The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-01-25 00:00:00

FALL OF A HOUSE.

ra'leas v. Allen. —Th WWI a claitn for Cl_ 12.5. for
damage to wane boants thernish defendant'. liolllll, falling
on them.— Mr. Howard sahl hi. client wit., a .iiipwright,
rind occupied a yard adjoining the .Idefl.billell 111",i4e.
'rho 11011,41: WM in a dangeroot condition. awl defendant
had been warned by the b trough Surveyor that it would
fall. It did. and datsitgel a quantity of hoar& —The
defendant dhl not appear: but it was sail ho haul been
some hI or 17 yearn ago, a latillif of the court ; hut broke
hi, lx, and was since a cripple, and walked with two
stick..—Mr. Howard nail ir hit offered defendant 130
for the property; but he would Mlle t) ci tairmx.—
Plaintiff said defendant till him he could take his body ;
he could not pay. Believed defendant was about to go
sway.—Jwlvuent for plaintiff forwith.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.
AN ASSISTI7(T WARDER., CASS.

0104 v. POW, f. —The defendant was an aseistant
warder of Portland Prbion, and the amount unpaid was
17*.—The defendant appeared in court with • medal.-
11i4 Honour : How is it you °Meer* in Portland get into
debt I You ought to be the very tart men to do no, I have
not had a sine: case since I have been here against a
soldier or a sailor. What in your pay—A. £6 lik MI. per
month.—The Judge: That i* very good pay too.—Defen-
dant : NI.), family has been six children up to tart May,
awl another on the road, awl two of them. I might as well
have two men to keep.—Q. Why do not you make them
to something You ought not to keep a fellow 19 years
of ase, at home doing nothing.—Defenilant: There M
nothing in Portland you ran put a bor to, unless he is
nearly it enough to dike a wife—The Judge: You newer
ought to have got no natteti into debt ; there must he either
lad management or extravagance. —Defendant said he
did not know of the debt till he got the first summons' he
had, until lately left hi* aleira tO hi* wife. had oilier
field* bedde this.— The km :biked how much he was
paving altogether I—Defenilsot replied-10*. to Irk a
mouth.—The Judge: Awl you ought to be able to afford
it ; your nay you lll3y call £7 a month. How many
not., have you against you in thin Court I—Defendant
said four, and reckoning up the amounts said Ile had to
pay 17s, a month. Ile plereled that lie had fonr ehildren
to keep ant "another .in tie: mad." Portland wax • dear
Mae° fo lit hi, awl the .leht* were ea:Ml:acted during his
31..e0re hy hi* wife. 11, had .erte.l in the ISiavr with
unidemidied ehar wter ever sin,: le: tea* II years of ago,
and hi* wife W 2,1 an invali I. :in.l could not go out of door.
Ili* debt* in the court were Cli Ilk, awl as he hal a very
expendve time coining on. he pleaded that His Honour
would rednee the ordee—Hi* Honour said he could not,
with imdice to others, and if defendant kept up his pay-
ment*. in a month or two he *mall wino:tots he
paid off, awl he would only have El lib, to pay. Ile
would give him another chance, and adjourn th° teas for
the payment of .I*. too fortnight defendant mixt Pay 45,
.t month after:m.li( he werelirmight up again for nonmay•
went, Ihirn Honour said be shoold commit him to prison,
mid then he would bew hi. dttiation.
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IndottriolCo oprltaCoospooy V. WiCineill NY,ler. for
C9.—fle manager appearml for the Com ['any.— Defendant
workml at the Sawmill. and wai alio • pensioner.
Irderel to 1.3 eoutimtk,l for 2.1.111V4. if he .114 not pay 4e.
a month; hut the manager W 4.4 OM that he ought not le
have allowed the man to got into their debt.