The Telegram. — 1896-07-07 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

LIKING TOR POULTRY. —L'haries Pantry (30), hamster, was indicted for stealing km fowls, value is., the property of Frederick King. at Stunninster Marshall, on June 23rd. Prisoner adinitted receiving the fowls, hut denied having stolen them. Mr. Evelyn Cecil prosecuted, and stated the facts of the ease. Evidence was given by Stephen Brown, a poultry dealer, of Long fleet, Poole, P.S. Pearce, Frederick Kula, of Crumpet's Farm, Elisabeth Grace Corniek, who FlAd charge of the fowls at Crumpet's Farm, and Thomaa Vine, poulterer, of Poole, w ho larlight fowls from the priaoner. —Prisoner stated he ought to have known better than have bought fowls at the price, but he never stole them. He bought them from a man on the road, alto was a perfect stranger to him. He was sorry he hail anything to Is with the hinle.—The chairman of the Bench having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty. A previous emivictinn for felony was proved against him. The chairman, in muNneing pri toner to six calendar months' imprisenment, cad that unfortunately the magistrates found that he was convieted of a similar offence last year. anti also two years ago Be thought fright to warn the prisoner that if he came up again with these caaes avainst him he must not expect to vet off with nix mouths, and that he would probably be sent tu penal servitude.  By th capsizing of a boat iu Duomal Bay on Vi,,lmulday night a young man named Herbert Allingtun, of Bally Shannon, lost his We.  At Portsmouth, on Wednesday, Charles Mason, landlord of the Red Lion public-house, after quarrelling with his wife, committed suicide by taking poison. At Lewes assizes, on Wednesday, Wm. Henry Brown, a monider, was seer-need ionic years' penal servitude for the Mitempted murder of his wife at Rye, in April last.  A telegram from New Yirk states that on Friday last hire. Harriet Beecher Stowe, the writer of " Uncle's Tom's Cabin," %fa,, seized with congestion of the brain and paralysis, and during Wednesday she was uncurisesoue. !Ara. Stowe paused away at noon, at the age of 85. An Armenian named Kirkor was hung on Wedneiefay morning on the bridge eonneeting Galata and Siart,bool. He had been condemned so death for the murder of Hannes Effendi, an Armenian policeman. The execution waa waneasod by a large crowd.  At the Ilfracombe Police-court on Tneeday, Clara Montdorl WAR clorged on suepicion with stealing a cash-hoz contain:rig £lO6. a three-guinea cheque, three £5 notes, arid v sriwis vipers, the property of J. Suffield, of the Victoria liotid, Ilfraconibe, where she was employed as lady help and assistant hernial& The accused was remanded to Monday's Sessions. The Traction Engine on Roads Committee met on Wedneethy to con.ider their report. Among the recomn emiations agreed upon IIV•s a prOP(1.11 that • uniform duty of t.lO lir each engine of not more than ten tons shall be imposed, with an additional £2 per ton for every extra ton. It was also proposed that every licensed engine ationld be allowed to p•irai through another county on paymost id an annual regintration duty of 2s 61 for each county or county borough. The committee also decided to reocommend that any form of driving wheel shall be legal which has been approved by the Local Government hard.  The Hampshire coroner, Mr. li. Goble, held an inquest on Wednesday, at the Station Hospital, 11,1sr, on the body id Frederkk Archer, a private in the Wiltshire Regiment, stationed at Browndown. The deceased, who hal just begun to learn the tricycle, was riding At about 10 o'clock on Saturday night in Qiiay Street, Fareliain, when he ran into a trap which was driven liy a lady, and was coming round the corner of tile street. The shaft struck him under the had, and he was carried 150111t1 ch.-Lance, sustaining injuries from which lie died on Sunday evening. The ooroner expressed a strung iminiou that cyclists 'should be subject to stringent regulations respecting the road, and the jury in returning a verdict of " Accidental death "concurred with him in that view.