The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-09-27 00:00:00

STALBAIDON.
IRISH PROCEEDINGS ON AM ENGLISH FARM.

A battle, such as we read of as happening in Ireland.
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trates present were Major MarwoodYestnian, CaPtlua
Hanhans, B.N. D. H. Sorrell, Esq., R. B. Harvey,
F. Webber, Esq., and M. Thornhill, Es,.—Mr.
8. tllatt prosecuted, and Mr. Belch, of Bruton,
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portion of • bill of sale, whiah assigned all crops that
Easy be upon or beloegizig to the said farm. He stated
that either Mr. Topper errs. Trent, or their executore,
could enter or break into the farmhouse, mite the
goods and crone
_and sell them by auction or private
contract. Dolman of payment was made, and on the
19th March Let palmation was taken, and everything
I was advertised for sal,. The sale was held, and the
! gross produce amounted to £561 LL 6d. £145 184 41.
was Paid to Mr. Topp, and £ll2 to Mrs. Trent, halt
a year's rent was also paid, and the espenese made '11)
the balance. At the &antics' several bids were mai-,
but were not su4
ent4 high to warrant the auctioneer
In milt the croPn nsy were afterwards purchase i
by • . Ore for Mr. Reynolds, the auctioneer,
who gave a considerable sum over tho bids
Mr. Reynolds purchased the t and erockl the money for them.—Mr. TreveersorPetlavies
to prisoner informing him that the sale
was going to lain; place, and not any objection
was made. Mr. Sorrell asked what was the
balance then due and Mr. Watts replied £772 124. 7d.
About three weeks aft-r the sale Mr. Reynolds
ressieed a letter from prisoner, in which be said he
beard that he bad bought the crops on his farm, he
could get souse horses and waggons, and carry talent
for him for 227.—Mr. Sorrell asked how the money,
produced by the lest pale, was spent.—Mr. Watts
replied that £145 15s. was paid for rent, and LISS for
expenses, etc. Mr. Watts continued that it ought he
contended that because it was done in the open, It was
not a felony; if that were so we should have no end of
felonies. The prisoner °mild not very well have taken
away the crops otherwise than in the open; but he
did his bent, and harvested pert of them at night, and
curled them on to the lands of a neighbour. On
Friday, the 2nd of this month, the prosecutor, think-
log the crops were ready for harvesting, went to the
farm, and was surprised at finding several men M
werk, under the superintendence of the pri.ner,
harve•ting the crops. A policeman went to aim ant
told him e was harvesting crops at his peril, but he
replied, " I don't care, I bare been warted by tar
solicitor that they are mine, "—Mr. Trevor Davies, ,
Sherborns was the first witness, and deposed to 1-1"
executor of the bill of ra'e ; and Mr.
Yeovil, stated that he out in dieeL•llll.—Prijoner
said —o oujecuon totheir selling, and, pointing
so some rinks of hay, said, "j advise you to haws
them before night." Teo second sale took place on
the 6th of August.
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Atter the auction, Kr. Remolds offered to sell the
crops to • Mr. Bryant for £llO. lie siso offered them
to Ifr_, Curtis. Mr, Reynolds then said, •- .411 give
you £IBO for thsesirt be (witness) declined, miss ear
the auctioneer.— r. Reynolds left the room, and
returned with a nun named James Cass, who Pt'''.
chased the crops for 2181. He saw CM. sign the nobs
oh the Purchaeli.—Cekstein Haub= Bid this take
tiecs in Mr. Reynolds presencs I—Witness : Oh, ye%
Ids was tbere.—Mr. Watts: And the fact
! is. 1:=4.. that Mr. Reynolds gave you a cheque ! Witness : Yea—Captain Hanhanisald it appeared to
him to be an evasion of the law.—Witssom ; Thera was no intention of that. The Chairman irked
witness If he sold ths crops to Case, not knowing him
to be the prosecutor's agent..—Witsass : I dotal go Cl
faz as that ; I knew that he was bits agont.—CaPl_tin„.
Hanhain : Then how do you make that affies..,w,!,l
your refusal to sell to him In the first place, wom'
you not call it an atkan_ pt at home pans (Laughter)
—Captain Hanham : Yon stated that you would not
sell to the !Etter.
or . I wish to ask you whether you
thought it ly wrong morally wrong, or both ?
Witness: I that soinstinsis an auctioneer intro-
duces a nominee, and I did not consider it wrong ta
sell to hint.—Captein Minium : Thetis not an sasiver to my question. Did you sneakier it legally errnecl
Witness I thought k would be legally wrong.—
Captain Haitians, You said you knew that Mr. Reynolds brought Caere into the room ; you did not
know that he was his nominee ?—Witness: Yea
Otptain Hanham: You admit It WAS legally wrong_ tO
Iwu th•Yrus hut you did so afterwards. You
sae yournak it requires emplanation.—Mr. Dumas : It
was • cafe of neotesity, as we bad to pay the rest that n%ht.—Captain northern : The main quosties is the
felonious intent, sod if this_traassedioa came to the
Prisoner's or Mr. Belch's keowiedge it would have
great afoot upon the case. —Mr. Watts : But the crepe
would not be Gress's.— Mr. Harvey: If this use •
fictitious sale, Green's right Is reverted to kim.—kin Alfred Reynolds, the prosecutor, said that be was an
auctioneer and land surveyor, living at Milburn* Forts
and in conspuenceof instructkes received he attended
• sale at 13eidge on the 16th of August, for offeriel
tthe crops tor gals • he being unable to sell live lots he
t; them at a Isigeztirsl paid for than. On
aild was 6. at him

commence harvesting the crops. He found 11 or L 2
men engaged ceiting the wheat be had bought. He
asked a man named Orunicar who gave him authority
to out the wheat, and he mid Mr. Henry Green. On
Monday, the RI, went with some waggons to take the
crops away, and found that two fields bad been cleared,
and two more riche had been made, one haring been
made on the Beturday.—ktter a few minutes' COO*
imitation, the Chairman said the Bench had carefully
considered the evidence that had been adduced, and
WKS of opinion that it wee not suffioiant to warrant
them for sending the ewe for trial.