The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-01-31 00:00:00

ROBBERY BY A LODGER.

At the Pollee Curt Monday (yesterday), before the
Kayos. (R. Aldridge. Km ), sad H. Minns, Zee. Wawa
Hnward, a I-seethes fador, was broutht up oa remand
cherged with stagged fr • bedroom. at the Head sod
Heart beerhouse, • errereign, half- loversign. half-crown,
II ninny Piece, • number of copper., a purer, and a
knife. the pripsrty of James Stephens. Oa Wednes-
day night the Diatom slept in the same hidrosia,
and the compLaieent hued his trousers. cookie-
's( the articles la question, at the bottom of
Mt bed. When he &wok, in the m irinlng be found his
trousers gone. Rarlng put on soother pair he went
downsteirr, &col found the misiing g irment on it chair In
the kitahni. Pt-lamer at that Was hot left. On examM-
lag his %mown be found melbas& that Om packets irsre
empty. Prosecutor said be would swam to the knife
produced. In roply to the mien*, he said that his
tromers wanted repeirlog sod be shoal I do it In a day
or two, but he did not tell dim be was to bike theca sad
the sole out.

Prham Ltiqn t,ld it* p-otecdtoT he wai • wleked old
OHM.

—/COseentor : I 'timid like to have yos on board ship, my
man. (Laughter.)
Robert Allen identified the knife which be bought for
Ole complainant
John Talbo,, knife-grinder, proved having ground the
knife for the ivimplainant, a week ago.
Prisoner said +lithe witimensii were • bad lot, and the
Prosecutor wee " • hal beast and • hold mid he
(We% believe ever ha had the mossy to two.
P.O. Join Horn &nosed to apprehending thmprisootir at
lbw Whit. Hart, laghaw. Re called hiin into a
private room and seked lawn if be should march bits than
or take him to Nola. Pri.oner said he did not mind, is
he had nit done nothing. Oa searching him he found the
hod. (Produced) la the waistband of ht. troown, loather
wills half-gicroern and 71. In crypt. rs in the breast pocket
of his coat. He style ennoiries, but maid not find the
prisoner had Mugged any gold.
Priaoser said be erne nearly St years old, and had been
In a part, of the glet., and itnd never been locked on.
Pie twirry bad lb* umbel. Re earn% 3/31. teat week. He
fidroittwl he took the knife.
. . . .

The Bench sintenoed him to 14 citm with such hard
labour as the anthoritiel 4 the prison plight Stink 61.

Coactar. —The endowment fund of Colehli Church
has been further materially aided by • grand concert,
risen bare in the C Jen Exchange on 1 hureday evening.
The principal pi formers were Misses Gill and Gillard,
Madame Mackenzie Spitler, Signor Bert metal (Sande),
Mrs. Wiltshire, and Vegan. A. 11. and E. Wareham, T.
Joyce, Trott, and Smith. Tbere was • large and fashion.
able attendance, and the affair was arrest Fumes.. The
prosramme :—Part smg, " God Ban the Queen ;"
anett, T cat her nor," the Misses Gill and ildbard ;
trio, "Don't Tickle me," Messrs. A. H. Wareham, T.
Joyce, and K. Wareham' " True till Death."
Mr. Percy Smith ; piano driet—arertaire. "Th. Mock
Doctor," Madame Mackenzie-Spiller and Mr a Wilt-
shire • 11011 g, " Lo, hear the Goethe Lark," Madame
MaciensiwSpiller (date obbligato, Skew Bertoncini);
Its;:i.When Ilvenlag'a Twilight." the M ad emo Gill s
Moon. Trott and E. Wank= ; 1100g8 "Ti.

Childeal's Home," Mr. A. H. Wareham ; carol—New
"&e the Dayitt Tints the now ;" glees
" Tally Messrs. A. Wareham, Trott, Joyce,
and Smith; puno dust, Adagio and Alltgio, from
No. 3 synnizoey, Madams Mackenzie-6011er and
Mrs. Wiltshire; 16; "Vage Chimes," the Meru
Gill and Gill, and Mr. A. li. W wham ; song, "With
Verdure Clad," Madame Mackanzie-apider ; duet,
"'Vh• thsainoui Muster," Menu.. 'l'rott cud Joyoe ;
Nag, "Th. Ship oft Firs,' Mr. r.. *ushers ; 'song,
"A Little litouotain Lad," MlsGillard
Sailor's Story," Maclaine Mackeuzurspidier ; glee,
"Forget Me Not," MIAs Gill, Messrs. A. H. Wareham.
Trott, and S. Wareham; sung, " Should be Upbraid,"
Mies ; glee, Silent Hight," Men bollard, Messrs.
A. H. Wareham, Joyce, and Smith.
'fits LATZ K•II.W•T ACCIDINT.-o.llOael Rl* the
°overages.' lotPotiot, ha, issued his report relative
to the accident which occurred mine months ago, at
the curve faciug the Minster, when the last two
carriages of the Sato express were thrown off the line,
mid the guard's van toppled over the embankment. It
Is satisfactory to flail that be states the Use wee in
good coadition, but it is net quite so reassuring that
he is at • leaf CO account for the accident. lie
recommends the adoption of the train staff system in
addition to the block telegram on the Bath aid
Wimborne branch.
Peter Sessions, Friday.—Before Mr. C. J. Parks,
Rev. C. J. Glyn, Mr. W. if. Fryer, and Mr. IL C.
parks, Elias Peach, of Wunborise, wee charged with
having, on the 14th January, stolen • quantity of kale
the property of Mr. Alfred Whittle.—lfined
as,ais'acludlng costa.—Frukrick Pend, twelve years
of age, was summoned for assaulting John Penthert..n,
aohoolmasitar, of Code Mulisit.—Complainaat said In
had not unduly punished toe buy, who had threatened
him with a brickbat, but his conduct was ao bad that
by order of the managers he (wines.) expelled 61m.
It the buy would behave Mimed he did sot wish to
keep him out of the school. Tee buy only attended
school two or three time' a sum, stud brought with
ham the ways of his lather's mu, with whom in
worked part of the wan. —rue magistrates considered
that the boy'e father had bun somewhat to hums in
not going to the school or to the uutuagers cud
laqulring into the matter, ana imposed • hoe of 2s.
sod Bs. Oct..— -Jame. Selby, • small boy of 13, of
Lytonett Matraysn, wee summoned on a charge of
rutting &WI carrying away a quitioUty ot tune, value
2d., toe property of Sir. Thomas Grumpler.—Mr. W.
H. Druitt appeared fur assuelarinut, sod Mr. Reword,
of Wareham fur the datum. —in opening itie
case Mr. Druitt said the boy against whom tali
charge was brought was only • manned defen-
dant, sod the cafe had been brought tutors them
simply to stop the cutting of the furze. A question
of right would be net up as • defence, but ne sub-
mitted that it would be necessary to oust the juriadio-
tioa of the Beach, to show that then was • boas yide
right or bona Ads supposition of right. The land from
whirl the fuse had bean cut was part of an so.
closure award to the lord of the manor, who had
leased it to Mr. Crunipler.—Mx. Bamford said that
the buy'. lather and madly esthete had cut furze from
this laud, which was part of a common, for 30, 40, or
50 years, and they had received no notice hem Ur.
Grumpier to duet. —rite Ghanaian maid that • Dum-
ber of the predeoessors of Kr. Grumpier were only
tenants for life, and therefore any lashes on their part
could not effect the present lessee.—Mr. ituntord,
being called upon first, to prove has right, put //ree-
nact Selby, the boy's father, into the box, with a view
to showing that furs* had been cut for many years
by people at Lytchett without unerruption. Witness
said he had out tune ter the past 25 years without
being 101 J not to out it. Hs formerly muted a part of
the land from Mr. Grumpier, but had mouldy given it
up. He had never given his boy lostructione to cut
furze. In reply to the Clubman, witness said that the
land from which the furs* had been Cat formed pant of
the lead he formerly rented from Mr. Grumpleir.—Mr,
Ds uitt distended that this admission on the part of
witness did away with any question or right,. This case
Ind not bun brought in any Tirane's, spirit, but
I merely to prevent a uptick° of the offence. His
. client would be perfectly satisfied with the infliction of
• peealty of • penny and °nee.— Ph* Chairman said
I there cold be no doubt that the case had been proved;
I the defendant must pay,. fine of a penny and the ousts.
—Robert Grams, who did not appear, of Perham,
was summoued for game trespass on General Pitt
Rivers's land on the 14th October.—lt was stated that
the summons had not bees taken out earlier on amount
of defendant having been in prison.— fhere was a
farther charge of pushing rigout Grass and man
, named Junes Mille, of Farabam, the offence being
committed on the 20th January on land occupied by
Mr. I'. H. Kendall.—Grase, an old offender, was fined
40a and cost for each offence, and Mills 20a. and
eute.--James Cask for game trespass on the 30111
December, on land belonging to General Pitt Rivers,
was fined 40t. and costa.—Defendaut. with • man
named Robert Briley, was further charged with game
trespass on General Pitt River's land on the Ilth of
January, and wee again, with Briley, fined 401. and
cute—Richard Barnes, of Grange, Molt, woe sum.
mooed for allowing a cow to stray on the highway on
the 20th January. —He was discharged with a caution
ou payment of coste.--Thomas Homey and Edward
Short, of Wimborne, was summoned for game trespass
on the 11th January on land belonging te the trustees
of the late Sir bilward Greened.— he case wee
proved, but judgment wee suspended; and the Chair-
man advised • recruiting sergeant, who was in Court,
t look Bousev up, and try to persuade him to enlist.
--Walter Cousins, labourer, of Wimborne, was
charged on remand with steelier • coat value El Is,
from the shop of Mr. William Cook; a pair of boots,
value 12a, the property of Mr. Francis D. Guy; and
an electro-plated claret jug, value 15., and electro-
plated sugar basin, value El., • pair of sugar tongs,
value 3, the property of Mr. Edwin Tapper—Re was
further remanded till '1 nada' nese—This concluded
the business of the Court.

lITOBB ABBOTT.
SHOCKING FATALITT.—Mr, Richard Clare, an old
and respected tradesman of this parish, met with a
lawful death on Thursday last by the falliog of • tree.
It appears that Mr. Clare, who is a wheelwright,
wsdi assisting at tbe felling of some very large trees on
• farm near his resideam, was standing near the butt
of a partially severed UM, which CMG down rather
unexpectedly, in spite of the usual precaution& against
ca amity. The trunk of the tree fell full upon Mx.
Clare's body, crushing it it with the ground, breaking
al of his limbs. It wee stated that portions of
the poor man's body were actually forced beneath the
surface of Use ground.—Mr. N. U. Loggia, ooroner
for the Bridport district, held so inquiry on the
remains at the New Inn, dtoks, on Friday, when the
jury found • verdict of "Accidental death."