The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-07-15 00:00:00

DORCTIMOTIIL

Ma. Ste, baker, on Monday night, broke his collar-
bone through tripping his foot in the carpet and falling
anon the fender.
DRUNSISSINA.--On Monday, at the Borough Petty
Barons, before Mr. hi. Devenish and Mr. R. Davis,
Hears Lew was charged with being drunk and die- I
orderly on the 6th of July. —Sergt Mitchell said that
on the 6th July defendant came out of the White
Hart very drunk and disorderly, wanting to fi,kit with
another man. The defendant tuning pleaded guilty,
was fined se. and costs.
CACTION lioi s.—.t boy named Jessie Wiltshire,
aged 11, second *on of Mr. Wiltshire, lan.llrd of the
queen's Own Inn, was riding on the shafts ud a putt
loaded with immure, on Monday, and whilst there
amused himself by pulling hairs from the horse'. tail.
The horse soon got out ,d patience, and kicked, throw.
big the mischievous boy off the putt, the wheel peening
over him and breaking his back. Dr. Norton in attend.
ling him.
Ttut Asonso.—The Judges, Sir Alex. J. R. Cock-
burn and Sir H. C. Lopes, are expected to arrive in
Dorchester shout six this (Monday) evening. The
foUowlng are the prisoners for trial: -George Haynie,
19. robblng Reilly Broadway of a purse and money at
ywerThe ; Joseph Candy, 37. embezzling
£lO Is from Messrs. Duke, at Dorchester; Caroline
Holloway, 4.3, uttering • counterfeit of • sovereign at
Dorchester; Walter Nurse, 21 dealing a yacht at
Weymouth; John Powell, sterling leather at Whit-
chinch Canonicornm.
AMAOLT.—Beity Beeson was char at Monday's
Borough Petty Soros, with araul Jane Dare.—
Complainant stated that on Monday, July, 7th about
haliport nine in the evening, she was coming up the
river bank from Mill street, In company with Matilda
Glover, when they met the defendant with a man of
the 75th regiment As she poised, defendant said,
"That is the -- who summoned me the other
day. else shall do it for something this time." She
made no reply to her, and walked on. Defendant
followed her and caught bold of her heir and struck
bermn the face, and said, " ru do for you this time."
She did not strike defendant, nor say anything to her.
—Matilda Glover corroborated the previous witnsee's
statement. —The prisoner called for her defence Boas
Hall, who stated that she was with defendant when the
annalt took place. When they first pared, Jane
Dare wore and abused defendant. She did not him
tiefewdent say anything to Jane Dare until she abused
bor.—Hessen had had something to drink, but knew
what she was about. She was fined Is. and costs' in
default of payment she was sentenced to • fortnight's
t.
im=7lParr.—On Thursday, at the Borough
Petty Barons, before the lifeyor (Mr. A. Pope),
Mr. M. Devenieh, and Mr. B. Thcris, JosepA May
mu &acrid with embezzling front hie employers,
Mown. Duke and Sons, of Little ?depts.—Mr. R. N.
Howard appeared for the proration; Mr. Atkinson,
of Blandford, for defendant.—Mr. Henry Duu
bit Candy was in their employ in October and
continued until the latter end of April of this yeas.
He received 22 a week. His duties were to act se an
agent, and he had to buy and sell cattle for them, and
nuke a weekly return of what he did. The recurc
aradaaad, dated October 19th, 1573, was received frosa
agendant Could not tell the enact day, but he
received it from defendant here in Dorchester. There
was an entry in it stating that 12 lambi were sold to
Mr. Chapman at Um, each, amounting to 134., on
the 14th of October. He saw him again about the
middle of May in the Marketplace, and asked defend.
ant to let him have the auldresers of people who owed
him money that defendant had sold stock to. Accord-
ing to Candy's return Mr. Chapman owed them
Usill 15s. At thin time there was a heifer and calf sold
for 1:17 104., but they could not find who it wee that
had brought. He afterwards asked defendant for the
SM. of the person who brought it to them, and he
ask' the person to whom he 64 sold had returned
them, and he had sold them for £l3 104., and
he rid he should not tell him who bad
It ; be (witness) did not know now what had become of
the hater and calf. Ile told defendant if he did not tall
him he should have a warrant for him, and deiondant
ma id it was whet be expected, he did not care if he had
ID yea" for it. Defendant had never accounted for
12 here iambs, which he had since found out he sold
to • Mr. Ross for £2O. Mr. J. Chapman. of Hilton, •
12,21118, said that on Pack Monday Fair last at Sher.
bore lie paid defendant £lO Is. for 13 lambs he had
bought on the previous Thursday or Friday. The
lambs had been brought to him by a man named
Stokes. He made the purchase of Stokes at his own
boon He was going to pay Stokes, but he said "You
had better pay my muter,' and he paid Candy when
he err him at airborne Fair. JAMAS Stokes said he
lived at Sturminster Newton, and was a drover, and
in October last took 13 sheep to Mr. John Chapman,
at Hilton, by Candy's orders. He did not receive any
money for them, but left them there. He was near
Ike Junction in May, and heard Mr. Duke ask Candy
If he had the money, and defendant said "No." That
was all he beard, for he left them. Candy paid him for
taking the sheep to Mr. Chapman—Robert Duke
said be was in company with his brother, when they
met Candy outside the Junction Hotel. He he his
brother ask Candy about the money of Mr. Chapman;
his brother mild "You have taken this money and not
accounted for it," Candy and said no he hadn't,
Blokes wee there part of the time. The w
committed for trial at the Anises. itanillurnr as
as not
greeted' the prisoner being asked U be wished to
make any statement, replied that be was not guilty.
He reserved his defence.
Tim ?drain OF 81143H11110.—Oarolim Holloway was
brought up on remand, charts,' with trying to pees a
counterfeit *overarm—Mrs. Elizabeth Blandamer
said that last Thursday prisoner came to her house
end asked for a penny faggot ;in payment prisoner
gave her a *overturn, and tben *Ad for a glass of
bar, when she directed her to go to the bar, which she
• Bbe gave her the beer and laid the sovereign on
the her table ; she gave prisoner 19s. 61. out of • cup
containing E 2 worth of silver,and 34d. in coppers out of
her pooket. She then put the sovereign into the cup
and put it in the bar cupboard and locked the door
and took the key. On Friday morning her husband
took the keys. Shortly after nine, they had
breakfast and ate quarterpast she asked him to go to
ID UN butcher's for a chine of pork, and told him
there was a sovereign in the bar cupboard. She went to
the cupboard to get it, unlocked the door and took the
cup down from the place were she had put it last
=ludas saw the coin was very bright, which
her attention to it; she looked at It and found
It t. be bad, showed it to her husband, and gave
It to Mr. Coward.—Thomas Illandasser, said he kept
the Crown Inn. On Friday morning his wife asked
him to get the pork for her, and she said there was a
sovereign In the !oar, which she took Thursday night
from Has. Holloway. She went and got it and said
she believed it was a bad one, he took it and said
yes it was. He then took it to the Polloodation,
maw P.C. Gould and left it in his charge. He told
Gould to mark it so that be should know it again in
his presence.—P.C. Gould said that on Friday morning
Blandamer cams to the police-station and produced to
him that coin produced, lie then marked it, in
his presence, with ILO. In consequence of what
Blanclamer said be went and searched the pulsator.
He met her at the Union Arms public-house, Fording.
ton, and charged her with ',wing a hot sovereign,
and she said "Good God, am I" He then took her
Into custody, and brought her to the police-station.
He also went with her before to her boon, at
Hollowa. He searched her room, but could not
find anything. He then locked the door, and took the
key to station. She was searched by Mrs. Coward
acid ohs found lie. 6d. In silver,
_a shilling in co I
and another bed coin on her. —Mrs. Coward she
weed to the policeration on Friday morning, when
prisoner willingly gave her some silver and copper
g,eriey. Blot nodoed her left hand was closed, took
bagd, vowed it, and found a bad coin. She afterward.
gave it sal to P.C. Gould, end made a thorough search
Ed her but could not find =Tag., al.s upon her. no
cam produced was the same one which she found o
priescier.—Kr. Frederick Scott said du be bad
minima the two coins produced by P.C. Gould, and
found that they were both counterfeit.- The prisoner
node a my lingthy statement, making out that Dr.
ammo had given her the two sovereigns, which
turned out to be eoanterfeit. —She was oommitted for
trial at the AJNIZIS,

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SANITARY NILLDS Or SMALL TOWN& peep,e
have no true conception of the state of thing, in small
towns. They are so small that, acting eione, ea the.
do,
_the local authorities can do nothing effectually
official persons at all are really desired, and in many 'cease
SODS are employed. except those the appointment o( whom
la made imperative by the Act. Official reports of the
Deeds of the inhabitanta are inconvenient, and the local
authorities of thew small towns have no sufficient public
=lto demand them, although they ene wowe e.:ee.
y to wive appearances and make the local Govern-
tee.' goard believe that something ii being dune. Do the
inhabitants of a small town, having outgrown in numbers
the sufficiency of the ancient and natural spring, of wm..
and „died that in the ground beneath their feet, neer'
water, and is it. reported that there ought now to be
procured a sufficient supply I Does the r4use of that little
which they can procure lie about the threeholds of the
Weems for want of drams to carry it off : Are the houses,
ohnasonenoe of both these weals. in • populous place io
▪ gewhrali dirty conditum Have npoculating bundem
unhealthy_houses : Where i. the practical
ru=r..
tot, twee thing,! There lonone at prosent with
any cartons —Theider.--(The practical remedy is to
•=1 awe tatildho conditions compelling a piece of gem.
to be allowed to every new home, and no more than one
inhabitant of the th;use (except babies) to every unit's
allowance (say two pee;;ltes) of groun&—gol