The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-01-06 00:00:00

QUARTER BEBBIONB,

The general Q muter Sessions were held at the Guildhall
on Friday moron.' last, before ii,. Bompae. Q 0, the
I( undtr for the lirroush. HI. Honour was aceompen ad
OG the Bench by the Harm' (Mr. W. Kate). and Agy.ro,
Weetern. Circle, Gotots. and Hayman. J.P. and 114. J.
Ilford, the Steriff.
Toe following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand
Jury Jame. Buckley (foreman), and lima,. Jaen..
Andrew*, W. H. Bellard, T. Buckley, E N. Btanch.rd.
it Belben. W. H. Blaoclard, U Boris., J. Oarier, W.
W Hutment, .1. L. Field, A H. Jou/kluge, B. W. Gahm,.
W. Morrie. and it E. Thompone.
The Cul& or Tit PikCl (Mr. G. B. Aldridge) having
read the somewhat ast.q ored oroolametl to sg.in.t awe.
protanenees, and Immo, May. Bergeaot-sit•li ace (Padl.y)
celled for Wenn. wilier pans of imprisonment while the
was
The Ricoaoga. in the course of his address to the
Grand Jury, which, however, was somewhat inaudible at
Inter•.lt, either became. the audience hai not glen,
respect to the Sergeant's notice, which they oasht to h ye
done, or on atmuot of the nolo. In the Market.plaae, cad
Le fait glad to sey that hie off! • method par by year
beemnins mob d and mar.. sinecure. Time atter tune ha
had of late appe.red before them, and instead of hostas
bed to dir ict Si. ch•rse to them with referent, to off, nom
that bad been cominitt In the tow.. It bad been his
platoon ti inform th-ra there were no bilis to bi pre.
I. rred before deem. if. therefore Aid not prop..., upan
that occa.ion, to weary their patience by making to the..
soy lengthy &dire.' upon tubjecte which hri engaged
tn. at'euttou of the country during the pot ye,—
'object. which, pt rhapa, hems of rather a political than.
ItgalC n•lderation, he had nothing upon that mammon
to do with. He would, therefore, c totent himmil by
es aaaaa ilating them v. ry he irtily noon whet, ae far as
he c.uld s•, the state iif the town .powered to be. It
wee quite true the town had been a god deal talked
ahc it, in conmq moos of carmin events that hal
latsly engaged their sttention but he would spook
as ha found, ant he would say that whatever
failing. there may have been in the adoeinstratton of the
borough's laws, and put...lady a.r.seried the queetion
of that of the licanaing Acta, it app gel to him to have
learnt b .th parties to midriffs, the tact that the highest
duty wh,ch could devolve op n toms is that of maintain.
ins them le•s which teertaloiy as long.. he eat in that
coon he should endeavour to enforce the conditions of.
He could not help thinking that the iallo,stesi loserdaed
by thee. in authority in this town, and the efforts tit.,
had individually •zercised had done much to carry out
that view ; and he beileved the inhabitants generally
bad eeconde I them in tAtecu The duty before him wee
th.t of leering to sentence one primes. only—Seat was
he only with which be had had to dt.charge during the
past three semi, ms, and he thought it wee greatly to the
, cralit of the town. He ttuata• the,
in the lave and politic, of the country might in the foto,*
art., that they would not interfere with the, he hop .d,
cout,Ooolla primpsrity of hitt iwa, but they would a iurtsti
in the future as they had done in the poet and that good
, condos% which at present slimed to prevaiL would um.
tico. Li prevail, that whatever diderenoes of opinion or
di.put as to p.rUchl.r subjects, wood not lead to
brpwerhem.g ...
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note side or the <that., were the right ones, to do their
best far the welfare atukthe promerity of the town.

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aurthigget.
G 'urge James Butt, • reesemable young man, thd the
son of notheetehls parent. &deg in Poole. surretherth to
his bail in ord•, to ricer* judgment.—Thts was the only
cam with which his Honour, is he bed preeloady
Maul, had to Wial, but It wag one that had
existed • greed thel of public Int-cwt, not only on
account of the antecedents of the rimier, but the fact
that Mr. Norton, *hose name la now ovetty well familiar,
was the Prosecutor. Addit•onel curimity ores Imp °Jed
into the matter by the fact that the thry before whom Is
was arraigned some nine months tho found the Prisoner
not guilty of rsciethieg moatss which had Wan paid hien
In behalf of the prtiethator, and which he had appro.
thisted to his own use, on the ground that he had not
done so with • felonious intent; and that itato-diataly
alter they &owed that the!, found Matadi, of thilus Os
in felgifylog the pro..cnte accounts by heading in to
Kr N rho.. chief clerk • partial list of the morass b had
received duneg the day in quote.; bud, farther, the
welleknown fact that the jury would hare had to be
discharged upon thla point had not two of the number,
who were in favour ot a emend errata of not guilty, eth
combed to the Ukases of the hour, the re•nembranth
that it eth a &turd./ sifternoon, and that they reseal
their demon I Alta this woad verdict tied been given,
Mr. C. Ilethews. who append for Batt, igooring, of
nouns, intentlthallY, the old Latin precept Qis soft
per alum facet per se," contended that the tier. handing
In by the prisoner of this tales atatemeat did not prove
I no guilty of collusion in falsifying the amounts of his
master. The Ricor ler rthethed the point of law thus
ithentously raised, and it wee 'argued soros lime aro
befoze the liodsm of the Q Melia Bench Division with. it
need lordly be geld, Otos unanimous Judgment of the
lodges against the point raised.
The Prisoner aooordingly now cum, op for judgment,
and took his pules Intl. old fathloned sloth belonging to
the Coast, • warder from the county whoa at ones
amiaquely taking hls stand behind him.
Tim Recorder having °awaited with the Mayor, nod
aftorwer Is with the other magistrates on the Batch, with
about to deliver judgm- nt, when
H 8. 'samara, the solicitor ousted In th•
detests, said he withed to call his Honour', ctention to
the last oharaoter handed in In behalf of the prisoher.
IA smasher of testimonial* hai previously been plth 'd In
hie Honour's hoots) Hy it be would the the priether
wee et wesent gaining an honoet livelibool, sal his
present employer me willing to t.ke Wm beck again.
Probsbly the Rem ler had seen In some recent judgments
of Baron Fluddieston that where a peoecutor was willing
to tate beck • psis ner, charged miler such ciroum sleuths
as thew Into Ma employ. he might anfreithently let the
prisoner oat to come up for
Of
whth caihd sgpon.
on his own recognisance. Of wares be (Mr. D‘ckia.,oo
did not wtemot to put thet lid. wird •• • pmcsient ;
would s mply tithe it in favour of mitigation of
panl.lthight.
Prioon.r was then hiked by the Clerk of the Pesos If
I. ha 1 anything to say why joierthat should not he
pissed upon him, and be replied "No, air; I plead for
mitigation, that is all. I woo toll by in, employer bait
night sloth, would take me back willingly ag loins. si
this cam was over."
The R 90,4 ler. addressing the theca'r. said the duty
, which is, to. hal th chafi_on him, Is need not way, wes
• ',TY painful crow You meat, he consumed to 1:11•4
born*. very good tharaotw up to this tm, but then to
Leith yielded to temptation, lend you have been 0012,icaol
of what is 14 itself • very meths offence. Very
serious beneath not only is all dishonesty regarded
by the law as snob, but because dishonesty against
OA employer is the more especially so ; and
where • person is pot in • Position of trust it El always
looked upon as an aggstrthilon of the mime. Your
off-noes, therefore, Is sessions one, and mast be marked
with a conatlerable lentih of imprisonment. I have,
!weever, had retard to two or three consideatioas. In
the first elem. you hay. • soot character, width makes
me hope that at the dad of the sentence you will prove
10.1.081 t worthy of the confidence which your present
employer ea nisi to place In you. I mast take into *soma
the foot also that this sentence has been hanging over
poor head for • considerable length of tints. and I as
sure that ii • man in your position tile is in Wolf a
torolderehle pthtim iaent. at, at t same time, It
would not be coseletent with my duty to society to pee i
over allele:la of this kind, given with thee* mitigating
C reuntstaa tea without puntshment. Although there Mat
be possible o Caaimna when fudges may feel ihemthives
juitifith in doing so. I renew upon this occasion do, so
fort here n °ay to timelier that sympatoy, which. as
• y iting UMW of hiliterto restrict stol• lankier in JOYS'
preeot position I may for lon, toot I have also to con-
sider the welfare of others, oat the 101 l swam, • zert.4
cpon others by the paniehmeat Walsh follow, agises of
this description. The sentence Ii that son be hope to
bar I labour for four months.
The seateare on. received with abase of astonishment
in Court, bat the prisoner took it very coolly, sad left
the dock in ended, of the warder, by whom Is wu eft,
.44* %Os to She musty prim

Th• fatility of tie agininios which S k.oobl,
! without iamb aposmot egos', 10 mann in renlim ito
William.' mot piloted out by the Daily News. That
piper *aye plsiely-
- Too • Is oo opeonalool wed* at procuring a fre.h 1••••0111.
UO Imo talo solo, 10.08. ors. The oaly (nano °pee to
those who &crust Um verdict le • petition to the sec unary
at Mots. who ow only read lite wrideeee sad =WWI ibe
ja ye. ILveryonie boom ths judge's opiates, 11.14 everyeae
with say practise' experisoce most to seers bow WU. eau
be (*Yawed from merely rotates toe •wkirmise is • owe or
perjury. Soso if trait lects were broaght briar. sir Wiliam
asr.:tort he amid oat order • sew trial Ids could owl,
exercise the clemency et tee Cr.... to wh:ch Willi•os, if
be be bided (eddy, oensialy sot liatilowl. Hut sae
quatioa iti—le he guilty 1
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The fact l.—William -spathlsere have Sono Om
wrong way to work. It it had been merely sought to
hare obtained • reduction a his sentence no doubt
unsay more signatures would bare been obtained to
the petitions. But the general feeling engendered by
the wording of the prayer is that it has been got up,
not for any extreme solicitude foe tbe num himself,
m a disks by book or by crook to gitt Oben into •
mom.