The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-10-24 00:00:00

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or ten years, and he had never known them to run away
before.
The Ooroner very briefly summed up the evidence.
There appeared no doubts that the man met his death in
an accidental manner, and in this the jury concurred,
returned • verdict of "Accidental Death." and, at
the suggestion of the foreman, gave their fees to the
widow.
A Juror remarked that he had that same morning met
the waggons on the Weymouth-toad, and he had noticed
how very carefully the carters were driving, each walking
by the side of their horses, lie thought that Mr. Smith
and others should know this. as it often went abroad that
It was the carlessness of the drivers.
Mr. smith wm,mtml witted to the Juror for his
remark. lie had always found these men very steady
and attentive in tkeir work.

DORSET QUARTER SESSIONS.
These sessions were commenced on Tuesday, under
the presidency of Viscount Portman, when the county
business was transacted. There was a large attendance
of magistratue, including the Earl of Shaftesbury;
but the business scarcely occupied an hour.
Gocsrr PilliON.—The report was read by Mr. E.
W. WILLIAWI t—
" The prism was Inspected and found all correct. In
custody—Males, 57; females 11—total in custody, fit
Number of prisoners received this quarter, 1116; same
quarter last year, 85; increase, 24. No corporal punish-
ment has been inflicted for any breach of prison rules.
£4B 15e, has been received this quarter by the sale of
sewage manure, making • tots' of £3113 17s. received In
cash since its institution, besides • saving of £9O in pipes
and repairs since 1865. Henry Briscoe, &eq., one of Hilf
Majesty. Inspectors of Prisons, visited the county prison
on the sth of September last, and at the close of his
Inspection made the following entry in the magistrated
book:—' Inspected the prison. Visited each prisoner and
hesrd no complaints. The cells and the prison very clean.
H. BIIIICOL. The conduct of the othuers d the prison has
been satisfactory in their several departments.
Lord PuurstAs inquired U any magistrate wished to
make any remarks upon the Prisons Bill of the
Secretary of State. (It seems by this bill the visiting
justices alone appoint minor °Moen, the appointment
of the governor, the chaplain, the surgeon, and the
like, resting with the Secretary of State.) They were
thereby, Lord Portman said, deprived of mach local
influence.
• Sedition'

_ _.—....
Mr. Ituaserr then proposed, "That the Committee
should have poe or to expend the necessary money for
keeping the walks iu good conditim.”
Alderman Davis roonidad.
On being put to the vote foer hands were held up in
favour and five against, throe gentlemen not voting.
Mr. Bunsen at once drew attention to the fact that the
three gentlemen, according to the inlet f debate, bad not
left the room, end that consequently they most be
recorded am voting for it, and that his motion was carried.
There was • great deal of laughter, but it was felt to be
a cue of " Habet," and the motion was accordingly
declared carried.
coristsvgacv—BZOGAlS' KNAP AGAIN.
A letter was read from Mr. Cunnington drawing atten-
tion to the dangerous corner opponte the Junction Hotel,
and asking that the sweep might be increased by the
witting deane/a tree, and the cutting back of the bank.
Mr. Y. Bmirrr : What Belt_gars' ICnap again
mi. MAYOR : Yes Beggars' Snap again.
What's up now then, asked Mr. BLOM? I
The letter proposed, the MAYOR said, to to that which
they had so much at heart .4th. beginning of the year,
the tree* were marked for that purpose, although some
people wanted rather in the dark about it.
But it wait not necessary, Mr. GRROORY maintained, to
auk all of them. Only one was required and that was
never objected to.
The MAYOR said the eyes of all were opened to the
danger of the spot, but they were thwarted in curing out
their to remove It, and it certainly did seem very
p that the same person who so strongly opposed it
should now come forward and ask for the very thing to be
done.

Resolutions had been passed at the Quarter tiess.,..—
C,r Somerset, and, on the motion of the Earl of
SILISTYRSCHT, these were adopted. They were as
follows :—"That the appointment of all officers, except
the Governor, should rest solely with the visiting
committee" ; and, "that the authority and the duties
of the visiting justice.' should be clearly defined and
should be dirtmet from those entrusted to any assistant
commissioner."
With regard to the latter, Lord Pownt.te remarked
If this was not done, and the decisions of the justify.*
were to be over-ridden by assistant commissioners,
they would find great difficulty in getting gentlemen
to undertake the office.
BRIDUri AND BCILDINUS.-11:. CHABLIS HANBRO
presented this report I—
" The accounts for the past quarter were exam'usl Insd.
found receipted. The accounts for the ensuing
were exaniined and onlered to be pad, if approve.! 1;
the Court Bridges, .fita Us. 3d. Buildings—Gaol,
£4B 9e. 11d. ; hall, .g7O 15a. 10d.; house, £13018.. 91—
E 250 4s. 6.1.; surveyor's salary, L3O; Axe-bridge.
£3Ol Is. 5,1. ; deduct balance in hand, £4 bia 2,l—total,
C 730."
COUNTY LUNATIC A.STLUBS.—Dir. nous, N.P., read
the report on this subject i--
" The quarterly accounts showed the expenditure this
quarter to be £2,0121 Ha 104.: leaving a balance In hand
of £1,095 ss. 51 The rate was ordered at Is. 24. per
day. The balance in the non-pauper surplus fund is
.£1,218 3s. 81 It was ordered that .CBOO be paid to the
county treasurer in aid of the county-rate, and that £2OO
be transferred to the building and repair account There
I are at present in the Asylums :—Pauper patients from the
I county, inales, 1(14; females, 187—tota1, Out-county
pitients, males, ; females, 80—total. 128. Non-pauper
patients, males, 15; females, 9—total, 24. Total in the
two asylums September 98th, males, W ; females, 276--
grand total, '
503. The following tenders were accepted :
Ilitthitui Baez 411,. loaf, *l.; Wright and Hon, cheese,
iter cwt, 35t. Three of the female attendants who had
lc-en allowed outon leave failed to return at the appointed
thus end continued absent for two days. It is still
under the consideration of the Visitors as to what steps it
may be right to take in regard to this very serious neglect
of their duties."
1 FINANCE/I.—The report of the Finance Committee
was read by Mr. J. J. FARQUHARSON.
The committee haring examined the treasurer's
. . .

accounts for tbs last quarter find the expenses to have
amounted to £7.800 Os. ad., which ir.cludee £4.000 Paid in
discharge of loans upon the Police Superannuation Fund,
hilst the receipts have been as follows--via., balance in
hand Michaelmas sessions, £1,644 18s. 9d. : • County-rate
at id. in the C, paid at Michaelmas %IMOD* Lit £1,949
17% Od. ; fines and fees, LIM Its. Id. ; Treasury orders for
maintenance of prisoners, half-year to 91st March, 1876,
£lBB Ils. 6d. prosecution of prisoners, Ikc., to 30th June,
1/96, £373 15s. 11d.—.6562 7s 50.: cash from the Adjutant
Dorset Militia, the nominal roll to 31st March, 1876. ,Cl 5
17s. 101. ;ditto of the Clerk of the Peace for copies of
Registers of Voters and Sessions Rules to Michaelinai,
1876, CZ/ Ss. ; ditto of the War-olllce for the Militia Storm,
sold the Government, £4OOO —total, 1:8,329 18% 7.1. :deduct
the above mentimied payments. F,iffki 0% 3d.; there will
be • balance of CEO 18%(3d. available for the purposes of
the coming emtytev. The committee recommend a ride
of Id. in the I, amounting to .02. 924 16% 3c1., to be ordered
to be paid one week before the next sessions.
This concluded the county business.
The CLIOIM of the Place announced the Government
had paid £4,000 for the Dorset Militia stores, and
possession had been given them.
A PUBLIC AIIALTST.—The following memorial was
received :
" To Iler Malesty's Justices of the Pesos for the County
of Dorset
" We, the undersigned medical officers of health duly
appointed to the several urban and rural sanitary district'
within the county of Dorset, respectfully beg to call your
attention to the great want and necessity of the appoint-
ment of a duly qualified public analyst, to whom may be
submitted for special and scientific examination water,
breed, flour, and many other dietetic articles of oodinasy
consumption.—J. GOOD. J. P. ALDIUDOR, A. Elmo", M.
McEssnr, R. It. Duss W. Daum, N. E. Dsvies, W. H.
WILLIAMS, DM., J. 3. CLAPCOTT, G. M. ETANS, E. P.
PIIILPOTS, M.D. W. DANIII, W. T. 8011111131, J. W.
PIAIDUAB, E. M. 'Browns% O. Isonsis, F. D. Ln.
The Claim'sL' suggested the sumnoria be referred to
the Committee, who would, act on it in due time as
deemed desirable. The suggestion was agreed to.
Counrs RATIM—The CumaNlN stated the com-
mittee on the county rate aairognient had prepared the
basis, and it would shortly be printed and circulated.
Days bad been appoined—the 14th of December here,
and the 115th December at illandford, to hear objec-
tions, and they hoped at the Christmas Sessions to lay
It before the Court for their approval. He was bound
to state there was a cowdderable rise In the county
rate, but not more, ho thought, than they expected
because It had not beau made sine° 1866. _

Ur. Om'noir proposed that an answer to the letter be
deferred until the reply from the Treasury be received.—
Carried. . . .

ii;ere was no other bewintes of puenti interest

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CARTER.
On Tuesday afternoon a carter in the employ of Mr. Y.
A. Smith. of Bradford Peverell, named David Rolls, met
with an accident whilst driving from Nottington, which
resulted in his death at the Dorset County Hospital a few
bourn aiterwarda The facts briefly are these. He with
two other carters (his sons) was returning with three
nritwna tas:du by three h
ofbwtre. frontesh tao.TanNdliaggagt°non,
and another an, a Uttle boy of 11 years of see, warn
✓iding the front bone. Amending Ridgway mu a cow
eras standing !uncle the ndla at the aide of the road, t
which one of the front home shied and bolted. RA
sadaimared to jump off, and by some means stumbled,
fell, and the two near wheels pared over his then. He
was taken to the Dorset County IlonAtal, and 'armies&
every attention, but ezifeiliityhe Lone evening. no
Inquest was held on W looming, in the Board
room as the Hospital, before Mr. H. Lock (depots
.30.0 and a respectable re, of whom Mr.
was chosen Taylor foreman. following evidence was
atauuced an &miaow' eao, aged 11 years, said
be wise oasts, bey foe Mr. timid, of Bradford Peverall.

He had been to Neldmitbee KIM willt his hither with a disposed of, 103; oesninttled for trial. 15. Thum returns . Sideeksik Mem (fat taikereee, of impaled education
wag of wry sod twe sew waggons were with them, show an increase of 10 la the mambsr of persons ap WM with having been the bailee of a piece of
,Wn I:2 thrill, herele_ellea. and his hruthart _tem hauda!is as uurrrad with tall aullfallot!diad P'riad urt cloth, valued at 31., the property of John Alford, of
Mug. Coming up over Ulatawae hill witness w" nuisig yearfartgitiri pal cause of increase seine under the head Motcombe, and cOnverting the same to her own use on
e front horse, and his father was riding in the waggon. of es and common eassidt During the part the 11th of August—She pleaded guilty. and was cow-
There was a cow by the side of the road and the horses quarter I accompanied the Government inspector on his mitted for 19 the' heed labour and two years' police
jumped across the road and ran away. llis father it:untied annual tour of inspection through the county, and am
out ef the waggon, and fell, and the wheels went over glad to be able to report that he was perfectly sated sup on—There was a previous conviction proved
against her at Bristol in 1871.
him. He (witness) kept his seat on the horse until they with the appearance and efficiency of the force. With Henry Mager (DI, cariwnter, also of imperfect aluca-
were stopped, when he got off, and NSW his brothers taking regard to the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, I have pleaded guilty to stealing two gold rings and two plated
up deceased, to report that there are at present two farms affected with spoons, the property of Mary Ann Peadon, at Brialport.
John Rolla, a carter in the employ, of Mr. Smith, had foot-and-mouth disease. The return for the past quarter, and was ',ants.need to six suontlis' hard labour and 12
' yesterday been to Nottington Mills with his father and are now laid before the court —AIIY•Tr BROWN, Chief months' police supervidon. '
' bia two brothers with a load of wheat On returning he Constable of Dorset." . A VALUABLE COAT.
was riding in the second waggon, and on coming OP WILD FOWL PRIMIRVATION ALT.—Major FRAMPTON Frederick Beal (26), a lal,..urer, nos charged with steal-
Ridgway hill he noticed his father's hones run away. moved that application be granted by the Court to the tog a coat, valued at one stilling and sixpence, the
His father jumped out anal fell, and immediately witness Home Office that the time during which the taking of property of Joseph Bailable, a boathouse keeper, of
went to him. The near wheels had named over him
before witness had um, to speak to ht.. The wheels Wild Fowl is prohibited be extended to the let day
hoof ' Eesiitr.SWtouarr.d.
prosecuted.
went over his chest He was b from his mouth August, instead of the 10th of July. By this
when they lifted him up, and hlnijaed that he might thought, many valuable birds would be saved width This was a most frivolous case, and the jury found the
not he pulled about. He afterwards spoke, but unint•dli - were killed before they could fly. prisoner not guilty.
gib's, except that he wished witness to look after his boy. Mr. CALrr caA suggested the application should also • TRRJUBLZ CRIBB.
A case of • similar character was that of Walions Foot
He got some water to wash his face, and afterwards include the eggs of birds. Two beautiful birds fro- (31), labourer, charged with stealing, at Gillingham, on
brought him to the hospital. It was about half-past two
uented Poole harbour—the Burrow Duck and the the 17th of June, one egg, of the value of one penny, the
In the afternoon. When he arrived at the hospital he
complained of not being so well. He met Dr. Zmeon on , Oyster
Catcher. The eggs were in great request, and property
__ of Henry Dow maste
r.
the his mter.
the road and asked hlm to look at his father, and he did, ; met with a ready sale, bUt if the eggs were destroyed Mr. Warden prosecuted.
prisoner was a farm servant, and had to collect the
said he was bearing his journey v, well, and he had ' they could not expect to preserve the birds.
The
eggs. He did not deny he had taken the egg, which he
better take him on to the howpitaL His father wanted to The CHAIRMAN and Major Fusgrros pointed out
ought to have carried into the house, but he said he
,be taken hom, they had no power to do this, and the motion was TM going to carry it into his master's house; still
I Hannah Ironsides, who was riding in the second waggon agreed to. previously, when first taxed, he denied having one.—
with the last witness, corroborated his evidence. On the motion of the Cwatawax, a nun of £2OO was Prisoner asked the prosecutor whether he had ever known
1 Mr. Edward Joseph Day, house-surgeon at the hospital,
granted to the County Rate Committee, to inset the him to take any before, to which Mr. Partin's bailiff,
I said yesterday deceased was brought there about five
, o'clock. Oa exainination they found there was a fracture exeausal of preparing new basis. Dowding, replied 4.—He was found guilty. There was
of one or more ribs, with symptoms of perforation of the WHOOL OT ART.—mr. HAMM) proposed the use 01 a previous conviction against him at the October Sessions
' lungs. He was conscious. There were no symptoms of the County-hall be continued to the School of Alt in 1871 To this he pleaded not guilty, but Mr. Growler,, but
injury to the spine. When he saw hint between six and expressed a hope they would soon get premises of their the deputy-governor, proved he had suffered two different
convictions.
seven he was pretty comfortable, end it was thought he own. They 'lin% do any harm, but the other day The Chairman told him if he au.e up again he would
would most likely recover. The nurse called kim about they locked a cupboard and took away the key. get penal servitude, and sentenced him to four months'
eight o'clock and said the man was worse. He went (Laughter.) hard labour, and to be under the supervision of the
immediately, and found he WU dying. He died a few
minutes afterwards. Witness could not say the immediate The Rev. C. BINURAB assured him they wore doing police for two years.
cause of death. Deceased spit up some blood, which he their utmuet to obtain other premises. Thomas Hallett (21), labourer, and Frederica Salisbury
thought was mute sufficient to j toddy him in saying there 06), labourer, two low types of humanity, were charged
with attempting an unmentionable offence at Bridport.—
was a rupture of some internal vessel.
In answer to a Juror, John Rolls, recalled, said : The They were found guilty, and were sentenced to lex
months' hard labour each.--They both left the dock
second and third drivers had reins for the shaft horses.
laughing.
but not his father. fhe boy riding the front horse was,
he thought, sufficient to guide the hones. The horses had A SCAMP.
1 A fellow named George Peaky Oil, able to read but not
never run away on the journey 141:441
Mr. Smith said the horses had bees ist is. Men eleld to write, was prosecuted by the Genie Guardians as an
e o
_ . . . .. . e appear incorrigible rogue He dressed in prise garb,
. _ .. . . ..

and bad a generally &An:P.:table
horsebreaker, and when living at Sherburne received •
good thrashing at the kande of an outraged father. It
seems he has a wife and two children at Cerne, whom he
habitually deserts to live with other women, and he was
apprehended at Amesbury, iu Wiltshire, by Mr. Supt.
Hare, living with • prostitute. Ile has occasionally
sent his wife • few shillings, but she was obliged to throw
herself on the parish, lie has already been convicted
several times for the same offence, and the scoundrel was
now sent to gaol for six months.—Mr. Locke prosecuted
for the °erne Union.