The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-18 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OF UTTERING COUNTERFEIT

COIN.

At the Borough Polies Court on Friday, before the
Mayor (W. Darden. Req.). Dr. Aldridge, J. Peard-Jillard,
Req.. F. Lock, Req., anct .1. Tudor. Fal
TOII3 Bradford wee again charged with uttering counter-
feit coin on Saturday the lit of October.
Mr. Walton appeared for the prosecution, Mr. R.
N. Howard for the defence, and Mr. Jolliffe, of Crewkerne,
watched the caw on behalf of R Merle.
Thomas Sibley, • farmer, stated that he waist the Ball's
Heed Inn Fordingion, on the afternoon of (Warder,
October Ist It was the day when there was some horse
dealing between Bradford and Roughen, and between
Honeyben and Roberts. He saw moms money passed
between Bradford and Honeybun, and afterwards • deal
was made between Honeybun and Roberts. In
consequence of an observation made a coin was banded to
him to examine, and he found it to be • bad one.
Mrs. Payne, was then called, and stated that she kept
'dairy. st Upwey. She remembered &Word coming
her house on Friday. the 30th of September, to pu
some cheeee. She show. d hire $ mar, and be
bought ten chats., the price be.ug £4 It. 3d.
He gave her four sovereigns and a half. She
sent her son with the horse sad cart to take the cheese
for Bradford to Uneasy station. She put ttio money down
separately, and as soon as Bradford and her son had
gone she looked at the money, and thought that one of
the sovereigns did not look as bright as the rest, and she
sent her daughter to go after Bradford and change it,
which she did. On Monday morning, the 10th, Breifor
father came to her, it was about eight o'clock, she had
never seen him before, aid he bought a cheese, and on the
same afternoon the prisoner came to porchras some more
chases; he bought six chess..., for which he paid. She
esw him again bat evening (Thursday). sed be said that
he had bawd that they were summoned to appear against
him at this hall to-day. He said he had come down from
his home to Weymouth, and had walked to her house. and
was going on to Dorchester that evening. She said she
was very sorry to have to go to Dorchester, and he said she
meat go. Slut told him it was about the sovereign, and
he said he knew that.

...Thu- —witness-- havlug civets her evidence in a very
relucisot misuser. Mr. Weston asked her the following
questions :
Did you not refuse to coma hare to-lay, and also relate
to take the s_ttrumons

—Witness: ire:—
Mr. Weston : Did you say that if you came you could
refuse to speak
Witness I said "If I come they can't make me
speak."
Witness continued that Bradford was there on Wednes-
day ; but she did not... him. She remembered the police-
man coining to her house on Tuesday, and sloe made •
stetement to him. which he wrote down, and she signed it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Howard : She WM 63 years of
age, and during the whole of her life she had never
appeared in • court ; and that wise the only reeve she
bad for refusing to coma On Sunday, the Sod of October,
P.O. Cutler camato her house, sad she told him she did not
wish to come to court. She could not swear the sovereign
was • bad one. When Bradford bought his first lot of
cheese, he left hie address in case be should want any
more. At that time he said he might send her further
orders.
Ellen Payne, daughter of the last witness, was called
and stated that when the policeman served her with
the summons she said she did not wish to come,
and when he offered the summons and the money she
refused to take it • she said if she did come she should
not say scything. 'She remembered Bradford coming on
September 30th and buying WM* cheese After Bradford
had bought and paid for the cheese, her brother drove
him to the station. Shortly after they left, in isonsaluollor
of something hew mother said, she ran after them, taking
a sovereign In her hand. She called. sad Bradford cams
back to meet her. She told him she had • sovereign which
her mother did not like, and Bradford took oat • handful
of gold from hie pocket and quickly changed it. That was
alt she paid to prisoner. Si,. made • statement to the
policeman, which he took down in writing. and she
signed Ic,
Mr. Weston pressed the witness on her statement that
that was all she said to the primer when she went lifter '
him, and he Landed to her the piper in which the constable
bat taken down her eviderc She now stated that what
she said was that her mother did not like the sovereign,
and wanted another instead. Witness furtivir stated that
prisoner esti he MU @airy to have given her the trouble
of coming after him.
Mr. Weston: Have you told &arose that IN laid he
hoped she waild not say anything about it, or think any.
thing about it.