The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-23 00:00:00

•liIIAULT.

W. Tacker, of St. Andresen Farm, E tat Stoke, we.
mummened by 111. G. Brine for on ..sault. —Mr.
Weston defended. —Mr. Moire .pr eared ler phaniiff,
and in op 'ring the cue paid that plaintiff war the ra
of the shepherd employed .11 deft n.lant'n fa, m rI East
Stoke. It woold app er that on the 10 h in t.
the bey, along with actor her, wee .k iting on A 1., .ti. I ia
defendant's bat-to,, that the defeeriant came out and
the bey. ran away, defend rot running after them and
catching plaintiff dra.vel him back to the !tired rot
pushed him in re the Ice, which not br-trig very thick
gave way, and the by fell into the water. He pro-
ceeled to call c implainant li. (1 Brine, who sal 1-1
sin 12 ye 1,111 ell, nal on the day in question I
was eliding on the side, when Mr. Tucker
came and called out to me to pull out
that boot, alluding to a boot u htch was
On the ice. This I refused to do, naying that I
hal not thrown it there. I then ran &wiry. and he
f .Ilowed, and fell down on me at the gate. lie thea
treik me by the harid and the lee, pulled me to ti
pond, and pushed me in. When I git out I went
' home, and mother undreeeed me and put me to bed.
—ln reply to Mr. Weston, complainant emit that he
had not been told two or three times not to ii,, into the
harton. Wes told by Mr. rocker's father in the
in 'ening, and did not go in there again. The aro re
did not tell him not to go there. Knew • man named
Jehn Sherwood, but he did not tell him not ti go there.
Went through the beton abut dinnegtime, but tnat
was with a carter-Ix/. The b thot Mr. Trelier
wanted complainant to get was about, a yard hem the
edge. f the ietel.--Anna B in. meth• r rif row pain it,
examined by Mr. Bute, eitirl ca-no horns
ab rut 20 minutes to live on Docemb.r 10th, with the
water running out of hire, arid crying. She went
straight rip to Mr. Tucker, and asked him what he hscl
done ti the child, and he replie I if she dii not learn
her child to behave himerlf he would. She replied he
had no right t i init him in the ponrl.—Mr. West in.
the defence, Paid that the boy was encouragi d by his
parents in he hart behavi or. The faan of the Case
were eituely there. In the benne Mr. Tucker hail a
quantity ol old scrap iron wh ch he had c illec.e.l. and
was annoyed that the bop should have thrown a
quantity of it on tier ice, ale r a couple of old bo
which were lying about, and when he ordered the boy
It fetch the boot off the ice Ire wee very saucy. Ile
then ran after and caught hint, for the purpose of
making him get the brae, when the bey's kick ng hr ke
the ice, and he fell through. De should contend that
the assault (if any) was inetitiable, as it wee in the
attempt torte rear his proterty. lie wuuldcall &witness
to prove that defendant s father should say that if
they had giver the boy a drip of brandy and the
Father iis. t ey would have heard no more abdnt
He called K Brown, who lives in service with defend.
ant's father, who distinctly stated that the by we.
brought up to the railings surreunding the pied by
Mr. Tucker and that he slipped under the railings on
tn the ice and wan not punkte I there by Mr. To ker.—
' By Mr. Budge : Was only a few yards Away, nit
more than a d. zn, was quite certain that Mr. "I ocl,"
did not have hold of the boy by the leg. Mr. Write!'
also called one or two other witnesses, but their testi'
rimy was if little value. —The Bench raid they should
net convict, but ordered defendant to pay iii. COStS
000
John Hawkins, in the employ of Mr. Lawrence.
:Mellen, Irma summene.l for riding ins waggon, draws
by two horses, without reins. Defendant Plo.led
guilty, and was fined la, co-tr ant 2s. 63.
Nathaniel Chineheu was summened by P.C. Green.
stock with being drunk and disorderly on Wedoe.i'l
were
eemteben rpr.l.3,thi....Deciaevnriclanti„t..d.gid
anirninittaihrriez. hthelllaer.e,
three being for one in inth sacb.—The Bench inflicted
• fine of 40e., and costa Si., or one menthe hardlabeurr
FOOLS.

PORTLAND.
Boeczwits BIM, to the number of 360, wenton their
leave ou Wednesday morning, ths north coui.t,y
by. about 70 having left the day before.
VIM Seurrien &roe& Mr. Richard Allen,
of King.street, was last Wednesday, struck on
the bee I by • large stone loosened from the cliff by
the frost. It felled him, and he wee taken home
insensib'e ; but it is believed his stout hat saved his
If..
Asramoutcaz Lrcroax.—On the 17th inst., the Rev
W. It. Waugh gave a lecture in our school.ron "on
the Earth, :sun and Moon, in rota ion to each other,'
including a short description of the tides &c. Trans-
parent and moving diagrams were employed to illus.
Irate and prove the fact. adduced. Tee recent transit
of Venus was also exhibited by a disarm). Mr. Win.
Drake presided. Mr. Bannerman, and Mr. It per
proposed votes of thanks to the lecturer and chaitin an.
There was a collection at the close.
THZ MINOTAUR FLAGSHIP, Vice-Admiral Sir W.
Dowell, commanding Channel Squadron, is ordered to
be out of the dockyard hands at Portsmsuth at the
latter end of January, in order that the squadron in
rendezvous at Portland early in the following month.
preparatory to proceeding upon • training and
evolutionary cruise.
Samoan' Re:sr.—The weekly temperance entertain-
ments were re-commenced at the Sailors' Rest on
Monday last, after an unavoidable interruption of four
or five weeks The attendance warn rather small,
portly owing to the weather and portly owing to its
not having been sufficiently known that ths meetings
were to be carried on again so soon. Any help frost
friends who have the temperanoe cause at heart
would be very welcome, also (tom others who would
kindly help to make these entertainment. as p ipolar
and successful in the future as they have been in the
past, and serve to spend • few evenings in the dull
winter months, both pleasantly and profitably. The
programme WM as follows :—Piano solo, MIMI Banter- -
man; song, "John Grumble," Mr. Bannerman ; CHRISTMAS SHOW.—The show of the good thine.
reading, Talking Latin," Mr. R. C. Flood, 8.A.; which are popularly suppose I to be one of the
song, "Land Ho!" Mr. Kent; recitation, "The n,ce.aities of the festive seas so, provided by ,c'mr
Bumpkin's Courtship," Mr. Lawrence; piano duet, townsmen, this year, will, we venture to say. Wa:
Misses Comben ; song, " The Anchor's Weighed," comparison with that to be seen in any adjoining td,"
Mr. Bannerman ; reading, " Forty Winks," within a circuit of •go s many miles. T„ comm. tics
Mn. Bennett:min ; piano recital, Mir Bannerman ; •t the upp-r end of the town, we DOW remark that
reading, "Poor Richard's flying,," Mr. E. C. F 0 ot. Mr. Josepts K-yam has • fleet-class display of meals
B.A. song, "The Gay little Temperance Man," which bas b-an set .4 to the best advantage. flis
Mr. Lawrence; song, "The Tar's Farewell," Mr. T. Exmoor.. and ,outhdowne ought to ' fetch ' the cur
Dunkeley ; en:Ration, "1 Want t Fly," Mr. tom-re immensely. Mr. T. P. Boni has also al
Lawrence ; eons, "Remember Me." Mr. Kent. Mr. excellent. show, the quality of which is guarantee?
Samarium presided, and Mies Bannerman played when we stets the bsests were grazed 11 ''ucu._
the piano. aariculturida as Mr. H. Coats, of 11,61DIU°.‘i:
CONCERT AT THZ PRIMMER MRTRODIST.B.—LIM Mr. It. Dominey, Pimperne, sod Mr. J. 1.,:
Thureday a vocal and instrumental c unmet was given gow, of M.o.D. rd. Mr. B. Ridout, of Neg.
In aid of the Bauer Fund, when the following pio- street, exhib.ts half-a.dozen capital boelste ; ra_quw' g
grumps was well rendered :—Past I,—Anthem, I leg no better testimonial than that ail c°,l7r
'Slag 0 Heavems," choir; plaided* solo, bibs froot the pastures of Kr. JAM', of W.IIPP"r