The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-05-22 00:00:00

!iGORAVATED ASS.ILT.

Waller Shepherd, a plasters r and tiler, living in Cold
Harbour, was summoned by Eliza Dyke, landlady of the
Terminus+, Iseerhouse, Bristol-road, for an assault. It
appeared that the assault complained of took place on the
Eith of May, when defendant, who was labouring under
the effects of alcoholic liquor, went to complainant's
house and requested her to draw him some lrink. She
refus-ed, and asked Isini to leave, and upon his failing to do
no and, ins be was annoying her customers, she took him
by the elsoubler: :Ind endeavoured to nut him out into ths
street. Ile struck her in the head and lace, and subse-
quently after he had tried to come in again and was pre-
vented by her, he caught her by the neck, and he would
have inflicted very severe injuries had it not been for the
interposition of Mr. Pegg and Mr. Hill. Defendant slid
sot appear, and the Bench, considering it a lad assault,
made an order of comiiiittal for II layb' hard labour,
without giving bins the option of paying a fine.

THE LIABILITY RAILWAY ItE:SHM ENT STALL
IC IMPERIL

Minas Godwin, of --gelbit;y, was summoned for
allowing intoxicating liquors to be consumed on his
premises at the Yeovil Junction refreshment rooms
during prohibited hours, on Sunday, the 6th of May.
—Mr. Hill, of Salisbury, for defendant. It appeared
that the Nether Compton constable I, isite,l the depart-
ment on the day in question, and found three men
there, each having a cup of drink. They came from
Bradford Abbas. He told the young women in the
bar that they were acting contrary to the rules by serving
men who were not travellers with drink : but they
replied they were not. While he WM in the refresh-
ment room two trains—an up and down—came it ; the
men, however, stopped 20 minutes after the trains
were gone.—Cross-examined : Did not we them
supplied with liquor after the trains hail gone.—Miss
Taylor, called by Mr. Gill, said she was an assistant
at the refreshment bar at the Yeovil railway junction,
and was employed by Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd. She
had been in the situation only about three months.
On Sunday, the iith instant, she, in company with
another young woman, Thorne, was in charge of the
refreshment department, Mrs. Shepherd being absent
in attendance on•her husband, who was ill and had
since died. It WAS about quarter-past-three in the
afternoon, and a down train wa.s due, and when she
heard it coming she opened the doors. There appeared
to be an up train due at the same time, so that when
she closed the door on the down-platform she crossed
over the railway to the refreshment room on the up-
platform. She supplied refreshments to several men
whom she believed were travelling by train, though
she discovered when the train WAS gone that the men
had not gone with it. Wanting to close the doors she
asked them tog', which they did. Was sure no beer
Wai supplied to the men after the train had gone. She
knew the men by sight, but did not know their names
or where they came from. The refreshment room was
a waiting room as well,and when she supplied the men
with beer there were a number of passengers there.—
The defendant was then called, and said the refresh-
ment rooms at the Yeovil Junction and Salisbury
way stations hail been in his family for ii years, and
he had never had any previous complaints of improper
conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd. He did not know
anything of the charge until he received the summons,
and then he sent a telegraph message at once, and
ordered the place to he closed in future at the time.
He visited the junction periodically.—The Chairman
said the Bench were of opinion that neither reasonable
nor sufficient precautions had been taken to prevent
the entrance of persons other than bond fide travellers
into this restaurant in question, but looking at the
circumstances of the case, that the persons who
should have been in charge were absent, they had
decided to dismiss the summons.—Defendant said the
refreshment rooms should be closed on Sundays.