The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-09-04 00:00:00

RECOGNITION SERVICES.

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS.

TOWNIT tit. Weymouth. Friday. August 31.—Before
Contain Manning (Chtirmant..ond R. F. E1i.4:t...

BRIt %KING WiNnows ti INAITLAND.- Itortholfoarec
Prat., and AI fro, Winter were charged with breaking
the aimless.. of. an,l ...wilting John Ford: aol Alfred
Winter was also charged with assaulting PA•. Fripp.
Complainant said that he lived at Easton. On Wedues-
dal. the 2n,l August. :ibout 20 minutes past A o'clock,
from something he heard, lie went out of his hoes. and
saw one of defendants, one of whom was committing a
nuisance against his window. He spoke to him on
the impropriety of his conduct. awl It.iuter nail that
I if complainant sjoke he would knork him down, and
struck him a blow in the chest, but not violently.
Pearce then came up, and began to kick him very
violently and stamped on his toes, and then lath la•l
hold of him.and dashed I • against his own window and
broke it, doing damage to the extent of 3s Just
before this he sent his boy for the police. .A s soon an
the window was broken, defenblants left. They had
had sonic drink, and were what was termed in Hamm
shire " half-cocked." Mr. R. N. Howard, who lippeared
for defendants, erosaexaminisl complainant at con-
siderable length. The children were in the room
and could see defendant committing the nuisance—
the eldest was a girl b,:tween nine and ten I
I years "rage. When lie told them of the impropriety of
of their conduct, lie spoke generally to the two. Told
his boy to hand him out a stick, but he ili.l not use it j
even to defend himself. Winter olid not strike him
I violently, but he put his hand against his breast. Thin
was before lie called for his stick. His object for calling
for it was to ward ..fl' the blows.--Charles Ford, mono(
complainant, said lie saw the defendants lay violent
hands on his father and push him through the window.
Was " indoors with mother" wlom Ibis father told him
to bring unit the stick. It--art OHO of defendants say
that " if father struck them they would strike him." j
They triol to take the stick from father, and pushed
a part of his body through the window. It was one his
father kept to jolish witness up with.--Maria Smith : I
On passing Mr. I...ird's house on business she saw two ,
men, whom she did not know, penowilly guilty of very I
indecent conduct, and heard Mr. Ford speaking of the
impropriety of their behaviour, but she did nut know
the day of the week nor .late. -Henry I )sts,rne, civil
guard"at Portland jorian,saw two men scuffling with Me, I
Ford. on the night in question, about g o'clock, and now,
•liiring the scuffle, a portion of Mr. Ford's hour go
through the window. They took the stick f Ford
and walked awbiy.-I'.C. Fripp, on being sent for.
went to Ford's house, and tow the broken window,
and afterwards went to Eaaton-green, and maw
Pearce. lie was about to apprehend him
when Winter came along awl knocked him down. Ile
did not see the damage cominitt.l nor the assault upon
, Ford, nor had lie a warrant to take them.—The Clerk
, mid the assault on the constable t be dismissed at
I once, lie having exceeded his duty. --Mr. Howard
having adbin.sseil the Bench for the defendants, Captain
Manning said the defendants had been guilty of
extremely unbecoming MA lalICCCat contact, awl that
when they were rei ...... grated with thev behaved in a
very violent ruffianly 11141111er. thee would in
this case he fined :is. each for the assault, and the
tif .Limage to the window, with costs, amounting,
in all, to IT,. 3.1. each.
lIREAKIN,: WIN lioWs,—E,lith Willis wan charge.' by
Sarah Willis, her mother-in-law, with breaking her
windows at Portland. Mr. Howard appear.' for the
defendaiat.—The complaimuit stud AP had defendant's
child in her house, as defendant said she would murder
it. and as she clom, I the door to prevent her coming in,
defendant onashed this window, d • g damage to the
amount of 2a,---Mr, Howard emil this wan the hardest
case that had come beton. his notice for many a day.
The defendant's husband had deserted her, but sold all
her furniture, and left her to sumort herself in the best
way she could, and hi, mother had tried to deprive her
of the child, and lie maintained that as defendant was
its natural guardian, she had brought the ini.chiet upon
licruif as she haul no right to take the child away.—
'aptaiu Manning maid the Bench Ila.l nothing to do with
the conduct of defendant's husband. —The defendant
hail threaten.' she would murder the child, and com-
plainant had consequent'v taken it away to protect it.
--The defendant denied that she had le use of the
threats imputed to her. The child was two years old.
—Ordered to ray the daniage, 24., and the costs were
remitt.sl.

ASSALI.T.—R4ArII Smote was charged with commit•
ting an assault no Sarah Willis, at Poortland.—Mr. '
Howard appesred for defenolant.—romplainant said
that after her ilooughtenin-law had got the chilol,nhe wan
told that she had got a knife and said she would murder
the child. She went iouGand was told that she load gone
,141V/11 to lti,b',rt Stone's. She rail down and wall atalld-
aim in the passage, when she heard her daughter•iiplaw
say that she (complainant) hail " sio :touch". for keeping
the child away front her, ant she replied "don't tell that
E lith." Stone, who was just inside the room, asked
her what hominess she hall there listening and kicking
mo ft row, anti struck her to vi‘slent 1114,,V 4,11 the arm be•
fore she had time to answer, and pushed hermit, grazing
her ann by rubbing it oodainst the wall of the jramage
and in slamming the door, as she held ti the dour-post
to prevent herself front falling down two steps into a
glitter, her wrist got jammed and greatly injured.—Mr.
ilowerol called G. Thorner, who lodged at defendant's
house, who said, co omplaina lit was standing in the passage,
but he did not know how low, aloe load been there, when
she made some reply to, tge remarks of Mrs. &loth
Willis. Mr. Stone asked what business she had to COMO
there and kick nt a row, and told her to go out. She
mid she would not go out roe him or any one else. He
told her if shoo did not go, he would put her out, 11141
she still persistml in-remaining. Mr. Stone then put
lois hands on her shoulders and put her out. She
caught bold of the partit to prevent his oloing no, and
monscommotly then, waa considerable struggling. for con,.
plainant appeared very ileverate and deter 11111 l ed. He
never struck her, and if she sustained any blowy it
must have been in consequence of her own violence in
refusing Go go out civilly. Edith Willis said that
as she was leaving her her-in-law'a house with the
child in her anus, Mrs. Stone kindly called her int., her
home, to enable her too escape from the mob. She was
telling Mrs. Stone that her -husband losal deserted her,
sold all the goods, and left her destitute, and now they
were trying to take tho child from her, when Mrs. Stone

replied that she bad heard when conitdainewt,
wax tainting in the taii,age, asked " What do yoe
ulsiut Mr. uteue told her not to coute there
maknig any noiw. and Told her to Iviee Lis house, iod
she told him elle, would lint for him nor any Olke el.,
Mr. Stone then took hold of her mad put ber out ei
the house, but she never saw a blow struck.—Aeother
witness was called, who also deposed to the mune effort .
and the Bench suai that they considered that the If,
dant had u-ed no more rio:ence. than was necewary
remove the complainant from his prawn.. and Outfit,
injuries she miniplaineei of wore isvasioned in eon,
ituence of her resist.ance to being put out of doors Th.
sum 11111 l WAS aceordurzly dismissed:
Inti:NK N Em 4.— Wi'li m rovers was fined ris on the
in:Orin:dim' of P.r. Wills, for :.trtinkeottooo._4.44.
&0.. was ahio fined :W. ail!! is. mots for a *imp._
offence at Maiden A% di. Portlaod•
Ltiehord It'ity. who had before beeu
tett for drunkenness, and neglected to ett.l4
to the nlllllllOl3. On a similar charge to-day, was onkel'
to lie imprisoned for seven days.
PM It-1: .ITES. INT of poor old people in the
receipt of parish relief. and who could awed.,
bobble along, were amnions-4 by the 0e.,‘,2
of Wyk., parish for the non-payment of poor.—tee 7
although they had been au'o.ulotic.i but • ',bort it-eri;
since for a ',realm', rate and foYgiven- in a Mike
of course, the rates were remitted.