
loot as when they left London. Ois 18th April when
the box was delivered be found the leek had been
brakes epee, sad the small portmanteau leo, and nearly
all its matento gems, loolnallag a lotto: of credit on the
Oriental Beak, London, which be got at Yokohama,
for £2OO. It wee signed by himself. Tb• things he
lost were riled as about £9O in addition to the ammity.
Sines that be bad bon shown maims articles el wear-
ing apparel. watches, Japsnom curiosities, silk, a
=wale omialota, he., by P.C. Stockley, nod itleatilled

Mr. woodier& : Are you a mum ?
Witness : Try roe.
Kr. Denial : You are not, or you'd not ask.
dintereuesteed : Did not know whether he weld get
money oft the sate without endemism it.
Martin Brewer, porter at Woodford station, saw the
bet cm 14th April about One in the al ternoos, at the
statical. It was corded, but Lite lid was loose, cad it
was not looked. He weighed It: could not regatta* the
tpht. It Wag • heavy box. It was plead In the
.' shed, as it wail directed to be called for. Than
remained tall Friday in the some week. When sent
by carrier to Eihrotea it seemed to be In jut the emu
state its when received. Prisoner WU us late duty at
the goods station that week. He banded it to prisour
to give to the canter. Did aot observe any &denim
in to. weight trout what it was whew received. Saw
the way bill when it saw.; the weight was not the
sea a. on the bill, aid he reported it in writing ow the

mlO,lll waa Om iaquirod lor, sad Mr. Wood-
hada aild is waa last. Ha called Mr. Wood, the
Ikeeireet and Dorset Ott's lupe. et pollee, whe laid he