The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-04-13 00:00:00

THE DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1869.

kept open his house for the male of beer at an unlawful
hour on Monday, the 10th of April—The polies oilier
stated that on the day in question &boat a quarter to 11
p.m. be visited defendant's house and toned six persons
sitting there, whilst on the table were several glasses
and cops, each containing liquor. Where asked
defendant ff he knew the lateness of tits hoer and told
him that be was Wiriness the regulations, by keeping
open until such a time.—Delfendent replied that he did:
not know it was so late,
_sad that his sleek was very
meals too slow.—Kr. Maw, in defame said be bed
omitted at. boom is whit.* be now corded on Wises@
for fear yews and nine mouths, sad never before bad
been summoned. Had he known that it was later than
ten o'clock be most sortedoly should have Mooed his
home.—Fined 10a aid 'arta
AleotAer late Homiest &atm.—George Bart, another
leart-house keeper, of Settee Points, had also oornmitted
• breach of the AM, by keeping his house open until
gamier to Maven on the night of Saturday, April 3,.
proved by the seldom* of P.O. PowelL That officer
said that he west to defendant's boom and saw three
men there drinking, and one man carried away • bottle
of porter in his pocket. He informed defendant of the
offence he had committed, when be also gomplained
that be had been misled by the slow-going propensities
of his clock, which be forted was a great way eat of his
reckoning in attempting to indicate the correct time.—
In &isnot, Burt said be had never been summoned
before, and be did not know the night was so far advanced.
—Sept. Underwood said that although defendant bad
but si short time ego command Bonner as beer-house
keeper, he had been often motioned, and he appeared
to be making • very bad beginning.—Ordered to pay
10.. and ooste-184. in all.
Refusing to WeigA Broad at Abootshesrp,— noose
Vi.erat, baker and seller of breed at Abboesibary, was
charged on at. iaformation of Alfred Benham, a
sifter', with refusing to weigh a 4lb loaf, which was
purchased at his shop.—Benham dated that on the
2nd of April be went to Mr. Vincent's shop sad
asked for a 416 loaf. Defendant's daughter was ia the
time, and on being served with the loaf Hes/bars
asked her to weigh it whit* she refused to de • saying
it had been ',sighed already and found correid.. He
then went to another shop where he made some small
pa:Mimes and there he had the loaf weighed, when it
was found to be ball-an-ounce abort of 4lbs. IN then
proceeded to the polies-station, and gave the loaf to
P.C. Foster, who scoompenied him to Vincent's shop,
when defendant's daughter again refused to weigh it.
The officer asked him if he would take the ease to Dor-
chester, winch he said he would do.— In defence
Vincent said that on the sweep coming into the shop
to purchase • loaf, hie daughter (who is 24 years old)
was so frightened that she did not know what she wee
doing, and when Benham asked her to weigh the loaf
she was totally unable to do so from the effects of her
fright —The Chairman: What • young woman of 24
years frightened at the appearance of • sweep in broad
daylight? Nonsense. You most pay 10s. and arts
CAarge of Evading 7011.-714onas Roberts, darter
was charged by John Thorn, keeper of Max turnpike
gate, on the road between Dorchester and Broadmayne,
with Inking • waggon containing a load of teals through
the gate drawn by two horses, whilst the third was
bothered to the waggon, thereby evading the payment
of 2id. toll on the third horse, which was, after passing
through the gate, harnessed and "put to" with the
others.— Thorn said that on the 25th of March de-
fendant mated through the gate with a waggon drawn
by two horses, se above, and having another lion.
atteched to the waggon behind. After he had gone
about 40 yards through the gate he (witness) saw de-
fendant harness the spare horse and &neat it to the
waggon before the other two. Thorn called after him
and charged him with evading toll, when he was verr
abusive, and told witness to go to for his toll and
to mind his own bulkiest He did the same the day
before on going through the gate, but witness did not
detect him then.—PWntiff said that as he had rather a
heavy load his master had told him to take • spare
horse with him to assist in going" against hill," sod be
did not pet the other horse to the waggon until be was
about to go up Burton-hill.—The Snob, however,
considered the item proved, and fined defendant ss. and
meta 7a

dffiliation.—Otorge Way Guppy was summoned by
Harriet Wbite, o/ Orimstone, to show cause, /sc.—Case
dismissed.