The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-02-21 00:00:00

BLANDSOAD.

An CanwastaiT Stumm.° • HOIIIITKOON.—It may
be remembered that in the early part of fait year Miss
Farquliarson wail mewled to a Mr. William". The
lefty obtained tier trousseau from a fashionable London
wlUiner, Madame Mercier, at a a set of £560, offing
for millinery something over £l,OOO. Alter her
marriage, the husband slated he was yare his wife
was heavily in debt; he erg" applied to sod maned-to
pay. An action WM brought against' We wife, and
judgment allowed by default. Upon this judgment,
the lady's jewellery, said to be worth moms £3.800, was
seised, and the husband now claimed it as hie property.
When the case was tried on the intarp/eader, the Lewd
Chief Jostles Coleridge &rectal a verdict for the plain-
tiff. On Friday the case was taken before Justices
Stephens and LI wen, on an application for a new trial.
Graatharn, q.e., contended that the property
seised was the wife's separate eitate,,and was amenable
fos her debta.—Mr. JIMMIC4 Stephens I The trousseau
was not paid for, and the wedding promote are mined.
—Mr. Justice Bowen said judgmadt did not seem to
have been signed against the wife's separate estate,
and this must be romified.—Mr. Justice Stephei.s said
there was no direct authority upon ' the point, and it
was ht to be considered. Without expremiug any
opinion upon the cuff, they granted a rule for • new

Cosciarr.—An seening concert, which was attended
by a ligge, audieuce, toot place in the Cora Exchange
on Thurioday evening. Toe conduct ,r was Mr. C. it.
Curtia, had the acconmenyist CODE-MK:O Smith.
the programme, whica was well rendered throughout,
was ea follows :—Par. I -"G4 Save the
overtax' ' • "Chevalier Brdt ,u " (kiermenu), soli—
clarinet, Mr. W. Price, flute, Mr. F. Blandford ;
gavotte, " °torts" (M. Watson); song, "Si. Bonan's
Ere " Mr. C. rt. Cur,is • waltz. " Beautiful Ferns"
(arbaso).; ceprice, " La Gi:rds Montautd" (L. Wily);
sung, • Cheimeat Oman," • Mi. Agnes Laroom;
shale solo, ' dcuersettiaci and Boman.° " (Sainte's),
Mr. L. E. Levmon ; symphony, •• Farewell "(Haydn.)
Part 11.—Overture. • . Ls Chiral de Broom," soh—
clarinet, Mr. H. Blues, Buts, Mr. F. Blendiord ; song,
" Tit for Tat." Mum Agues bedroom; serenede, " De
lieudo " (Demnuues) ; catraset solo; " Adieu k
Berrie " (Brepsant), Ur. H. Brown ; March, " Turkish
Patrol' ; vioun concert No. 1. with umaistra (Ue
Beriot), solo, Mr. L. E. Levee:so ; song," Love out.a
Slaying," Silas Agnes Lericom • waltz, Autrefuis "
(*alchemist); poina," Cupid ' (Sykes) ; " tiol Bless
the Prince or Wale.." _ _ _

-6•ol:lll7,—Friday.—( Wore Mr. Sergeant
Tiudai Atkiwnei.)—Sainuel Cobb, of Woudbwry tua,
r. William J. Boisant, Of Milbornelit. Andrew. Thge
was a jury case. Plaintiff claimed ES 15s. for Lou.
delivery of certain straw Walaa it was csutendod the
defendant bad agreed to sell him, and for expenses
iLcurted through plaintiff having sent two men with
hlrees and a waggon to defendant's promisee for the
straw which delembint refused to let them have.
There was • set-off of £5. Sir. TrOVlalikal appeared
for the plaintiff, and Mr. Atkinson for the defendant.
Complainant said that in the spring of 1881, he agreed
with the defendant for the perches* of the straw of
two wheat ricks. Defendant at first wanted £4O for
it, but complainant offered £3O. fie finally agreed to pm.
chaos the ricks for 1.35. He, however, said he should
want the thatch, the underlying straw, short straw,
and a load of dust when the ncks were thrashed. The
defendant wanted him to sign an agreement ss mien on
one of the pages of his pocket book to the effect that he
(plaintiff) had bought the straw for £4O. Plaintiff re-
fused to sign this, baying he had bought the straw for
£35. Defendant told bins that be would give him £5
back when the money Wad paid, and wrote something
down in his pocket-book which he told him (plaintiff),
who could not read; and could only just manage to
write his own name, was to that effect, and he
(plaintiff) then leased it. When he sent for the straw
defendant, however, refused to let him have the short
straw and the thatch belonging to the rick, and he had
not had it.up to the present time. fie sent two
cheques to the defendant—one for £lO and the other
for £ls—sending the Woad one in astdegiact of the
account, when, to his surprise, he received a letter from
the defendant, baking him for the remaining lb of the
£4O, which sum he (ooinpiiiinant) now chavuted, and
at the time wrote back to the defendant saying he
did not owe the money. Abe defame was that Um
agreement for the sale and purchase of the rick was for
£4O, and that when the bargain WY made nothing
whatever was said about the snort straw, thatch, At.
Evidence having been given by the defendant in sup-
port of this statement, the jury retired, and on return.
log into Court, after about had an hour's abalone,
i gave • verdict for defendant —rho titbit cam were of
little interest.