The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

1:0R01:0H PETTY SMYIONS.

TioWKIIALL, Tuesday. Kov. 20.--Before the Metal'.
and .1. Hapeock, J. A. Devenish, J. Ayling, W. Talbot,
IL Cotter...ll, and ii. Griffin, Foy..
Grenr Hord was brought up on resound, charged
in 141%liCifill Of hiding 'tied a burglary at the
dwelling house of Mr. John Groves, limiter. Weymouth,
and stealing tlie:ifroin a silk dread, belonging to Mr.
litoves. The evidence: not bring sufficient to ensure a
convietion, prisoner was discharged.
nutlet l'lrtrriat sag charged with stealing three
sack% and a plane. the property of Mr. John Groves,
brewer. Weymouth. Supt. Lidhury stated that on the
previous day he obtained • arirreli warrant to so•areh the
house of f,, rmonet. He weak to the house in
COILIVO, with Mr. John Groves and Sergeant Brine;
ant prisoner. who wax at home, paid that we could
had got nothing. On opening a clipboard,
•itnes. foetid a sack, and priaoner's wife aaill "0, we've
got see bag belonging to Mr. Groves; you ought to have
t dee it loom., Charles." Primmer replied," I brought
seise Oak 1.01140 ill it, and was going to take it back
son." In tire same cupboanl witneoa found another
revered with coals and other things. One sack
a•. unasked " L. Groves, Knighton,' and the other
...I. boots. Weymouth." He also found a plane in
the raise cupboacd. Priaoiner said, "That's Mr.
t,„•,. I brought it from Mr. Groves' • few
ago, awl intended to take it back." No
I, Awed, gave hint permission to take
ions. In the cold...aril, upstairs, witness found
a third suit. nanritenl " 1.. Grover, Knighton." He said
be Isel brought coals and different things Ironic in the
rat', awl meant to take them hack. Prisoner told him
that no onc had given him perinisdun to t•ke them away.
—John Grovea, brewer, Weymouth, *aid the primmer
bad bassi in hi. employ between 5 and 6 ye•rs. He din.
thawsl hies from his serviee on Friday night last. in
consequerane of Wll.l, beer being taken from the cellar.
lie i leatiatd the whole of the sacks as being the property
of hi, father, awl witheas had no doubt they hot beett
taken (nen his prenniaes in Weymouth. They were
worth about la. 61. In consequence of • robbery taking
place at his premises on Friday night, he obtained •
search warrant to acarch prisoner's house. George
Allen Luil.liaiu arid that he was foreman to Mr. John
brovea. The sack, were the propi•rty of Mr. Groves's
father, of Knighton .The plane formerly belonged to
bilaself, and be each:maned it with Mr. Groves for
another. Ile had not seen it for three months. It was
worth about 1,. The primmer denied that he took
tither of the articles with a feloneous intent, as he
mend intake them Nick, but forgot thew.—Mr. Grovels
.aid that if the magistrates were of opinion the things
were talon away with a felonicua intent, he hoped they
would deal as leniently as posaible • in fact he did not wish
tarns. the charge againat I . lie hail no fault to find
with hi, moons conduct. —The Bench said there WAN
r,..m for douldong al.:tiler tine primmer really took the
artirle. for the porta,au of keeping them, and after the
recommendation exprins.ed by Mr. Groves, they would
Ore the pri.olier the full benefit of their doubt, and he
11..11.111 Inc 401.01111.11t1y diacharged...
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Mr. R. N. llo.vara ins& an -application to the court
for an outer of tleetn sit against Joh N 11,aut of from a
cottage in King,. Court, the property of Mr. Solomon
sly : and another Mot 14. I,tolgr, front a home in
V".r.'"il.ln,g..helook,ing to Mr. W.W. 11urJon. The
ker. ICe ..f the mual notices were proved, ait.l an order
va mev to give up 110411ftsion in 21 day. iu the
tunnel eme -in the seamod, the order W.. 511.14.10.101,
a. Ms. Dodge promised to have on the following
Jay.
waa charged with stealing ash, the pro-
of Ihnry Shilsoit.—Mra. Shawn proved that at
leot (tree hake were stolen from her *tall in the fisla

market. 1 finger bandage WU on the ffoor.—.losiah
dose* mat past the fish market about nine o'clock on
Ilotslay bight, and saw the prisoner on the gates of the
fi•h•market ; he said seine one was in the market-house.
lie told Mrs. Stanford of the cireuinstance.—Mary Stan-
ill consequence of what last witness told her,
tratcht,l the market house ab..ut a quarter of an hour,
awl then .* prisoner climbing up the gate.. Halfsan•
boar afterwards, she heard some one walking in the
rusrket•houre, and heard the troll lifted, where the
best fish are kept.—Mr. Grey, George km, said that
priemer was in his skittle alley the day before, and lie
notiud his fore finger was bandaged with • piece of dirty
rag. Superintendent Iddbury was at the station
house when prisoner was brought in this morning. He
had his fore &DWI' 11.11111410 with is pies* ..1 clean rag.
Ile ;take.' him if he had • bad finger, and he said he had,
an,l tb.4 having taken off the old bandage last night, lie
had just put on a clean rag.—The priaoner had been
summarily convicted for felony, and • fine for drunken.
Ilema awl riot was still unpaid. Sentenced to 2 months'
har.l labour.

.11whin was charged with loitering about
St. Slary'a street, and not giving • reaaonsble or proper
account of himself.—Defendant said he was a journey-
man' baker looking for employment, and he thought it
very hard that he 'louts' be taken op as soon as he came
into the town for doing nothing wrong.--Defendant on
promising to leave the town, was dischargeil.
Jute Rolfe, carter, was summoned by John Smith,
lydriver, for an aasault.--slulan Sneak was also charged
by John Rolls with leaving a ca-riage in the street.
whereby he was obstructed. It was thin circumstance
which gave rue to the assault. Rolla was fined fai. and
costs for the assault. and Smith was fined .le. and costa
for leaving bia carriage in the street.
Irdlittia &al wan . 3333 mimed by Thomas Abbott for
an as-ault on the 17th inst. They are fly drivers
for different masters. Abbot was on the *taint on the
day ii, question and Seal went up to him and challengtd
him to fight. AbMit said he should not likht an his
master had ordered him not to do so, when Seal re-
laird "if you don't feel inclined to fight, I do." and
niediately struck him. first on the sole of his face and
then on the hack, and wild he would serve his muter
similarly. Fined 2s. Gd., and coat Is. MI., and cautioned
as to his future conduct.

PORTLANIL—A Monday week a young man named
Robert stone, reinding at Fortune's- Well, while
working at the Breakwater, fell from the stage, a
distance of 27 or 2% feet, in consequence of his feet
dipping, and broke one of his arms, besides sustain-
ing other very severe injuries both externally and .
internally. lie was immediately conveyed home
and attended by 11r. Rrudribb, the surgeon of the
works. who set the fractured limb and prescribed
the necessary remedies.
FATAL —On Monday keel one of the
convicts, while at work in the Verne ditch. was ac-
cidentally killed by a largo fall of rubbish. The
earth, It seems, hail been loosened by the heavy fall
it rain on the night or two previously, and on the
removal of the lower portion, the Pip came down
and completely buried the deceased. The pour
ftllow was got out as quickly as possible, but he
lived but a very few minutes, several of Isis bones
sere broken, and the body presented a shockingly
mangled spectacle. No blame is attached to any
44e. as the fall of earth was quite unexpected.
Nast- Vort:Nrran ARTILLERY CORY*. The 4th
cnniPany of Dorset Volubtcer Artillery have coin-
fleeced private drill, the drill nnuiter to be sent by
I...vertu:tient having not yet arrived. It is expected
that the members will shortly be sworn in.
Srutorisartn. We have received a communi-
cation from • •• l'hurchiguer," in reply to an article
• hich appeared in our last,complanting of the absence
of the chanting services in the church. Our corres-
Po:sleet says that they have dean discontinued in
consequence of the inellective manner in which they
°ere performed. This defect, he says, is due to the
alisenee of Mr. Spinney from his post, the duties of
•liiist <Alice as organist are, and have for seine time
6;en. perfunsual by his son, a lad about 14 years of

-
BLINUFORD. —Three or four influential farmers of
our neighhouidusal met the Corporation no Tuesday
Lit ro consider the famaibility uf establishnig penodi •
hy auction of farming stock similar to the
Wirobnrne and Dorchester monthly sales. The
tivsualiility of the object was at ono, nnanininusly
4oetted, and the best means to be adopted for
4fling out the project alone occupied the attention
of tlsee preaent. .k large space of ground called
the Tabernacle, in the centre of the town, having
three approaches from our main streets, was the
•ell adapted spot ..tiered by the Corporation for the
Purlsse ; but, owing to the farmers deeming a
rhange of our market-day essentially necessary to
01, success of the scheme, and such a change being
dvenied very undesirable by a niajority of the meet-
" 4 the matter " fell through." It is hoped that
midi an approved mode of disposing of stock will,
ihu spite of this (adore. be ultimately established
ere, and that the railway just opened will give an
additional impulse to the endeavours of thaw
Lo,:uralile to the project.
ui I r.N RANK.- The meeting held at the Work-
1714Ilen's Reading-n.. 111 on Tuesday last, though not
44 announced, will as influential am was anti-
The Hight Don. Lord Portman presidod-
Tat6iidtivan
taffeta of the penny bauk system to the
tau being beyond all doubt the meeting at
941° Proceeded to set in motion a proper machinery