The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-09-24 00:00:00

" THI RIGHTS OP GLILNER.S."
2`• ti• Miter.

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Sir,—Uuder this title I hare reed a letter in the
Teleran signed "instil:le." who dates from Pere, inform
lag the lower claisse—l presume "Justitia" means the
perm clam..—that gleaning in • field am only be done by
sufferance of the owner. Well, I think we all knew that
before. Of coarse the farmer can Imp out the levier
cleans if be like., amilep:rdhaps, in these days when
raking machines are em greedily to gather up every
stray ear or men, tha privation would not be such a
tremendous lois. I have also read bow In the Midlands
a poor 1.019411 has been sent to prison for fourteen days
for unlawful gleaning; but I did hope this wretched spirit
of ealflahnees would not extend itself to the West. Let
me ask " Justdie to read, mark, learn, end inwardly
digest the Ind chapter or Ruth. I should be sorry to
think of him as a man who if Its found Christ and his
disciples plucking the ears of own in one of his !kids
would run for the nearest polkernan.
Yours, c,

Aaron= Msaitrr Twin? Catn.-*lnes 04 • Tor,
oki.rir mist was summoned for hawking beam. •
and watercress without a licence, on Monday lad-VC'.
Bartlett saw her go to four houses in King-street with her
baskets ; but when he inquired about her tided., oh. said
the articles were all ordered. She had share gene to
Lillington. the markets clerk. for • ticket_ but she
never applied for one before, nor until she had sold the
thict-grfendant said she brought in a few thinp for
Hr. tt, when ehe went shout the clothes-Bh. was
let od De payment of costa, ea —Defendant : Oh I and who
do hare tbia. sir (Laughter.)
Ten Arta' or Porn's. —Ou Friday, before the Mayor
(Kr. Landis). Dr. Drew_ Dr. fil , and 11E3. Ailing
Chat-i../hum, an elderly man. se porter., wn;
summoned for ceasing an obstruction In the public
thoroughfare --Sergeant Apse, saw hint with • =of
trucks pat right across the Quay, oppoot. th.
Haig oo Friday laidand defeedant blme.lj was close at
the tall of the 'bri• The Paters had agreed upon certain
rules, and this man, being in the Out tutu, his trucks
clone up to the doorway, and when poho,, to by the polio.,
brn would not mmove then until great deal of trouble
—llte defendant persistently contradicted the sergeant,
and P.C. Bartlett warn ailed and oorrobootted Sergeant
Ateefs statement; and even the,,, Bonn kept daclarim
he did what hewn, told, and did not get in the way. He
wanted ths polioe also to keen the imam out of the way.
, —The Mayor, with some difficulty stopping Bun's inter.
replica's, fined him It, to include cone
=FM ITIILATITOL Boom —O. L. Pisani of the Rose
mad Crown Inn, was suramorted for baring his house open
; 4 unlawful hone on Sunday—Mr. Hooper remounted ;
Mr. Reward defended.-111r. Hooper wished to state, in
In justice to defendant that the °Seem he wes aow
stunntosed for was not auaystirnn of the on. for whin*
be was brought up [ ay and punished, as it occurred
' before that —P.C. Pryer about 10 minute' past (I o'clock
I. the morning of Sunday last, saw two men oonstout of the
Rose and Drown. Creeoniteneet, went, and found the
front doceand the ter-door,both open,went to and found •
man in • corner behind the door. A ptnt cup was in haat
of him, and it was evident he lad bean
wiped the froth from his mouth in vitalises memes.
spoh. to defendant who was behind the muster, rismot.
lag the leas behind the tteee, and she about the two who
heel lett the beam Defendant made no NNW= abed the

two bad gone out; hut he said the man behind the counter
rams for some fish. Had freeload,' seen • lot of Fe.ele
e_r_nd the door, and • little girl watching him the whole
af tee thae• so he watched the house—in crossexamina-
Don the constable said be entered the Weymouth Force
on April 111, sad knew Parry al a cab-driver. He denied
haying • young lady at tyia part of the town, in fact he
hadn't owl. (Laughter.) There seemed, however, to he
" something in it, for when Kr. Howard enqiired the
die and age of the girl, he slipped out she was two-and-
twenty years of are, and there was more laughter when
Kr. Hovrard told him be event the little girl watching at
the door. The latter wee sir or seven years old. Did not
know there was c shop there; there wee a few apples and
a few fish in the window, did not know that was the bar,
and was guile surprised to Ilod it was, when he got in.
The man inside was standing up, and the landlord told
him he cattle about some Ash :but not that Caddy had cut
noun* chair for him that moraine After vielting other
Placa@ on his best he came arvin in half-an-hour; but saw
no ON there at that time —Mr. Hooper said they did not
with to pram the cane, because yesterday the man was
punished for in assault on the constable who was
endeavouring to do his duty must not he Intimated.—Hr.
Howard said Kr. Paver had kept the house for three
min without any previous charge being brought against
him. If the case was to be treated ia a lenient way, as
Mr. Hooper seemed t 3 say, he would not 401 any
witztemee ; bet would promise, on the part of Parley, to he
ern to the pnlicemaa.—bfr. Hooper wished only to
impress the landlords of the town with the (set that the
Police have the right to enter public-bovusse, end to be
treated drills'. —Hr. Howard folly admitted that —The
Bench cautioned Panty and dismissed thecae* on payment
it Net&

—Clajr-toeTo Distaxo wmt Sounges.—On Friday,
before the Mayor (Mr. Lundiet Dr. Drew, and Mr. W.
Talbot, Jaws &set. of the Bird-In-Hand, was Nummoned
under the Slat section of the Mutiny Act, for aiding a
soldier to desert by supplying him with clothes, also for
receiving the clothes of • soldier—Mr. Hooper appeared,
Instructed by Colonel Davis, of the )oth regiment,
stated it ws• felt to be quite neossisrY to Progeggge,as
there had been so many desertions. This could not, Mr.
Hooper said, have come from israoranes, because defend-
ant bad hens in the Rieerves for some years himself.—
Mr. It. N. Howard defended.—Lleut Sidney Furloneer,
acting adjutant of the lath regiment, knew George Har-
greaves. • private, but he was not declared deserter till so
indeed by • Court. He we. absent without leave sham
Tuesday the 3rd inst.. at Sam,, and is liable to bees
declared A person is liable to be apprehended, and to be
declared • deserter, or absent without leave. He has
hien declared ateent without leave.—Croesexasnined by
Mr. Howard: Did not know whether George Harirmves
I. a tall man: did not know him personally. Only knew
Hargreaves was a deserter or absent without leave from
the reports.—By Mr. Arden: A soldier has no right to
appear in plain clothe., without leava—Luteeclergeant
Law:mobs assistant-provost sergeant, registered all passe'
signed by the commanding officer, and registered one for
Hargreaves on Sentambsr tad; the man is absent now.
Had semi him on the sth in the hex in plain clothes, and
he was sworn In as • thwarter. On the name day he saw
Scott who told the winters he sold Hargrearee • cost
waistcoat, and Cromer., for P. and handed ever the
money, slaying Hargreaves told him he did not want to be
married in regimentals. Orme-examined He also said
he didn't know be was going to dement, Hargreaves had
told him he was min, to have hi. discharge on the 15th,
and that if be thought Hergreave's "seagoing to desert he
would never hays sold the clothe. The man left his hones
during his absence—p.a. Stickland. on Wednesday, 4th,
was sent to the Bird-in-Hand for the *lethal, and told him
ho was come for • snit of uniform left by • private tsf the
1106, which defendant fetched out and gave him. Told
defendant he most he • silly man to supply • soldier with
plain clothes, when Scott replied the man said he was on
leave from Monday up to Tuesday morning, and wanted
• suit of clothe, to get married In, and h• (Scott) sold him
the clothea—Oemegemined : Relieved defendant gave
Information to the polio, of • soldier leaving his clothes
there.—Teilth Cog told of prisoner, on Wednesday mora-
ine, taking off his uniform and putting on Plain clothes.
—Crom-exemined : Scott wa• not present when prisoner
changed his clothes—Lieutenant Paz:longer, re-examined,
said the defendant canoe up to the barracks and asked
them not to proceed in this case because it might ruin
him: but Lieut.-Colonel Clarkson, to whom he took the
defendant said the ease most toots, no there had been so
many desertions lately—Mr Howard admitted the facts
of defendant walling the cloth... best he knew of no law to
prevent • person selling • soldier anything, from • tin cap
to • pith of trousers. The questiou wsa—" Did the defen-
dant let Hargreaves have the clothes. for the purpose of
desertion or Dot" Scott told the policeman that he did
net know Hargreaves was going to desert; that had been
made • part of the evidence for the proseeution, and
therefore they must intend the Bench to bone.. it. The
soldier Hargreaves was not a theryter, nor did Scott
procure his desertion, or aid in it He further weed that
defendant did not receive these clothes from the soldier,
and the moment he found them he gave information to
the police.—• Mr. Hooper contradicted this, and It was
found to rest on the statement of P.C. Stickland
toile be believed prisoner had given information.—Mr.
Howard further urged that there was nothing
to prevent a tailor from supplying a soldier
with • pair of trousers, "opposing the moldier gave
as explanation, such as, for itortance, that he had •
brother to whom he was about to give them Everything
would depend upon the explanation, and Mr. Howard
urged that the specious villain who induced the poor girl
to sacrifice herself, induced by his specious tongue the
defeedant Scott to supply him with the clothes. But he
believed that, if the cam had been properly represented to
the military authoritiee these proceeding would never
have been taunt —The Mayor said that on the first charge
they had some doubt, and although as .n old army man
defendant ought to have known better, they gave him the
benefit of the doubt But, as to the other charge, the
had no doubt, and, as many soldier. are deserting their
ranks, and cannot do so without amistance, they ordered
him to pay treble the value of the articles left, with • fine
of • shilling and all the coats, and they hoped it would he
warning to persons not to reelere soldier's clothe.. He
irs.• information to the police it was true but this we.
done attar the girl had begun to make enquiries about her
mossy. and when he knew the matter would become
bruited about —Defendant stated that directly he found
the clothes in his house, be told the fine policeman he met,
as he was going to the railwayetation, where he thought
the prisoner was making his way. —Mr. Howard asked the
Bench to recommend to the Secretary of State to reduce
the antoent charged on prisoner is the treble value of she
clothes.— The Bench, however, refused; and Dr. Drew
told Brett he ought to have returned the clothes to the
Barracks immediately they were found, then probably no
nroceedinn would hare been taken.—The total which
Scott had to pay was £5 4.. 64.

URBAN SAMTAIIT AolllolreT. —A meeting wee hen net
Thursday last in the C runcil Chamber, in order to take
into consideration eeverral letters respecting nuisances.
These were read, and the Authority gave them the very
fullest consideration, and ultimately passed the following
resolution.:—" That the surveyor and inspector of
nuisances be instructed to investigate the nuisances re-
ferred to at this meeting--namely, the timber pound by
the railway at the heck of Cantain Ferris's, the ditch or
open drain at the heck of Mr. Boman on the Dorchester-
r ed. the accumulation of ...weed near the signal
Point at Rsdipole and other places In the vicinity, and
report what drains are emptied Into the Backwater shove
the Dam."—'"That tho Town Clerk reply to the communi-
cations from the Local Government Board that they are
ender their serious consideration, and that this meeting
stands adjourned for the surveyor to make what experi-
ments Of any) he may think proper, and report thereon at
the next meeting, for the purpose of helping the Board to
arrive at • correct opinion as to the muse of nuisances
complained of, and what steps shall be taken to rectify the
same."

PIIIIC DOMINOES.
7k the Editor. —I see your able, but perhape somewhat
Purituinically inclined correepondent " Discens " is
dreadfully shocked at this tday. May remind him of the
old Preach adme Boni soft du and further that if one
Prydeterminandy conoeires a thing to be bad to arrive at
a self satisfied coach:Won, that It is se is simply. matter of
" facilla Disosna-us."—Truly yours, Loan:inn&

wAsaium.
A very near relative of me of the Indies of the Queen's
Bench Division at Westminster, and who this yeer is on
the rota seen ghettos judge for trying dispatad elections,
visited the grand, magnificent, and, as it is universally
admitted, unrivalled rains, of Code Castle on Thursday
last, accompanied by Yr. F. riular, the present recorder
of Wareham