The Poole Telegram. — 1883-04-20 (Poole, Dorset, England)

POLICE.  es-- - - -Albert Oroad, a midsile.aged leis:Parer, on bail, and George Hodges, a bey of 13, ware jndictei for setiing fire te 20 acres of fere., the property of the Right H in. Lord Wiinhoene. at Down. Kinston, .on the 3rd of April. Me Budge prosecuted, atal Mr. Matthews defended Creed. Henry honey, a gr. occr. of P irkstone. about live o'clock in the afternoon. w is at Wallis Dawn, when his attention was attract° I to amoko rising up from the roaunen, and he saw two cuts passing the ernoke, and direcily after two persona—a man and a bop—corne from it and overtike the carts. Flames then directly showed themselves. He believed the wisinnera ware the two with the carts. Creeeesxamlned: 114 could not swear to them; he was about 300 or 400 yards distant. Re-examined: The smoke wee clews to the road. James Lill, butcher, of Wallis D awn, swore to the prieeners being those who were in charge of the carte. Gross-‘xamined: There was is side road leading out of the main road just about that sent. Rase Kerley, a little girl of 12, daughter of the first witness., wee feedings the donkey on the common at the time. and ehe Raw a man and a boy close to the smoke. Oross-examined : They were in the road, and she did not see them go off. P.C. Hutchinge, stationed at Constitutien.hill, ParkWone. apprehended Hodges at 11,v/town, and on late being rharged with the offenne he said " I've got no matches; Creed's going to say the earn S." Ocoad, on being charged, eommenc,d t cry, and 'said he. knew nothing about it: he had four matches, and those his master gave him. His attention was called to the fire, but he did not know whether the boy got out of his cart or no' ; he himself never got out of his cart, and was on in fri nt. Cros,-exemined : P.O. Barter wise with him when he apprehended the boy, and he handcuffed him. He was not violent. Were you afraid of the boy ; the other constable had to bring him and the man t Winaborne in a waggon —eight miles—and he was afraid he might give him the slip, According to his insitnictions he should handcuff a prisoner when he was being ovesmowered. Mr. Budge was shout to re-examine the constable relative to the handcuffing. hut his Lordship asked if it were necessary. He thought not. tie coneidered in this case very proper precautio s had been taken. At the same time he would admit that a line of cross-examination of that kind was not always unuessful to a counsel to enable him to run a snare with the hope of drawing thn attention of the coed from the real qiptetien h f ire it. (Laughter.) Me. Mathews mid hie Lo-dship was net always of that mind He remembered a very greet speech he made in the Elthem murder case, and he did rut then advance those views. Of course he knew that opiniots changed with eircemstancea The Judge: T had a duty then to perform as an wivecate, and now, ae a judge, I have to give an impartial cons sideeatioe to the evidence. Mr, Matthews: And now I have a duty t 3 perform as an advocate. Th. judge: I don't complain. Mr B •kee head.k ever to Led Wimhorne, proved that 20 acres 'UM were destroyed. Mr. fledge haying sumed up the evidence for the Iroieceti me. s-thewe med s an energetic speech fir the defence, 1I- s sid the tue ton of isicntity would nt be raised in that case it w iut i he e•tmit'ed, hut what the lure woidil have t consist ir woull b.. were the neieonere the persons who set fire to the forge. The testimony of Lill and the girl, he eontended. gave the balance of evidence in favour of the