The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-12-02 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY ExpRE•4B AND AGRICULTITR‘L GAZETTE, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2. 18'79.

WIBTXOI7TH.

Ws understand that 111 consequence of the lamented
death of the late Town Clerk (Ur. F. C. Steaall) there
trill be n, Mayor's Banquet this year.

THE stirit BAND.— Au exoellent selection of music
was performed on Thursday bat at the Imperial
Burdon Hotel, by the hand of the 56th Regime,,t.
There was a Woo number of la lies and gentlemen
present, and the programme being of no excellent
character, the music was much enjoyed. A feature
wai the "F:legie" (Wi .st), violin sin, whi h was
beautifully played by Mr. Hansen, to r.
He is 3 tirst-rate vi diniat, a full ;make to the
piece. It, foil, win.; is ilia progra•mne :—Gavotte,
King Louis sill; overturo. "La Roi di Yretot"
(Adam) ; vase Tout a Vona" ( %Veldts:OM) ; selec-
tion " Lee cloches de Ccrneville (Planipietti)
violin solo (Wiest); Mazurka "Greeting t) Wey-
mouth" (Hansen).
Parris° Os House Atierrt.—At the rentral
Criminal Court on Thursday, Jame Smith, 40. W 34
charged upon I indictments with having robbal
furnished looms in Rich:limo]. Surrey, which she ha I
taken fr diff..rent terms,. and she was also indict-al for
having fraudul- ntly olitsunri advances upon the furni-
ture. The primner plec'e 1 guilty. Mr. Montagu
NVillistos stated the facts to the court, pointing out
that the priaoncr was a dangerous class of person, who
had no sooner signed an agreement for • fur:imbed
house than she immediately vr.sceeded to ohmic an
advance from some money-lending firm by way of •
bill of sale. Having done this, she left the place. He
also called a witness to prove • previous conviction for
obtaining property by false pretences. The Common
Berjeant sentenced the priamer to lA months' hard
labour.

NZOLICTING TO STIPP ,IIT A Wang.— Wiijiun, Carsick
was summoned I.y the 'Weymouth Union, for
whom Mr. Weldonl aline ired,for neglecting to support
his wife at present in the Dorset County Arylum--
Mr. Stevens proved taking the wife to tie asylum on
the lot of July last tinder the usual magistrates' order,
The Guardians male an order on the prisoner for pay-
ment towards her support. She had been maintained
at the asylum at the expense, of the union since July.
The def-ndant had mod. one payment on the 30th
July. He had applied to him on several occasions, but
ho bad pleaded inability to pay. He had paid fie. in
discharge of the first math's maintenance, the
guardians having been willing to pay is. 6d. a week.
The usual payment was tis. a month. The defendant
WWI a master shoemaker, carrying on busintes at
Abbotsbury, owl was living in his own house.—A
medical certificate wan put in showing that the defen-
dant was partielly disabled. —The defendant pleaded his
Inability, he not being able to work', and the magis-
trates lea-lineal to make an order.
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:Thtt.1111(1 rllalll9*—At the County Petty Sessions
on Friday, Waiiest Grey was charged with stuling
22.51h5. of turnips, the property of Mr. Alfred Mace.
Mr. Hume appeared for the prosecution.—P.C. Roper
said on the morning of the 27th inst. he was on duty
on the Backwater Bridge rood. As he was walking
aloft r the road he saw the prisoner with • donkey and
cart in • field with two boys. They were loading the
cart with leaves fnin the swedes which another man
was pulling up and trimming. As he wee passing
the field he observed one ,d the boys put • swede iXI the
cart, which Grey gaickly corned over with leaves.
Witness then went on a little distance and on his
return he saw Grey binding the load of leaves with
ropes. They then left the field and went towards the
pe6oner's cowshed. He followed the cart and over.
took it. He told the prisoner he wee going to search
the cart, and he replied "1 suppose you want them two
or three swedes I have got." He picked up two or
throe and the boys picked up the rest. He said the
man who was pulling them told hint he could have
them. On searching the art he f mod several swedes
mixed up with the leaves. Witness than asked him
where the others were, and he took him to • little
garden behind the cowshed, where he found a heap of
them. He said " These are the ,mee I brought away
with the first load of leaves." Witness said he should
make a further search, prisoner took him to some straw,
under which he found some more swede.. Prisoner
said " That's the lot." lie said the man had given
him all the swedes. When *knees saw the man pull
the swedes in the field. Woodlands. the man who was
working therr.waa 20 or3Oyardadistance, with his back
towards the prisoner. When on the way to the police-
station, prisoner said he knew he had done vrrong and
hoped he w.,ubt not press the can against him.—
Charles Woodlands said he wee engaged by Mr. Mace
to pull the turnips. Mr. Mace gave the prisoner leave
to take the leaves. and the prisoner came on Wednes-
day twice to take them away. Witness did not give
him leave to take the swedes, and he did not see him
take them. He Was busily eogaged with his work and
did not observe what he was doing.—The prisoner
pleaded guilty.--Dr. Nathan spoke to the prisoner's
previous good charaeter.—Sentenced to one month's
imprisonment with hard labour.