The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-01-16 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS, Saturday. —Magiotrate4 two
gent: bowl Balms°, Mr. .1. J. Kirquarlison, And the
Hon. W. 11 B. Portman, M.P.
Jolla !Malty. a va;Trant, was hrought up in eust.ely
charged with destr.ying his clothes at the illarglfurd
Workhouse that inoniing. —The master, Mr. J. C. Turner,
',mewl the °fiance, anti prisoner was sentenced to 1-1 (lays'
hard labour.

firnlamin Cite,•rrt,, of Spatlsbell., was stantlionwl for
wilfully breaking the window ...1 the Illan•Ifor.1 Work-
house. on Ih.crinher 19th, e 1614 a ea•ael inmate. —3lr.
'corner prorr.l the ease% tnt prkoner W.. SelltelleC•l tl 6
1111 l impri•ponnetit, with hard I,!l,eur.
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harry Conner, a young coach-builder of the trent, WAS
ourn,,.one.l by a young woman of the town, 11:0111.41 Sarah
Ann flicks, U. show came, itc.—Mr. W. E. Bremiand was
for the applirant : and Mr. W. If, Atkinson forth., defen-
dant—There not being sufficient evidence the Bench die-
missed the rue.

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Aran, fiqp.m, of Ifiardford, wax tiumnu.ned for tailing
to comply with an order thu Bench to have hi., bill
'met:Mau:4.-I'6P ;mat, ,vlJourned from the Iwo lai.t
in consequence of the illnes of the child, and upon the
application of Mr. Walter Lanev, the vaccination officer.
it was again adjourned to enable the defendant to comply
with the law.

frablos toward, y.mr., of Illandford, was 1.1111100,10,1 by
Mr. Charles Wills, Inspector of Nuisance+ to the Bland+
ford Local Board of health, for exposing for sale, at
Blandronl, onlsith December, eleven bloaters, the sante
being unsound and unfit for the fool' of 1111111.—Defen.lant
pleaded guilty, awl was tined Is. la, and costs, t.s.
Sidowy Joyce and !fem.?, .foocc, of Winterborne
Houghton, were summoned hy Mr. J. c, man.el-Iley,lol
for being unlawfully pomessol of a deer, on the 214
December, at Winterborne Whitechurch.-3lr. W. 11.
Atkinson aPPeared for the defence.—The case was not
made out, and the Bench distn!seed it, the prosecutor to
pay the costs.
John emss, labourer, of Winterborne Stickland, was
summoned by the Excise for carrying a gun without it-
hcense, at Winterbonie Sticaland, on the 2lth October.
—Mr. William Young, supervisor, supimrtell the charge ;
Mr. W. 11. Atkinson defended.—Thiel CIVIO lee. been before
the Colirt several times, the point at issue !wing whether
the master (Mr. Sprake) or the servant (the defendant)
was liable, the defendant having been hired by Mr. i‘prake
to scare birds on his taxm with an unlicensed gun beblig-
leg to Mr. Sprake.—The Bench dismissed the case on the
understanding that it would be agreed to appeal to the
Quarter liess.sons.._

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William 11. nry Ward, a farmer, of Blandford St. Mary,
was summoned by the Excise for carrying a tam tel
killing game, without having licenses to so. at Bland-
ford St. Mary, on September Inth.—This caw wag
adjourned from the last Court in consequent's of the
illness of the defendant —Mr. Benne. of Weytnouth, now
appeared for the defence, and took the preliminary objec-
tion that the two offences were included in one informa-
tion and one summons, whereat under the Act of the 11th
and 12th Vic., chap. fl. see. ID, a separate information
and summons was necessary fir every offence. Its con-
tended that his objection was a fatal one, awl that t Is,
summtms must lw dismissed, ant! said he was fortified in
this by the opinion of counsel and also of the editor of the
Juslie,_ of tic PGacc. —The Bench tiheniste4 the swum .11,..
HALORI. INV !TAM t); 1.1.1 L attrwtive
annual gathering came off in the Corn Exchange tot
Thursday night, awl was in every way successful.
Ilost Eyers catered in his usual go •.1 style, and the
decorations and arrangements generally were the 'tame
as at the county ball. .\ tusle was proehled by
Tar4ett's teen-known bawl, and dancing isimmenced
woin after half-past nine o'clock, and was continued
with much energy till an early hour. The large
number of nearly MO ladies and t:entlemen were
present. including the following—the Mayor of the
town Mr. Sponse Abbott), Mr. J. Citate, Mr.
Symonds, Miss Ingrain, Mr. and Mn,. Ifayter, Mr.
K Ittyter, Miss Parmns, Mr. W. Ribber,! and Mrs.
Hibber.l. Mr. It. G. Richard:, Mr. G.' E. ilicharls,
'Mr, O. Ir. NliAt Bartlett, Slim Devi., Mr.
F. Friend, Mr. It. Friend, Mr. J. Atkins and NG,
Atkins, Miss Swatiliill, Mr. W. Sunderland, Nth,
Crielinew, Mr. Built, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Horlock, NG.
cos.itartiett :411.1 Mrs. Bartlett, Mr. T. llattlett. Mins
S. Bartlett, Mr. (Mon', 'NIL.. Gifford, Mr. Watts,
Mr. eiettueit, Mr. A. Fnend and Mrs. Friend, Mr.
W. litegers and Mrs. Rogers, Mr. J. Tett. Miss 'reit,
Mr. A. R. Wis.], Mr. E. Cate, Mr. R. Cave, AIi,AC4
Cave (2), Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fookes, Mr. It. W.
Abbott, Mrs. Abßitt, Miss Abbott, Mr. It. Abbott,
Miss Ibiminy, Mr. G. Williams, Mist Iticknuan, Mr.
F. Scate, Mr. A. Ingram, Mr. Bevis., Mist Kate
Smith, Misses Cattle (2), Mr. I'. Mel.. Hodges,
Miss A-shntan, Mr. Pearce, Mrs. Duke, Miss, A.
Duke, Mr. E. Duke, Mr. T. Duke, Mr. Boys, Mbei
Carrington, Mr. Young, Mr. H. Friend and Mrs.
Friend, Mr. H. Creech and Mrs. Creech. Miss Senior,
Miss .Ilarshallsay, Mr. W. Drake. Mr. E. Drake, Mr.
Tall-sit, Mr. Vincent, Mr. J. W. Luff and Mrs. Litff,
Mr. J. House. Mr. House, Misses House PI, Mies
Martin, Mr. d. Taylor, Mr. J. Sprake and Mrs.
Sprake, Mr. F. Coate, and Mr. Fleetwood.
THE LATE FATAL DEATH BY DROWNING.
The bosly of the little boy named IsilaC", who fell in
the water and was washed away by the current, on the
2rul Inst.. WWI discovered on Sunday last, at a
ealled Foundering Bank in the River sitottr, by the
father awl another 11131 i. Nearly all the clothing was
washed off the poor little fellow.

MR. J. J. BEICYCIT AND HIS
Biatiy of our readers tile. remember Mr. J. J.
Bent-aut. and the unenviable notoriety he 4ainerl a few
rams duce whilst currying on business in Mariam,'
asan anctione.er, will feel interested in no article
prit.tzd by the Chisago Tiasea, fnan which it appcar,
that Mr. Bennett Inas made himself even m..re
obnoxious to the Yankees than to his fellow-country-
We gite the article in question tn-ecteaso --
A WEAKIS FOR WIVES.
That is %Ault ailed John James Bennett. a festive young
man in Des Plaines