The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-07-27 00:00:00

NTR \W BURNING AT ANKIRIWULL.

While the jury were consulting in the last case,
John Woolf, who hod pleaded guilty to arson at
Askerserell, wit brought up for sentence.
The Judge said he Gould not undeistaud what motive
p_rherner could have bad for setting lire to this •traw.
He appeared to be A stranger to the prosecutor, and
yet he did that which might have catmed him great
injury. lie might have destroyed the whole of that
mmie. imp .rty. Farming property war woe/sully to.
issued,ii. i era...sit was pretected by the strong mu of
the lie-, r. r•nes may suffer serious loss frim people
like leo. w lo h., g 'jog about with no psrti.
0u1..r ct. Although he knew nothing of him. the
Seitt.•Fot t inu•t imp .at would be a severe one. Flee
yew ..al servitude. The severity of the sentence
lvie
. ',intuited the assize*.

NISI PRIUS coiditT. —Thumper.
(Before )ir. JUSTICS KEATING.)
DONCIIINITIR TOLL CANIL
Thc .Vnvor mid Corporatimt of Dorrhattr v. J. T.
anti W. Jibrudea—Mr. Kingdoo, Q C., alr,
tote., and Mr. C. Bowen, forth. plaintiffs, and
Mr. Bert, 41. C., for the defendants.
Mr. floeer evened the pleadings. Re said : This
neon is breeght by the plaintiffs, who are the own, re
of certain cluaitered fairs and markets held within the
of Dorchester. and the t ,Ila thereof, against
the fee.lant a, for a dietutbanee theme., by the erect. on
I holding of other fairs and markets within the limits
of the pl tintiff.' fairs and markets .04 00 the same days.
The et elarstion in the first count states that the
pionctilfu w. re lawfully sad of right possessed of a mar.
Let for the sale of goods, ware., and merchandise, horses,
sheep, stock, and cattle, holden in the rid borough of
D.,rcliester, on Wednesday and ficturday ii eeery week,
together with the tolls, staling. rents, sod other profits
to the said market sitifertaning. and the defendants
d etorbed the ;,taint ifs said tuarket, and prevented
their enlognient thereof, and of the said tolls, stellar
rents, sod other profits, by unlawfully on the market
days aforesaid holding • new market for the eale of
divers goods, warm. merchandise, horses, sheep, stock,
and cattle, within the limits of the said troreugh, near to
the place cre the so i.I market of the plsintiffi was holden
wit rib, the plaintiff. tont the tolls, iitalgige rents, and
other refit of their said market. In the second count the
•ptaaittif. state thy were posees-ed of a market for ti •
sale of geed., wars.. no rebandise, hotses, cheep, stock.
sad cattle, Leiden at the phew and times as in the first
Aosta ateattote.l, tog, thee with the tolls, &e., appertaio.
lag, arid the gldenglenti disturbed the plaintiff: said
=MI Lets. and prevented their rojoyruent thereof, aril
of the tells, &c., by unlawfully on the market digys in j
the bust eoent mentioned exposing for sale in certain
places and premises near and adjoining to the said ;
market, divers goods, age., within the lignite of the said
borough near to the ;Aeon where the plaintiffs market
Is holden, whereby the plaintiffs suffered the damage
mentioned in the firit count. In the third wont the
plaintiffs state thatthey were voseered of eervains fairs
.for the sale of goods, &a., to be holden on the 14. h
February, 6th July. rob August, and 26th October in
every year, with the tolls and other profits app•rtatuieg,
and that the di fendant's disturbed the 'demurs paid
tars by unlawfully on the fair-day.. holding new fairs
for the sale of goods, &a., within the limits of the
borough DOW to the place whern the pleietiffs' fairs
were held. In the fourth anent the plaintiff'.
star that they were Kowa: .I of certain faits
as aforeseid whieh defendant disturbed by exposing
for sale in places adjoining the sail fairs, divers goods,
s. whereby the plaintiffs sufferel the damage
wientieneo in the first count. The defendants said to
the wide of the tounts they were not guilty ; and for
• /Mond plot as to the err and wooed runts that the
plaintiff* were not awfully and of right P044•44`"d of •
market for the sale of goods, he., en In the said counts
alleged. Awl for a third plea the defendants say as to
the third and fourth count, of the ..si ilealaration that
the plaintiffs veva sot lawfully and of right entitled to
boldeertain fainter the sale of goods, he., as in the said
soisat, The plaintiffi joined issue on all tho
slefendancs
Kingdon, said that he appeared together
with Mr. lopes and Mr. Bowen, on behalf of the
plaintiff. The action was brought by the plaintiffs
ost thedefeadaub, Mr. FAWN and Mr. Manfield, for
Zierbi.K the exclusive right el the plaintiff* to hol
certain markets and mu. the Vie borough of Ltorehesice
to th,, injury of the Corpogiiiiim's markets and fairs.
hut he wes happy toSty that
ht4ltdremahmeils"diniintihr; jtfuri
would he spared • long
n
.
Here, for the alefendante, bavitig contented to a vnliet
for the plaintiff 's with 40a. damage, nod Llhi
Gosts
agreed upon.
Me, mere, ij.C. gait that on behalf of the defendant.,
Mr. Ensor and Mr. Manfield, he consented to • veggies
OD thou terms.
Crider the direction of hit lordship the jury gave.
verdict for the plairtiffs accordingly.
IWe understand that at a meeting of the Town
council yesterday, when 13 atteodel, it was resolved
by 7 to ii that an offer from Mr. F.asor be escepted to
P 7 ^I ter score ineteed of I. ro. for sheep, in.
stead of Yd. for each hone, and 5, per *vent. so im-
plements sold at his repository ; an account to be
rendered from November, 1867 ; also £5O towards the
costs.)
ALLIMID lIIIINANCE AT PRIDYORT.
Edmunds v. //mined/ am! ; ROgen. V.
Howow, , f• r. ifueriot:/ Mid aDOIM.
11. I• I • and tf for plaintiff M..
54 thede, 4 .„.4 I 011.4. g.i r«.