The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-21 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.

FRIDAY.

(Before His Honour, Judge Atkinson.)

There were a large number of original plaints
entered, but the majority had been either settled out
of Court or disposed of before the Registrar (sdr
F. T. Johns) previous to his Honour's amval.
The following PIM Came before the Court :

JUDGMCfr.
Samuel Gomer, baker, etc., Charlton Marshall,
V. Leonard Long, labourer, of the same pubes —Claim
for bread and grooeries supplied —Defendant did not
appear. —From his Honour e perusal of the original debt,
he said defendant had paid half of the original debt,
that meant be. in the E.—Order made for imprison.
meat if es. monthly instalments be not paid.
CAB'S.

ORDM

John Dominy, landlord of the Red Lion Inn.
World's End, v. George Vincent, labourer —Claim
£2 MI 70. for beer and tobacco supplied —Plaintiff
had not brought his books, and applied for the case
to be adjourned to enable Juin to a. MO. —This was
granted, defendant being allowed his expenses for
attendance that day.
C Seymour-Rose, printer, bookseller. itc., Stur-
minstei Newton, v. C. Pope, yeoman, of Steepleton.
—Claim for books bound and supplied —This was
adjourned from last Court to enable the panice to
come to a settlement.—%fr. Atkinson, for defendant,
applied for a further adjournment, as his client had
been from home ever since last Court.—This was
granted, plaintiff tieing allowed costa for the day.

inn case.
John Blandford, smith, of Blandford, Ameha Davis,
his wife, Annie Davis. his daughter, and William
Dover, carpenter, of Blandford, plaintiffs; v. Arthur
Funnel', innkeeper, of Shroton.--Claim £lO for
damages sustained by defendant's negligence as
driver of a waggonette on the 23rd of August,
whereby plaintiffs were thrown out of a vehicle, and
sustained severe injuries The claim included doctor's
biUs and repair of vehicle, amounting to £7 65., the
remainder being for loss of time and per-
sonal injunes.-Delendant denied liability. and
brought forward a counter claim of s:5 for
damages sustained by their negligent and un-
skilful driving. -Hr. Brennand appeared for the
plaintiffs, Blandford and Dover. and Kr. Atkinson
for Funnel!. The facts of the case were as follow.:-
Plaintiffs were driving a horse and waggonette from
Shaftesbury to Blandford on the evening in question,
Just before coining to the hamlet of Ash, about four
miles from Blandford„ they met the defendant
Funnel] also driving a waggonette from ktriroborne to
Shroton. This was between half.pest nine and.
quarter to ten o'clock. Here there is a slight decline
from either way, and the vehicles must have collided
at the bottorn of each hill. Funnell's vehicle had the
lainpalighted. the others had no lamps. Plaintiff's
aide urged they saw the lights coming and whistled,
and haUcsed for the coming conveyance to pull up.
They did so pulling into the side tif the road, but
defendant's waggonette ran into them, the wheels run.
Mug under the springs and turning over the
waggonette into the hedge, precipitating it occupants
out also. As usual in running down cases the
evidence adduced was directly opposed to each other
For the plaintiffs it was contended they had pulled
up and were walking the p oper side of the road.
whilst the other side were equally oertain that they
' were waling, and plaintiffs driving rapidly. I.*iir
plaintiffs, however, three independent witnesses,
.who
were near the scene of the accident, were lamtive
Fuunell's horse was being driven rapidly-in fact, two
of these-a young courting couple, was the object of
defendant's party's attention at or just before the
accident.- The ease laded nearly throe hours, the
monotony of which was only broken by his Honour's
jokes at the expense of the young °Unpin-Foe the
plaaatifis, Yank Rafter, Clarks Stone. Asais Guy,