The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-12-10 00:00:00

WIALBOILNE.

Parry 15Sea Friday. —Before Mr C. J. Parka the
Rev. C. J Glyn. the Rev. G. V. Garlaud, sod Major-
General Powlett-Lena.

The magistrates did not arrive until quarter-past one
"o'clock. and the business of the Court was consequently
not omcluded until half-past five.

D• 111•01110 A GIMPII-1711.1. —Frisk TricA4u. a labourer,
of West Parley. wee ',on...toned to beating Au4•l2 /raw
rine, the property of Kr. June* Spicer. at We. Moore, oa
the 19th of November, thereby doing danume to the
*Vent of sa—Kr. W. H. Atkinson defended.—Kre. Sums
Spicer. wife of the prosecutor, a public.. at West Kura
said the Aofendant came to her house on the night of tho
19th of November, and had some beer. She mines' to
supply Mtn with more beer. and ho made a dtsturbmoa
About 20 minutes to 10 defendant left ib. holm with the
intention of returning, but she locked him out. S.ie went
up-staire and looked out of the window, and to,w him try
the door. He then struck • match and lit hie pipe, and
broke down a grape vine that was Maimed Mainot th•f rent
of the house. He had Pince offered to pay a iovereisn to
make up this matter.—Kr. Atkinson said be was autructed
to give an absolute denial to Um assertion that hie client
did the damage, and he 'MI also instructed that the night
was pitch dark.—The Bench ordered defendant to pay
151., including damage and costs.

Hafnium GIPIHNS.—Semans Ngif and Witham .riooge.
two 's; who wore represented by the., r,u,.le
wisest. were summoned for being drunk e'di dmorderig
at Wituiarnir on the 96th of November.—P C Stone stated
that on Tuesday. the lath of November. about eight
o'clock at stet, he saw the defendant. nese Poole c oaer
drunk. Thiry went down Leistb-road shouting and swear-
ing all the way. and .ISt. Jaw's Church. . bets the con.
imitation were lust leaving, they challenged each other to
fight. When toss' 1,1• W him they went away to a field
near. In which they were encamped, but they cootiNued
their disturbance there.—Deputy Chief Conatable Ham-
mond said Liabt em • very old offender, and the Bench
fined defenitant• CI and 94. costa each.

Mott Diu/Mean.— Lialier and Jossis
were summoned tor being drunk •. Kmeon, on the 95.• of
N ,rember —Pbillips pleaded pulity. but Luther d d not
.pprar.—P.C. Himock mid be saw the ..I..lendasts at
Kamm drunk, about halfma-t four o'clock in tbe altar.
noon of the 115 M of N member. Luther eras lying by tbe
Md. of th• road, and his nose was bleedins. He not boa
up and started him home. Phillips wee in a worst state
"1 drunkenness than Luther. —The Booth Rued Pailllys
3s. and?.. coot% and LuMer Si. and 8.. costs.

LANDLORD AND TZNANT. —Ravi Babsr, sob of George
Riker, • farmer, of Corte Mullen, was summoned for
trespassing in search of game sod conies, on land in the
occupation of Mr. Sidney Wallis, at Code Mullen, on the
Sikh of November —Mr. F. H. 'Fanner prosecuted, Mr.
W. H. Atkinson defended.-111r. It 0. Chlalett, agent of
the St John Coventry Estate, proved that the right of
shooting over the manor eras rented by the Hon. Captain
Morton, and that Mr. Wallis and the other tenants only
had the right of ferreting and netting during certain
months of the year. —JohnLucas said he was • watcher in
the employ of the Hon. Captain Morton. On the morning
of the Mb of November he was out watching and saw the
defendant on his father's land with two dogs and sin-
He sent the dogs into the land occupied by Mr. W
allie and they hunted and started a rabbit, which go*
drain. Defendant got over the fence with gm ' i!'„Ws.s.a
hand and looked about Defendant this, w- '" 74.
defendant stood just outside the
• cover known as the Old Post-offlon t*.w_fr"
Id-. Wallis. Defendant's fathers ' *ecuPk—
land. Oudot the media cever, on his father's
fired into the cover. something, and defendant
corer when he sawkto. .snt called the dot. oat of the
And adjoined, ail
Atkinson, the witees. —ln croes-examination by Mr.
Wallla's . swore that defendant was on Mr.
into the cneee....es' Polden proved seeing defendant tire
that there eco,.. air. Atkinson, in defence, totally denied
and said' any personal entry on Mr. Willis's land,
Finches. ...adapt did not leave his father's land at ali—
bis% os .rman mid the magistrates had decided to convict,
hop y would hear the other caws against defendant
NO Axing the penalty.
°swum or Svgaidno Rewires —Sawinel Broomfield,
lad of 19, was chaired with meanie tour dead rabbits,
value 4e., the property of Lord Rivers at S :penny
ElmidleF, on the 14th of November—Joseph Yount, aa
uwler keeper to Lord Rivers, said • party was out shooting
at Handley on the link of November, and prisoner was
one of the beaters. Prisoner emu left to watch some nets
round • cover. and he asked him if anything had come
into the nets, and he said oaly one rabbit, whicb he save
ISt stf lee the game sod rabbits had all been sent to tins
donee aad the seta had been placed in • cart, prisoner
said be mast go back tor his gaiters. Prisoner went nits
(IN weed, and be watched him and saw him take four
rabbits from under abash, and he had put three of them
into kis pocket when be went to him. He said be hails
rabbit there, and asked him not to say snythlng about it
He asked him what he bad in his pocket, end he said he
had another rabbit, and again asked him not to my any.
thing about it. Hs told hien he had better come with him
to the head keeper, and prisoner said he would give him
halfm-sovereign not to say anything about it. Prisoner
refused to go to the head keeper and ran &var.—Primmer
said be had no Intention of steeling the rabbits, but meant
to take them to the head keeper —The magistralos
sentenced prisoner to seven days' hard labour.
William Consist was summoned by Lord Normanton's
keeper, for poaching, bat am the defendant was in custody
on a charge of horeemtasling the summons was with-
drawn.